I have seen some examples on how to use RegisterDeviceNotification from the Windows API, but I have not seen any .NET examples. I want to write a C# app that is notified when a new drive appears (specifically through USB, firewire, etc). This app needs to be a Windows service, so I can't use WM_DEVICECHANGE messages without some bad-practice hacking. I'd like to avoid that. Can anyone give me a sample of how to use RegisterDeviceNotification in C#, or at least give me a good alternative to it?
EDIT: Again, this is a Windows service that has no graphical user interface. So the possible duplicate that involves WM notification messages won't work in this situation.
This answer provides relevant code samples to detect USB devices removal or addition:
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
internal static class UsbNotification
{
public const int DbtDevicearrival = 0x8000; // system detected a new device
public const int DbtDeviceremovecomplete = 0x8004; // device is gone
public const int WmDevicechange = 0x0219; // device change event
private const int DbtDevtypDeviceinterface = 5;
private static readonly Guid GuidDevinterfaceUSBDevice = new Guid("A5DCBF10-6530-11D2-901F-00C04FB951ED"); // USB devices
private static IntPtr notificationHandle;
/// <summary>
/// Registers a window to receive notifications when USB devices are plugged or unplugged.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="windowHandle">Handle to the window receiving notifications.</param>
public static void RegisterUsbDeviceNotification(IntPtr windowHandle)
{
DevBroadcastDeviceinterface dbi = new DevBroadcastDeviceinterface
{
DeviceType = DbtDevtypDeviceinterface,
Reserved = 0,
ClassGuid = GuidDevinterfaceUSBDevice,
Name = 0
};
dbi.Size = Marshal.SizeOf(dbi);
IntPtr buffer = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(dbi.Size);
Marshal.StructureToPtr(dbi, buffer, true);
notificationHandle = RegisterDeviceNotification(windowHandle, buffer, 0);
}
/// <summary>
/// Unregisters the window for USB device notifications
/// </summary>
public static void UnregisterUsbDeviceNotification()
{
UnregisterDeviceNotification(notificationHandle);
}
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)]
private static extern IntPtr RegisterDeviceNotification(IntPtr recipient, IntPtr notificationFilter, int flags);
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
private static extern bool UnregisterDeviceNotification(IntPtr handle);
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
private struct DevBroadcastDeviceinterface
{
internal int Size;
internal int DeviceType;
internal int Reserved;
internal Guid ClassGuid;
internal short Name;
}
}
Usage from a WPF window:
protected override void OnSourceInitialized(EventArgs e)
{
base.OnSourceInitialized(e);
// Adds the windows message processing hook and registers USB device add/removal notification.
HwndSource source = HwndSource.FromHwnd(new WindowInteropHelper(this).Handle);
if (source != null)
{
windowHandle = source.Handle;
source.AddHook(HwndHandler);
UsbNotification.RegisterUsbDeviceNotification(windowHandle);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Method that receives window messages.
/// </summary>
private IntPtr HwndHandler(IntPtr hwnd, int msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam, ref bool handled)
{
if (msg == UsbNotification.WmDevicechange)
{
switch ((int)wparam)
{
case UsbNotification.DbtDeviceremovecomplete:
Usb_DeviceRemoved(); // this is where you do your magic
break;
case UsbNotification.DbtDevicearrival:
Usb_DeviceAdded(); // this is where you do your magic
break;
}
}
handled = false;
return IntPtr.Zero;
}
Usage from Windows Forms:
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
UsbNotification.RegisterUsbDeviceNotification(this.Handle);
}
protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
{
base.WndProc(ref m);
if (m.Msg == UsbNotification.WmDevicechange)
{
switch ((int)m.WParam)
{
case UsbNotification.DbtDeviceremovecomplete:
Usb_DeviceRemoved(); // this is where you do your magic
break;
case UsbNotification.DbtDevicearrival:
Usb_DeviceAdded(); // this is where you do your magic
break;
}
}
}
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