SetupDiCreateDeviceInfoList function (setupapi.h)

The SetupDiCreateDeviceInfoList function creates an empty device information set and optionally associates the set with a device setup class and a top-level window.

Syntax

WINSETUPAPI HDEVINFO SetupDiCreateDeviceInfoList(
  [in, optional] const GUID *ClassGuid,
  [in, optional] HWND       hwndParent
);

Parameters

[in, optional] ClassGuid

A pointer to the GUID of the device setup class to associate with the newly created device information set. If this parameter is specified, only devices of this class can be included in this device information set. If this parameter is set to NULL, the device information set is not associated with a specific device setup class.

[in, optional] hwndParent

A handle to the top-level window to use for any user interface that is related to non-device-specific actions (such as a select-device dialog box that uses the global class driver list). This handle is optional and can be NULL. If a specific top-level window is not required, set hwndParent to NULL.

Return value

The function returns a handle to an empty device information set if it is successful. Otherwise, it returns INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

The caller of this function must delete the returned device information set when it is no longer needed by calling SetupDiDestroyDeviceInfoList.

To create a device information list for a remote computer use SetupDiCreateDeviceInfoListEx.

Requirements

See also

SetupDiCreateDeviceInfoListEx

SetupDiDestroyDeviceInfoList

SetupDiGetClassDevs

SetupDiGetDeviceInfoListClass