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OperatingSystem::ToString Method

Converts the value of this OperatingSystem object to its equivalent string representation.

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

public:
virtual String^ ToString() override

Return Value

Type: System::String
The string representation of the values returned by the Platform, Version, and ServicePack properties.

The following code example illustrates the use of the ToString method to display OperatingSystem objects.


// Example for the OperatingSystem constructor and the 
// OperatingSystem::ToString( ) method.
using namespace System;

// Create and display an OperatingSystem object.
void BuildOSObj( PlatformID pID, Version^ ver )
{
   OperatingSystem^ os = gcnew OperatingSystem( pID,ver );
   Console::WriteLine( "   {0}", os->ToString() );
}

void BuildOperatingSystemObjects()
{

   // The Version object does not need to correspond to an 
   // actual OS version.
   Version^ verNull = gcnew Version;
   Version^ verMajMin = gcnew Version( 3,11 );
   Version^ verMMBld = gcnew Version( 5,25,625 );
   Version^ verMMBVer = gcnew Version( 5,6,7,8 );
   Version^ verString = gcnew Version( "3.5.8.13" );

   // All PlatformID members are shown here.
   BuildOSObj( PlatformID::Win32NT, verNull );
   BuildOSObj( PlatformID::Win32S, verMajMin );
   BuildOSObj( PlatformID::Win32Windows, verMMBld );
   BuildOSObj( PlatformID::WinCE, verMMBVer );
   BuildOSObj( PlatformID::Win32NT, verString );
}

int main()
{
   Console::WriteLine( "This example of the OperatingSystem constructor and \n"
   "OperatingSystem::ToString( ) generates the following "
   "output.\n" );
   Console::WriteLine( "Create and display several different "
   "OperatingSystem objects:\n" );
   BuildOperatingSystemObjects();
   Console::WriteLine( "\nThe OS version of the host computer is:\n\n   {0}", Environment::OSVersion->ToString() );
}

/*
This example of the OperatingSystem constructor and
OperatingSystem::ToString( ) generates the following output.

Create and display several different OperatingSystem objects:

   Microsoft Windows NT 0.0
   Microsoft Win32S 3.11
   Microsoft Windows 98 5.25.625
   Microsoft Windows CE 5.6.7.8
   Microsoft Windows NT 3.5.8.13

The OS version of the host computer is:

   Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600.0
*/


.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

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.
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