ASCOM Platform Developer Help
UtilPlatform
Current Platform version in Major.Minor form
Definition
Namespace: ASCOM.Utilities
Assembly: ASCOM.Utilities (in ASCOM.Utilities.dll) Version: 7.1.3+4851.c5da65c2b
Current Platform version in Major.Minor form
Assembly: ASCOM.Utilities (in ASCOM.Utilities.dll) Version: 7.1.3+4851.c5da65c2b
C#
public string PlatformVersion { get; }VB
Public ReadOnly Property PlatformVersion As String
GetC++
public:
virtual property String^ PlatformVersion {
String^ get () sealed;
}Return Value
StringCurrent Platform version in Major.Minor form
Remarks
Please be careful if you wish to convert this string into a number within your application
because the ASCOM Platform is used internationally and some countries use characters other
than point as the decimal separator.
If your application tries to convert 5.5 into a Double value when running on a PC localised to France, you will get an exception because the French decimal separator is comma and 5.5 is not a valid representation of a decimal number in that locale.
If you still wish to turn the Platform Version into a Double value, you can use an approach such as this:
If Double.Parse(Util.PlatformVersion, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) < 5.5 Then...If you just wish to test whether the platform is greater than a particular level, you can use the IsMinimumRequiredVersion method.