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Function Reference 4-97

s y s G e t B I O S V e r s i o n

Description

Retrieves the BIOS version and build date.

The date string’s format is

mm/dd/yy. The version string’s

format is

M.mm ss, where M is the major version, mm is the

minor version, and

ss is the sub-version. For example, 1.01 S.

Syntax

int far sysGetBIOSVersion(unsigned char far *lpszVersion,

unsigned

char

far

*lpszDate);

Parameters

lpszVersion

Pointer to the BIOS version.

lpszDate

Pointer to the BIOS build date. If you do not need
the date, set this parameter to NULL.


Return Values

0 Successful

-1 Unsuccessful.


Example

#include

#include "mmsultra.h"

void main(void)

{

int iStatus = 0;

// Status of retrieval

unsigned char ucVersion[9] = " ";// BIOS version

unsigned char ucDate[10] = " "; // BIOS date