checking Excel version number
 

I am writing a VBA macro in Excel 2000 and would like to check the version number of Excel as a first step. (I have some users with Excel 2000, and others with XP & 2003.) Is there a simple way to do this in VBA code? Thanks.

checking Excel version number
 

Mark,

Use

Val(Application.Version)

Walk has a list of them at http://www.j-walk.com/ss/excel/index.htm

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HTH

Bob Phillips
... looking out across Poole Harbour to the Purbecks
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)

"MarkFL" wrote in message
...
I am writing a VBA macro in Excel 2000 and would like to check the version
number of Excel as a first step. (I have some users with Excel 2000, and
others with XP & 2003.) Is there a simple way to do this in VBA code?
Thanks.

checking Excel version number
 

Bob Phillips wrote:

Mark,

Use

Val(Application.Version)

Walk has a list of them at http://www.j-walk.com/ss/excel/index.htm

Is the Val necessary? Application.Version seems to work. I.e., in my
xl2000
Application.Version < 9 returns False
Application.Version = 9 returns True
Application.Version 9 returns False

Are there some pitfalls to using it without coercing to a double?

Alan Beban

checking Excel version number
 

Not come across any Alan, just that Help describes Version as a read-only
string. Defensive programming again.

--

HTH

Bob Phillips
... looking out across Poole Harbour to the Purbecks
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)

"Alan Beban" wrote in message
...
Bob Phillips wrote:

Mark,

Use

Val(Application.Version)

Walk has a list of them at http://www.j-walk.com/ss/excel/index.htm

Is the Val necessary? Application.Version seems to work. I.e., in my
xl2000
Application.Version < 9 returns False
Application.Version = 9 returns True
Application.Version 9 returns False

Are there some pitfalls to using it without coercing to a double?

Alan Beban

checking Excel version number
 

"Alan Beban" skrev i melding
...
Val(Application.Version)

Is the Val necessary?

Definitely. Application.Version returns a string. Except from type
mismatches, "10" is smaller than "9".

?"11""9"
False

HTH. Best wishes Harald

checking Excel version number
 

Hi Harald,

I'm not following what you're saying. In my xl2000 (Version 9)

Application.Version = 9 returns True
Application.Version = 11 returns False
Application.Version < 11 returns True and
Application.Version 11 returns False

What's the problem again with using these to test a Version number?

Alan Beban

Harald Staff wrote:

"Alan Beban" skrev i melding
...

Val(Application.Version)


Is the Val necessary?


Definitely. Application.Version returns a string. Except from type
mismatches, "10" is smaller than "9".

?"11""9"
False

HTH. Best wishes Harald

checking Excel version number
 

Hi Alan,

The real problem (although admittedly I haven't seen it since Excel 97)
is that Microsoft would append letters onto the end of the version number to
indicate the service pack. So if you check Application.Version on Excel 97
SR2 it comes back as "8.0e". This will obviously fail in any numeric
comparisons unless you use Val to coerce it into a number.

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"Alan Beban" wrote in message
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Hi Harald,

I'm not following what you're saying. In my xl2000 (Version 9)

Application.Version = 9 returns True
Application.Version = 11 returns False
Application.Version < 11 returns True and
Application.Version 11 returns False

What's the problem again with using these to test a Version number?

Alan Beban

Harald Staff wrote:

"Alan Beban" skrev i melding
...

Val(Application.Version)


Is the Val necessary?


Definitely. Application.Version returns a string. Except from type
mismatches, "10" is smaller than "9".

?"11""9"
False

HTH. Best wishes Harald

checking Excel version number
 

Rob Bovey wrote:

Hi Alan,

The real problem (although admittedly I haven't seen it since Excel 97)
is that Microsoft would append letters onto the end of the version number to
indicate the service pack. So if you check Application.Version on Excel 97
SR2 it comes back as "8.0e". This will obviously fail in any numeric
comparisons unless you use Val to coerce it into a number.

Thanks, Rob.

Alan Beban

checking Excel version number
 

Hi Bob,
Can the code be modified so that it returns a value such as (9.0.2720)
instead of just (9)?
TIA

"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
Not come across any Alan, just that Help describes Version as a read-only
string. Defensive programming again.

--

HTH

Bob Phillips
... looking out across Poole Harbour to the Purbecks
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)

"Alan Beban" wrote in message
...
Bob Phillips wrote:

Mark,

Use

Val(Application.Version)

Walk has a list of them at http://www.j-walk.com/ss/excel/index.htm

Is the Val necessary? Application.Version seems to work. I.e., in my
xl2000
Application.Version < 9 returns False
Application.Version = 9 returns True
Application.Version 9 returns False

Are there some pitfalls to using it without coercing to a double?

Alan Beban

checking Excel version number
 

"Alan Beban" skrev i melding
...
Hi Harald,

I'm not following what you're saying. In my xl2000 (Version 9)

Application.Version = 9 returns True
Application.Version = 11 returns False
Application.Version < 11 returns True and
Application.Version 11 returns False

What's the problem again with using these to test a Version number?

Hi Alan

Problem is that version is text, not number. Ran this macro in Excel2003 (v
11):

Sub test()
Dim Counter As Long
On Error GoTo errorprint
Counter = 1
If Application.Version 9 Then _
Debug.Print Counter, Application.Version & _
" newer than 9"
Counter = Counter + 1
If Application.Version < 9 Then _
Debug.Print Counter, Application.Version & _
" older than 9"
Counter = Counter + 1
If Application.Version "9" Then _
Debug.Print Counter, Application.Version & _
" newer than ""9"""
Counter = Counter + 1
If Application.Version < "9" Then _
Debug.Print Counter, Application.Version & _
" older than ""9"""
Counter = Counter + 1
If Val(Application.Version) 9 Then _
Debug.Print Counter, Val(Application.Version) & _
" newer than 9"
Counter = Counter + 1
If Val(Application.Version) < 9 Then _
Debug.Print Counter, Val(Application.Version) & _
" older than 9"
Exit Sub
errorprint:
Debug.Print Counter, Err.Number & " " & Error
Resume Next
End Sub

and it printed this:

1 13 Type mismatch
1 11.0 newer than 9
2 13 Type mismatch
2 11.0 older than 9
4 11.0 older than "9"
5 11 newer than 9

Best wishes Harald

checking Excel version number
 

Hi Harald,

I ran the following in xl2000 (Version 9.0)

Sub foo2000()
Dim Counter As Long
On Error GoTo errorprint
Counter = 1
If Application.Version 8 Then _
Debug.Print Counter, Application.Version & _
" newer than 8"
Counter = Counter + 1
If Application.Version < 8 Then _
Debug.Print Counter, Application.Version & _
" older than 8"
Counter = Counter + 1
If Application.Version "8" Then _
Debug.Print Counter, Application.Version & _
" newer than ""8"""
Counter = Counter + 1
If Application.Version < "8" Then _
Debug.Print Counter, Application.Version & _
" older than ""8"""
Counter = Counter + 1
If val(Application.Version) 8 Then _
Debug.Print Counter, val(Application.Version) & _
" newer than 8"
Counter = Counter + 1
If val(Application.Version) < 8 Then _
Debug.Print Counter, val(Application.Version) & _
" older than 8"
Exit Sub
errorprint:
Debug.Print Counter, Err.Number & " " & Error
Resume Next
End Sub

and it printed this

1 9.0 newer than 8
3 9.0 newer than "8"
5 9 newer than 8

What's going on?

Alan Beban

Harald Staff wrote:
"Alan Beban" skrev i melding
...

Hi Harald,

I'm not following what you're saying. In my xl2000 (Version 9)

Application.Version = 9 returns True
Application.Version = 11 returns False
Application.Version < 11 returns True and
Application.Version 11 returns False

What's the problem again with using these to test a Version number?


Hi Alan

Problem is that version is text, not number. Ran this macro in Excel2003 (v
11):

Sub test()
Dim Counter As Long
On Error GoTo errorprint
Counter = 1
If Application.Version 9 Then _
Debug.Print Counter, Application.Version & _
" newer than 9"
Counter = Counter + 1
If Application.Version < 9 Then _
Debug.Print Counter, Application.Version & _
" older than 9"
Counter = Counter + 1
If Application.Version "9" Then _
Debug.Print Counter, Application.Version & _
" newer than ""9"""
Counter = Counter + 1
If Application.Version < "9" Then _
Debug.Print Counter, Application.Version & _
" older than ""9"""
Counter = Counter + 1
If Val(Application.Version) 9 Then _
Debug.Print Counter, Val(Application.Version) & _
" newer than 9"
Counter = Counter + 1
If Val(Application.Version) < 9 Then _
Debug.Print Counter, Val(Application.Version) & _
" older than 9"
Exit Sub
errorprint:
Debug.Print Counter, Err.Number & " " & Error
Resume Next
End Sub

and it printed this:

1 13 Type mismatch
1 11.0 newer than 9
2 13 Type mismatch
2 11.0 older than 9
4 11.0 older than "9"
5 11 newer than 9

Best wishes Harald

checking Excel version number
 

"Alan Beban" skrev i melding
...
Hi Harald,

I ran the following in xl2000 (Version 9.0)
(snip)
and it printed this

1 9.0 newer than 8
3 9.0 newer than "8"
5 9 newer than 8

What's going on?

Beats me Alan. This is the result from my XL2000 on norwegian WinXP /
regional settings:

1 13 Type mismatch
1 9.0 newer than 8
2 13 Type mismatch
2 9.0 older than 8
3 9.0 newer than "8"
5 9 newer than 8

I don't have anything but 9 and 11 on this machine, so I can't test further
until tonight.

Best wishes harald

checking Excel version number
 

And here are the votes from american Excel2000 on norwegian WinXP:

1 13 Type mismatch
1 9.0 newer than 8
2 13 Type mismatch
2 9.0 older than 8
3 9.0 newer than "8"
5 9 newer than 8

American Excel Xp on norwegian WinXP:

1 13 Type mismatch
1 10.0 newer than 8
2 13 Type mismatch
2 10.0 older than 8
4 10.0 older than "8"
5 10 newer than 8

American Excel 2003 on norwegian WinXP:

1 13 Type mismatch
1 11.0 newer than 8
2 13 Type mismatch
2 11.0 older than 8
4 11.0 older than "8"
5 11 newer than 8

So if VAL isn't always necessary on all setups, I'd still say it's the only
reliable method. I have no idea why you don't get as many errors as I
do -except that I'm a pretty unlucky person by default.

Best wishes Harald

checking Excel version number
 

Hi all,

I use this:

xlVer = CLng(Left(Application.Version, 2))

Do you think it's reliable for any version, system,
language?

Regards,
Peter

-----Original Message-----
"Alan Beban" skrev i melding
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Hi Harald,

I ran the following in xl2000 (Version 9.0)
(snip)
and it printed this

1 9.0 newer than 8
3 9.0 newer than "8"
5 9 newer than 8

What's going on?

Beats me Alan. This is the result from my XL2000 on
norwegian WinXP /
regional settings:

1 13 Type mismatch
1 9.0 newer than 8
2 13 Type mismatch
2 9.0 older than 8
3 9.0 newer than "8"
5 9 newer than 8

I don't have anything but 9 and 11 on this machine, so I
can't test further
until tonight.

Best wishes harald


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