Paxar Gold 6037EX, Programmer'S Manual

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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 <stdio.h>
#include "mmsultra.h"
void main(void)
{
int iStatus = 0; // Status of retrieval
unsigned char ucVersion[9] = " "; // BIOS version
unsigned char ucDate[10] = " "; // BIOS date