Environment.OSVersion Property (System)

OSVersion Property

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Microsoft Silverlight

Other versions are also available for the following:

.NET Framework Class Library for Silverlight

Environment..::.OSVersion Property

Gets an OperatingSystem object that contains the current platform identifier and version number.

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Shared ReadOnly Property OSVersion As OperatingSystem

public static OperatingSystem OSVersion { get; }

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
InvalidOperationException	This property was unable to obtain the system version. -or- The obtained platform identifier is not a member of PlatformID.

Exception

Condition

This property was unable to obtain the system version.

-or-

The obtained platform identifier is not a member of PlatformID.

Remarks

Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows CE Platform Note: The version revision field for this property is always -1.

Version Information

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.