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Re: Finder Version Wrong in OS X
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Re: Finder Version Wrong in OS X


  • Subject: Re: Finder Version Wrong in OS X
  • From: Andy Wylie <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 00:20:02 +1200

on 11/4/02 11:13 AM, Philip Aker at email@hidden wrote:

> on NumVersion(theNumber)
> --NB: Doesn't account for release status
> set temp to (theNumber mod 256)
> set vers_major to (theNumber - temp) div 256
> set {vers_minor, vers_update} to {(temp div 16), (temp mod 16)}
> return {vers_major, vers_minor, vers_update}
> end NumVersion
>
> --
> on GetSystemVersion(theNumber)
> -- NB: MacOS versioning mechanism started in System 6?
> set sysv to NumVersion(theNumber)
> set major to ((item 1 of sysv) div 4)
> return "" & (major + 6) & "." & item 2 of sysv & "." & item 3 of sysv
> end GetSystemVersion
>
>
> --test
> set num1 to (system attribute "sysv")
> set num2 to 2144
> {GetSystemVersion(num1), NumVersion(num1),
> GetSystemVersion(num2), NumVersion(num2)}


tell application "Finder"
set num1 to (computer "sysv")
end tell

set num2 to 2144
{GetSystemVersion(num1), NumVersion(num1), GetSystemVersion(num2),
NumVersion(num2)}
-- {"8.6.0", {8, 6, 0}, "8.6.0", {8, 6, 0}}

very good thanks Philip

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