DLL - Get OS's Serial Number - Intrigued

[Intrigued]

Here is another .dll (in the Docs folder) offering. Easily get the serial number for a computer. The code is in the button's On Click even area.

Project file (.apz, need AMS 6!):

http://www.amsuser.com/ams/examples/DLLOSSerialNumber-AMS6-Intrigued.apz

[Intrigued]

This was tested on Windows XP Pro and may only work on NTFS based systems.

[Intrigued]

This .dll accesses the Win32_OperatingSystem class. Which is a component of WMI, which came out in 1998. Soooo... it does look like this is only for NTFS systems. Well, enjoy anyway.

:-D

[Tek]

Thanks for the DLL Intrigued. :yes

Just to clarify, is this the Windows Product ID that it determines?

[Intrigued]

:eek:, yes, it's the Windows Product ID (number). Sorry for the confusion and thanks for the catch!

The previous .apz file was changed (name wise) to a name more aptly stated.

http://www.amsuser.com/ams/examples/DLLOSProductID-AMS6-Intrigued.apz

[Tek]

Excellent... thanks for the clarification... this might come in handy.

*Archives it away*

[Intrigued]

*Update* July 8, 2006 - Saturday

This may come in handy for when you are checking against the Serial Number presented (check the Button object's On Click).

Change the code to:

-- Get the Operating System's Serial Number (Tested on Windows XP Pro)
dll_OSSerialNumber = DLL.CallFunction("AutoPlay\\Docs\\OSSerialNumber.dll", "OSSERIALNUMBER", "", DLL_RETURN_TYPE_STRING)
Dialog.Message("OS's Serial Number...", String.TrimLeft(dll_OSSerialNumber, "SerialNumber = "))

You can then also used the String.TrimLeft() Action on a variable holding the return value from the .dll. Then you can use that to check against in your project.