PlatformID Enumeration
Identifies the operating system, or platform, supported by an assembly.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
| Member name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | Win32S | The operating system is Win32s. Win32s is a layer that runs on 16-bit versions of Windows to provide access to 32-bit applications. |
![]() | Win32Windows | The operating system is Windows 95 or Windows 98. |
![]() | Win32NT | The operating system is Windows NT or later. |
![]() | WinCE | The operating system is Windows CE. |
![]() | Unix | The operating system is Unix. |
![]() | Xbox | The development platform is Xbox 360. |
| MacOSX | The operating system is Macintosh. |
Use the Environment::OSVersion and OperatingSystem::Platform properties to obtain the PlatformID enumeration for the currently executing operating system or development platform. Use the PlatformID enumeration to help determine whether the current operating system or development platform supports your application.
The following example demonstrates using the PlatformID class to identify the currently executing operating system.
// This example demonstrates the PlatformID enumeration. using namespace System; int main() { String^ msg1 = L"This is a Windows operating system."; String^ msg2 = L"This is a Unix operating system."; String^ msg3 = L"ERROR: This platform identifier is invalid."; // Assume this example is run on a Windows operating system. OperatingSystem^ os = Environment::OSVersion; PlatformID pid = os->Platform; switch ( pid ) { case PlatformID::Win32NT: case PlatformID::Win32S: case PlatformID::Win32Windows: case PlatformID::WinCE: Console::WriteLine( msg1 ); break; case PlatformID::Unix: Console::WriteLine( msg2 ); break; default: Console::WriteLine( msg3 ); break; } return 1; } /* This example produces the following results: This is a Windows operating system. */
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
