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How to get useful Windows device information in VBA

Here are (at least) 3 properties of hardware like hard disks (whether they are HDD, SSD, USB or else), printers or anything else that Windows considers a device. These can be very useful to obtain in applications that manage enterprise assets like data and documents: Vendor name, Vendor ID, and serial number. These hardware properties… Continue reading How to get useful Windows device information in VBA

A pure (windows) “C” version of urlencode

This is a windows pure C language version of a urlencode() function.Sometimes, when I need simple tools and self contained windows EXEs (“just run it”, no “dll”s to copy or register), I find it simpler to code in C than in other languages. Particularly when you want to link with specialized libraries available only in… Continue reading A pure (windows) “C” version of urlencode

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