SilverScreenAPI

SS_VERSION

Structure

A data type that stores information about the platform version and license.

struct SS_VERSION

{

long serial;

int version;

int subversion;

int platform;

int type;

int trial_days;

int authorization;

int is_debug;

int license_expires;

USINT32 license_days_left;

} ;

Members

Member

Description

serial

The serial number for SilverEngine, SilverPlus, SilverSharp or SilverScreen

version

The major portion of the version number. For version 10.2, for instance, 'version' is 10.

subversion

The minor portion of the version number. For version 10.2, for instance, 'subversion' is 2.

platform

An undefined value that is maintained for legacy support. It once was used to differentiate between MS-DOS and Windows systems.

type

An undefined value that is maintained for legacy support.

trial_days

If this is a trial license, then this value is the number of days remaining in the trial-license period.

authorization

A value whose meaning is as follows:

Constant	Meaning
SSVER_TRIAL	This is a trial license
SSVER_DEMO	This is a demo license and some functionality has been disabled
SSVER_FULL	This is a fully authorized license

is_debug

A value which is non-zero if the SilverScreen API was linked with debug-edition libraries.

license_expires

This value is non-zero if the license does expire, and zero if it does not.

license_days_left

If this license expires, then this stores the number of days remaining until it expires.

Remarks

During a trial period 'license_days_left' will be the same as 'trial_days'