Checking the host OS

[Dar Scott Consulting]

Oh...

1. Yes, one way is to parse the exe. (offset, offset, check for "PE\0\0", next two bytes)

2. Check for WoW64 redirection. (I'm not sure how, though.)

> On Aug 30, 2019, at 6:10 PM, Tom Glod via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> 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 at 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 at 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
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