DEVPKEY_Device_HardwareIds

The DEVPKEY_DEVICE_HardwareIds device property represents the list of hardware identifiers for a device instance.

Attribute Value

Property key

DEVPKEY_Device_HardwareIds

Property-data-type identifier

DEVPROP_TYPE_STRING_LIST

Data format

"hw-id1\0hw-id2\0...hw-idn\0\0"

Property access

Read-only access by installation applications and installers

Corresponding SPDRP_Xxx identifier

SPDRP_HARDWAREID

Localized?

No

Remarks

The value of DEVPKEY_DEVICE_HardwareIds is set by the hw-id entry values for a device that are supplied by the INF Models section of the INF file that installs a device.

You can call CM_Get_DevNode_Property or SetupDiGetDeviceProperty to retrieve the value of DEVPKEY_DEVICE_HardwareIds.

Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 support this property, but do not support the DEVPKEY_DEVICE_HardwareIds property key. Instead, you can use the corresponding SPDRP_HARDWAREID identifier to access the value of the property on these earlier versions of Windows. For information about how to access this property value on these earlier versions of Windows, see Accessing Device Instance SPDRP_Xxx Properties.

Requirements

Version: Windows Vista and later versions of Windows Header: Devpkey.h (include Devpkey.h)

See also

INF Models Section

SetupDiGetDeviceProperty