| capabilities.os Property | Flash 6 |
| indicates the operating system on which the Player is running | read/write |
The string os property indicates the name of the operating system on which the Player is running. It provides more granular information than the getVersion( ) function, which does not distinguish between OS varieties such as "Windows 2000" and "Windows 98". The current values for os on Windows are:
On Macintosh, os returns "MacOS x.y.z", where x is the major release, y is the minor release, and z is the dot release. For example:
The corresponding server string for os is OS, with the preceding values listed for Windows or Macintosh or determined by individual manufacturers. See capabilities.serverString for details.
Macromedia's documentation for Flash MX incorrectly claims that os defaults to an empty string. It defaults to the value appropriate for the OS under which the Player is running.
capabilities.version, capabilities.manufacturer
