Device Manager Functions (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)
1/6/2010
The following table shows the Device Manager functions.
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This function loads a device driver. For additional functionality, use the ActivateDeviceEx function. |
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This function loads a driver and adds its registry values to the Active key in the registry. |
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This function allows a driver to announce what interfaces it exposes. |
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This function unloads the driver for the specified device and deletes the active key of the device from the registry. |
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This function deregisters a registered device. DeactivateDevice supersedes this function. |
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This function sends an IOCTL directly to a specified device driver, causing the corresponding device to perform the specified operation. |
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This function exposes AdvertiseInterface to device drivers that link directly with the Device Manager. |
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This function returns a list of the active device file names currently present in the file system. Calling RequestDeviceNotifications with DEVCLASS_STREAM_GUID supersedes this function. |
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This function enumerates the interfaces exposed by a driver. |
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This function returns a list of the Plug and Play identifiers that are currently active in the system. Calling RequestDeviceNotifications with DEVCLASS_STREAM_GUID supersedes this function. |
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This function searches for device information and fills in a DEVMGR_DEVICE_INFORMATION structure with this information. |
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This function searches for devices using the handle returned from FindFirstDevice. |
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This function retrieves device information using a handle returned from ActivateDeviceEx. |
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This function retrieves device information using a handle returned from CreateFile. |
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This function opens the device registry key specified by the ActiveKey parameter. The caller of OpenDeviceKey is responsible for closing the registry handle it returns. |
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This function registers a new device. ActivateDeviceEx supersedes this function. |
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This function creates a valid set of numbers for use by drivers. |
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This function allows privileged code to destroy resources created with ResourceCreateList. |
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This function allows resource ranges to be programmatically designated as shareable. |
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This function allows drivers to use operating system (OS) resources created by ResourceCreateList. |
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This function allows drivers to use the resources made available by ResourceRelease. |
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This function allows devices to request exclusive access to shareable resources. |