Returns information about the Visual FoxPro version you are using.
Syntax
VERSION(nExpression)
Returns
Character, Numeric
Arguments
nExpression
Specifies that VERSION( ) returns additional information about Visual FoxPro. If you omit nExpression, VERSION( ) returns the Visual FoxPro version number.
The following table lists values for nExpression and the additional Visual FoxPro information returned.
| nExpression | Additional Visual FoxPro information returned |
| 1 | Visual FoxPro date and serial number. |
| 2 | Visual FoxPro version type: 0 - Run time version 1 - Standard Edition (earlier versions) 2 - Professional Edition (earlier versions) |
| 3 | Localized Visual FoxPro language. The following two character values indicate the language for which Visual FoxPro is localized: 00 - English 33 - French 34 - Spanish 39 - Italian 42 - Czech 48 - Polish 49 - German 55 - Portuguese 82 - Korean 86 - Simplified Chinese 88 - Traditional Chinese |
| 4 | The Visual FoxPro version number in a standard, easily parsed format. The standard format is "MM.00.YDDD.mm" where MM is the major release number, 00 is a fixed placeholder, YDDD is the four digit product date for the day the version was created, and mm is the incremental minor revision number. For the product date YDDD, Y is the year number in the 1990 decade, and DDD is the day number for that year. For example, 8001 corresponds to January 1, 1998. |
| 5 | The Visual FoxPro release version in the format "Mmm" where M is the major release number and mm is the incremental minor revision number. For example, VERSION(5) returns "600” in Visual FoxPro 6.0. |
Remarks
Use VERSION( ) to conditionally execute version-specific portions of code.
VERSION( ), VERSION(1), VERSION(3), and VERSION(4) return character strings; VERSION(2) returns a numeric value.