ActiveX: SysInfo (Filename: SLSYSX.OCX)
| SysInfo is an ActiveX control that returns technical information about the computer and Windows. It returns for example information about the processor speed, available RAM memory, Windows version number, the path to some important directories in Windows etc. |
Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
| CentralProcessor | String | Returns the name of the central
processor in the computer system. |
| Country | String | Returns the name of the country
where the application is running. |
| CountryID | Long | Returns the country code of the
country where the applications is running. The country code is based on international phone codes. |
| Language | String | Returns the name of the language
used in the system. |
| LanguageID | Long | Returns the language identifier
for the language used in the system. |
| MemAvailPhysical | Long | Returns the number of bytes of
physical memory available in the system. |
| MemAvailVirtual | Long | Returns the number of bytes of
virtual memory available in the system. |
| MemTotalPhysical | Long | Returns the total number of
bytes of physical memory in the system. |
| MemTotalVirtual | Long | Returns the total number of
bytes of virtual memory in the system. |
| NumProcessors | Long | Returns the number of processors
in the system. |
| OSBuildNr | Long | Returns the build number of the
operating system. |
| OSPlatformID | Long | Returns
the operating system platform. Can be one of the following values: 0 - PLATFORM_WIN32s 1 - PLATFORM_WIN32_WIN9x 2 - PLATFORM_WIN32_NT |
| OSVersionMajor | Long | Returns the major version number of the operating system. |
| OSVersionMinor | Long | Returns
the minor version number of the operating system. |
| ProcessorCount | Long | Returns
the number of processors in the system. |
| ProcessorType | Long | Returns
the type of processor. |
| ProcessorVendorID | String | Returns
the processor vendor identifier. For the Intel family of processors it's "GenuineIntel". |
| ProgramFilesDirectory | String | Returns the path of the Program directory. |
| SystemStartupTime | Date | Returns the date and time when
the system started. . |
| SystemDirectory | String | Returns the path of the system directory. |
| TemporaryDirectory | String | Returns the path of the
temporary directory used in the system. |
| WindowsDirectory | String | Returns the path of the Windows directory. |
| WindowsRegisteredCompany | String | Returns
the registered owner of Windows (the organization). |
| WindowsRegisteredOwner | String | Returns
the name of the registered owner of Windows. |
| WindowsVersion | String | Returns the version number of the operating system
as a string. Can be one of the following values:
"Windows 95", "Windows 98", "Windows ME", "Windows NT",
"Windows 2000", "Windows XP", "Windows Server 2003" or
"Windows Vista". |
Methods
GetProcessorSpeed () As Double Returns the processor speed in MHz. When calling this method, it will take one second before the method returns. The reason to the delay is that it takes some time to make the measuring. GetProcessorSpeed uses the RDTSC processor instruction to measure the processor speed, which gives a very high accuracy. |
Example 1 - Get Windows
Version
Dim S As String
S = "The operating system in this computer is " + SysInfo1.WindowsVersion + "!"
MsgBox S, vbInformation, "Info"
Example 2 - Get Processor Speed
Label1 = "Wait..."
DoEvents
Label1 = "The processor speed is " + CStr(SysInfo1.GetProcessorSpeed()) + " MHz!"
