WLHardwareGetID 

The WLHardwareGetID retrieves the current hardware ID for the current machine. This function should be used to retrieve the hardware ID in a machine to create license keys that are locked to a specific machine. 

 Show C/C++ function definition 

bool WLHardwareGetID ( 
 char* pHardwareId);  
 
  
 



 Show Delphi function definition 
    
function WLHardwareGetID ( 
 pHardwareId:PChar  
 
  
):Boolean; stdcall; 
 



 Show Visual Basic Native function definition 

Public Declare Function WLHardwareGetID  Lib "WinLicenseSDK.dll" ( 
 ByVal pHardwareId As String  
 
  
) As Boolean 
 



 Show .NET function definition 

[C#] 
Kernel32.GetEnvironmentVariable("WLHardwareGetID", [out] HardwareID, 100); 

[Visual Basic] 
GetEnvironmentVariable("WLHardwareGetID", [out] HardwareID, 100) 
 





Parameters 

pHardwareId 
 [out] Pointer to a buffer that will receive a null-terminated string with the hardware ID for the current machine.  
 
  
  
 
  
Return Values 

If the function succeeds, the return value is True. 
  
 
  
If the function fails, the return value is False. 

Remarks 

The format of the hardware ID in the current implementation of WinLicense is as follows: 

 XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX (where 'X' can be [0-9, A-F])