device Module (Windows CE 5.0)

The device module is the device manager, which provides loading and unloading APIs, provides power notification callbacks, tracks all loaded devices, and issues notifications. It is included on all Microsoft® Windows® CE–based OS designs. For more information, see Device Manager.

The device module contains functions for application developers, which are defined in the Winbase.h header file. To import these functions, you must link to the Device.lib file.

Components

The following table shows the components for the device module.

Component Description Note Library
devmain Supports device management. Exposes no public functions. Devmain.lib
pmif Forwards power manager API calls to the Power Manager DLL, pm.dll, that the OS designer supplies. Not applicable. pmif.lib
nopmif Stubs out the power manager API calls. Not applicable. nopmif.lib

See Also

Common Windows CE Modules

Last updated on Thursday, February 02, 2006

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