C# Signature:

[DllImport("hid.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)]
    static extern bool HidD_GetAttributes(
        SafeFileHandle HidDeviceObject,
        ref HIDD_ATTRIBUTES Attributes);
[DllImpor

User-Defined Types:

HIDD_ATTRIBUTES Structure in C#:

[ StructLayout( LayoutKind.Sequential ) ]
public struct HIDD_ATTRIBUTES
{
    public Int32 Size;
    public Int16 VendorID;
    public Int16 ProductID
    public Int16 VersionNumber;
}

HIDD_ATTRIBUTES Structure in VB:

<StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)> _
Public Structure HIDD_ATTRIBUTES
    Public Size As Int32
    Public VendorID As Int16
    Public ProductID As Int16
    Public VersionNumber As Int16
End Structure

Parameters

HidDeviceObject [in]

    Specifies an open handle to a top-level collection.

Attributes [out]

    Pointer to a caller-allocated HIDD_ATTRIBUTES structure that returns the attributes of the collection specified by DeviceObject.

Return Value

GetAttributes returns TRUE if succeeds; otherwise, it returns FALSE.

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Notes:

For C# - Must put "using Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles;"

For VB - Must put "Imports Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles"

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