.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: GetWindowsVersion

.. _getwindowsversion:

GetWindowsVersion
=================

.. us.tag  GetWindowsVersion ENGLISH ProgMisc New300

:ref:`GetWindowsVersion` returns information about the windows version.

.. function::  rvVersion = GetWindowsVersion()

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*rvVersion* is a real vector with three elements: [bWindowsNT, nVersion,
nBuildNo].The following table summarizes the operating system version numbers.

.. list-table::
   :header-rows: 1

   * - Operating system
     - Version number
   * - Windows 8 / Windows 10
     - 6.2
   * - Windows 7
     - 6.1
   * - Windows Server 2008 ("Longhorn")
     - 6.0
   * - Windows Vista
     - 6.0
   * - Windows Server 2003 R2
     - 5.2
   * - Windows Server 2003
     - 5.2
   * - Windows XP
     - 5.1
   * - Windows 2000
     - 5.0
   * - Windows NT 4.0
     - 4.0

.. us.example

**Example**

The following function call was executed on the following system:
Windows NT, Version 5.0 (Windows 2000), Build 2195.

::

   * GetWindowsVersion()
       1.0000     5.0000  2195.0000

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-programming`

:sub:`id-1763049`