My.Computer.Info.OSFullName returned string translations

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I am trying to target Windows 7 from VB.Net code and using the following code I am able to return a string containing the version of Windows on the machine.

My.Computer.Info.OSFullName

For instance this returns "Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise" on my development machine.

My question is, would I be safe to search the returned string for "Windows 7" across several languages or are there different translations of this?

Most notably I've had trouble with French, German and Swedish in the past when checking system strings for other projects.

Posted 22-Sep-10 2:48am

Bob - Pakman

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You never use strings to compare or retrieve such information because of possible cultural difference in the strings. You always use numeric data whenever possible, such as, in your case, the Windows version number.

Posted 22-Sep-10 12:10pm

Dave Kreskowiak

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Bob - Pakman 23-Sep-10 3:13am

Thanks for that Dave. I am highly aware of cultural differences between operating systems, especially when it comes to date formats! In this instance, one consideration was that "Windows" is a product name, and therefore unlikely to change between languages, but you're absolutely right, safer using the number!

Thanks again.

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alrosan · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-22T04:46:00

VB

Public Shared Function Win7CurrentOS() As Boolean
     If Environment.OSVersion.Version.Major = 6 And Environment.OSVersion.Version.Minor = 1 Then
         Return True
     Else
         Return False
     End If
 End Function

C#

static bool Win7CurrentOS()
     {
         if (Environment.OSVersion.Version.Major == 6 && Environment.OSVersion.Version.Minor == 1)
         {
             return true;
         }
         else
         {
             return false;
         }
     }