After many, many painstaking days of gathering information, I am almost ready to post to the source code forum some code that I believe can be useful to others. But in this case I have a problem of just WHAT to post.
In this case, I have what I would consider a lookup table of sorts, comprised of (guessing about 1,000 files), each having anywhere from 1 line of text to many lines of text (Each a listing of a device), so you can see why posting the whole thing could be a pain.
I would hate to call it a database, but it is the closest definition I can think of at the moment.
I thought about posting the code, and 1 or 2 files for demonstration purposes. But since I took the time to gather all the info, I thought it would be nice to post all the info somehow.
The short answer would be to post code, and a sample "database" to demo the code, and then zip the full project and host on my own site of choice. But I also thought of Bin-Bas to pass the info, but then of course its back to the user to waste the time making compile-able code again etc.
Any ideas I have not thought of? or is my idea of "Post a sample, link to real" the best answer in this case?
And yes, for anyone wondering if this is along the lines of other posts I have done. This is a compilation of code and data I have done, in this case others have wondered the same as I have, and I have a partial answer.
More specifically, the code I have in mind does the following:
Anyways, before I try to post, I thought I would ask for ideas. Since in this case "Making it work" is easy, "Making a Post" would be too painful both for me, and for anyone wanting to use the code
Any ideas, let me know
In this case, I have what I would consider a lookup table of sorts, comprised of (guessing about 1,000 files), each having anywhere from 1 line of text to many lines of text (Each a listing of a device), so you can see why posting the whole thing could be a pain.
I would hate to call it a database, but it is the closest definition I can think of at the moment.
I thought about posting the code, and 1 or 2 files for demonstration purposes. But since I took the time to gather all the info, I thought it would be nice to post all the info somehow.
The short answer would be to post code, and a sample "database" to demo the code, and then zip the full project and host on my own site of choice. But I also thought of Bin-Bas to pass the info, but then of course its back to the user to waste the time making compile-able code again etc.
Any ideas I have not thought of? or is my idea of "Post a sample, link to real" the best answer in this case?
And yes, for anyone wondering if this is along the lines of other posts I have done. This is a compilation of code and data I have done, in this case others have wondered the same as I have, and I have a partial answer.
More specifically, the code I have in mind does the following:
- Enumerate USB, Serial, and Parallel devices
- Get VID, PID, and any "User-Friendly" info on these devices found (kinda like the control panel, but more in "Plain English"
- Elaborate a bit more on "Just what is this device" by looking up VID and PID to find a "User-Friendly" description on what the device is. (If I have it in one of my files, which needs work, but a heck of a nice start).
Anyways, before I try to post, I thought I would ask for ideas. Since in this case "Making it work" is easy, "Making a Post" would be too painful both for me, and for anyone wanting to use the code
Any ideas, let me know

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