Would like to roll out something in Access 2.0 to read MAC
address on 16-bit systems. Have resolved on 32-bit platforms
but still need help with Access Basic code to do it from within
Access 2.0.
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On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 14:16:52 -0400, MLH <CR**@NorthStat e.net> wrote: Would like to roll out something in Access 2.0 to read MAC
address on 16-bit systems. Have resolved on 32-bit platforms
but still need help with Access Basic code to do it from within
Access 2.0.
Hi
Best of luck.
If you mean 16 bit platform eg Win3 don't think you can get it using
API, it is in device driver for network card or in INI file
somewhere.
If you mean running Access2 on 32 bit machine I would store the MAC in
a file by running some other (32 bit) program first, then read from
the file.
Note, MAC not always same as NIC eg machine may have been ghosted,
or be linked by cable modem and USB.
HTH David
<censored>
Yep. Sure do. Some customers have 16-bit win3x boxes and I'm bending
over backwards to support them. I like A2.0 and am quite familiar with
it. Since I can do it, I do. But reading the MAC address, I'm probably
gonna need a C-program to do the work & write the results to a text
file. I was just hoping Access Basic and an API call might do the
trick.
That last note shakes me a bit. I definitely want to read it directly
off the hard-coded address on the NIC itself. What does ghosting
mean and what impact might cable modem links and USB have on
my reading the NIC's MAC address. I can't afford to screw up. There's
no room for ambiguity, I'm afraid.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xx Best of luck.
If you mean 16 bit platform eg Win3 don't think you can get it using
API, it is in device driver for network card or in INI file
somewhere.
If you mean running Access2 on 32 bit machine I would store the MAC in
a file by running some other (32 bit) program first, then read from
the file.
Note, MAC not always same as NIC eg machine may have been ghosted,
or be linked by cable modem and USB.
HTH David
David, important is the fact that I'm running software locally
on the PC in which the NIC is installed and it is that local
NIC whose MAC address I'm attempted to read. I'm not trying
to read one across a network or WAN or anything like that.
Am I still facing the host of uncertainties you mentioned?
"MLH" <CR**@NorthStat e.net> wrote . . .. But reading the MAC address, I'm
probably gonna need a C-program to do
the work & write the results to a text
file. I was just hoping Access Basic and
an API call might do the trick.
Very likely, you can find an API call that will work with Access Basic.
Almost, but not quite, all API calls that could be done from VB could also
be done from Access Basic. So, the place to start searching for those calls
would be VB websites (a good starting point is http://www.mvps.org, then
find the links to MVP's websites for VB -- almost all of them will have a
lot of API information, and some may go back to Win 3.x days) or VB
newsgroups (you can search the old posts at http://groups.google.com....
comp.lang.basic .visual.misc is a USENET newsgroup where you might start
searching).
Don't rush out to hire a C programmer, or brush up your 16-bit dialects of C
programming skills, before you poke around a bit.
Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP
On Sat, 02 Jul 2005 04:01:01 GMT, "Larry Linson"
<bo*****@localh ost.not> wrote:
"MLH" <CR**@NorthStat e.net> wrote
. . .. But reading the MAC address, I'm
probably gonna need a C-program to do
the work & write the results to a text
file. I was just hoping Access Basic and
an API call might do the trick.
Very likely, you can find an API call that will work with Access Basic.
Almost, but not quite, all API calls that could be done from VB could also
be done from Access Basic. So, the place to start searching for those calls
would be VB websites (a good starting point is http://www.mvps.org, then
find the links to MVP's websites for VB -- almost all of them will have a
lot of API information, and some may go back to Win 3.x days) or VB
newsgroups (you can search the old posts at http://groups.google.com....
comp.lang.basi c.visual.misc is a USENET newsgroup where you might start
searching).
Don't rush out to hire a C programmer, or brush up your 16-bit dialects of C
programming skills, before you poke around a bit.
Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP
Hi
My belief is that Win3 didn't support network cards directly but that
there was some DOS thingy which set up the information in the driver,
either in booting up or on installation. I don't think there is any
direct API to get it. It may be possible to shell out to ipconfig in
some way.
David
MLH wrote: Would like to roll out something in Access 2.0 to read MAC
address on 16-bit systems. Have resolved on 32-bit platforms
but still need help with Access Basic code to do it from within
Access 2.0. http://www.planetsourcecode.com/vb/s...50934&lngWId=1
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On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 22:51:29 -0400, MLH <CR**@NorthStat e.net> wrote: David, important is the fact that I'm running software locally
on the PC in which the NIC is installed and it is that local
NIC whose MAC address I'm attempted to read. I'm not trying
to read one across a network or WAN or anything like that.
Am I still facing the host of uncertainties you mentioned?
Hi
(this answer is for Win32, not 16 bit platforms)
Not the cable modem one, not sure about the other.
Ghosting is used when support staff need to set up a lot of PCs with
the same configuration. They normally all have the same MAC.The MAC
can also be spoofed for other reasons, eg see "change Mac Address in
seconds!" at http://amac.paqtool.com/
or look at http://www.klcconsulting.net/smac/readme.htm
which says
"SMAC was developed for RESPONSIBLE, LEGAL AND ETHICAL USE ONLY!!!"
The registry holds the spoofed MAC, not sure what NetBIOS can give
you.
David
..
<censored>
Sounds interesting, but can I get a MAC address with ipconfig somehow?
Hi
My belief is that Win3 didn't support network cards directly but that
there was some DOS thingy which set up the information in the driver,
either in booting up or on installation. I don't think there is any
direct API to get it. It may be possible to shell out to ipconfig in
some way.
David
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