Subject Re: Computer serial number From RACHHPAL S GILL <rachhpalg@yahoo.com> Date Fri, 19 Apr 2024 13:14:13 -0400 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Thanks Akshat The command works but could not find serial.txt file Akshat Kapoor Wrote: > Good Morning Rachhpal, > > > How I can store serial number in memory variable? > > Following command is used > > > > C:\>wmic bios get serialnumber > > There is a routine in duflp runhidden() It is part of miscapi.?? I think. > > It will run any dos command without showing a window. > > runhidden("wmic bios get serialnumber >serial.txt") > > The above line will store the serial number generated in serial.txt > >  From there it can be retrieved using the file object as serial.txt will > be a simple text file. > > > runhidden("wmic bios get serialnumber >serial.txt") > sleep(1) //So that the above command has finished executing before we > try another command > > f = new file() > f.open("serial.txt") > mserial = f.gets() > f.close() > > The above code is untested but should complete the job with some > modifications. > > Regards > Akshat