Explaining the real time device detector Access demo database

In this post, we’ll examine and explain how the Access application that demonstrates a possible, real life use case, of the device detection feature of the AxDeviceDetector ActiveX server. See the downloads section below to download a copy of the database. Scenario We want to allow, let’s say, restaurant waiters or employees, to register their… Continue reading Explaining the real time device detector Access demo database

Explaining how to detect device arrival/removal in an ActiveX server in real time

We’ve seen know how to get some useful information (like vendor ID and serial number) from attached Windows devices, using a C DLL. Interfacing the DLL with Visual Basic, was then just a matter of declaring the DLL functions in a standard module. With some more basic wrapping, we’ve obtained a simple API function and… Continue reading Explaining how to detect device arrival/removal in an ActiveX server in real time