Device ID

[mozaharul]

I have named the device (device ID) as "kdss_d1".
In the database the device ID is saved as :
"006F0050-0063-006B-0065-4850495041513231305F323433333700".
How to get it back as "kdss_d1". I read the help but could not (might have missed) find exact function to do the same. Using Asc(hw.GetDeviceID) returns the device ID as "48".

Please suggest me.


regards,

 

[taximania]

48 is the ASC value of 0, the first letter of your ID, you cant get the ASC value of a string.

Try msgbox(hw.GetDeviceID)

Edit: Ok, that doesn't work, just returns the string of numbers.

 

[agraham]

"006F0050-0063-006B-0065-4850495041513231305F323433333700"

The last segment of that string is the hex for "HPIPAQ210_24337". See the attached program. If you use this watch out for the zero character (00) at the end of the returned string which may be there as a string terminator.

How to get it back as "kdss_d1"

If you named the device in "About" that name is in the Registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Ident\Name

 

[mozaharul]

How the device name in "About" could be saved in SQLite database using Basic4PPC ?

regards.

 

[agraham]

Pick it out of the registry like I said above using the Registry library!

 

[mozaharul]

Since the same application will be used for more than 10 PDAs, so different device name will be there. How to pick out the different “REG_SZ” values ?
Like:
path="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Ident\Name"
device_ID = reg.GetValue(PATH, REG_SZ)

or like :
device_ID = reg.GetValue(PATH, &REG_SZ)

off course I have to initialize like:

Sub App_Start
reg.New1
reg.RootKey(reg.rtLocalMachine)
End sub


regards.

 

[agraham]

path="Ident"
device_ID = reg.GetValue(path, "Name")

 

[mozaharul]

I appreciate your help.

Best regards.

 

[taximania]

The last segment of that string is the hex for "HPIPAQ210_24337". See the attached program. If you use this watch out for the zero character (00) at the end of the returned string which may be there as a string terminator.
If you named the device in "About" that name is in the Registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Ident\Name

Firstly your example fails, Variable j is assigned bla bla but not used
comment this line out 'j=i
It works.

I added an Hardware object, hw
and
ID=hw.GetDeviceID

The message box shows "" , nothing

Don't waste time looking into it.
I'm just pointing it out :sign0188: