Read Device manager

[Alex Katsovich]

Hello,

May be somebody know how I can read a list of hardware devices installed on my computer and set properties for each device (like a Windows Device Manager), using .NET functions.

Thanks

[crelf]

What exactly do you want to change? There's a *lot* of stuff you can do with DAQmx property nodes, and you can load in an ncs (or partial hardware prepresentations).

[Alex Katsovich]

What exactly do you want to change? There's a *lot* of stuff you can do with DAQmx property nodes, and you can load in an ncs (or partial hardware prepresentations).

I want for example to read the name and "Hardware Id" of Disk drive (as viewed in attached picture)

Thanks

Edited September 12, 2010 by Alex Katsovich

[Bab]

I want for example to read the name and "Hardware Id" of Disk drive (as viewed in attached picture)

Thanks

Hi,

just some thoughts: you could google on visual basic scripts (VBS) and getting device manager info.

There are some objects (activeX) available in a standard windows installation which are commonly used in windows scripts to retrieve this type of information. I have read threads about getting installed software information, managing services, or getting users and groups information. It certainly allows looking at the info found in the device manager.

It is called Windows Management Interface (WMI).

Since it is activeX, you should be able to "translate" examples found for VBS into G code.

I hope it helps getting in the right direction.

Cheers.

[ShaunR]

A lot of the information is stored in the registry. So a quick and dirty way would be to find it there.

[Alex Katsovich]

Hi,

just some thoughts: you could google on visual basic scripts (VBS) and getting device manager info.

There are some objects (activeX) available in a standard windows installation which are commonly used in windows scripts to retrieve this type of information. I have read threads about getting installed software information, managing services, or getting users and groups information. It certainly allows looking at the info found in the device manager.

It is called Windows Management Interface (WMI).

Since it is activeX, you should be able to "translate" examples found for VBS into G code.

I hope it helps getting in the right direction.

Cheers.

Thanks, I will try it.

Thanks to everyone for the help