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...get the Bios Date?
Autor: Thomas Stutz
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function GetBiosDate1: String;
var
   
Buffer : Array[0..8] Of Char;
   N : DWORD;
begin
   
ReadProcessMemory(GetCurrentProcess,
   Ptr($FFFF5),
   @Buffer,
   8,
   N);
   Buffer[8] := #0;
   result := StrPas(Buffer)
end;

function GetBiosDate2: String;
begin
   
result := string(pchar(ptr($FFFF5)));
end;


{Only for Win 95/98/ME)



 

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