getting system specifications

[Nadesj]

I can not find how I can read which processor, which operating system,
size of HD etc. is in a system and put it in a stack. For the moment I only
need it on a windows system. So that in my application people can see
what is in their computers, for assistance when I want to help them to
repair their computer.

[Mark]

Hi...

The following syntax might help you:

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put the processor
put the environment
put the qtVersion
put the systemVersion
put the platform

You can also use the system_profiler command line utility on Mac OS X. You can use systeminfo.exe on Windows. I found some info saying that cat /proc/* would do the same on Linux but I haven't tried that yet. There are quite a few command line utilities available for Linux.

Kind regards,

Mark

[Dixie]

Look at 'platform'. 'volumes' and 'the disk space' in the dictionary...

be well

Dixie

[FourthWorld]

Hi...

The following syntax might help you:

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put the processor
put the environment
put the qtVersion
put the systemVersion
put the platform

Those are generally great sources of info, but for myself I stopped including the qtVersion in similar gestalt functions on non-Mac systems, because to get that info LiveCode needs to initialize QuickTime, and that can take several seconds if it hasn't already been used in that session.

[Nadesj]

Now I know where to look, thx all for the fast reply.

[mrcoollion]

Just for completion.
One can paste the code below in a button to get all kinds of system information from a Windows PC.

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on mouseUp pMouseButton
   put the platform &cr& systemVersion() &cr& the processor &cr& the environment &cr& the qtVersion into tSysInfo1
   set the hideConsoleWindows to true
   put shell ( "systeminfo.exe" ) into tSysInfo2
   answer tSysInfo1 &cr& "------------------------" &cr& tSysInfo2
   //breakpoint
end mouseUp

Greetings,

Paul

[dunbarx]

Also "the machine", "the version", "the buildNumber"...

The reason I mention these is that if you look up any one of Mark's replies in the dictionary, you will find others in the "related" section. As Dixie mentioned, this is just good practice at any time, as one find leads to another, and so on...

Craig

[bobcole]

This discussion prompted me to put together a stack of simple commands.
The comment by mrcoollian was the basis of this stack. I just expanded the list.
Where do I find the "systeminfo.exe" app?
Bob

System Information.livecode.zip

(1.64 KiB) Downloaded 34 times

[Klaus]

Where do I find the "systeminfo.exe" app?

On Windows, Bob, on Windows!

[richmond62]

Thanks . . .
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