$SirVer: Difference between revisions

From m204wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
m (1 revision)
m (misc cleanup)
 
(25 intermediate revisions by 5 users not shown)
Line 2: Line 2:
<span class="pageSubtitle">Current version number of Sirius product</span>
<span class="pageSubtitle">Current version number of Sirius product</span>


<p class="warning">Most Sirius $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. There is no OO equivalent for the $SirVer function, but you can get the same information from the [[Sirius command]].</p>
<p class="warn"><b>Note: </b>Many $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. There is no OO equivalent for the $SirVer function, but you can get the same information from the <var>[[SIRIUS command|SIRIUS]]</var> command.</p>


This function returns the current version number of a particular Sirius product.  
This function returns the current version number of a particular [[Sirius Software|Sirius]] product.  


The <var>$SirVer</var> function accepts one argument and returns a numeric result that is the current version number of the requested product.
==Syntax==
<p class="syntax"><span class="term">%ver</span> = <span class="literal">$SirVer</span>([<span class="term">product</span>])
</p>


The argument is a string corresponding to one of the following products:
===Syntax terms===
<table>
<tr><th>%ver</th>
<td>A numeric variable that is set to the current version number of the requested product.</td></tr>


<tr><th>product</th>
<td>A string corresponding to one of the following products:
<ul>
<ul>
<li>SIRMODS: <var class="product">[[Sirius Mods]]</var>  
<li>SIRMODS: <var class="product">[[Sirius Mods]]</var>  
<li>FUNLOAD: <var class="product">[[Fast/Unload]]</var> (accessed via the ''[[Fast/Unload User Language Interface]]'')
</ul>


==Syntax==
<li>FUNLOAD: <var class="product">[[Fast/Unload]]</var> (accessed via the [[Fast/Unload SOUL Interface]])
<p class="syntax"><section begin="syntax" />%VER = $SirVer(product)
</ul></td></tr>
<section end="syntax" /></p>
</table>
<p class="caption">$SirVer Function
</p>
<p class="caption">%VER is set to the current product version number.</p>


This function can be used to ensure that you are running the correct version of the <var class="product">Sirius Mods</var> or of ''[[Fast/Unload]]''. For example, the program
==Usage notes==
<ul>
<li>This function can be used to ensure that you are running the correct version of the <var class="product">Sirius Mods</var> or of <var class="product">Fast/Unload</var>. For example, the following program
would stop if the <var class="product">Sirius Mods</var> were older than release 6.03:
<p class="code">IF $SirVer < 603 THEN
PRINT 'OBSOLETE SIRIUS FUNCTIONS'
STOP
END IF
</p></li>


<p class="code"> IF $SirVer < 603 THEN
<li>The default product value is <var>SIRMODS</var>; that is, if the argument is missing or is the null string, the version number of the <var class="product">Sirius Mods</var> is returned. If the argument is invalid, 0 is returned. If the argument is <var>FUNLOAD</var>, and the <var class="product">Fast/Unload SOUL Interface</var> is not available, 0 is returned. </li>
PRINT 'OBSOLETE SIRIUS FUNCTIONS'
</ul>
STOP
END IF
</p>
 
would stop if the <var class="product">Sirius Mods</var> were older than release 6.03.
 
The default product is SIRMODS, that is, if the argument is missing or is the null string, the version number of the <var class="product">Sirius Mods</var> is returned. If the argument is invalid, 0 is returned. If the argument is FUNLOAD, and the ''[[Fast/Unload User Language Interface]]'' is not available, 0 is returned.  


<h2>Products authorizing {{PAGENAMEE}}</h2><ul class="smallAndTightList">
==Products authorizing {{PAGENAMEE}}==
<li>[[Sirius functions]]</li>
<ul class="smallAndTightList">
<li>[[List of $functions|Sirius functions]]</li>
<li>[[Fast/Unload User Language Interface]]</li>
<li>[[Fast/Unload User Language Interface]]</li>
<li>[[Janus Open Client]]</li>
<li>[[Media:JoclrNew.pdf|Janus Open Client]]</li>
<li>[[Janus Open Server]]</li>
<li>[[Media:JosrvrNew.pdf|Janus Open Server]]</li>
<li>[[Janus Sockets]]</li>
<li>[[Janus Sockets]]</li>
<li>[[Janus Web Server]]</li>
<li>[[Janus Web Server]]</li>
<li>[[Japanese functions]]</li>
<li>Japanese functions</li>
<li>[[Sir2000 Field Migration Facility]]</li>
<li>[[Media:SirfieldNew.pdf|Sir2000 Field Migration Facility]]</li>
 
</ul>
</ul>
<p>
</p>


[[Category:$Functions|$SirVer]]
[[Category:$Functions|$SirVer]]

Latest revision as of 23:50, 6 October 2015

Current version number of Sirius product

Note: Many $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. There is no OO equivalent for the $SirVer function, but you can get the same information from the SIRIUS command.

This function returns the current version number of a particular Sirius product.

Syntax

%ver = $SirVer([product])

Syntax terms

%ver A numeric variable that is set to the current version number of the requested product.
product A string corresponding to one of the following products:

Usage notes

  • This function can be used to ensure that you are running the correct version of the Sirius Mods or of Fast/Unload. For example, the following program would stop if the Sirius Mods were older than release 6.03:

    IF $SirVer < 603 THEN PRINT 'OBSOLETE SIRIUS FUNCTIONS' STOP END IF

  • The default product value is SIRMODS; that is, if the argument is missing or is the null string, the version number of the Sirius Mods is returned. If the argument is invalid, 0 is returned. If the argument is FUNLOAD, and the Fast/Unload SOUL Interface is not available, 0 is returned.

Products authorizing $SirVer