GetMajorVersion

PowerScript function

Description

Returns the major version for the current PowerBuilder execution
context. For example, at maintenance level 11.5.1 the major version is
11.

Applies to

ContextInformation objects

Syntax

servicereference.GetMajorVersion ( majorversion )

1	servicereference.GetMajorVersion ( majorversion )

Argument	Description
servicereference	Reference to the ContextInformation service instance.
majorversion	Integer into which the function places the major version. This argument is passed by reference.

Return value

Integer.

Returns 1 if the function succeeds and -1 if an error occurs.

Usage

Call this function to determine the current major version.

Examples

This example calls the GetMajorVersion function:

String ls_name
Constant String ls_currver = "8.0.3"
Integer li_majver, li_minver, li_fixver
ContextInformation ci
 
this.GetContextService ("ContextInformation", ci)
 
GetMajorVersion(li_majver)
ci.GetMinorVersion(li_minver)
ci.GetFixesVersion(li_fixver)
IF li_majver &lt;&gt; 8 THEN
   MessageBox("Error", &amp;
      "Must be at Version " + ls_currver)
ELSEIF li_minver &lt;&gt; 0 THEN
   MessageBox("Error", &amp;
      "Must be at Version " + ls_currver)
ELSEIF li_fixver &lt;&gt; 3 THEN
   MessageBox("Error", &amp;
      "Must be at Version " + ls_currver)
END IF