GetVersionAsNumber ( Version )
Converts a software version number to a decimal number regardless of location
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Eilert Sundt Eilert Sundt Systemdesign http://www.eilert.no |
10.456 ( US system )
Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)
With FileMaker having made the jump to double-digit version numbers,
testing for the correct FM version has just got a bit more difficult
if you're outside of the US. In earlier versions, we could filter out
the numbers from the Application Version and read the leftmost digit
to get at the "main" version number, but that won't work anymore. So,
we would like to get the number portion of the Version string as a
true decimal number, which is what this CF does.
Comments
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Rob, Monk Media Aug 26, 2009 |
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| Would Abs(Get ( ApplicationVersion )) Do the same thing? |
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Eilert Sundt, Hammerfest, Norway Aug 26, 2009 |
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| If you're on a US system, yes - but if your locale does not recognise the point (".") as a decimal separator it won't. That's the whole point (pardon the pun) of the exercise: in large parts of the world the comma is used as the decimal separator. | ||
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