S/Getting wireless client adapter information - Mobile Discussion Boards

Anonymous23-Aug-04 12:06

23-Aug-04 12:06

Hello,

I have already communicate with a lot of experts and read a lot about my
problem which is as follows: I want to develop a generic program for a
PocketPC, which logs the method-call and the time when any button or anything
else is executed, respectively a method is executed, in a file on the Pocket
PC. I need this for Usability studies. Every experts told me that i can reach
this only with embedded c++ or c code. I wrote my previous programs always with
c#.
So i want to ask in this forum if somebody can help me to solve my problem?
- this would be very important for me, because i need it for my diploma
(thesis).

thanks in advance.

Regards.

Patrick

BlueTooth serial port

Cedric Moonen23-Aug-04 1:08

Cedric Moonen

23-Aug-04 1:08

Hello !
I'm facing a problem when opening a connection to a BlueTooth device (using CreateFile, WriteFile, ...). So, the connection is opened like a normal serial port but when I try to write something to the port, if the device was not connected, my program hangs (so, the WriteFile instruction never times out !!). I set the write timeout to a specified value (so, it is not an infinite timeout):

//Setup Timeouts<br />
COMMTIMEOUTS Timeouts;<br />
Timeouts.ReadIntervalTimeout=MAXDWORD;<br />
Timeouts.ReadTotalTimeoutMultiplier=MAXDWORD;<br />
Timeouts.ReadTotalTimeoutConstant=500;<br />
Timeouts.WriteTotalTimeoutMultiplier=100;<br />
Timeouts.WriteTotalTimeoutConstant=500;<br />
SetCommTimeouts(hCom,&Timeouts);<br />

If I use this code on a desktop computer it works (so the WriteFile instruction times out if no connection is established).

Anybody has an idea how I can change this behaviour ?? This Write instruction is in fact a command sent to the device to get back its Id number (so, check if the connection was well established and the device recognized).

Thanks

Re: BlueTooth serial port

LittleYellowBird27-Aug-04 1:14

LittleYellowBird

27-Aug-04 1:14

Hi,

I'm doing a similar thing with an iPAQ and a Bluetooth module (I've been away so sorry for the delay in replying to your question). I had a look at my own code for setting the timeouts and as you can see it is very similar, but the values are a bit different:-

    COMMTIMEOUTS timeouts;<br />
<br />
    VERIFY(GetCommTimeouts(m_hSendPort, &timeouts));<br />
<br />
    timeouts.ReadIntervalTimeout         = MAXDWORD;<br />
    timeouts.ReadTotalTimeoutMultiplier  = 0;<br />
    timeouts.ReadTotalTimeoutConstant    = 0;<br />
    timeouts.WriteTotalTimeoutMultiplier = 100;<br />
    timeouts.WriteTotalTimeoutConstant   = 0;<br />
<br />
    VERIFY(SetCommTimeouts(m_hSendPort, &timeouts));

I haven't had a problem with this. On my system if the Bluetooth device is not connected, the Bluetooth connection will not open succesfully and my program detects that, so perhaps that is the difference. Sorry I can't be more help.

As you are a fellow Bluetoother, may I ask you a question? On my iPAQ, when I 'CreateFile' to start the comms it runs the Bluetooth manager and I have to manually select the device I want (even though it is the only Bluetooth device!). I would really like to automate this, any ideas? I've looked and looked on the web for help with this, but it is pretty thin.

Hope you sort your problem, Smile | :)

Ali

Re: BlueTooth serial port

Cedric Moonen27-Aug-04 1:34

Cedric Moonen

27-Aug-04 1:34

Hi !
Thank you for your response Smile | :)

!

I solved my problem by watching the DSR line (this was not working on the desktop but works fine on the PocketPC). If this line is at 1, the device is connected, otherwise it isn't.

For your question, I had the same problem once but I cannot remeber how I solved it... Unsure | :~

Try perhaps to pair the devices ?? Or check your BlueTooth settings with the BlueTooth manager...

Re: BlueTooth serial port

LittleYellowBird7-Sep-04 0:48

LittleYellowBird

7-Sep-04 0:48

cedric moonen wrote:
Thank you for your response

No problem!

cedric moonen wrote:
I solved my problem

That's great Smile | :)

cedric moonen wrote:
For your question, I had the same problem once but I cannot remeber how I solved it... Try perhaps to pair the devices ?? Or check your BlueTooth settings with the BlueTooth manager...

I have got the two devices paired already and I can't find anything in the manager, unless its there and I am not seeing it Unsure | :~

! I wondered if it just happens on iPAQs? Anyway if you do remember how you sorted it let me know, thanks.

Cheers,

Ali

Re: BlueTooth serial port

lbendlin4-Nov-04 9:17

lbendlin

4-Nov-04 9:17

You need to set BtBrowserEnabled=0 for the outgoing COM port that attaches to the other BT device.

Problem in HTTP POST

khchan22-Aug-04 18:48

khchan

22-Aug-04 18:48

hi,

my app is constituted by a http client (ppc emulator) and a http server (desktop).

the server accepts multipart POST.

my problem is that, sometimes the server can just receive the http header sent by the client. i dunno it's the problem of my server or client. Confused | :confused:

here is my code segment:
CLIENT:
WebRequest request;
Stream requestStream;

try
{
request = HttpWebRequest.Create(url);
request.ContentType = "multipart/form-data; boundary=" + boundaryString + "\r\n";
request.ContentLength = message.Length;
request.Method = "POST";
request.Timeout = 10000;

requestStream = request.GetRequestStream();
requestStream.Write(message, 0, message.Length);

// Close the Stream object.
requestStream.Close();

// 1. Get the Web Response Object from the request
WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();

// 2. Get the Stream Object from the response
Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream();

// 3. Create a stream reader and associate it with the stream object
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader (responseStream);

// 4. read the entire stream
results = reader.ReadToEnd();

reader.Close();
responseStream.Close();
}

catch(WebException webEx)
{
results = "An exception occurred relating to the use of " +
"a web response or request object. The specific exception was:" +
webEx.Message;
}

//Did some type of general exception occur?
catch(Exception ex)
{
results = "A general exception occurred while attempting to " +
"retrieve the requested page." +
ex.Message;
}

SERVER:
private void AcceptCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
{
// Signal the main thread to continue.
allDone.Set();

// Get the socket that handles the client request.
Socket listener = (Socket) ar.AsyncState;
Socket handler = listener.EndAccept(ar);
f1.ShowSystemMessage("\r\nClient Connected!!"
+"\r\n=================="
+"\r\nCLient IP "
+ handler.RemoteEndPoint + "\r\n");

// Create the state object.
StateObject state = new StateObject();
state.workSocket = handler;

handler.BeginReceive(state.buffer, 0, StateObject.BufferSize, 0,
new AsyncCallback(ReadCallback), state);
}

private void ReadCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
{
String content = String.Empty;

// Retrieve the state object and the handler socket
// from the asynchronous state object.
StateObject state = (StateObject) ar.AsyncState;
Socket handler = state.workSocket;

// Read data from the client socket.
int bytesRead = handler.EndReceive(ar);

if (bytesRead > 0)
{
state.sb.Append(Encoding.ASCII.GetString(state.buffer));

f1.ShowSystemMessage(state.sb.ToString());
ProcessRequest(state);

// Check for end-of-file tag. If it is not there, read more data.
content = state.sb.ToString();

// All the data has been read from the client. Display it on the console.
f1.ShowSystemMessage("Read " + content.Length.ToString()
+ " bytes from socket. \r\n Data : " + content );

state.ClearSB();
}//end if
}

thanks Blush | :O

S/Getting wireless client adapter information

Clay20-Aug-04 14:52

Clay

20-Aug-04 14:52

I'm new to wireless development and am looking for a small sample app that would retrun me the signal strength of the wireless client atapted in my CE device. Or just pointing me in the right direction would help to get me started.
Thanks,
Clay

Bluetooth HOW TO?

zoid ! 20-Aug-04 12:10

zoid !

20-Aug-04 12:10

Does anyone where there is a good bluetooth info page for windows CE.. the MSDN information is very scathered and incomplete (in my opinion). I can't find the links to most of their examples and the one that did come with the PocketPC sdk does not work.

(I get an error 10050 - meaning network down - but I know bluetooth works because the bluetooth manager on CE finds other devices [This error occurs during WSALookupServiceNext() even though WSALookupServiceBegin() returns successfully]).

If anyone has a good starting point it would be appreciated.

Thanks, Tom.

Re: Bluetooth HOW TO?

zoid ! 23-Aug-04 8:22

zoid !

23-Aug-04 8:22

I figured it out, here is the reason:

I have just had confirmed from Microsoft Technical Support that the Winsock approach to Bluetooth communications will not work in the IPAQ Pocket PC because it contains a Widecom stack rather than a Microsoft implementation. Widecom do provide a SDK but it is expensive (1,395 USD). I know this might be slightly off-subject, but my IPAQ 2210 has two comports, COM5 and COM8, which are supposed to transmit/receive via Bluetooth. Does anyone have any experience in programming these?
Many thanks for everyone's previous helpful comments.
Posted by: Kevin at January 30, 2004 04:33 PM

Re: Bluetooth HOW TO?

LittleYellowBird6-Sep-04 5:46

LittleYellowBird

6-Sep-04 5:46

Hi,

Yes, I have tried this on an iPAQ 1945 and it works well. I just treat the Bluetooth as a com port. My only problem is that it always asks me to select the Bluetooth device even though there is only one Bluetooth device.

Please let me know how you get on and if this happens to you. If you want some help I will be glad to help if I can.

Cheers,

Ali

PPC 2003 for MIPS

rmkmani20-Aug-04 1:14

rmkmani

20-Aug-04 1:14

Hi all,

I am compiling a project in EVC4.0 targetting MIPS devices.

I have installed Pocket PC 2003 SDK.

But the MIPS option doesnt appear in the WCE configuration of the EVC4.0 IDE.

I also checked the installation folder of the PPC 2003 SDK,

\\Windows CE Tools\wce420\POCKET PC 2003\Target\armv4.
\\Windows CE Tools\wce420\POCKET PC 2003\Target\x86.

I find only ARM and X86 target. The target folder MIPS is not available in that.

Can any one suggest me where do I get the SDK to build the application for MIPS devices in EVC4.0.

mani.

Re: PPC 2003 for MIPS

Ian Darling20-Aug-04 6:34

Ian Darling

20-Aug-04 6:34

Pocket PC 2003 is ARM (and x86 for emulation) only - you won't see a 2003 MIPS device on the market.

If you're targeting a MIPS device running CE 4.x, you'll need that SDK instead - the Pocket PC one isn't appropriate.

Ian Darling
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Help trapping Sync event with .NET CF

Andre Oschadlin20-Aug-04 1:09

Andre Oschadlin

20-Aug-04 1:09

Hi all

I'm building a C# application to run on a PocketPC. What I want to do is be notified when the device is docked. This way I can connect to our server and refresh some internal information. The info doesn't live on the desktop machine, so it has to be retrieved via a TCP connection.

I've had a good look through the MSDN examples, and I'm feeling a little lost and confused. It speaks about a function called CeRunAppAtEvent which appears to be precisely what I want. But I don't know how to get this running successfully in the C# app.

Any help or even pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance
Andre

borderless combobox

jatin@indus20-Aug-04 0:55

jatin@indus

20-Aug-04 0:55

Hi,
How do we am trying to create borderless comboboxes. I am trying to create one but unable to do create. Any ideas on this.??

My build envrionment is Embedded Visual C++ - 4.0.

Thanks
jatin

Button text problem.

and_vb18-Aug-04 23:33

and_vb

18-Aug-04 23:33

Does anybody know how to make the text of a command button in a Pocket PC VB.net app (.net compact framework) span multiple lines like what can be done in a windows forms app?

Thanks.

MFC dlls question

Rassul Yunussov18-Aug-04 18:18

Rassul Yunussov

18-Aug-04 18:18

What dlls i should add to my release if i use MFC in Shared Dll??? And Where can i find them? Because when i try to do it MFC in Static i got this error : Can't build MFC OLE projects using static MFC libraries. Or how to avoid this error??? I think i didn't use OLE, so how to get it out from my project Smile | :)

. Thanks.

Re: MFC dlls question

João Paulo Figueira18-Aug-04 23:29

João Paulo Figueira

18-Aug-04 23:29

I do not care for this issue because the Pocket PC already has these DLLs in ROM. If you are targeting a device that does not have them, you should be looking at mfcce300.dll and olece300.dll for MFC 3.0.

Regards,
João Paulo Figueira
Embedded MVP

.NET CF and eVC++

monn18-Aug-04 16:19

monn

18-Aug-04 16:19

Hi, i've been developing applications on PalmOS using C/C++, im thinking of making applications for windows ce.net, i have a VB.NET/C# background on Windows Applications, and I've read some .NET CF books....my question is, is it worth to learn native C/C++ programming for WINCE or should i stick in .NET CF....i need ur opinion before buying this book "Programming Microsoft Windows CE.NET, third ed" thanks

RAPI Question

Rassul Yunussov17-Aug-04 8:19

Rassul Yunussov

17-Aug-04 8:19

I try to get all XML files from pocket pc, that places in "My Documents" and copy them to the Desktop Computer. I do it this way: i start the cycle that looks for XML files, when i found it i try to read it and create new file on Desktop PC and write into this file. But when i try to get size of file, i got "0", and when i read from file i got nothing. Is it because of file search cycle???
Because when i try to open file, and to read from it without "search cycle" i got success. What Am I Doing WRONG?????

Re: RAPI Question

João Paulo Figueira17-Aug-04 8:51

João Paulo Figueira

17-Aug-04 8:51

What RAPI functions are you using to retrieve the file names? Consider using the CeFindAllFiles function to retrieve all file names in just one call.

Regards,
João Paulo Figueira
Embedded MVP

TAPI GSM modem connection

montons17-Aug-04 5:00

montons

17-Aug-04 5:00

Hi,
I want to develope an application that use internal GSM/GPRS cell phone of my pocket pc QTEK 2020 PPC2003, like a modem to connect directly to another PC (with a modem) through a GSM connection. I must use a GSM connection not GPRS, bluetooth, irda an so on.
My questions are:
Are present in .NET objects based on TAPI libraries ?
Is TAPI the right solution ?
Reading on msdn 'modem connection' I don't understant how can I send and receive data.
Has anyone a sample or can redirect to a place where can I find anything ?
There will be in .NET compact framework anything ?

Sorry for all my question and my poor english.

Thanks in advance.

Montons

Modeless Dialog Problem

Rassul Yunussov16-Aug-04 21:48

Rassul Yunussov

16-Aug-04 21:48

I got document/view based Application. And I got A big structure that i want to dowload to child Dialog. When i do it by DoModal - it takes a lot of time. So i decided load all this structure in Dialog when i start the appliacation, and the just hide or show the dialog. But i had one problem - when i create the dialog, my main programm command bar disapears. Hot to handle it?

Re: Modeless Dialog Problem

João Paulo Figueira17-Aug-04 0:59

João Paulo Figueira

17-Aug-04 0:59

Your CDialog will automatically create an empty command bar that it stores in the m_pWndEmptyCB member variable. You could try and destroy this window.

Regards,
João Paulo Figueira
Embedded MVP

Re: Modeless Dialog Problem

Rassul Yunussov17-Aug-04 19:20

Rassul Yunussov

17-Aug-04 19:20

Hi, Thank you so much, for every help.
I did what you said, and now i have another problem:
let me explain:
I make a modeless dialog in CDocument class. Then i call another dialog (DoModal()), and from this dialog i call ModelessDialog->ShowWindow(SW_SHOW). I see my Modeless dialog, but it doesn't responce on any click, no one of buttons works... Like FROZEN. What is it???

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