diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.py b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.py
index 21e8c9057..648351ca7 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.py
@@ -104,6 +104,15 @@ text54 = translate("StartPage","The Ship Design module offers several too
text55 = translate("StartPage","Load an Architectural example model")
text56 = translate("StartPage","http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=Tutorials")
text57 = translate("StartPage","http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=Power_users_hub")
+text58 = translate("StartPage","Your version of FreeCAD is up to date.")
+text59 = translate("StartPage","There is a new release of FreeCAD available.")
+
+# get FreeCAD version
+
+v = FreeCAD.Version()
+vmajor = v[0]
+vminor = v[1]
+vbuild = v[2].split(" ")[0]
# here is the html page skeleton
@@ -153,14 +162,35 @@ page = """
if (theText == "") theText = " ";
ddiv.innerHTML = theText;
}
+
+ function checkVersion(data) {
+ vdiv = document.getElementById("versionbox");
+ var cmajor = """ + vmajor + """;
+ var cminor = """ + vminor + """;
+ var cbuild = """ + vbuild + """;
+ var amajor = data[0]['major'];
+ var aminor = data[0]['minor'];
+ var abuild = data[0]['build'];
+ if (cmajor >= amajor && cminor >= aminor && cbuild >= abuild) {
+ vdiv.innerHTML=" """ + text58 + """ ";
+ } else {
+ vdiv.innerHTML=" """ + text59 + """ ";
+ }
+ }
function load() {
+ // load latest news
ddiv = document.getElementById("news");
ddiv.innerHTML = "Connecting...";
var tobj=new JSONscriptRequest('http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=da8b612e97a6bb4588b1ce27db30efd9&_render=json&_callback=showTweets');
tobj.buildScriptTag(); // Build the script tag
tobj.addScriptTag(); // Execute (add) the script tag
ddiv.innerHTML = "Downloading latest news...";
+
+ // load version
+ var script = document.createElement('script');
+ script.src = 'http://www.freecadweb.org/version.php?callback=checkVersion';
+ document.body.appendChild(script);
}
function stripTags(text) {
@@ -294,6 +324,15 @@ page = """
font-size: 0.7em;
font-weight: normal;
}
+
+ #versionbox {
+ float: right;
+ text-align: right;
+ font-size: 0.33em;
+ font-weight: normal;
+ padding-right: 20px;
+ letter-spacing: 0;
+ }
#description {
background: #windowcolor;
@@ -329,7 +368,7 @@ page = """
- 
""" + text01 + """
+ """ + text01 + """