detecting a device if plugged to the system

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I am developing an application which has to detect the biometric device if plugged and show the message that device detected. I need the code in c# or java for detecting a device

Posted 22-Dec-10 2:49am

s_akram

Updated 22-Dec-10 2:51am

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#realJSOP · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-22T02:54:00

Solution 1

Since you didn't say one way or the other...

If it's a USB device, you can simply intercept the approprioate windows message that notifies the system that a new device is plugged in. Here's a CodeProject article that I found using google.

Enumerate and Auto-Detect USB Drives[^]

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