Re: Device Manager / How To extract data from?

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From: Vladimir Afanasyev
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 15:43

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Hi Marc,

"Marc" <bukwheat@axess.com> wrote:
>
>Hi
>
>I already posted this question on ms_compatibility, but Alex 
>from TeamB suggested posting here instead, hopefully this group
>will bring me more luck.
>
>I want to extract the name of my cdrom drive programmatically.
>I looked at WMI but the results are inconsistent from PC to PC.
>I also looked at the Setup API from windows, but can't seem to 
>find a way to extract the name of the Cd drive.  The Windows Device Manager has the name in it. "SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-612" 
>
>Is there a way I can Programatically get this name?  What API calls should I be looking at etc...

You can see source code for TDevInfoPnP (BCB5) in codecentral:
http://codecentral.borland.com/codecentral/ccweb.exe/listing?id=19049

It can enumerate devices and device resources but it still beta.

Vladimir.

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