RuntimeEnvironment.GetSystemVersion Method (System.Runtime.InteropServices)

GetSystemVersion Method

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.NET Framework Class Library

RuntimeEnvironment..::.GetSystemVersion Method

Gets the version number of the common language runtime that is running the current process.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Shared Function GetSystemVersion As String

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim returnValue As String

returnValue = RuntimeEnvironment.GetSystemVersion()

public static string GetSystemVersion()

Visual C++

public:
static String^ GetSystemVersion()

JScript

public static function GetSystemVersion() : String

Return Value

Type: System..::.String
A string containing the version number of the common language runtime.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates calling the GetSystemVersion method. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the RuntimeEnvironment class.

Visual Basic

' Show the CLR's version number.
Console.WriteLine("System version: {0}", RuntimeEnvironment.GetSystemVersion())

// Show the CLR's version number.
Console.WriteLine("System version: {0}", RuntimeEnvironment.GetSystemVersion());

Visual C++

// Show the CLR's version number.
Console::WriteLine("System version: {0}",
    RuntimeEnvironment::GetSystemVersion());

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Reference

RuntimeEnvironment Class

RuntimeEnvironment Members

System.Runtime.InteropServices Namespace