Suggestion: OS Checking

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Hi Friedrich

Would it be too difficult to extend the OS checking so we can specify the
minimum Service Pack for a particular OS?
I'm just thinking its ok to say yes a program can run on say XP but it would
be nicer to say minimum of XP SP2 for example.

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Cheers
Richard

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You can easily script that yourself.
Check the Misc.sb7 item in the example files that I nagged you to download.
Here's a screen shot from my CHM that installs with the examples.

Jane

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Hi Jane

Yeah I'm doing it already but as SP's are just as important as the OS for
some installs I thought it was worth suggesting.<g>

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Cheers
Richard

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Hi Richard,

> Yeah I'm doing it already but as SP's are just as important as the OS for
> some installs I thought it was worth suggesting.<g>

What Jane suggested is the correct and best way to handle this.

I would never use the "OS Version Checking" Requirement. It's simply not
powerful nor flexible enough. BTW, we also do not use it in any of the
Script Consulting Projects.

I would suggest to do requirements checking directly from the script. The
same script can have different requirements for different outputs (e.g. if a
project is compiled from a "Release" or a "SKU Wizard", etc.). All this
can't be handled through the "standard" OS Version Checking.

Friedrich