how send data record using SendMessage(..) in separate process - delphi

i use to send a data on two separate process but it fails. it works only under same process... this is concept.
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MainApps
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Type
PMyrec = ^TMyrec;
TMyrec = Record
name : string;
add : string;
age : integer;
end;
:OnButtonSend
var aData : PMyrec;
begin
new(aData);
aData.Name := 'MyName';
aData.Add := 'My Address';
aData.Age : 18;
SendMessage(FindWindow('SubApps'),WM_MyMessage,0,Integer(#aData));
end;
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SubApps
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Type
PMyrec = ^TMyrec;
TMyrec = Record
name : string;
add : string;
age : integer;
end;
:OnCaptureMessage
var
aData : PMyrec;
begin
aData := PMyrec(Msg.LParam);
showmessage(aData^.Name);
end;

You're right. Addresses only have meaning within a single process. The PMyRec value you create in the first process is just a garbage address in the target process.
To send an arbitrary block of memory to another process via a window message, you should use the wm_CopyData message. You give that message the address of the data and the size, and the OS takes care of copying it into the target process's address space.
Since your data includes a string, which is represented internally as a another pointer, it won't be enough to just copy the 12 bytes of your record. You'll need to allocate additional memory to hold the record and the string data in a single block of memory so wm_CopyData can copy it and the target process can read it.
Here's one way to do it, using a stream to collect the data into a single block of memory.
procedure SendRecord(Source, Target: HWnd; const Rec: TMyRec);
var
Buffer: TMemoryStream;
Len: Integer;
CopyData: TCopyDataStruct;
begin
Buffer := TMemoryStream.Create;
try
Len := Length(Rec.name);
Buffer.Write(Len, SizeOf(Len));
if Len > 0 then
Buffer.Write(Rec.name[1], Len * SizeOf(Char));
Len := Length(Rec.add);
Buffer.Write(Len, SizeOf(Len));
if Len > 0 then
Buffer.Write(Rec.add[1], Len * SizeOf(Char));
Buffer.Write(Rec.age, SizeOf(Rec.age));
CopyData.dwData := 0;
CopyData.cbData := Buffer.Size;
CopyData.lpData := Buffer.Memory;
SendMessage(Target, wm_CopyData, Source, LParam(#CopyData));
finally
Buffer.free;
end;
end;
We write the lengths of the strings in addition to the strings' characters so that the recipient knows how many characters belong to each one. The recipient's code will look like this:
procedure TBasicForm.WMCopyData(var Message: TWMCopyData);
var
Rec: TMyRec;
Len: Integer;
Buffer: TStream;
begin
Buffer := TReadOnlyMemoryStream.Create(
Message.CopyDataStruct.lpData, Message.CopyDataStruct.cbData);
try
if Message.CopyDataStruct.dwData = 0 then begin
Buffer.Read(Len, SizeOf(Len));
SetLength(Rec.name, Len);
if Len > 0 then
Buffer.Read(Rec.name[1], Len * SizeOf(Char));
Buffer.Read(Len, SizeOf(Len));
SetLength(Rec.add, Len);
if Len > 0 then
Buffer.Read(Rec.add[1], Len * SizeOf(Len));
Buffer.Read(Rec.age, SizeOf(Rec.age));
// TODO: Do stuff with Rec here.
Message.Result := 1;
end else
inherited;
finally
Buffer.Free;
end;
end;
I've used the non-standard TReadOnlyMemoryStream since it makes everything easier. Here's a simple implementation for it:
type
TReadOnlyMemoryStream = class(TCustomMemoryStream)
public
constructor Create(Mem: Pointer; Size: LongInt);
function Write(const Buffer; Count: LongInt): LongInt; override;
end;
constructor TReadOnlyMemoryStream.Create;
begin
inherited Create;
SetPointer(Mem, Size);
end;
function TReadOnlyMemoryStream.Write;
begin
Result := 0;
end;

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SendMessage(WM_COPYDATA) + Record + String

I want to send a record, that right now have only a string on it, but I will add more variables. Is the first time I work with records, so this maybe is a silly question. But, why this works:
type
TDataPipe = record
WindowTitle: String[255];
end;
var
Data: TDataPipe;
copyDataStruct : TCopyDataStruct;
begin
Data.WindowTitle:= String(PChar(HookedMessage.lParam));
copyDataStruct.dwData := 0;
copyDataStruct.cbData := SizeOf(Data);
copyDataStruct.lpData := #Data;
SendMessage(FindWindow('TForm1', nil), WM_COPYDATA, Integer(hInstance), Integer(#copyDataStruct));
end;
Receiving side:
type
TDataPipe = record
WindowTitle: String[255];
end;
procedure TForm1.WMCopyData(var Msg: TWMCopyData);
var
sampleRecord : TDataPipe;
begin
sampleRecord.WindowTitle:= TDataPipe(Msg.CopyDataStruct.lpData^).WindowTitle;
Memo1.Lines.Add(sampleRecord.WindowTitle);
end;
Why if on the record, I use:
WindowTitle: String; //removed the fixed size
and on the sending side I use:
Data.WindowTitle:= PChar(HookedMessage.lParam); //removed String()
it simply doesn't go?
I get access violations / app freeze...
The scenario is: sending side is a DLL hooked using SetWindowsHookEx, receiving side a simple exe that loaded / called SetWindowsHookEx...
A String[255] is a fixed 256-byte block of memory, where the character data is stored directly in that memory. As such, it is safe to pass as-is across process boundaries without serialization.
A String, on the other hand, is a dynamic type. It just contains a pointer to character data that is stored elsewhere in memory. As such, you can't pass a String as-is across process boundaries, all you would be passing is the pointer value, which has no meaning to the receiving process. You have to serialize String data into a flat format that can safely by passed to, and deserialized by, the receiving process. For example:
Sending side:
type
PDataPipe = ^TDataPipe;
TDataPipe = record
WindowTitleLen: Integer;
WindowTitleData: array[0..0] of Char;
//WindowTitleData: array[0..WindowTitleLen-1] of Char;
end;
var
Wnd: HWND;
s: String;
Data: PDataPipe;
DataLen: Integer;
copyDataStruct : TCopyDataStruct;
begin
Wnd := FindWindow('TForm1', nil);
if Wnd = 0 then Exit;
s := PChar(HookedMessage.lParam);
DataLen := SizeOf(Integer) + (SizeOf(Char) * Length(s));
GetMem(Data, DataLen);
try
Data.WindowTitleLen := Length(s);
StrMove(Data.WindowTitleData, PChar(s), Length(s));
copyDataStruct.dwData := ...; // see notes further below
copyDataStruct.cbData := DataLen;
copyDataStruct.lpData := Data;
SendMessage(Wnd, WM_COPYDATA, 0, LPARAM(#copyDataStruct));
finally
FreeMem(Data);
end;
end;
Receiving side:
type
PDataPipe = ^TDataPipe;
TDataPipe = record
WindowTitleLen: Integer;
WindowTitleData: array[0..0] of Char;
//WindowTitleData: array[0..WindowTitleLen-1] of Char;
end;
procedure TForm1.WMCopyData(var Msg: TWMCopyData);
var
Data: PDataPipe;
s: string;
begin
Data := PDataPipe(Msg.CopyDataStruct.lpData);
SetString(s, Data.WindowTitleData, Data.WindowTitleLen);
Memo1.Lines.Add(s);
end;
That being said, in either situation, you really should be assigning your own custom ID number to the copyDataStruct.dwData field. The VCL itself uses WM_COPYDATA internally, so you don't want to get those messages confused with yours, and vice versa. You can use RegisterWindowMessage() to create a unique ID to avoid conflicts with IDs used by other WM_COPYDATA users:
var
dwMyCopyDataID: DWORD;
...
var
...
copyDataStruct : TCopyDataStruct;
begin
...
copyDataStruct.dwData := dwMyCopyDataID;
...
end;
...
initialization
dwMyCopyDataID := RegisterWindowMessage('MyCopyDataID');
var
dwMyCopyDataID: DWORD;
...
procedure TForm1.WMCopyData(var Msg: TWMCopyData);
var
...
begin
if Msg.CopyDataStruct.dwData = dwMyCopyDataID then
begin
...
end else
inherited;
end;
...
initialization
dwMyCopyDataID := RegisterWindowMessage('MyCopyDataID');
Lastly, the WPARAM parameter of WM_COPYDATA is an HWND, not an HINSTANCE. If the sender does not have its own HWND, just pass 0. Do not pass your sender's HInstance variable.
Preparation:
procedure TMainForm.CreateParams(var Params: TCreateParams);
begin
inherited;
StrCopy(Params.WinClassName, PChar(SingleInstClassName)); // Copies a null-terminated string. StrCopy is designed to copy up to 255 characters from the source buffer into the destination buffer. If the source buffer contains more than 255 characters, the procedure will copy only the first 255 characters.
end;
Sender:
procedure TAppData.ResurectInstance(Arg: string);
VAR
Window: HWND;
DataToSend: TCopyDataStruct;
begin
Arg:= Trim(Arg);
{ Prepare the data you want to send }
DataToSend.dwData := CopyDataID; // CopyDataID = Unique ID for my apps
DataToSend.cbData := Length(Arg) * SizeOf(Char);
DataToSend.lpData := PChar(Arg);
{ We should never use PostMessage() with the WM_COPYDATA message because the data that is passed to the receiving application is only valid during the call. Finally, be aware that the call to SendMessage will not return until the message is processed.}
Window:= WinApi.Windows.FindWindow(PWideChar(SingleInstClassName), NIL); // This is a copy of cmWindow.FindTopWindowByClass
SendMessage(Window, WM_COPYDATA, 0, LPARAM(#DataToSend));
end;
Receiver:
procedure TMainForm.WMCopyData(var Msg: TWMCopyData);
VAR
FileName: string;
begin
{ Receives filename from another instance of this program }
if (Msg.CopyDataStruct.dwData = AppData.CopyDataID) { Only react on this specific message }
AND (Msg.CopyDataStruct.cbData > 0) { Do I receive an empty string? }
then
begin
SetString(FileName, PChar(Msg.CopyDataStruct.lpData), Msg.CopyDataStruct.cbData div SizeOf(Char));
msg.Result:= 2006; { Send something back as positive answer }
AppData.Restore;
...
end
else
inherited;
end;

Access Violation when using MemoryStream.CopyFrom

Well this is going to be long!
I made a retransmission scheme for managing dropped UDP packets, for a LAN simulation protocol I am working on.
Packet Storage
TDataBuffer = record
PacketID : WORD;
Packet : TMemoryStream;
end;
PDataBuffer = ^TDataBuffer;
Related DataModule Class Members
fRxDataPacketList : TThreadList20;
fTxDataPacketList : TThreadList20;
procedure CreateDataBuffer
(PacketID : WORD; Packet : TMemoryStream;
var DataBuffer : PDataBuffer);
procedure DestroyDataBuffer
(var DataBuffer : PDataBuffer);
procedure AddPacketToPacketList
(PacketID : WORD; Packet : TMemoryStream;
RecievedPacket : Boolean);
function GetPacketFromTxDataPacketList
(PacketID : WORD; var Packet : TMemoryStream): Boolean;
TThreadList20: It is my own thread friendly, encryption and compression supporting wrapper class for TList.
There is another procedure for processing the Rx side which doesn't concern my question so I am skipping it.
Creation
procedure TDataModuleClient.CreateDataBuffer
(PacketID : WORD; Packet : TMemoryStream;
var DataBuffer : PDataBuffer);
begin
New (DataBuffer);
DataBuffer.PacketID := PacketID;
DataBuffer.Packet := TMemoryStream.Create;
if Assigned (Packet) then
begin
DataBuffer.Packet.CopyFrom (Packet,Packet.Size); // NO AV HERE
DataBuffer.Packet.Position := 0;
end;
end;
Destruction
procedure TDataModuleClient.DestroyDataBuffer
(var DataBuffer : PDataBuffer);
begin
DataBuffer.Packet.Free;
Dispose (DataBuffer);
end;
Addition To List
procedure TDataModuleClient.AddPacketToDataPacketList
(PacketID : WORD; Packet : TMemoryStream; RecievedPacket : Boolean);
var
DataBuffer : PDataBuffer;
begin
CreateDataBuffer (PacketID,Packet,DataBuffer);
if RecievedPacket then
fRxDataPacketList.Add (TObject (DataBuffer))
else
begin
fTxDataPacketList.Lock;
try
fTxDataPacketList.Add (TObject (DataBuffer));
if fRxDataPacketList.Count = 21 then
begin
DataBuffer := PDataBuffer (fTxDataPacketList [0]);
DestroyDataBuffer (DataBuffer);
fTxDataPacketList.Delete (0);
end;
finally fTxDataPacketList.Unlock;
end;
end;
end;
Extraction From List
function TDataModuleClient.GetPacketFromTxDataPacketList
(PacketID : WORD; var Packet : TMemoryStream): Boolean;
var
DataBuffer : PDataBuffer;
I : Integer;
begin
Result := False;
fTxDataPacketList.Lock;
try
for I := fTxDataPacketList.Count - 1 downto 0 do
begin
DataBuffer := PDataBuffer (fTxDataPacketList [I]);
if DataBuffer.PacketID < PacketID then
begin
DestroyDataBuffer (DataBuffer);
fTxDataPacketList.Delete (I);
end
else if DataBuffer.PacketID = PacketID then
begin
Result := True;
Packet := TMemoryStream.Create;
Packet.CopyFrom
(DataBuffer.Packet,DataBuffer.Packet.Size); // AV HERE
Packet.Position := 0;
DestroyDataBuffer (DataBuffer);
fTxDataPacketList.Delete (I);
break;
end;
end;
finally fTxDataPacketList.Unlock;
end;
end;
Packet: Output Variable.
Please help me out, I know it looks like a tall order to deduce something thanks to the amount of code.
Based on this limited code, I am making some guesses:
1) the input Packet that is being passed to GetPacketFromTxDataPacketList() has probably not actually been instantiated yet before you call CopyFrom(). That would account for the AV.
2) since the Packet parameter is declared as a var, that suggests to me that it is an output parameter that GetPacketFromTxDataPacketList() is supposed to create and return, instead of having the caller create the TMemoryStream and pass it into GetPacketFromTxDataPacketList() to be filled with data. That would also play into #1, since GetPacketFromTxDataPacketList() is not creating a new TMemoryStream object, it is assuming the object has already been created beforehand.

in Delphi7, How can I retrieve hard disk unique serial number?

Hi
I want to retrieve HDD unique (hardware) serial number.
I use some functions but in Windows Seven or Vista they don't work correctly because of admin right.
Is it possible retrieve it without run as Administrator?
Following the links in the question comments Sertac posted, I came across this interesting C++ question, where Fredou answered with a nice link to a codeproject example showing how to do this in .NET, which in turn was based on a link to Borland C++ code and article.
The cool thing is that this C++ code works as a non-administrator user too!
Now you need someone to help you translate this C++ code to Delphi.
Edit: Found a Delphi unit that does this for you.
I wrote some sample use for it:
program DiskDriveSerialConsoleProject;
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}
uses
Windows,
SysUtils,
hddinfo in 'hddinfo.pas';
const
// Max number of drives assuming primary/secondary, master/slave topology
MAX_IDE_DRIVES = 16;
procedure ReadPhysicalDriveInNTWithZeroRights ();
var
DriveNumber: Byte;
HDDInfo: THDDInfo;
begin
HDDInfo := THDDInfo.Create();
try
for DriveNumber := 0 to MAX_IDE_DRIVES - 1 do
try
HDDInfo.DriveNumber := DriveNumber;
if HDDInfo.IsInfoAvailable then
begin
Writeln('VendorId: ', HDDInfo.VendorId);
Writeln('ProductId: ', HDDInfo.ProductId);
Writeln('ProductRevision: ', HDDInfo.ProductRevision);
Writeln('SerialNumber: ', HDDInfo.SerialNumber);
Writeln('SerialNumberInt: ', HDDInfo.SerialNumberInt);
Writeln('SerialNumberText: ', HDDInfo.SerialNumberText);
end;
except
on E: Exception do
Writeln(Format('DriveNumber %d, %s: %s', [DriveNumber, E.ClassName, E.Message]));
end;
finally
HDDInfo.Free;
end;
end;
begin
ReadPhysicalDriveInNTWithZeroRights;
Write('Press <Enter>');
Readln;
end.
Unit from http://www.delphipraxis.net/564756-post28.html
// http://www.delphipraxis.net/564756-post28.html
unit hddinfo;
interface
uses Windows, SysUtils, Classes;
const
IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY = $2D1400;
type
THDDInfo = class (TObject)
private
FDriveNumber: Byte;
FFileHandle: Cardinal;
FInfoAvailable: Boolean;
FProductRevision: string;
FProductId: string;
FSerialNumber: string;
FVendorId: string;
procedure ReadInfo;
procedure SetDriveNumber(const Value: Byte);
public
constructor Create;
property DriveNumber: Byte read FDriveNumber write SetDriveNumber;
property VendorId: string read FVendorId;
property ProductId: string read FProductId;
property ProductRevision: string read FProductRevision;
property SerialNumber: string read FSerialNumber;
function SerialNumberInt: Cardinal;
function SerialNumberText: string;
function IsInfoAvailable: Boolean;
end;
implementation
type
STORAGE_PROPERTY_QUERY = packed record
PropertyId: DWORD;
QueryType: DWORD;
AdditionalParameters: array[0..3] of Byte;
end;
STORAGE_DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR = packed record
Version: ULONG;
Size: ULONG;
DeviceType: Byte;
DeviceTypeModifier: Byte;
RemovableMedia: Boolean;
CommandQueueing: Boolean;
VendorIdOffset: ULONG;
ProductIdOffset: ULONG;
ProductRevisionOffset: ULONG;
SerialNumberOffset: ULONG;
STORAGE_BUS_TYPE: DWORD;
RawPropertiesLength: ULONG;
RawDeviceProperties: array[0..511] of Byte;
end;
function ByteToChar(const B: Byte): Char;
begin
Result := Chr(B + $30)
end;
function SerialNumberToCardinal (SerNum: String): Cardinal;
begin
HexToBin(PChar(SerNum), PChar(#Result), SizeOf(Cardinal));
end;
function SerialNumberToString(SerNum: String): String;
var
I, StrLen: Integer;
Pair: string;
B: Byte;
Ch: Char absolute B;
begin
Result := '';
StrLen := Length(SerNum);
if Odd(StrLen) then Exit;
I := 1;
while I < StrLen do
begin
Pair := Copy (SerNum, I, 2);
HexToBin(PChar(Pair), PChar(#B), 1);
Result := Result + Chr(B);
Inc(I, 2);
end;
I := 1;
while I < Length(Result) do
begin
Ch := Result[I];
Result[I] := Result[I + 1];
Result[I + 1] := Ch;
Inc(I, 2);
end;
end;
constructor THddInfo.Create;
begin
inherited;
SetDriveNumber(0);
end;
function THDDInfo.IsInfoAvailable: Boolean;
begin
Result := FInfoAvailable
end;
procedure THDDInfo.ReadInfo;
type
PCharArray = ^TCharArray;
TCharArray = array[0..32767] of Char;
var
Returned: Cardinal;
Status: LongBool;
PropQuery: STORAGE_PROPERTY_QUERY;
DeviceDescriptor: STORAGE_DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR;
PCh: PChar;
begin
FInfoAvailable := False;
FProductRevision := '';
FProductId := '';
FSerialNumber := '';
FVendorId := '';
try
FFileHandle := CreateFile(
PChar('\\.\PhysicalDrive' + ByteToChar(FDriveNumber)),
0,
FILE_SHARE_READ or FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
nil,
OPEN_EXISTING,
0,
0
);
if FFileHandle = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE then
RaiseLastOSError;
ZeroMemory(#PropQuery, SizeOf(PropQuery));
ZeroMemory(#DeviceDescriptor, SizeOf(DeviceDescriptor));
DeviceDescriptor.Size := SizeOf(DeviceDescriptor);
Status := DeviceIoControl(
FFileHandle,
IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY,
#PropQuery,
SizeOf(PropQuery),
#DeviceDescriptor,
DeviceDescriptor.Size,
Returned,
nil
);
if not Status then
RaiseLastOSError;
if DeviceDescriptor.VendorIdOffset <> 0 then
begin
PCh := #PCharArray(#DeviceDescriptor)^[DeviceDescriptor.VendorIdOffset];
FVendorId := PCh;
end;
if DeviceDescriptor.ProductIdOffset <> 0 then
begin
PCh := #PCharArray(#DeviceDescriptor)^[DeviceDescriptor.ProductIdOffset];
FProductId := PCh;
end;
if DeviceDescriptor.ProductRevisionOffset <> 0 then
begin
PCh := #PCharArray(#DeviceDescriptor)^[DeviceDescriptor.ProductRevisionOffset];
FProductRevision := PCh;
end;
if DeviceDescriptor.SerialNumberOffset <> 0 then
begin
PCh := #PCharArray(#DeviceDescriptor)^[DeviceDescriptor.SerialNumberOffset];
FSerialNumber := PCh;
end;
FInfoAvailable := True;
finally
if FFileHandle <> INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE then
CloseHandle(FFileHandle);
end;
end;
function THDDInfo.SerialNumberInt: Cardinal;
begin
Result := 0;
if ((IsInfoAvailable = True) and (FSerialNumber <> '')) then Result := SerialNumberToCardinal(FSerialNumber)
end;
function THDDInfo.SerialNumberText: string;
begin
Result := '';
if ((IsInfoAvailable = True) and (FSerialNumber <> '')) then Result := SerialNumberToString(FSerialNumber)
end;
procedure THDDInfo.SetDriveNumber(const Value: Byte);
begin
FDriveNumber := Value;
ReadInfo;
end;
end.
Edit: RAID configurations require special provisions.
For instance, I got a RAID system with multiple RAID 5 array; only the first one displays, and it does not show the drive serial numbers, but the serial number of the RAID array:
VendorId: AMCC
ProductId: 9550SXU-16ML
ProductRevision: 3.08
SerialNumber: 006508296D6A2A00DE82
SerialNumberInt: 688416000
--jeroen
You can use the WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) to get information related to windows hardware.
Exist two wmi classes wich exposes a property called SerialNumber which store the Number allocated by the manufacturer to identify the physical media. these classes are Win32_DiskDrive and Win32_PhysicalMedia.to access the SerialNumber property of these classes you must know the DeviceId of the Disk which is something like this \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0. Another way is use a association class which link the Physical drive with the logical drive (C,D,E)
so you must find this link previous to obtain the serial number. the sequence to find this association is like this.
Win32_DiskPartition -> Win32_LogicalDiskToPartition -> Win32_DiskDrive
Note 1 : The SerialNumber property for the Win32_DiskDrive class does not exist in Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows NT 4.0, so how you are talking about use Windows Vista or Windows 7, will work ok for you.
Note 2 : The code does not require a administrator account to run.
check this code
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}
uses
SysUtils,
ActiveX,
ComObj,
Variants;
function GetDiskSerial(const Drive:AnsiChar):string;
var
FSWbemLocator : OLEVariant;
objWMIService : OLEVariant;
colDiskDrives : OLEVariant;
colLogicalDisks: OLEVariant;
colPartitions : OLEVariant;
objDiskDrive : OLEVariant;
objPartition : OLEVariant;
objLogicalDisk : OLEVariant;
oEnumDiskDrive : IEnumvariant;
oEnumPartition : IEnumvariant;
oEnumLogical : IEnumvariant;
iValue : LongWord;
DeviceID : string;
begin;
Result:='';
FSWbemLocator := CreateOleObject('WbemScripting.SWbemLocator');
objWMIService := FSWbemLocator.ConnectServer('localhost', 'root\CIMV2', '', ''); //Connect to the WMI
colDiskDrives := objWMIService.ExecQuery('SELECT * FROM Win32_DiskDrive','WQL',0);
oEnumDiskDrive:= IUnknown(colDiskDrives._NewEnum) as IEnumVariant;
while oEnumDiskDrive.Next(1, objDiskDrive, iValue) = 0 do
begin
DeviceID := StringReplace(objDiskDrive.DeviceID,'\','\\',[rfReplaceAll]); //Escape the `\` chars in the DeviceID value because the '\' is a reserved character in WMI.
colPartitions := objWMIService.ExecQuery(Format('ASSOCIATORS OF {Win32_DiskDrive.DeviceID="%s"} WHERE AssocClass = Win32_DiskDriveToDiskPartition',[DeviceID]));//link the Win32_DiskDrive class with the Win32_DiskDriveToDiskPartition class
oEnumPartition := IUnknown(colPartitions._NewEnum) as IEnumVariant;
while oEnumPartition.Next(1, objPartition, iValue) = 0 do
begin
colLogicalDisks := objWMIService.ExecQuery('ASSOCIATORS OF {Win32_DiskPartition.DeviceID="'+objPartition.DeviceID+'"} WHERE AssocClass = Win32_LogicalDiskToPartition'); //link the Win32_DiskPartition class with theWin32_LogicalDiskToPartition class.
oEnumLogical := IUnknown(colLogicalDisks._NewEnum) as IEnumVariant;
while oEnumLogical.Next(1, objLogicalDisk, iValue) = 0 do
begin
if objLogicalDisk.DeviceID=(Drive+':') then //compare the device id
begin
Result:=objDiskDrive.SerialNumber;
Exit;
end;
objLogicalDisk:=Unassigned;
end;
objPartition:=Unassigned;
end;
end;
end;
begin
try
CoInitialize(nil);
try
Writeln(GetDiskSerial('C'));
Readln;
finally
CoUninitialize;
end;
except
on E:Exception do
begin
Writeln(E.Classname, ':', E.Message);
Readln;
end;
end;
end.
Here is another DiskId32 translation from C++ to Delphi by Victor Derevyanko
project:
http://code.google.com/p/dvsrc/
Because the first method (WithZeroRights) doesn't work for me, I wrote another for ReadIdeDriveAsScsiDriveInNT method:
unit HDScsiInfo;
interface
uses
Windows, SysUtils;
const
IDENTIFY_BUFFER_SIZE = 512;
FILE_DEVICE_SCSI = $0000001b;
IOCTL_SCSI_MINIPORT_IDENTIFY = ((FILE_DEVICE_SCSI shl 16) + $0501);
IDE_ATA_IDENTIFY = $EC; // Returns ID sector for ATA.
IOCTL_SCSI_MINIPORT = $0004D008; // see NTDDSCSI.H for definition
type
TDiskData = array [0..256-1] of DWORD;
TDriveInfo = record
ControllerType: Integer; //0 - primary, 1 - secondary, 2 - Tertiary, 3 - Quaternary
DriveMS: Integer; //0 - master, 1 - slave
DriveModelNumber: String;
DriveSerialNumber: String;
DriveControllerRevisionNumber: String;
ControllerBufferSizeOnDrive: Int64;
DriveType: String; //fixed or removable or unknown
DriveSizeBytes: Int64;
end;
THDScsiInfo = class (TObject)
private
FDriveNumber: Byte;
FFileHandle: Cardinal;
FInfoAvailable: Boolean;
FProductRevision: string;
FSerialNumber: string;
FControllerType: Integer;
FDriveMS: Integer;
FDriveModelNumber: string;
FControllerBufferSizeOnDrive: Int64;
FDriveType: string;
FDriveSizeBytes: Int64;
procedure ReadInfo;
procedure SetDriveNumber(const Value: Byte);
procedure PrintIdeInfo(DiskData: TDiskData);
public
constructor Create;
property DriveNumber: Byte read FDriveNumber write SetDriveNumber;
property ProductRevision: string read FProductRevision;
property SerialNumber: string read FSerialNumber;
property ControllerType: Integer read FControllerType;
property DriveMS: Integer read FDriveMS;
property DriveModelNumber: string read FDriveModelNumber;
property ControllerBufferSizeOnDrive: Int64 read FControllerBufferSizeOnDrive;
property DriveType: string read FDriveType;
property DriveSizeBytes: Int64 read FDriveSizeBytes;
function IsInfoAvailable: Boolean;
end;
implementation
type
SRB_IO_CONTROL = record
HeaderLength: Cardinal;
Signature: array [0..8-1] of Byte;
Timeout: Cardinal;
ControlCode: Cardinal;
ReturnCode: Cardinal;
Length: Cardinal;
end;
PSRB_IO_CONTROL = ^SRB_IO_CONTROL;
DRIVERSTATUS = record
bDriverError: Byte;// Error code from driver, or 0 if no error.
bIDEStatus: Byte;// Contents of IDE Error register.
// Only valid when bDriverError is SMART_IDE_ERROR.
bReserved: array [0..1] of Byte;// Reserved for future expansion.
dwReserved: array [0..1] of Longword;// Reserved for future expansion.
end;
SENDCMDOUTPARAMS = record
cBufferSize: Longword;// Size of bBuffer in bytes
DriverStatus: DRIVERSTATUS;// Driver status structure.
bBuffer: array [0..0] of Byte;// Buffer of arbitrary length in which to store the data read from the // drive.
end;
IDEREGS = record
bFeaturesReg: Byte;// Used for specifying SMART "commands".
bSectorCountReg: Byte;// IDE sector count register
bSectorNumberReg: Byte;// IDE sector number register
bCylLowReg: Byte;// IDE low order cylinder value
bCylHighReg: Byte;// IDE high order cylinder value
bDriveHeadReg: Byte;// IDE drive/head register
bCommandReg: Byte;// Actual IDE command.
bReserved: Byte;// reserved for future use. Must be zero.
end;
SENDCMDINPARAMS = record
cBufferSize: Longword;// Buffer size in bytes
irDriveRegs: IDEREGS; // Structure with drive register values.
bDriveNumber: Byte;// Physical drive number to send
// command to (0,1,2,3).
bReserved: array[0..2] of Byte;// Reserved for future expansion.
dwReserved: array [0..3] of Longword;// For future use.
bBuffer: array [0..0] of Byte;// Input buffer. //!TODO: this is array of single element
end;
PSENDCMDINPARAMS = ^SENDCMDINPARAMS;
PSENDCMDOUTPARAMS = ^SENDCMDOUTPARAMS;
IDSECTOR = record
wGenConfig: Word;
wNumCyls: Word;
wReserved: Word;
wNumHeads: Word;
wBytesPerTrack: Word;
wBytesPerSector: Word;
wSectorsPerTrack: Word;
wVendorUnique: array [0..3-1] of Word;
sSerialNumber: array [0..20-1] of AnsiChar;
wBufferType: Word;
wBufferSize: Word;
wECCSize: Word;
sFirmwareRev: array [0..8-1] of AnsiChar;
sModelNumber: array [0..40-1] of AnsiChar;
wMoreVendorUnique: Word;
wDoubleWordIO: Word;
wCapabilities: Word;
wReserved1: Word;
wPIOTiming: Word;
wDMATiming: Word;
wBS: Word;
wNumCurrentCyls: Word;
wNumCurrentHeads: Word;
wNumCurrentSectorsPerTrack: Word;
ulCurrentSectorCapacity: Cardinal;
wMultSectorStuff: Word;
ulTotalAddressableSectors: Cardinal;
wSingleWordDMA: Word;
wMultiWordDMA: Word;
bReserved: array [0..128-1] of Byte;
end;
PIDSECTOR = ^IDSECTOR;
TArrayDriveInfo = array of TDriveInfo;
type
DeviceQuery = record
HeaderLength: Cardinal;
Signature: array [0..8-1] of Byte;
Timeout: Cardinal;
ControlCode: Cardinal;
ReturnCode: Cardinal;
Length: Cardinal;
cBufferSize: Longword;// Buffer size in bytes
irDriveRegs: IDEREGS; // Structure with drive register values.
bDriveNumber: Byte;// Physical drive number to send
bReserved: array[0..2] of Byte;// Reserved for future expansion.
dwReserved: array [0..3] of Longword;// For future use.
bBuffer: array [0..0] of Byte;// Input buffer. //!TODO: this is array of single element
end;
function ConvertToString (diskdata: TDiskData;
firstIndex: Integer;
lastIndex: Integer;
buf: PAnsiChar): PAnsiChar;
var
index: Integer;
position: Integer;
begin
position := 0;
// each integer has two characters stored in it backwards
for index := firstIndex to lastIndex do begin
// get high byte for 1st character
buf[position] := AnsiChar(Chr(diskdata [index] div 256));
inc(position);
// get low byte for 2nd character
buf [position] := AnsiChar(Chr(diskdata [index] mod 256));
inc(position);
end;
// end the string
buf[position] := Chr(0);
// cut off the trailing blanks
index := position - 1;
while (index >0) do begin
// if not IsSpace(AnsiChar(buf[index]))
if (AnsiChar(buf[index]) <> ' ')
then break;
buf [index] := Chr(0);
dec(index);
end;
Result := buf;
end;
constructor THDScsiInfo.Create;
begin
inherited;
SetDriveNumber(0);
end;
function THDScsiInfo.IsInfoAvailable: Boolean;
begin
Result := FInfoAvailable
end;
procedure THDScsiInfo.PrintIdeInfo (DiskData: TDiskData);
var
nSectors: Int64;
serialNumber: array [0..1024-1] of AnsiChar;
modelNumber: array [0..1024-1] of AnsiChar;
revisionNumber: array [0..1024-1] of AnsiChar;
begin
// copy the hard drive serial number to the buffer
ConvertToString (DiskData, 10, 19, #serialNumber);
ConvertToString (DiskData, 27, 46, #modelNumber);
ConvertToString (DiskData, 23, 26, #revisionNumber);
FControllerType := FDriveNumber div 2;
FDriveMS := FDriveNumber mod 2;
FDriveModelNumber := modelNumber;
FSerialNumber := serialNumber;
FProductRevision := revisionNumber;
FControllerBufferSizeOnDrive := DiskData [21] * 512;
if ((DiskData [0] and $0080) <> 0)
then FDriveType := 'Removable'
else if ((DiskData [0] and $0040) <> 0)
then FDriveType := 'Fixed'
else FDriveType := 'Unknown';
// calculate size based on 28 bit or 48 bit addressing
// 48 bit addressing is reflected by bit 10 of word 83
if ((DiskData[83] and $400) <> 0) then begin
nSectors := DiskData[103] * Int64(65536) * Int64(65536) * Int64(65536) +
DiskData[102] * Int64(65536) * Int64(65536) +
DiskData[101] * Int64(65536) +
DiskData[100];
end else begin
nSectors := DiskData [61] * 65536 + DiskData [60];
end;
// there are 512 bytes in a sector
FDriveSizeBytes := nSectors * 512;
end;
procedure THDScsiInfo.ReadInfo;
type
DataArry = array [0..256-1] of WORD;
PDataArray = ^DataArry;
const
SENDIDLENGTH = sizeof (SENDCMDOUTPARAMS) + IDENTIFY_BUFFER_SIZE;
var
I: Integer;
buffer: array [0..sizeof (SRB_IO_CONTROL) + SENDIDLENGTH - 1] of AnsiChar;
dQuery: DeviceQuery;
dummy: DWORD;
pOut: PSENDCMDOUTPARAMS;
pId: PIDSECTOR;
DiskData: TDiskData;
pIdSectorPtr: PWord;
begin
FInfoAvailable := False;
FFileHandle := CreateFile (PChar(Format('\\.\Scsi%d:', [FDriveNumber])),
GENERIC_READ or GENERIC_WRITE,
FILE_SHARE_READ or FILE_SHARE_WRITE, nil,
OPEN_EXISTING, 0, 0);
if (FFileHandle <> INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) then begin
ZeroMemory(#dQuery, SizeOf(dQuery));
dQuery.HeaderLength := sizeof (SRB_IO_CONTROL);
dQuery.Timeout := 10000;
dQuery.Length := SENDIDLENGTH;
dQuery.ControlCode := IOCTL_SCSI_MINIPORT_IDENTIFY;
StrLCopy(#dQuery.Signature, 'SCSIDISK', 8);
dQuery.irDriveRegs.bCommandReg := IDE_ATA_IDENTIFY;
dQuery.bDriveNumber := FDriveNumber;
if (DeviceIoControl (FFileHandle, IOCTL_SCSI_MINIPORT,
#dQuery,
SizeOf(dQuery),
#buffer,
sizeof (SRB_IO_CONTROL) + SENDIDLENGTH,
dummy, nil))
then begin
pOut := PSENDCMDOUTPARAMS(buffer + sizeof (SRB_IO_CONTROL)); //!TOCHECK
pId := PIDSECTOR(#pOut^.bBuffer[0]);
if (pId^.sModelNumber[0] <> Chr(0) ) then begin
pIdSectorPtr := PWord(pId);
for I := 0 to 256-1 do
DiskData[I] := PDataArray(pIdSectorPtr)[I];
PrintIdeInfo (DiskData);
FInfoAvailable := True;
end;
end;
CloseHandle(FFileHandle);
end;
end;
procedure THDScsiInfo.SetDriveNumber(const Value: Byte);
begin
FDriveNumber := Value;
ReadInfo;
end;
end.
Sample usage:
procedure ReadIdeDriveAsScsiDriveInNT;
var
DriveNumber: Byte;
HDDInfo: THDScsiInfo;
begin
HDDInfo := THDScsiInfo.Create();
try
for DriveNumber := 0 to MAX_IDE_DRIVES - 1 do
try
HDDInfo.DriveNumber := DriveNumber;
if HDDInfo.IsInfoAvailable then begin
Writeln('Available Drive: ', HDDInfo.DriveNumber);
Writeln('ControllerType: ', HDDInfo.ControllerType);
Writeln('DriveMS: ', HDDInfo.DriveMS);
Writeln('DriveModelNumber: ', HDDInfo.DriveModelNumber);
Writeln('ControllerBufferSizeOnDrive: ', HDDInfo.ControllerBufferSizeOnDrive);
Writeln('DriveType: ', HDDInfo.DriveType);
Writeln('DriveSizeBytes: ', HDDInfo.DriveSizeBytes);
Writeln('ProductRevision: ', HDDInfo.ProductRevision);
Writeln('SerialNumber: ', HDDInfo.SerialNumber);
end;
except
on E: Exception do
Writeln(Format('DriveNumber %d, %s: %s', [DriveNumber, E.ClassName, E.Message]));
end;
finally
HDDInfo.Free;
end;
end;
begin
ReadIdeDriveAsScsiDriveInNT;
Write('Press <Enter>');
end.
This works great with my WD disk.
I found this code, it is fixed one and working fine with me on windows 7 64
https://code.google.com/p/dvsrc/downloads/detail?name=20120116DiskId32Port_fixed.7z&can=2&q=
and this his all work
https://code.google.com/p/dvsrc/downloads/list
Posting this purely for completeness sake, and to possibly satisfy those interested or die hard hardware fanatics.
I do not have a Pascal compiler at my disposal to test these routines on current Windows systems, but I do know this code worked back in the DOS era. Maybe it still works from a command prompt window.
Pascal code:
uses
Dos, Crt;
type
SerNoType = record
case Integer of
0: (SerNo1, SerNo2: Word);
1: (SerNo: Longint);
end;
DiskSerNoInfoType = record
Infolevel: Word;
VolSerNo: SerNoType;
VolLabel: array[1..11] of Char;
FileSys: array[1..8] of Char;
end;
function HexDigit(N: Byte): Char;
begin
if N < 10 then
HexDigit := Chr(Ord('0') + N)
else
HexDigit := Chr(Ord('A') + (N - 10));
end;
function GetVolSerialNo(DriveNo: Byte): String;
var
ReturnArray: DiskSerNoInfoType;
Regs: Registers;
begin
with Regs do
begin
AX := $440d;
BL := DriveNo;
CH := $08;
CL := $66;
DS := Seg(ReturnArray);
DX := Ofs(ReturnArray);
Intr($21, Regs);
if (Flags and FCarry) <> 0 then
GetVolSerialNo := ''
else
with ReturnArray.VolSerNo do
GetVolSerialNo :=
HexDigit(Hi(SerNo2) div 16) + HexDigit(Hi(SerNo2) mod 16) +
HexDigit(Lo(SerNo2) div 16) + HexDigit(Lo(SerNo2) mod 16) +
HexDigit(Hi(SerNo1) div 16) + HexDigit(Hi(SerNo1) mod 16) +
HexDigit(Lo(SerNo1) div 16) + HexDigit(Lo(SerNo1) mod 16);
end;
end;
procedure PutVolSerialNo(DriveNo: Byte; SerialNo: Longint);
var
ReturnArray: DiskSerNoInfoType;
Regs: Registers;
begin
with Regs do
begin
AX := $440d;
BL := DriveNo;
CH := $08;
CL := $66;
DS := Seg(ReturnArray);
DX := Ofs(ReturnArray);
Intr($21, Regs);
if (Flags and FCarry) = 0 then
begin
ReturnArray.VolSerNo.SerNo := SerialNo;
AH := $69;
BL := DriveNo;
AL := $01;
DS := Seg(ReturnArray);
DX := Ofs(ReturnArray);
Intr($21, Regs);
end;
end;
end;
Please feel free to update this answer in order to get it working (if possible at all) in Delphi.

Upgrade Indy9 to Indy10

I want to upgrade my application from Indy 9 to 10 with Delphi 2007.
In this thread there is a call to Indy9 TIdUDPBase.SendBuffer but this won't compile in Indy10 as the method parameter don't exists. The third parameter aBuffer is a var parameter and I didn't find any such method signature in Indy10.
Any alternative method to call ?
procedure TSenderThread.Execute;
var
vTimeData: TTimeDataRecord;
I: Integer;
FElapsed: Int64;
FTimerElappsed,
vLastTimerElappsed: Int64;
begin
vTimeData.Size := SizeOf(TTimeDataRecord);
vTimeData.ClientCount := 1;
Priority := tpHighest;
FIdUDPClient := TIdUDPClient.Create(nil);
FIdUDPClient.BroadcastEnabled := True;
try
while not (Terminated or Application.Terminated) do
begin
Sleep(1000);
//Measure Time frame
vLastTimerElappsed := FTimerElappsed;
QueryPerformanceCounter(FTimerElappsed);
FElapsed := ((FTimerElappsed-vLastTimerElappsed)*1000000) div FFrequency;
vTimeData.TotalTimeFrame := FElapsed;
if FRunning then
begin
FElapsed := ((FTimerElappsed-FStart)*1000000) div FFrequency;
vTimeData.CurrentMessageTime := FElapsed;
end
else
vTimeData.CurrentMessageTime := 0;
//Copy Values
vTimeData.AccumulatedTime := InterlockedExchange(TimeData.AccumulatedTime,0);
vTimeData.MessageCount := InterlockedExchange(TimeData.MessageCount,0);
for I := 0 to TimeClassMax do
vTimeData.TimeClasses[I] := InterlockedExchange(TimeData.TimeClasses[I],0);
// Calls procedure TIdUDPBase.SendBuffer(AHost: string; const APort: Integer; var ABuffer; const AByteCount: integer);
// This is changed in Indy10, unable to compile
FIdUDPClient.SendBuffer('255.255.255.255', UIPerfPort, vTimeData, TimeData.Size);
end;
finally
FreeAndNil(FIdUDPClient);
end;
end;
EDIT:
vTimeData is basically an array of integers.
TTimeDataRecord = record
Size: Integer; //Size of record structure is transfered and compared for safty reasons.
ClientCount: Integer;
AccumulatedTime: Integer; //This is the accumulated time busy in microseconds
CurrentMessageTime: Integer; //This is the time the current message has been processed. If several computers report a high value at the same time it indicates a freeze!
TotalTimeFrame: Integer; //This is the total time measured in microseconds
MessageCount: Integer;
TimeClasses: array [0..TimeClassMax] of Integer;
end;
you have a method with same name
procedure TIdUDPClient.SendBuffer(const AHost: string; const APort: TIdPort;
const ABuffer: TIdBytes);
Instead of an untyped buffer it expects an array of bytes. What is your data like? You just need to write your data as an array of bytes. Something like:
var
Buffer: TIdBytes;
begin
SetLength(Buffer, YourSizeOfData);
Move(YourData, Buffer[0], YourSizeOfData);
FIdUDPClient.SendBuffer('255.255.255.255', UIPerfPort, Buffer);
end;
But as I said it depends on the type of the data. The approach is ok however.
EDIT:
Now that I can see that you have a record you have two options:
Just move the whole record to array of bytes.
Move(#aRecord, Buffer[0], (6 + TimeClassMax) * SizeOf(Integer));
Have a CopyToBytes method in your record that does the actual copy. More general I guess.
TTimeDataRecord = record
Size: Integer; //Size of record structure is transfered and compared for safty reasons.
ClientCount: Integer;
AccumulatedTime: Integer; //This is the accumulated time busy in microseconds
CurrentMessageTime: Integer; //This is the time the current message has been processed. If several computers report a high value at the same time it indicates a freeze!
TotalTimeFrame: Integer; //This is the total time measured in microseconds
MessageCount: Integer;
TimeClasses: array [0..TimeClassMax] of Integer;
procedure CopyToBytes(var Buffer: TIdBytes);
end
Implementation of the CopyToBytes
procedure TTimeDataRecord.CopyToBytes(var Buffer: TIdBytes);
begin
// copy the data however you see fit
end;

(Wide)String - storing in TFileStream, Delphi 7. What is the fastest way?

I'm using Delphi7 (non-unicode VCL), I need to store lots of WideStrings inside a TFileStream. I can't use TStringStream as the (wide)strings are mixed with binary data, the format is projected to speed up loading and writing the data ... However I believe that current way I'm loading/writing the strings might be a bottleneck of my code ...
currently I'm writing length of a string, then writing it char by char ...
while loading, first I'm loading the length, then loading char by char ...
So, what is the fastest way to save and load WideString to TFileStream?
Thanks in advance
Rather than read and write one character at a time, read and write them all at once:
procedure WriteWideString(const ws: WideString; stream: TStream);
var
nChars: LongInt;
begin
nChars := Length(ws);
stream.WriteBuffer(nChars, SizeOf(nChars);
if nChars > 0 then
stream.WriteBuffer(ws[1], nChars * SizeOf(ws[1]));
end;
function ReadWideString(stream: TStream): WideString;
var
nChars: LongInt;
begin
stream.ReadBuffer(nChars, SizeOf(nChars));
SetLength(Result, nChars);
if nChars > 0 then
stream.ReadBuffer(Result[1], nChars * SizeOf(Result[1]));
end;
Now, technically, since WideString is a Windows BSTR, it can contain an odd number of bytes. The Length function reads the number of bytes and divides by two, so it's possible (although not likely) that the code above will cut off the last byte. You could use this code instead:
procedure WriteWideString(const ws: WideString; stream: TStream);
var
nBytes: LongInt;
begin
nBytes := SysStringByteLen(Pointer(ws));
stream.WriteBuffer(nBytes, SizeOf(nBytes));
if nBytes > 0 then
stream.WriteBuffer(Pointer(ws)^, nBytes);
end;
function ReadWideString(stream: TStream): WideString;
var
nBytes: LongInt;
buffer: PAnsiChar;
begin
stream.ReadBuffer(nBytes, SizeOf(nBytes));
if nBytes > 0 then begin
GetMem(buffer, nBytes);
try
stream.ReadBuffer(buffer^, nBytes);
Result := SysAllocStringByteLen(buffer, nBytes)
finally
FreeMem(buffer);
end;
end else
Result := '';
end;
Inspired by Mghie's answer, have replaced my Read and Write calls with ReadBuffer and WriteBuffer. The latter will raise exceptions if they are unable to read or write the requested number of bytes.
There is nothing special about wide strings, to read and write them as fast as possible you need to read and write as much as possible in one go:
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
Str: TStream;
W, W2: WideString;
L: integer;
begin
W := 'foo bar baz';
Str := TFileStream.Create('test.bin', fmCreate);
try
// write WideString
L := Length(W);
Str.WriteBuffer(L, SizeOf(integer));
if L > 0 then
Str.WriteBuffer(W[1], L * SizeOf(WideChar));
Str.Seek(0, soFromBeginning);
// read back WideString
Str.ReadBuffer(L, SizeOf(integer));
if L > 0 then begin
SetLength(W2, L);
Str.ReadBuffer(W2[1], L * SizeOf(WideChar));
end else
W2 := '';
Assert(W = W2);
finally
Str.Free;
end;
end;
WideStrings contain a 'string' of WideChar's, which use 2 bytes each. If you want to store the UTF-16 (which WideStrings use internally) strings in a file, and be able to use this file in other programs like notepad, you need to write a byte order mark first: #$FEFF.
If you know this, writing can look like this:
Stream1.Write(WideString1[1],Length(WideString)*2); //2=SizeOf(WideChar)
reading can look like this:
Stream1.Read(WideChar1,2);//assert returned 2 and WideChar1=#$FEFF
SetLength(WideString1,(Stream1.Size div 2)-1);
Stream1.Read(WideString1[1],(Stream1.Size div 2)-1);
You can also use TFastFileStream for reading the data or strings, I pasted the unit at http://pastebin.com/m6ecdc8c2 and a sample below:
program Project36;
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}
uses
SysUtils, Classes,
FastStream in 'FastStream.pas';
const
WideNull: WideChar = #0;
procedure WriteWideStringToStream(Stream: TFileStream; var Data: WideString);
var
len: Word;
begin
len := Length(Data);
// Write WideString length
Stream.Write(len, SizeOf(len));
if (len > 0) then
begin
// Write WideString
Stream.Write(Data[1], len * SizeOf(WideChar));
end;
// Write null termination
Stream.Write(WideNull, SizeOf(WideNull));
end;
procedure CreateTestFile;
var
Stream: TFileStream;
MyString: WideString;
begin
Stream := TFileStream.Create('test.bin', fmCreate);
try
MyString := 'Hello World!';
WriteWideStringToStream(Stream, MyString);
MyString := 'Speed is Delphi!';
WriteWideStringToStream(Stream, MyString);
finally
Stream.Free;
end;
end;
function ReadWideStringFromStream(Stream: TFastFileStream): WideString;
var
len: Word;
begin
// Read length of WideString
Stream.Read(len, SizeOf(len));
// Read WideString
Result := PWideChar(Cardinal(Stream.Memory) + Stream.Position);
// Update position and skip null termination
Stream.Position := Stream.Position + (len * SizeOf(WideChar)) + SizeOf(WideNull);
end;
procedure ReadTestFile;
var
Stream: TFastFileStream;
my_wide_string: WideString;
begin
Stream := TFastFileStream.Create('test.bin');
try
Stream.Position := 0;
// Read WideString
my_wide_string := ReadWideStringFromStream(Stream);
WriteLn(my_wide_string);
// Read another WideString
my_wide_string := ReadWideStringFromStream(Stream);
WriteLn(my_wide_string);
finally
Stream.Free;
end;
end;
begin
CreateTestFile;
ReadTestFile;
ReadLn;
end.

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