I need to protect software for my project using unique arduino FTDI ID to not work with any other
arduino boards ..
I have found this topic
but the software seems old not working with visual 2010 even the exe file doesn't work fine giving this error message
See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.
************** Exception Text **************
System.DllNotFoundException: Unable to load DLL 'FTChipID.dll': The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)
at FTChipID.ChipID.wrapped_FTID_GetNumDevices(Int32& Devices)
at FTChipID.ChipID.GetNumDevices(Int32& Devices)
at Reading_FTDI_Data.Form1.GetFTDIChipData() in C:\Reading_FTDI_Data\Reading_FTDI_Data\Reading_FTDI_Data\Form1.vb:line 65
at Reading_FTDI_Data.Form1.btnReadFTDIChip_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in C:\Reading_FTDI_Data\Reading_FTDI_Data\Reading_FTDI_Data\Form1.vb:line 38
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
but the FTChipID.dll file already exist in exe folder ...
so I need to read FTDI ship ID using Visual Basic.net ...
Imports FTChipID
' PLEASE NOTE
' You must add a reference to the FTChipIDNet.dll in order to use this sample
' To do this:
' 1. Click on Solution explorer tab.
' 2. Right click the References tree.
' 3. Choose Add Reference option.
' 4. Browse to the FTChipIDNet.dll (as a personal preference I place this in my bin directory)
' 5. Click OK
'
Public Class MainForm
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "
Public Sub New()
MyBase.New()
'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
InitializeComponent()
'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call
End Sub
'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
If disposing Then
If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
components.Dispose()
End If
End If
MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
End Sub
'Required by the Windows Form Designer
Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer
'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.
'Do not modify it using the code editor.
Friend WithEvents colNumber As System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader
Friend WithEvents colSerial As System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader
Friend WithEvents colDescription As System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader
Friend WithEvents colLocationID As System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader
Friend WithEvents colChipID As System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader
Friend WithEvents btnFindDevices As System.Windows.Forms.Button
Friend WithEvents lstDevices As System.Windows.Forms.ListView
<System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
Me.lstDevices = New System.Windows.Forms.ListView
Me.colNumber = New System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader
Me.colSerial = New System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader
Me.colDescription = New System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader
Me.colLocationID = New System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader
Me.colChipID = New System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader
Me.btnFindDevices = New System.Windows.Forms.Button
Me.SuspendLayout()
'
'lstDevices
'
Me.lstDevices.Columns.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.ColumnHeader() {Me.colNumber, Me.colSerial, Me.colDescription, Me.colLocationID, Me.colChipID})
Me.lstDevices.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(16, 16)
Me.lstDevices.Name = "lstDevices"
Me.lstDevices.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(384, 176)
Me.lstDevices.TabIndex = 0
Me.lstDevices.View = System.Windows.Forms.View.Details
'
'colNumber
'
Me.colNumber.Text = "Number"
Me.colNumber.Width = 30
'
'colSerial
'
Me.colSerial.Text = "Serial"
Me.colSerial.Width = 80
'
'colDescription
'
Me.colDescription.Text = "Description"
Me.colDescription.Width = 100
'
'colLocationID
'
Me.colLocationID.Text = "LocationID"
Me.colLocationID.Width = 70
'
'colChipID
'
Me.colChipID.Text = "ChipID"
Me.colChipID.Width = 100
'
'btnFindDevices
'
Me.btnFindDevices.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(16, 200)
Me.btnFindDevices.Name = "btnFindDevices"
Me.btnFindDevices.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(112, 23)
Me.btnFindDevices.TabIndex = 1
Me.btnFindDevices.Text = "Find 232R Devices"
'
'MainForm
'
Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(416, 301)
Me.Controls.Add(Me.btnFindDevices)
Me.Controls.Add(Me.lstDevices)
Me.Name = "MainForm"
Me.Text = "ChipID"
Me.ResumeLayout(False)
End Sub
#End Region
Private Sub btnFindDevices_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnFindDevices.Click
Dim numDevices, LocID, ChipID As Integer
Dim i As Integer
Dim SerialBuffer As String
Dim Description As String
Dim item As ListViewItem
lstDevices.Items.Clear()
SerialBuffer = Space(50)
Description = Space(50)
Try
FTChipID.ChipID.GetNumDevices(numDevices)
If numDevices > 0 Then
For i = 0 To numDevices - 1
item = New ListViewItem
item.Text = i.ToString
FTChipID.ChipID.GetDeviceSerialNumber(i, SerialBuffer, 50)
item.SubItems.Add(SerialBuffer)
FTChipID.ChipID.GetDeviceDescription(i, Description, 50)
item.SubItems.Add(Description)
FTChipID.ChipID.GetDeviceLocationID(i, LocID)
item.SubItems.Add("0x" + LocID.ToString("X"))
FTChipID.ChipID.GetDeviceChipID(i, ChipID)
item.SubItems.Add("0x" + ChipID.ToString("X"))
lstDevices.Items.Add(item)
Next
End If
Catch ex As FTChipID.ChipIDException
MsgBox(ex.ToString)
End Try
End Sub
End Class
