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Class: OSInfo in Category Windows : System Information from Total Visual SourceBook

Obtain information from the Windows operating system in VB6 and VBA with 32 and 64 bit Windows API calls.

Procedure List

Procedure Name	Type	Description
(Declarations)	Declarations	Declarations and private variables for the COSInfo class
Beep	Property	Determine whether the warning beeper is on or off
ComputerName	Property	Get the name of the computer
CurrentHardwareProfile	Property	Get the name of the current hardware profile
DefaultCompanyName	Property	Get the default company name used by Microsoft setup programs
DefaultUserName	Property	Get the default user name used by Microsoft setup programs
DisplayColors	Property	Get the number of colors displayed by the adapter
Language	Property	Get the user language
LargeFonts	Property	Determine whether large fonts are displayed
OSAdditional	Property	Get additional information about the operating system version
OSBuild	Property	Get the operating system build number
OSMajorVersion	Property	Get the operating system major version
OSMinorVersion	Property	Get the operating system minor version
ScreenResolutionX	Property	Get the screen resolution X value
ScreenResolutionY	Property	Get the screen resolution Y value
ScreenSaverActive	Property	Determine whether the screen saver is enabled
ScreenSaverTimeout	Property	Get the screen saver time-out value
SystemDirectory	Property	Get the Windows system directory
TempFile	Property	Get a temporary file name. The TempFile property only uses the first three characters of the strPrefix parameter.
TempPath	Property	Get the path of the temporary directory
UserName	Property	Get the Windows user name
WindowsDirectory	Property	Get the Windows directory
WindowsType	Property	Get the Windows type.
WindowsVersionString	Property	Get the Windows version as a string with major and minor build plus 32 or 64 bitness (e.g. "Windows 8 v.6.2, 64 bit" or "Windows 7 v.6.1, 32 bit")
WindowsUpTime	Property	Get the length of time in minutes that the current Windows session has been running
CreateGUID	Method	Generates a GUID (Globally Unique IDentifier)
PadHex	Private	Pad a string to a minimum length by adding trailing hex character
GetWorkArea	Method	Get the visible area of the desktop, minus the taskbar
RegistryGetKeyValue	Private	Get a value from the system registry
TrimNull	Private	Get the passed string terminated at the first null character. If there isn't a null, the entire string is returned.

Example Code for Using Class: OSInfo

' Example of COSInfo
'
' To use this example, create a new module and paste this code into it.
' Then run the procedure by putting the cursor in the procedure and pressing:
'    F5 to run it, or
'    F8 to step through it line-by-line (see the Debug menu for more options)

Private Sub Example_COSInfo()
  ' Comments: Example of using the COSInfo class to get Windows operating system information in VB6 and VBA with 32 and 64 bit Windows API calls.
  '           Run this procedure and see the information in the Immediate Window.

  Dim clsOSInfo As New COSInfo
  Dim intLeft As Integer
  Dim intTop As Integer
  Dim intWidth As Integer
  Dim intHeight As Integer
  Dim lngX As Long
  Dim lngY As Long

  ' Display operating system information in the Immediate Window
  With clsOSInfo
    Debug.Print "Beep warning             = " & .Beep
    Debug.Print "Computer Name            = " & .ComputerName
    Debug.Print "Current Hardware Profile = " & .CurrentHardwareProfile
    Debug.Print "Default Company Name     = " & .DefaultCompanyName
    Debug.Print "Default User Name        = " & .DefaultUserName
    Debug.Print "Display Colors           = " & .DisplayColors

    .GetWorkArea intLeft, intTop, intWidth, intHeight
    Debug.Print "WorkArea                 = (" & intLeft & "," & intTop & ") - (" & intWidth & "," & intHeight & ")"

    lngX = .ScreenResolutionX
    lngY = .ScreenResolutionY
    Debug.Print "Screen Resolution        = " & lngX & " x " & lngY

    Debug.Print "Guid                     = " & .CreateGUID
    Debug.Print "Language                 = " & .Language
    Debug.Print "LargeFonts               = " & .LargeFonts
    Debug.Print "OSBuild                  = " & .OSBuild
    Debug.Print "OSAdditional             = " & .OSAdditional
    Debug.Print "Version                  = " & .OSMajorVersion & "." & .OSMinorVersion
    Debug.Print "Screen Saver Active      = " & .ScreenSaverActive
    Debug.Print "Screen Saver Timeout     = " & .ScreenSaverTimeout
    Debug.Print "System Directory         = " & .SystemDirectory
    Debug.Print "Temp File                = " & .TempFile("tes")
    Debug.Print "Temp Path                = " & .TempPath
    Debug.Print "User Name                = " & .UserName
    Debug.Print "Windows Directory        = " & .WindowsDirectory
    Debug.Print "Windows Type             = " & .WindowsType
    Debug.Print "Windows Version          = " & .WindowsVersionString
  End With

  Set clsOSInfo = Nothing
End Sub

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