Q28444: Example of Calling OS/2 DosGetVersion and DosGetMachineMode

Article: Q28444
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 6.00 6.00b 7.00 | 6.00 6.00b 7.00
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 2-FEB-1990

Below is a sample program that makes calls to the OS/2 functions
DosGetVersion and DosGetMachineMode.

' The function declarations are found in BSEDOSPC.BI

DECLARE FUNCTION DosGetVersion%(_
        SEG P1 AS INTEGER)

DECLARE FUNCTION DosGetMachineMode(_
        BYVAL P1s AS INTEGER,_
        BYVAL P1o AS INTEGER)

DEFINT A-Z
CLS
DIM mode AS STRING*1

x=DosGetMachineMode%(varseg(mode),varptr(mode))
IF (x) THEN
   Print "An error occurred. The number is : ";x
ELSE
   IF mode=chr$(0) THEN
      print "Real Mode"
   ELSE
      print "Protect Mode"
   END if
END IF

x=DosGetVersion(version)
IF (x) THEN
   Print "An error occurred. The number is : ";x
ELSE
   Print "The version number is : ";
   Print  peek(varptr(version)+1);".";peek(varptr(version))
END IF

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