How to determine the Service Pack level?

[Andrew Cushen]

Hi everyone-

My app is running into some bugs with Office 2000 users who
haven't installed Service Pack 3, as described in
Microsoft's knowledge base article # 254714:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=254714 . I know it's
hard to believe that they're that far behind, but...

Does anyone know how I can programmatically read the
installed Service Pack level at runtime, so I can have my
app quit, or at least notify the user, if the user doesn't
have at least SP3 of Office 2000?

I thought perhaps this info was in the
Outlook.Application.Version property, but I don't know how
to decipher the build numbers if the info is, in fact, there.

I have no problem with reading it from a Registry key, as
long as I know WHICH key, and how to interpret the data!


Thanks,


-Andrew

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

See http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2000.htm#versions for the build
numbers

 

[Andrew Cushen]

Thanks, Sue! I had tried a search on your site
for "Service Packs" and came up blank...but I should have
looked for "Build Numbers", I guess.

So I take it there's no other way to get the Service Pack
numbers, other than parsing them out of the build
numbers? That doesn't bode well for my app when future
versions of Outlook come out...but I guess I can handle
that when I get there...

Does the above hold true for outlook 2002 and 2003 as
well? Or is there a better way?

TIA,

-Andrew
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[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

In all versions of Outlook, in order to know the SP level, you need to know
the build number.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Andrew Cushen]

OK, Thanks, Sue.

Back to the grindstone...


-Andrew
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