Subject Re: Computer serial number From Heinz Kesting <Nobody@Nowhere.com> Date Sat, 20 Apr 2024 10:38:10 +0200 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Hi Rachhpal > Thanks everybody. > The following code works but when it displays the serial number every digit has space in between. > /////////// > run("wmic bios get serialnumber > c:\temp\serial_no.txt") > f = new file() > f.open("c:\temp\serial_no.txt") > mserial_head = f.gets()                        // first line in text file is heading "Serial number" > mserial_no = f.gets() > f.close() > clear > ? mserial_head > ? mserial_no At the moment I can not spent time trying to get the string out of the textfile without those unwanted spaces in the first place, but you can easily remove them afterwards with the following small routine. for i = 1 to len(mserial_no)     if substr(mserial_no, i, 1) = [ ]           // a BLANK is found        mserial_no = stuff(mserial_no, i, 1, []) // removes each BLANK     endif next i ? ":" + mserial_no + ":" // now all BLANKS should be removed Hope this helps, kind regards, Heinz