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RegisterDeviceNotificationW(3w)

NAME

RegisterDeviceNotificationW (USER32.@)

SYNOPSIS

HDEVNOTIFY RegisterDeviceNotificationW
(
HANDLE hRecepient,
LPVOID pNotificationFilter,
DWORD dwFlags
)

DESCRIPTION

Registers a window with the system so that it will receive notifications about a device.

PARAMS

hRecepient [In] Window or service status handle that will receive notifications.

pNotificationFilter [In] DEV_BROADCAST_HDR followed by some type-specific data.

dwFlags [In] See notes.

RETURNS

A handle to the device notification.

NOTES

The dwFlags parameter can be one of two values:

DEVICE_NOTIFY_WINDOW_HANDLE - hRecepient is a window handle

DEVICE_NOTIFY_SERVICE_HANDLE - hRecepient is a service status handle

IMPLEMENTATION

Declared in "winuser.h".

Implemented in "dlls/user32/misc.c".

Debug channel "win".

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