C# Signature:

[DllImport("setupapi.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)]
public static extern bool SetupFindFirstLine(IntPtr InfHandle, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)] string Section, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)] string Key, ref INFCONTEXT Context);

VB Signature:

Declare Function SetupFindFirstLine Lib "setupapi.dll" (TODO) As TODO

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Sample Code:

C#

string infFile = <INF file full path>;
uint ErrorLine = 0;
IntPtr infHandle = SetupOpenInfFile(infFile, null, INF_STYLE_OLDNT | INF_STYLE_WIN4, out ErrorLine);
int iCode = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
if (infHandle.ToInt64() != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
{
     Console.WriteLine("INF file was opened successfully.");
     INFCONTEXT Context = new INFCONTEXT();
     if (SetupFindFirstLine(infHandle, "Manufacturer", null, ref Context) == true)
     {
        Console.WriteLine("Manufacturers list:");
        string manufacturerName = "";
        manufacturerName = manufacturerName.PadLeft(256, ' ');
        Int32 requiredSize = manufacturerName.Length;
        SetupGetStringField(ref Context, 1, manufacturerName, manufacturerName.Length, out requiredSize);
        manufacturerName = manufacturerName.Substring(0, requiredSize-1);
        Console.WriteLine(manufacturerName);
        while(SetupFindNextLine(ref Context, out Context) == true)
        {
            manufacturerName = manufacturerName.PadLeft(256, ' ');
            requiredSize = manufacturerName.Length;
            SetupGetStringField(ref Context, 1, manufacturerName, manufacturerName.Length, out requiredSize);
            manufacturerName = manufacturerName.Substring(0, requiredSize - 1);
            Console.WriteLine(manufacturerName);
        }
     }
     else
     {
        Console.WriteLine("Can't find [Manufacturer] section.");
     }
     SetupCloseInfFile(infHandle);
}
else
{
     Console.WriteLine("Failed to open INF file. Error code - {0}.", iCode);
     if (ErrorLine != 0)
     {
        Console.WriteLine("Failure line - {0}.", ErrorLine);
     }
}

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