detect if computer is a latop or desktop

[WiseNewbie]

hi,

is there a method of detecting whether the computer is a notebook or a desktop? Maybe an API function to do this?

Thanks,

Emily

 

[obislavu]

There is no such API.
-obislavu-

 

[WiseNewbie]

so theres nothing that can tell me this?

 

[PerFnurt]

http://techsupt.windowware.com/TS/T000001017F4.html

/Per
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"It was a work of art, flawless, sublime. A triumph equaled only by its monumental failure."[/sub]

 

[Salem]

How about this

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sysinfo/base/system_info_str.asp

In the HW_PROFILE_INFO structure, there are a pair of flags.
If it is a laptop, then the DOCKINFO_DOCKED and DOCKINFO_UNDOCKED flags cannot both be set at the same time (which they seem to be for a desktop system).

A long shot would be the SYSTEM_INFO

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sysinfo/base/system_info_str.asp

Using the wProcessorArchitecture, wProcessorLevel, and wProcessorRevision fields, and information from say here

http://support.intel.com/support/processors/sb/cs-001632-prd24.htm

It may be possible to determine that the processor inside the machine is classed by Intel as a 'mobile' processor.
As for what happens if you're using AMD processors for example, I don't know.

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