I am trying to recognise the operating system of the BW client.

I am using the function get.display.data( ref long server_data(SRVMAXSIZE) )

Microsoft operating system srv.display.os.type(server_data) DSBW_WIN_311
DSBW_WIN_NT
DSBW_WIN_95
NT4


But it seems that the function always gives back DSBW_WIN_95.

Did you get to the same problem?

By the way, is there a solution to get the IP address and computer name of the client without having to use cumbersome batch script on the client side?


Ciao.
Claudio.

On our 98, W2K and XP machines this appears to always return DSBW_WIN_95. Not really sure what this command is doing. Is this returning info from the server display piece or the client. Looks like the server.

And I do not know of a easy method of getting the IP address of the client. A little more info on what you are attempting to do may help someone come up with a solution.

Good Luck!

Mark

Hello friends,

You should use the following function:

Syntax

long ostype()

Description

This returns a long value that indicates the operating system environment. The possible values are:

OS_WINDOWS_NT Windows/NT
OS_WINDOWS_95 Windows 95
OS_UNIX All UNIX variants

Context

Bshell function.

Hi,

The ostype() is supposed to return the O/S on the server and not the client.

I am at home that I cannot send the syntactically correct compiled code.

here is the basic logic to get the windows versions or any client versions (maybe a BaaN 4 – Unix ASCII interface), you are working on -


#pragma used dll ottdllbw

long fp
long ret
string fname(80)
string comd(256)
string buffer(1024)

fname = “tmp” & str$(utc.num())
|* generate a random file name for windows file redirection.
|* you can use the commands – ver/cmd from DOS/WINDOWS to get the version information.


C:\>ver

Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]

C:\>cmd
Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]
(C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp.

C:\>


|* If you are using the ver command and redirect the output to a file, then you get 3 lines, 1st and 3rd lines are blanks, and 2nd line contains the windows version. So you need to parse the file to get the version information
|* Alternatively, you can use the command cmd, which gives the 3 lines of output, but we parse only the 1st line to read the version.

comd = "cmd > " & fname
ret = app_start(comd, “”, “”,””,””)

if ret > =0 then
|* >=0 success; identification number of the started application is returned
fp = seq.open.local(fname, “r”, 1)
if fp < 1 then
message(“File handling error”)
exit(1)
endif
ret = seq.read.local(buffer, 1024, fp)
|* buffer now contains the string –
|* Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]
seq.close.local(fp)
else
|* this must be unix os as the cmd isn’t recognized.
|* you can use the ostype() to verify if its a Unix operating system.
|* long ostype()
|* Description
|* This returns a long value that indicates the operating system environment. The possible |* values are:
|* OS_WINDOWS_NT Windows/NT
|* OS_WINDOWS_95 Windows 95
|* OS_UNIX All UNIX variants
|* To extend the functionality to detect which particular Unix version one is using, you
|* have to use the unix command – uname, maybe the option -a
comd = “uname > ” & fname
fp = seq.open (fname, “r”)
if fp < 1 then
message(“File handling error”)
exit(1)
endif
ret = seq.read(buffer, 1024, fp)
|* buffer now contains the string –
|* HP-UX-11.0 – I cannot get the exact unix output now at home.
seq.close (fp)
ret = seq.unlink(fname)
endif


Hope you can pick up the clues and try to make it work, I will try to put a better compileable code tommorow.

Claudio,

Better late than never I found the answer :D

By the way, is there a solution to get the IP address and computer name of the
client without having to use cumbersome batch script on the client side?


You can use the tools function -
get.bw.hostname() (http://www.baanboard.com/programmers_manual_baanerp_help_functions_system_and_user_information_get_bw_hostname)
to get the Computer Name from which you connect to the BaaN Server.

If you are on the Unix - to get the last connected IP-Address you need to use the
Unix Commands or a 1-line shell script

last -R -1 <user-name> | tr -s ' ' | cut -f3 -d" "


If you are on Windows then, you can do app_start() with the command - ipconfig and redirect the output to a file. Then parse the file for IP-Address, DNS name, Operating system etc.

You can also find this info from the $BSE/log/log.<bshell-name>

2003-02-07[16:23:04(UTC+05:00)]:E:nprao: Pid 15542 Uid 12372 Euid 12372 Gid 1
25 Egid 125 Pset nprao@MBN123456:1144