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FIX: Wrong Windows NT & Windows 3.11 versions in System Info

Article ID: 130126

Article Last Modified on 9/30/2003

Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0b Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q130126

SYMPTOMS

The System Info... dialog that comes up when you choose About Microsoft Visual FoxPro... from the Help menu may report incorrect MS-DOS or Windows versions, depending on the operating system in use. A table in the "More Information" section of this article details the results.

WORKAROUND

The OS() function gives a more accurate description of the operating system under Windows NT. The results are as follows if you use the OS() function instead of the Help menu:

                              Current Operating System
                 --------------------------------------------------
                  Windows/           Windows/          Windows NT
                  WFW 3.1            WFW 3.11          version 3.5

   OS()           Correct            Correct
                  MS-DOS Version     MS-DOS Version    Windows NT 3.50

   OS(1)          Windows 3.10       Windows 3.10      Windows NT 3.50

Under Windows for Workgroups version 3.11, the program WINVER.EXE can be used to return the current Windows version. WINVER will report version 3.11 if executed from an MS-DOS prompt, but will report 3.10 if executed from within Windows through Program Manager or File Manager.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been fixed in Visual FoxPro 5.0 for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

Choose About Microsoft Visual FoxPro... from the Help menu.
In the About Microsoft Visual FoxPro dialog box, choose the System Info... button.

Under the System category, read the MS-DOS version and Windows version information.

The results are as follows (WFW stands for "Windows for Workgroups"):

                                   Current Operating System
                           ----------------------------------------
                            Windows/      Windows/      Windows NT
                            WFW 3.1       WFW 3.11      version 3.5

   MS-DOS version listed:   Correct       Correct        5.0
   Windows version listed:  3.1           3.1            3.1

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