ROM BIOS interrupts in Borland C++ 5.02

[dfound]

Hello, I am using Borland C++ 5.02 and I was trying to make ROM BIOS interrupts in a c program. But when I compile the program it says undefined structure REGS.
I tried the program in a cpp program too but with same result.
Here's my code

#include <dos.h>
 
#define VIDEO 0x10
 
void movetoxy(int x, int y)
{
    union REGS regs;
 
   regs.h.ah = 2;  /* set cursor position */
    regs.h.dh = y;
   regs.h.dl = x;
   regs.h.bh = 0;  /* video page 0 */
    int86(VIDEO, &regs, &regs);
}
 
int main(void)
{
    clrscr();
    movetoxy(35, 10);
    printf("Hello\n");
    return 0;
}
 
 

Please help me with the problem. Thanks .

[JosAH]

I googled a bit for "union REGS" and found that all the code that uses that union
also included the <bios.h> file but I don't think you can use that bios directly from
a MS Windows environment (I might be totally wrong though).

kind regards,

Jos

[weaknessforcats]

JosAH is not wrong. Windows protects the bios and all access to this union is prohibited.

[dfound]

Yes I used the bios.h header file. I just tried a function in the help file .
The fuction was _bios_memsize() . But the compiler says call to undefined function.
My code is (this is code is exactly as is in the help file)

 
#include <stdio.h>
#include <bios.h>
 
int main(void)
{
  unsigned   memory_size;
 
  memory_size = _bios_memsize();   /* returns value up to 640K */
 
  printf("RAM size = %dK\n", memory_size);
 
  return 0;
}
 
 

Please tell me what is wrong

[weaknessforcats]

Why can't you use the Windows functions that provide this capability?

[dfound]

Why can't you use the Windows functions that provide this capability?

I cant see to find any functions equivalent to ROM-BIOS functions in Win32. I tried searching but of no use. It would be a great help if you give me the functions or where I can find them. Thanks

[weaknessforcats]

You use Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).

Start here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...77(VS.85).aspx.