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HB_BuildInfo()

Retrieves build information of the xHarbour compiler.

Syntax

HB_BuildInfo( <nWhichInfo> ) -->  cBuildInfo

Arguments

<nWhichInfo>

This is a numeric value indicating the information to retrieve. #define constants are listed in the Hbver.ch file that can be used for <nWhichInfo>.

Return

The function returns the requested build information. The data type of the return value depends on <nWhichInfo>.

Description

Function HB_BuildInfo() is used to retrieve information about the current build of the xHarbour compiler. The following information is returned depending on the #define constant used for <nWichInfo>:

Build information for the xHarbour compiler

Constant	Value	Valtype()	Description
_HB_VER_MAJOR	1	N	Major version number
_HB_VER_MINOR	2	N	Minor version number
_HB_VER_REVISION	3	N	Revision number
_HB_VER_LEX	4	C	Lex version
_HB_VER_AS_STRING	5	C	Complete version as character string
_HB_PCODE_VER	6	N	Version number of PCode engine
_HB_VER_COMPILER	7	C	Version of C compiler
_HB_VER_PLATFORM	8	C	Platform xHarbour is running on
_HB_VER_BUILD_DATE	9	C	Date xHarbour was built
_HB_VER_BUILD_TIME	10	C	Time xHarbour was built
_HB_VER_LENTRY	11	C	Last entry in CVS ChangeLog file
_HB_VER_CHLCVS	12	C	Revision of last entry in CVS
_HB_VER_C_USR	13	C	Reserved
_HB_VER_L_USR	14	C	Reserved
_HB_VER_PRG_USR	15	C	Reserved
_HB_EXTENSION	16	L	#define HB_EXTENSION
			is used for current build
_HB_C52_UNDOC	17	L	#define HB_C52_UNDOC
			is used for current build
_HB_C52_STRICT	18	L	#define HB_C52_STRICT
			is used for current build
_HB_COMPAT_C53	19	L	#define HB_COMPAT_C53
			is used for current build
_HB_COMPAT_XPP	20	L	#define HB_COMPAT_XPP
			is used for current build
_HB_COMPAT_VO	21	L	#define HB_COMPAT_VO
			is used for current build
_HB_COMPAT_FLAGSHIP	22	L	#define HB_COMPAT_FLAGSHIP
			is used for current build
_HB_COMPAT_FOXPRO	23	L	#define HB_COMPAT_FOXPRO
			is used for current build
_HB_COMPAT_DBASE	24	L	#define HB_COMPAT_DBASE
			is used for current build
_HB_HARBOUR_OBJ_GENERATION	25	L	Reserved
_HB_HARBOUR_STRICT_ANSI_C	26	L	Reserved
_HB_CPLUSPLUS	27	L	Reserved
_HB_HARBOUR_YYDEBUG	28	L	Reserved
_HB_SYMBOL_NAME_LEN	29	N	Maximum length of symbolic variable names
_HB_MULTITHREAD	30	L	Multi-threading is supported
_HB_VM_OPTIMIZATION	31	N	Optimization level of Virtual Machine
_HB_LANG_ID	32	C	Language ID of language used for build
_HB_ARRAY_MODE	33	N	Reserved
_HB_CREDITS	34	A	Credits to xHarbour developers

Info

See also:	HB_BuildDate(), HB_Compiler(), Os(), Os_VersionInfo()
Category:	Environment functions , xHarbour extensions
Header:	hbver.ch
Source:	rtl\version.c
LIB:	xhb.lib
DLL:	xhbdll.dll

Example

// The example displays build information of the xHarbour compiler
// and the operating system

   #include "hbver.ch"

   PROCEDURE Main
      CLS
      ? "Compiler:", HB_BuildInfo( _HB_VER_AS_STRING )
      ?
      ? "Operating System:", HB_BuildInfo( _HB_VER_PLATFORM )
   RETURN