# GETVER

**xcall GETVER, verstring**

GETVER returns the version of the currently running program module, either RUN or LIT or SBX. 

**Parameters**

_verstring_  \[out\]  ([String](string.md))

should be 13+ characters to handle the longest possible version string.

**Example**

Given the following PROGRAM statement:

PROGRAM MYTEST,1.0A(234)

GETVER_ _would return:

1.0A(234)

**Comments**

If the program is currently executing an SBX, then GETVER will return the version of the SBX rather than the version of the main program.

A module with no [PROGRAM](program_statement.md) statement will return version "0.0(0)" 

The version string returned by GETVER is the same as that displayed by DIR/V and also the same as the value of the dot variable .PGMVERSION.

To retrieve the version of a program module other than the one currently executing (i.e. like DIR/V does), see the function [Fn'ProgVer\$(fspec) in SOSLIB:\[907,11\]](https://bitbucket.org/microsabio/soslib/src/master/907011/fnprogver.bp).

**See Also**

•	[VERSYS.LIT](versys.md), which returns the versions of source modules embedded within a compiled program module.

•	[MX\_GETVER](mx_getver.md)[xs](keyword-types.md), which returns the A-Shell version.

•	[MX\_OSVER](mx_osver.md)[xs](keyword-types.md) which returns the operating system version information

•	[Fn'MinAshVer() in SOSLIB:\[907,10\]](https://bitbucket.org/microsabio/soslib/src/master/907010/fnminasver.bsi) provides an easy way to check that A-Shell and/or ATE are at least a specified version.

•	[Fn'FileVer\$() in SOSLIB:\[907,10\]](https://bitbucket.org/microsabio/soslib/src/master/907010/fnfilever.bsi) retrieves the version of a program file on disk.