I got email today asking me how to get the device ID from a pocket pc with vb
Imports System.Text
Public Class Form1
<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("coredll.dll")> _
Private Shared Function GetDeviceUniqueID(ByVal appdata As Byte(), ByVal cbApplictionData As Integer, ByVal dwDeviceIDVersion As Integer, ByVal deviceIDOuput As Byte(), ByRef pcbDeviceIDOutput As Integer) As Integer
End Function
Private Function GetDeviceId(ByVal appData As String) As Byte()
Dim appDataBytes As Byte() = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(appData)
Dim outputSize As Integer = 20
Dim output(19) As Byte
Dim result As Integer = GetDeviceUniqueID(appDataBytes, appDataBytes.Length, 1, output, outputSize)
Return output
End Function
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Dim sbId As New StringBuilder
Dim bID() As Byte = GetDeviceId("MyAppName")
For Each b In bID
sbId.Append(String.Format("{0:x2}", b))
Next
Debug.WriteLine(sbId.ToString)
End Sub
End Class
References
http://www.peterfoot.net/GetDeviceUniqueIDForVB.aspx