Futurebasic/Language/Reference/compilerversion
COMPILERVERSION function
[edit | edit source]COMPILERVERSION
[edit | edit source]Function
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Syntax
[edit | edit source]versionNum& = COMPILERVERSION
Description
[edit | edit source]This function returns the current version of the compiler. The number is internally set before each compiler is shipped. The purpose of this function is to determine whether or not a specific functionality is present before a particular command is executed.
If, for example, you wanted to invoke a routine that was not added to the compiler until version 3 release 2, you would check the version as follows:
LONG IF COMPILERVERSION < 0x03020000
PRINT "You need a newer compiler to run this."
XELSE
REM new operation goes here.
END IF
The COMPILERVERSION function always returns a long word which is formatted as follows:
Byte 1 = Version number
Byte 2 = Release number
Byte 3 = Revision Number
Byte 4 = Fix