Hi All,
I am building a windows application in VB .Net 2005 , and for deploying
the application i need to run some exe's if it is 32 bits and some
other exe's for 64 bits
Can anyone tell me how can i findout this using VB .Net
Thanks in advance
-Sajin 16 7443
I don't have the code for you, but you will need to use the GetVersionEx API
with the OSVERSIONINFOEX Structure
Use the Environment namespeace to get the basic OS version
( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3042...icrosoft.com/k
b/304722/en-us) & pass to the above API
You can then find out if its a server/workstation/service pack level...
I hope this is of some use
Newbie Coder
"sajin" <sa***@iprlab.comwrote in message
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Hi All,
I am building a windows application in VB .Net 2005 , and for deploying
the application i need to run some exe's if it is 32 bits and some
other exe's for 64 bits
Can anyone tell me how can i findout this using VB .Net
Thanks in advance
-Sajin
Some sample code is here: http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb...39625&lngWId=1
on Planet Source Code. It's VB6 though. I don't know of anything in
vb.net to get that - there may be, but I personally am just unaware of
any.
Regards,
ImageAnalyst
sajin wrote:
Hi All,
I am building a windows application in VB .Net 2005 , and for deploying
the application i need to run some exe's if it is 32 bits and some
other exe's for 64 bits
Can anyone tell me how can i findout this using VB .Net
Thanks in advance
-Sajin
But with the PSC screen from that code you see that it says things like
Professional/home... That isn't actually breaking it down far enough, is it?
Only the 64 bit is of use there though.
Lets rip the code to pieces & see if we can do a simple translation. Need to
get my VS 6 Enterprise discs out 'cos the upgrade feature in VB.NET ain't
all that, is it?
Newbie Coder
Ok. So here is the answer
'IsWow64Process' API function is declared in Kernall32.dll from XP onwards
' Import
Imports System.Diagnostics
' Declaration
Private Declare Function IsWow64Process Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hProcess As
Int32, ByRef Wow64Process As Boolean) As Int32
' Function
Private Function Is64Bit() As Boolean
Dim proc As Process = Process.GetCurrentProcess
Dim Wow64Process As Boolean
Try
Return IsWow64Process(proc.Id, Wow64Process) <0
Catch ex As Exception
Return False
End Try
End Function
' Usage:
MessageBox.Show(Is64Bit.ToString)
I hope this helps,
Newbie Coder
You didn't look at the whole screenshot. Look at the next line below
the professional/home. It says "64 bit system: False". Presumably it
would say true if you had a 64 bit system, so there must be a way in
the code to detect that.
ImageAnalyst.
Newbie Coder wrote:
But with the PSC screen from that code you see that it says things like
Professional/home... That isn't actually breaking it down far enough, is it?
Only the 64 bit is of use there though.
Lets rip the code to pieces & see if we can do a simple translation. Need to
get my VS 6 Enterprise discs out 'cos the upgrade feature in VB.NET ain't
all that, is it?
Newbie Coder
I saw that, downloaded the VB 6 code, updated it to VB.NET & posted above
your last post
Please read my last post before this one
Newbie Coder
Good! Nice contribution! I'm sure it will be useful to many in the
future as 64 bit systems become more commonplace.
ImageAnalyst.
(By the way, your prior post wasn't there when I replied via Google
Discussion Groups even though you posted it a day before mine. Maybe
there is a lag somewhere.)
Newbie Coder wrote:
I saw that, downloaded the VB 6 code, updated it to VB.NET & posted above
your last post
Please read my last post before this one
Newbie Coder
Hi All,
I got it through the registry entry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\SessionManager\Environment
Read the Key value "PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE"
For 32bit it shows - x86
For 64bit it shows- AMD64
Thanks
Sajin
ImageAnalyst wrote:
Good! Nice contribution! I'm sure it will be useful to many in the
future as 64 bit systems become more commonplace.
ImageAnalyst.
(By the way, your prior post wasn't there when I replied via Google
Discussion Groups even though you posted it a day before mine. Maybe
there is a lag somewhere.)
Newbie Coder wrote:
I saw that, downloaded the VB 6 code, updated it to VB.NET & posted above
your last post
Please read my last post before this one
Newbie Coder
That's cool - Nice Work
Newbie Coder
"sajin" <sa***@iprlab.comwrote in message
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Hi All,
I got it through the registry entry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\SessionManager\Environme
nt
Read the Key value "PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE"
For 32bit it shows - x86
For 64bit it shows- AMD64
Thanks
Sajin
ImageAnalyst wrote:
Good! Nice contribution! I'm sure it will be useful to many in the
future as 64 bit systems become more commonplace.
ImageAnalyst.
(By the way, your prior post wasn't there when I replied via Google
Discussion Groups even though you posted it a day before mine. Maybe
there is a lag somewhere.)
Newbie Coder wrote:
I saw that, downloaded the VB 6 code, updated it to VB.NET & posted
above
your last post
>
Please read my last post before this one
>
Newbie Coder
There are all these complex answers that I see people giving. There's a much
easier way:
public static bool IsRunningOnWin64()
{
return (IntPtr.Size == 8);
}
In VB this would be:
public shared function IsRunningOnWin64() as boolean
return (IntPtr.Size = 8)
end function
This won't tell you if you're running in WOW on Win64, but it'll let you
know if your app is running in 32 or 64 bit land.
--
Chris Mullins, MCSD.NET, MCPD:Enterprise http://www.coversant.net/blogs/cmullins
"sajin" <sa***@iprlab.comwrote in message
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Hi All,
I am building a windows application in VB .Net 2005 , and for deploying
the application i need to run some exe's if it is 32 bits and some
other exe's for 64 bits
Can anyone tell me how can i findout this using VB .Net
Thanks in advance
-Sajin
Using WMI may have far reaching implications.
I believe that a limited access account won't have sufficient right to run
the WMI select.
--
Chris Mullins, MCSD.NET, MCPD:Enterprise http://www.coversant.net/blogs/cmullins
"Newbie Coder" <ne**********@pleasespamme.comwrote in message
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Found another way for you
Import the SYSTEM.MANAGEMENT.DLL
' In form Class
Imports System.Management
Dim mos As ManagementObjectSearcher = New
ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM Win32_ComputerSystem")
Dim mo As ManagementObject
Private Sub btnGet_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles btnGet.Click
For Each mo In mos.Get
txtSystemType.Text = mo("systemtype").ToString
Next
End Sub
That will return the answer you require too
I have attached the project to this post. So, if you use Outlook Express
you
can download the project zip
I hope this also helps,
Newbie Coder
What's wrong with this?
Debug.WriteLine(My.Computer.Info.OSFullName)
Debug.WriteLine(My.Computer.Info.OSPlatform)
Debug.WriteLine(My.Computer.Info.OSVersion)
"Chris Mullins" <cm******@yahoo.comwrote in message
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Using WMI may have far reaching implications.
I believe that a limited access account won't have sufficient right to run
the WMI select.
--
Chris Mullins, MCSD.NET, MCPD:Enterprise http://www.coversant.net/blogs/cmullins
"Newbie Coder" <ne**********@pleasespamme.comwrote in message
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>Found another way for you
Import the SYSTEM.MANAGEMENT.DLL
' In form Class
Imports System.Management
Dim mos As ManagementObjectSearcher = New ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM Win32_ComputerSystem") Dim mo As ManagementObject
Private Sub btnGet_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnGet.Click For Each mo In mos.Get txtSystemType.Text = mo("systemtype").ToString Next End Sub
That will return the answer you require too
I have attached the project to this post. So, if you use Outlook Express you can download the project zip
I hope this also helps,
Newbie Coder
User never specified VB.NET 2005 code
Found another way for you using WMI:
Add a reference to the SYSTEM.MANAGEMENT.DLL
Then add this Import:
' Import
Imports System.management
' Add a Textbox called 'txtSystemType' & a button called 'btnGet'. Now paste
in the following code:
Dim mos As ManagementObjectSearcher = New
ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM Win32_Processor")
Dim mo As ManagementObject
Private Sub btnGet_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles btnGet.Click
For Each mo In mos.Get
txtSystemType.Text = mo("AddressWidth").ToString & " bit"
Next
End Sub
This will then return 32 or 64 & 'bit' to the textbox
I hope this also helps,
Newbie Coder
What??????????????????????
User never specified VB.NET 2005 code
Sure he did. Read his post below. I see VB.Net 2005 is listed there. Don't
you?
>Hi All,
>I am building a windows application in VB .Net 2005 , and for deploying the application i need to run some exe's if it is 32 bits and some other exe's for 64 bits
>Can anyone tell me how can i findout this using VB .Net
>Thanks in advance -Sajin
"Newbie Coder" <ne**********@pleasespamme.comwrote in message
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User never specified VB.NET 2005 code
Opps...Ignore this post.
"Mudhead" <no*****@yourhouse.comwrote in message
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What's wrong with this?
Debug.WriteLine(My.Computer.Info.OSFullName)
Debug.WriteLine(My.Computer.Info.OSPlatform)
Debug.WriteLine(My.Computer.Info.OSVersion)
"Chris Mullins" <cm******@yahoo.comwrote in message
news:e4**************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>Using WMI may have far reaching implications.
I believe that a limited access account won't have sufficient right to run the WMI select.
-- Chris Mullins, MCSD.NET, MCPD:Enterprise http://www.coversant.net/blogs/cmullins
"Newbie Coder" <ne**********@pleasespamme.comwrote in message news:eW**************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>Found another way for you
Import the SYSTEM.MANAGEMENT.DLL
' In form Class
Imports System.Management
Dim mos As ManagementObjectSearcher = New ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM Win32_ComputerSystem") Dim mo As ManagementObject
Private Sub btnGet_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnGet.Click For Each mo In mos.Get txtSystemType.Text = mo("systemtype").ToString Next End Sub
That will return the answer you require too
I have attached the project to this post. So, if you use Outlook Express you can download the project zip
I hope this also helps,
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