SDL_hid_get_product_string(3)

💖 SDL_hid_get_product_string 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL_hid_get_product_string(3) page from the SDL3 functions lineup ✨ this one lives in the SDL3 FUNCTIONS section and it's literally about pulling the product string off a HID device. so cute, so useful, let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

SDL_hid_get_product_string — get the product string from a HID device. that's it, that's the whole vibe 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <SDL3/SDL_hidapi.h>

int SDL_hid_get_product_string(SDL_hid_device *dev, wchar_t *string, size_t maxlen);

look at her. three params, one int, zero drama 💅

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🫶 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🫶

• dev — the device handle you got back from SDL_hid_open(). like, the one you already have. don't be out here making up new ones 🙈
• string — a wide string buffer where the data goes. it's your lil container, you gotta bring it yourself 🎀
• maxlen — how long that buffer is, counted in multiples of wchar_t. so like, not bytes bestie, wchar_t units. important distinction, iykyk ⭐

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🔥 RETURN VALUE 🔥

returns 0 on success, or a negative error code on failure. and if it fails? you go call SDL_GetError() for more info, periodt 💀

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💜 AVAILABILITY 💜

this function has been available since SDL 3.2.0. she's not ancient, she's just established 👑

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okay so that's the whole page, no cap 🌈 if you were looking for a SEE ALSO section... girl, there isn't one, this page is a solo act and she's thriving 💅

this little beauty comes to you from Simple Directmedia Layer, running on SDL 3.4.18 — mwah, kisses, go read your product strings responsibly 🍓🧚