Thanks Julius, That actually helps me with another problem.
However, my main problem here is that Tomcat will not be running. And that the installer in not a web application running under tomcat. I was wondering whether tomcat keep it's version number in a file somewhere Regards Steve Vanspall -----Original Message----- From: Julius Davies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, 30 January 2003 11:15 AM To: Tomcat Users List Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Question about detecting version Hello, Steve Vanspall, Have you looked at any of these methods? class javax.servlet.ServletContext public int getMajorVersion() - Returns the major version of the Java Servlet API that this servlet container supports. public int getMinorVersion() - Returns the minor version of the Servlet API that this servlet container supports. public String getServerInfo() - Returns the name and version of the servlet container on which the servlet is running. http://java.sun.com/j2ee/sdk_1.3/techdocs/api/javax/servlet/ServletContext.h tml Notice that the "application" variable, implicitly visible in a jsp, is an instance of ServletContext. ========================= <html> <body> <%= application instanceof ServletContext %> </body> </html> ========================= That will print "true" in the browser. yours, Julius Davies, Programmer, CUCBC Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ph: 604.730.6385 > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Vanspall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 3:29 AM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Question about detecting version > > > Hi there, > > This may be an off-beat question. > > Basically I am creating an installation application for my > software, for > some people who are going to demonstrate it. > > What I want to be able to do, is detect whether the correct version of > Tomcat is installed on their system. > > The installer will only be used in a Windows NT/2000 > environment. I being > platform specific goes against the whole point of JAva, but > this is a case > where the guy doign the demo is all the way over the other side of the > world. Have found some classes that will read the registry in > a Sun Java > environment, but Tomcat only lists the version as 4.1, is > there a way to > tell whether it is 4.1.1x as opposed to 4.1.1y etc? > > Regards > > Steve Vanspall > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
