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I need to be able to get information from this field to check to see if it exists, aka is plugged in still. Is that possible? If so, what would I need to be able to get that string?

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If you're looking for a specific USB device, to see whether it is plugged in, I would suggest doing it through WMI:

$pc = @ComputerName
$WMI = ObjGet("winmgmts:" & $pc & "rootcimv2")
   If IsObj($WMI) Then
    $aUSB = $WMI.ExecQuery("Select * From Win32_USBDevice")
     For $element In $aUSB
      If StringInStr($element.Name, "Broadcom Usbccid") Then
       MsgBox(0, "", "Device Found")
       ExitLoop
      EndIf
     Next
   EndIf

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If you're looking for a specific USB device, to see whether it is plugged in, I would suggest doing it through WMI:

$pc = @ComputerName
$WMI = ObjGet("winmgmts:" & $pc & "rootcimv2")
If IsObj($WMI) Then
    $aUSB = $WMI.ExecQuery("Select * From Win32_USBDevice")
     For $element In $aUSB
     If StringInStr($element.Name, "Broadcom Usbccid") Then
     MsgBox(0, "", "Device Found")
     ExitLoop
     EndIf
     Next
EndIf

How can I utilize this to search for the parameter shown in the image? I don't know how to even begin to tweak it because I never use WMI because I know nothing about it or even how to start to learn it.

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I guess I'm curious why you would want to search on the Parent field rather than just the name of the device? I'm guessing it would be $element.Parent, but I will look into it more when I get into the office.

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I guess I'm curious why you would want to search on the Parent field rather than just the name of the device? I'm guessing it would be $element.Parent, but I will look into it more when I get into the office.

I have a Yubikey and its serial number shows up in the parent section, at the end of the string. The name of the device looks like a generic keyboard.

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maybe this will help?

Local $rtn = _IsKeyboardOnline('USBVID_046D');<-- partial search string
MsgBox(0, 'Return', $rtn)

Func _IsKeyboardOnline($SearchString)
    Local $objWMI = ObjGet('winmgmts:rootcimv2')
    If Not IsObj($objWMI) Then Return SetError(-1)

    Local $objClass = $objWMI.InstancesOf('Win32_Keyboard Where ConfigManagerErrorCode=0');<-- running instances only
    If Not $objClass.Count Then Return; <-- returns 0 when nothing was found running

    For $objItem In $objClass

        MsgBox(0, $objItem.Name, $objItem.PNPDeviceID);<-- for debug and visual only

        If StringInStr($objItem.PNPDeviceID, $SearchString) Then Return 1;<-- if found, return 1
    Next
EndFunc

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Thanks that does exactly what I need after a slight tweak. I have no idea how to create those kinds of things though :S

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I found it but a warning was on the page saying:

This file has been reported as broken because: It's asking for contants not defined in the GUIConstants #Include file it calls for.

Will that be a problem?

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Probably #includes have changed

look for things like #include <GUIConstants.au3> and change to <GUIConstantsEX.au3>.

And others of course, look at the names of undeclared, and try to determine what

#include they now belong to.

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Add this line to the top of the script and hit CTRL-F5, it will add in any includes needed for the constants.

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Add_Constants=y

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Ok, after you initially open things up and write a line like

$objClass = $objWMI.InstancesOf('Win32_Keyboard Where ConfigManagerErrorCode=0')

Or in the case of a scriptomatic it did one like this

$colItems = $objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_Keyboard", "WQL", _

$wbemFlagReturnImmediately + $wbemFlagForwardOnly)

What is the best way to learn about what ever step this is? It seems like there are other things like InstancesOf and they have ways of having things typed to access certain information. I don't know anything about that so I cannot even search for it because I have no idea what this step or phase is in the WMI process or how to find syntax/commands etc.

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Have you Googled "querying WMI"? The very first hit takes you to the WMI Glossary, where you can learn about some of these terms.

Edit: From there, you can even open the WMI Reference, which has a huge amount of info about working with WMI.

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