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Article #15560Re: Device Manager / How To extract data from?
From: Marc
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 16:28
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 16:28
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Hello Thanks for the code, it seems to work great, I will look at it in more detail. Thanks Marc "Vladimir Afanasyev" <avv@systema.kiev.ua> wrote: > >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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