Hi all,

Not sure this question is specific to CF, but in my PocketPc app I have the
following code to let my users select an available bluetooth device to
connect to :

PortHandle = CreateFile("Com6:", GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, 0, 0,
OPEN_EXISTING, 0, 0);

The above code brings up the a system dialog box where user may select a
device.

Q: Is there anyway to avoid this dialogbox and always connect to a device
that I already know the name of?

The reason I 'need' this is that my application should only connect to our
own bluetooth enabeled antenne, thus the user should not need to be bothered


regards,
Leo

From the description it appears you are using the widcomm stack. There is a
tweak whereby you can avoid this prompt and always have the port connect to
the last used device by making a registry change:-
http://www.gpsdotnet.com/kb/article.aspx?id=10262

Peter

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Windows Embedded MVP
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"Leif Eirik Olsen" <leif-eirik.olsen@_REMOVE_plugging.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> Not sure this question is specific to CF, but in my PocketPc app I have
> the
> following code to let my users select an available bluetooth device to
> connect to :
>
> PortHandle = CreateFile("Com6:", GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, 0, 0,
> OPEN_EXISTING, 0, 0);
>
> The above code brings up the a system dialog box where user may select a
> device.
>
> Q: Is there anyway to avoid this dialogbox and always connect to a device
> that I already know the name of?
>
> The reason I 'need' this is that my application should only connect to our
> own bluetooth enabeled antenne, thus the user should not need to be
> bothered
>
>
> regards,
> Leo
>
>
>
>
>

"Peter Foot [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> skrev i melding
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> From the description it appears you are using the widcomm stack. There is
a
> tweak whereby you can avoid this prompt and always have the port connect
to
> the last used device by making a registry change:-
> http://www.gpsdotnet.com/kb/article.aspx?id=10262

Thanks alot for your swift replay,

I'll have a go at it right away

regards,
Leo