Detect usb drive and his name

[ladal]

Hi

I just want to know how do I detect an usb drive when it's plug and
retrieve his name, in vb.net

Thanx

 

[Alex Clark]

Hi,

You'll need WMI for this. It will allow you to enumerate all removable
devices in the system and query their properties such as label, serial
number etc. If you want notification of when a drive is connected, WMI
should be able to handle that as well.

There is an excellent WMI plugin for the server explorer in VS.NET available
free on the MS website, it will assist in wiring up event code for WMI
classes.

Good luck!
Alex Clark

 

[Marc Reinig]

Monitor WM_DEVICECHANGE messages and watch for the DBT_DEVICEARRIVAL and
DBT_DEVICEREMOVECOMPLETE messages pertaining to your device. Also look at
RegisterDeviceNotification.

Also, check RegisterDeviceNotification in the Platform SDK: Device I/O.

Probably the best bet is, this book and these websites:

"USB Complete" Jan Axelson, Lakeview Research, http://www.lvr.com ,

and http://www.usb.org/phpbb


Marco
________________________
Marc Reinig
UCO/Lick Observatory
Laboratory for Adaptive Optics

 

[ladal]

Monitor WM_DEVICECHANGE messages and watch for the DBT_DEVICEARRIVAL and
DBT_DEVICEREMOVECOMPLETE messages pertaining to your device. Also look at
RegisterDeviceNotification.

Also, check RegisterDeviceNotification in the Platform SDK: Device I/O.

Probably the best bet is, this book and these websites:

"USB Complete" Jan Axelson, Lakeview Research, http://www.lvr.com ,

and http://www.usb.org/phpbb


Marco
________________________
Marc Reinig
UCO/Lick Observatory
Laboratory for Adaptive Optics

Hi

Thanx for your replies.
But can u give me some code sample in vb.net ?

Ladal