I'm wanting to obtain the Serial Number from the Hard Drive

eg C: for use in some licencing controls I employ.

Eg The information thats returned if I did a Dir from the command

prompt

eg.

Volume in drive C is WIN2000PRO

Volume Serial Number is 1D58-1607 «< I want this bit!

Directory of C:\

Currently I achieve this by

- Creating a DOS Batch File with performs short a DIR of the

DRIVE() Folder which creates a DIRLIST.TXT File

- write the batch file in to the Drive() path

- Do a Utility("RUNWIN",BatchfileName) to execture the Batch File

- then OSREAD the resulting TXT File

- and then extract the desired information from the TXT file.

When the RUNWIN execute a Window flashes up over the top of my

application.

I've looked at the RBasic references and there are routines

for GetCurrentDir and DirList() but they don't seem to get the

details I'm looking for.

There's got to be an easier way.

Any help much appreciated.

Thanks

Tony

Sorry for being so lazy!

I found some references in the List to a rountine posted

by Steve Smith in July 03

using GETVOLUMEINFORMATIONA

I'll play with it some more.

Thanks

Tony

Tony,

I have used a similar method of copyright protection with my AREV application.

The Assembly language routine interrupt 21H…

set registers as follows…

AX=6900H

BX=0003H

DX=buffer location (32 bytes).

int 21h

So if your serial number is "CC0F-42EC" then the buffer would look like this "0000EC420FCC…" Notice it is backwards.

Tony, there's a whole bunch of caveats with doing this for licencing, but basically, it's better than no protection at all.

http://www.revelation.com/__85256DC1002A4A9E.nsf/0/C9388ABE0CCBEDD385256DE1005D4374?OpenDocument

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