OSFeature Class
Provides operating-system specific feature queries.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
Use the static instance of this class provided in the Feature property to query for operating system features. You cannot create an instance of this class.
To determine the version of a feature, call the GetVersionPresent method. To determine if a feature or a specific version is present, call the IsPresent method and specify the feature to look for with the feature identifiers provided in this class.
The following example uses OSFeature to query the operating system to determine if the LayeredWindows feature is installed. The example presents two different ways of checking to see whether the feature is present. In the first method, myVersion is checked to see if it is Nothing. If the version is Nothing, the feature is not installed. In the second method, the example calls the base class method IsPresent to see if the feature is installed. The results are displayed in a text box.
This code assumes textBox1 has been created and placed on a form.
Private Sub LayeredWindows() ' Gets the version of the layered windows feature. Dim myVersion As Version = _ OSFeature.Feature.GetVersionPresent(OSFeature.LayeredWindows) ' Prints whether the feature is available. If (myVersion IsNot Nothing) Then textBox1.Text = "Layered windows feature is installed." & _ ControlChars.CrLf Else textBox1.Text = "Layered windows feature is not installed." & _ ControlChars.CrLf End If 'This is an alternate way to check whether a feature is present. If OSFeature.Feature.IsPresent(OSFeature.LayeredWindows) Then textBox1.Text &= "Again, layered windows feature is installed." Else textBox1.Text &= "Again, layered windows feature is not installed." End If End Sub
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
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