How can I use GetVolumeInformation in Inno Setup?

Question

I need to get the volume serial number for a drive letter during an installation created with Inno Setup. I know that DLL functions can be imported into Inno, but I'm fairly new to it and having some problems getting it to work. I know that the GetVolumeInformation function in kernel32 can do what I need. Could someone show me how to import and use that functionality in an Inno script to retrieve the volume serial number?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Inno-Setup code::

[Code]
function GetVolumeInformation(
  lpRootPathName: PChar;
  lpVolumeNameBuffer: PChar;
  nVolumeNameSize: DWORD;
  var lpVolumeSerialNumber: DWORD;
  var lpMaximumComponentLength: DWORD;
  var lpFileSystemFlags: DWORD;
  lpFileSystemNameBuffer: PChar;
  nFileSystemNameSize: DWORD
  ): BOOL;
  external 'GetVolumeInformationA@kernel32.dll stdcall';


function LoWord(dw: DWORD): WORD;
begin
  Result := WORD(dw);
end;

function HiWord(dw: DWORD): WORD;
begin
  Result := WORD((dw shr 16) and $FFFF);
end;

function WordToHex(w: WORD): string;
begin
  Result := Format('%.4x', [w]);
end;

function FindVolumeSerial(const Drive: string): string;
var
  FileSystemFlags: DWORD;
  VolumeSerialNumber: DWORD;
  MaximumComponentLength: DWORD;
begin
  Result := '';
  // Note on passing PChars using RemObjects Pascal Script:
  // '' pass a nil PChar  
  // #0 pass an empty PChar    
  if GetVolumeInformation(
    PChar(Drive), 
    '', // nil
    0,
    VolumeSerialNumber,
    MaximumComponentLength,
    FileSystemFlags,
    '', // nil
    0)
  then
    Result := WordToHex(HiWord(VolumeSerialNumber)) + '-' + WordToHex(LoWord(VolumeSerialNumber));
end;

function InitializeSetup(): Boolean;
begin
  MsgBox(FindVolumeSerial('c:\'), mbInformation, mb_Ok);
end;

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Tested with Inno-setup version 5.2.3
In Unicode versions of Inno-Setup replace PChar with PAnsiChar