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Using AppleScript, how can you get the version number of the Mac OS without the localized characters?

ie.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1"face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial">code:</font><HR><pre><font size=1 face=courier>tell application <font color = red>"finder"</font>
set theVersion to (version as string)
if theVersion is less than <font color = red>"<font color = blue>9</font>"</font> then
beep
end if
end tell
</font>[/code]


An international version returns the version as "S1-9.1" for example (Sweedish).

So what can be done?

[AppleScript]

Add this right after you set theVersion:

set B to offset of "-" in theVersion
set theVersion to text from (B + 1) to end of theVersion

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[macvillage.net]

Thanks