OperatingSystem.VersionString Property

Definition

Namespace:

System

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Source:

OperatingSystem.cs

Gets the concatenated string representation of the platform identifier, version, and service pack that are currently installed on the operating system.

public:
 property System::String ^ VersionString { System::String ^ get(); };

public string VersionString { get; }

member this.VersionString : string

Public ReadOnly Property VersionString As String

Property Value

String

The string representation of the values returned by the Platform, Version, and ServicePack properties.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates the VersionString property.

// This example demonstrates the VersionString property.
using namespace System;
int main()
{
   OperatingSystem^ os = Environment::OSVersion;
   
   // Display the value of OperatingSystem.VersionString. By default, this is
   // the same value as OperatingSystem.ToString.
   Console::WriteLine( L"This operating system is {0}", os->VersionString );
   return 0;
}

/*
This example produces the following results:

This operating system is Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600.0 Service Pack 1
*/

// This example demonstrates the VersionString property.
using System;

class Sample
{
    public static void Main()
    {
    OperatingSystem os = Environment.OSVersion;
// Display the value of OperatingSystem.VersionString. By default, this is
// the same value as OperatingSystem.ToString.
    Console.WriteLine("This operating system is {0}", os.VersionString);
    }
}
/*
This example produces the following results:

This operating system is Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600.0 Service Pack 1
*/

// This example demonstrates the VersionString property.
open System

let os = Environment.OSVersion
// Display the value of OperatingSystem.VersionString. By default, this is
// the same value as OperatingSystem.ToString.
printfn $"This operating system is {os.VersionString}"
// This example produces the following results:
//    This operating system is Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600.0 Service Pack 1

' This example demonstrates the VersionString property.
Class Sample
   Public Shared Sub Main()
      Dim os As OperatingSystem = Environment.OSVersion

' Display the value of OperatingSystem.VersionString. By default, this is
' the same value as OperatingSystem.ToString.

      Console.WriteLine("This operating system is {0}", os.VersionString)

   End Sub
End Class
'
'This example produces the following results:
'
'This operating system is Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600.0 Service Pack 1

Remarks

By default, the value returned by VersionString is the same as the value returned by the ToString method. However, an implementation of the .NET Framework for a different platform might return a more appropriate string for that platform.

For a list of Windows operating system versions and their corresponding version numbers, see Operating System Version.

See also

• ToString()