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Is there any way to detect and display the version of Direct X currently installed on a PC(via an Opus XE 5.5 publication).

not sure if dxdiag option to output data to file, that would be a better solution I guess since other info are contained in that output. in rue of that,
You can use the registry information and associate the version value for directX with info from table at this site http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/95


e.g. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/DirectX/Version

on my machine, the value Version number is 4.08.01.0881, which gives the version DirectX 8.1

Thanks very much for your reply,
Sorry to be a bit basic, the technique works fine but how do I get it to work with Opus - do I type in a script for an action button and if so what would it look like, also how do I get the info found into a variable.
Regards
John

Hi John

A script action would look like this

//==========================
var LongVer = ReadRegistryKey("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\DirectX", "Version")
version= LongVer.substring(3,7)
//==========================

the variable <version> would then hold the version number

HTH
Chris

Chris,
It worked a treat - thank you so much for your time.
Regards
John