OSPlatform.Create(String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Runtime.InteropServices

Assembly:: System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation.dll

Assembly:: System.Runtime.dll

Assembly:: mscorlib.dll

Assembly:: netstandard.dll

Source:: OSPlatform.cs

Source:: OSPlatform.cs

Source:: OSPlatform.cs

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Creates a new OSPlatform instance.

public:
 static System::Runtime::InteropServices::OSPlatform Create(System::String ^ osPlatform);

public static System.Runtime.InteropServices.OSPlatform Create (string osPlatform);

static member Create : string -> System.Runtime.InteropServices.OSPlatform

Public Shared Function Create (osPlatform As String) As OSPlatform

Parameters

osPlatform: String

The name of the platform that this instance represents.

Returns

OSPlatform

An object that represents the osPlatform operating system.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

osPlatform is an empty string.

ArgumentNullException

osPlatform is null.

Remarks

Calling the Create method with the following strings is equivalent to retrieving the OSPlatform object from the corresponding static property:

osPlatform string	OSPlatform property
"FREEBSD"	OSPlatform.FreeBSD
"LINUX"	OSPlatform.Linux
"OSX"	OSPlatform.OSX
"WINDOWS"	OSPlatform.Windows

Applies to