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From: AndyCarr on 7 Feb 2005 08:51
Hi,

How can I tell which OS Platform a CE device is using?

I currently use CeGetVersionEx() which fills a CEOSVERSIONINFO structure
with data including: OS Version but not which platform, so a PocketPC 2003
and a Smartphone 2003 both return the same OS Version = 4!

Can I look in devices registry? if yes, where do I need to look.

Current method:

CEOSVERSIONINFO OSVersionInfo;
OSVersionInfo.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(CEOSVERSIONINFO);
CeGetVersionEx(&OSVersionInfo);

printf ("BuildNumber: %li \n", OSVersionInfo.dwBuildNumber);
printf ("MajorVersion: %li \n", OSVersionInfo.dwMajorVersion);
printf ("MinorVersion: %li \n", OSVersionInfo.dwMinorVersion);
printf ("PlatformId: %li \n", OSVersionInfo.dwPlatformId);
printf("CSDVersion: %s \n", OSVersionInfo.szCSDVersion);


--
Thanks

Andy C
From: Peter Foot [MVP] on 7 Feb 2005 09:40
You can use SystemParametersInfoand SPI_GETPLATFORMTYPE constant. This will
return a string identifier for the platform e.g.

PocketPC or SmartPhone

Peter

--
Peter Foot
Windows Embedded MVP
www.inthehand.com | www.opennetcf.org

"AndyCarr" <acarr_fss(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:488A794B-BBC6-409B-AE38-631766B4F9E3(a)microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> How can I tell which OS Platform a CE device is using?
>
> I currently use CeGetVersionEx() which fills a CEOSVERSIONINFO structure
> with data including: OS Version but not which platform, so a PocketPC 2003
> and a Smartphone 2003 both return the same OS Version = 4!
>
> Can I look in devices registry? if yes, where do I need to look.
>
> Current method:
>
> CEOSVERSIONINFO OSVersionInfo;
> OSVersionInfo.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(CEOSVERSIONINFO);
> CeGetVersionEx(&OSVersionInfo);
>
> printf ("BuildNumber: %li \n", OSVersionInfo.dwBuildNumber);
> printf ("MajorVersion: %li \n", OSVersionInfo.dwMajorVersion);
> printf ("MinorVersion: %li \n", OSVersionInfo.dwMinorVersion);
> printf ("PlatformId: %li \n", OSVersionInfo.dwPlatformId);
> printf("CSDVersion: %s \n", OSVersionInfo.szCSDVersion);
>
>
> --
> Thanks
>
> Andy C


From: Peter Foot [MVP] on 7 Feb 2005 10:47
The information is stored in the registry by activesync e.g.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows CE Services\
DeviceType="PocketPC"

So as long as you have a device connected you should be able to query this
value for the current device, it should work even if the device is connected
as a guest.

Peter

--
Peter Foot
Windows Embedded MVP
www.inthehand.com | www.opennetcf.org


"AndyCarr" <acarr_fss(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:A56B3BDB-157A-43BD-AE77-61AB48AC752D(a)microsoft.com...
> Anyway of finding out remotely using RAPI?
>
> "Peter Foot [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> You can use SystemParametersInfoand SPI_GETPLATFORMTYPE constant. This
>> will
>> return a string identifier for the platform e.g.
>>
>> PocketPC or SmartPhone
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> --
>> Peter Foot
>> Windows Embedded MVP
>> www.inthehand.com | www.opennetcf.org
>>
>> "AndyCarr" <acarr_fss(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:488A794B-BBC6-409B-AE38-631766B4F9E3(a)microsoft.com...
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > How can I tell which OS Platform a CE device is using?
>> >
>> > I currently use CeGetVersionEx() which fills a CEOSVERSIONINFO
>> > structure
>> > with data including: OS Version but not which platform, so a PocketPC
>> > 2003
>> > and a Smartphone 2003 both return the same OS Version = 4!
>> >
>> > Can I look in devices registry? if yes, where do I need to look.
>> >
>> > Current method:
>> >
>> > CEOSVERSIONINFO OSVersionInfo;
>> > OSVersionInfo.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(CEOSVERSIONINFO);
>> > CeGetVersionEx(&OSVersionInfo);
>> >
>> > printf ("BuildNumber: %li \n", OSVersionInfo.dwBuildNumber);
>> > printf ("MajorVersion: %li \n", OSVersionInfo.dwMajorVersion);
>> > printf ("MinorVersion: %li \n", OSVersionInfo.dwMinorVersion);
>> > printf ("PlatformId: %li \n", OSVersionInfo.dwPlatformId);
>> > printf("CSDVersion: %s \n", OSVersionInfo.szCSDVersion);
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > Andy C
>>
>>
>>


From: AndyCarr on 7 Feb 2005 11:19
Thanks!

"Peter Foot [MVP]" wrote:

> The information is stored in the registry by activesync e.g.
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows CE Services\
> DeviceType="PocketPC"
>
> So as long as you have a device connected you should be able to query this
> value for the current device, it should work even if the device is connected
> as a guest.
>
> Peter
>
> --
> Peter Foot
> Windows Embedded MVP
> www.inthehand.com | www.opennetcf.org
>
>
> "AndyCarr" <acarr_fss(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:A56B3BDB-157A-43BD-AE77-61AB48AC752D(a)microsoft.com...
> > Anyway of finding out remotely using RAPI?
> >
> > "Peter Foot [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> You can use SystemParametersInfoand SPI_GETPLATFORMTYPE constant. This
> >> will
> >> return a string identifier for the platform e.g.
> >>
> >> PocketPC or SmartPhone
> >>
> >> Peter
> >>
> >> --
> >> Peter Foot
> >> Windows Embedded MVP
> >> www.inthehand.com | www.opennetcf.org
> >>
> >> "AndyCarr" <acarr_fss(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> >> news:488A794B-BBC6-409B-AE38-631766B4F9E3(a)microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > How can I tell which OS Platform a CE device is using?
> >> >
> >> > I currently use CeGetVersionEx() which fills a CEOSVERSIONINFO
> >> > structure
> >> > with data including: OS Version but not which platform, so a PocketPC
> >> > 2003
> >> > and a Smartphone 2003 both return the same OS Version = 4!
> >> >
> >> > Can I look in devices registry? if yes, where do I need to look.
> >> >
> >> > Current method:
> >> >
> >> > CEOSVERSIONINFO OSVersionInfo;
> >> > OSVersionInfo.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(CEOSVERSIONINFO);
> >> > CeGetVersionEx(&OSVersionInfo);
> >> >
> >> > printf ("BuildNumber: %li \n", OSVersionInfo.dwBuildNumber);
> >> > printf ("MajorVersion: %li \n", OSVersionInfo.dwMajorVersion);
> >> > printf ("MinorVersion: %li \n", OSVersionInfo.dwMinorVersion);
> >> > printf ("PlatformId: %li \n", OSVersionInfo.dwPlatformId);
> >> > printf("CSDVersion: %s \n", OSVersionInfo.szCSDVersion);
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Thanks
> >> >
> >> > Andy C
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
From: r_z_aret on 8 Feb 2005 16:23
On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 15:47:45 -0000, "Peter Foot [MVP]"
<feedback(a)nospam-inthehand.com> wrote:

>The information is stored in the registry by activesync e.g.
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows CE Services\
>DeviceType="PocketPC"
>
>So as long as you have a device connected you should be able to query this
>value for the current device, it should work even if the device is connected
>as a guest.

I just tested, and confirmed, that it does. The settings also stick
around after the device is connected. That might be convenient, but
definitely means you can't use existence of these settings to test
whether a device is connected.

For a partial list of platform strings, see a thread called "CAB
Files, WCE 4.x, and non-Pocket PC 2003" this week in this newsgroup.

Timely posts for me. I'm just putting together a setup routine.

>
>Peter

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