How to compare if "1.20.0" is greater then "1.3.10"? [CS/C# 2003]

[Shaitan00]

I have 2 strings (sOldVersion & sNewVersion) that have the form xxx.xxx.xxx (3 sections) ... for example:

1.2.3

1.10.33

2.1.15

7.80.1

These correspond to VERSIONS of one of our components (and they are retireved a strings in-code).

My problem is I need to determine if "sNewVersion" is greater, equal, or less then "sOlderVersion" ... and I can't just cast these as integers (obviouslly)...

 

Anyone have a clue how I could accomplish such a comparaison?

One solution I thought of (but have not yet implemented) would be to break down each version section (high, med, low), cast them as integers, and compare like that (I am sure I can get it to work, but is there a nicer way to do this?)

 

Any help, hints, or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

[Killian35]

Give Version a try.

       Dim v1 As New Version("1.10.33")
       Dim v2 As New Version("1.2.3")

       Debug.WriteLine(v1.CompareTo(v2))