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'findfirst' in Borland C++ for Win32

The 'findfirst' function (Borland C++ 5.02,Borland C++ Builder) returns WRONG results of file date and file time
when called for FA_LABEL attribute, i.e to detect disk's label. The same function used in 16 bit environment returns
correct results for both date and time.
How could I in 32 bit program written in Borland C++ detect true date & time of disk label ? Perhaps I could do it in assembler subroutine ? Perhaps there are other functions to do it ?
by assembler subroutine

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rainette

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Thank you, but the indicated functions do not give information on LABEL attribute (I've just consulted Borland HELP). I'll try nevertheless. The best method would be to call a 16 bit
program (DOS application) but I am not able to prohibit DOS screen to appear (redirection
of stdout goes but this screen appears nevertheless). Do you know if this is possible ?

chensu

In Win32, FindFirstFile does not return the disk label. GetVolumeInformation returns it, but no date and time information.

RandomCoolGuy

Just in case someone else comes across this, you can get the Date and Time of the file from the correct conversion of the Time attribute of the TSearchRec:

TSearchRec sr;

FindFirst(path, iAttributes, sr);

ShowMessage(path + "," +
DateTimeToStr(FileDateToDateTime(sr.Time)) + "," +
IntToStr(sr.Size));