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| − | A device ID in Truxton is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier GUID] that uniquely identifies the | + | A device ID in Truxton is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier GUID] that uniquely identifies the hardware. |
The source of this identifier is the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS BIOS] of the computer running your program. | The source of this identifier is the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS BIOS] of the computer running your program. | ||
It can be retrieved using <code>[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/wmisdk/wmic wmic]</code> using these parameters: | It can be retrieved using <code>[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/wmisdk/wmic wmic]</code> using these parameters: | ||
Revision as of 08:43, 17 January 2021
Retrieves the identifier of the hardware Truxton is running on.
Contents
Syntax
void truxton_get_device_id( uint64_t trutxon_handle, char * destination_string, size_t max_size );
Parameters
truxton_handle
The handle created by the truxton_create call.
destination_string
The string to be written to.
max_size
The maximum number of characters that can be written to destination_string
Remarks
A device ID in Truxton is a GUID that uniquely identifies the hardware.
The source of this identifier is the BIOS of the computer running your program.
It can be retrieved using wmic using these parameters:
wmic path Win32_ComputerSystemProduct get UUID
This identifier is also written to the bios_id field of the header of a Depot File.
Sample
void main()
{
char id[256];
truxton_start();
uint64_t truxton = truxton_create();
truxton_get_device_id(truxton, id, sizeof(id));
printf("%s\n", id);
truxton_destroy(truxton);
truxton_stop();
}
