I think he is asking to find out if the BUILD is 32 or 64 bit. In that case the platform() function really has to be updated. but there is porobably a way by reading the magic (file header) bytes of the standalone. But can't be sure.
On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 5:43 PM Dar Scott Consulting via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > 1. Check for files and folders that are are required on one or do not > exist on one. > > Program Files (x86) > SysWOW64 > > 2. systeminfo > > > > > On Aug 30, 2019, at 1:22 PM, Devin Asay via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I know we can get all manner of information about the host system our > stack or application is running on, including platform(), processor(), and > machine() but is there a way to check to see whether the host OS is 32 or > 64 bit? The platform function on Windows always returns Win32 regardless of > which version of Windows is running, and the processor reports x86_32 or > x86_64, depending on the host machine’s CPU. > > > > Now that we can build both 32 and 64 bit applications for Windows, it’s > important to be able to tell whether the host OS is 32 or 64 bit. But I > can’t work out if these functions let us get that information. For > instance, on my Windows 10 64-bit system I get: > > > > The platform: Win32 > > The processor: x86_64 > > The machine: x86_64 > > > > But I just had a user report that they were unable to run a new build of > one of my Windows applications, which I had built as 64 bit. I’m sending > them a 32-bit build, but I got to thinking, would there be a way to check > that from within LiveCode? > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Devin > > > > Devin Asay > > Brigham Young University > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
