Windows Embedded Source Tools for Bluetooth Technology

Windows CE Shared Source Licensing Program

Developing for Bluetooth technology (exposing Bluetooth services, enumerating devices or services, and connecting to services) can be a very time-intensive process. The Windows Embedded Source Tools for Bluetooth Technology program provides a Win32 API Wrapper that developers can expose in Visual Studio .NET or the .NET Compact Framework. Exposing the Win32 API Wrapper reduces the amount of code needed to develop for Bluetooth Technologies and helps make it easier to create compelling Windows Mobile and Windows CE Bluetooth applications.

Benefits

The Windows Embedded Source Tools program for Bluetooth technology benefits licensees and the larger Windows Embedded and Windows Mobile community by providing:

Free Source Code Access. Provides access to a managed class library for Windows CE 5.0 and Windows Mobile 5.0 developers.
Faster and Easier Development. Spend less time writing the underlying Bluetooth code and more time focusing on innovating applications that support Bluetooth technologies.
Innovation. The range of Bluetooth-enabled services and solutions that can be easily created with the Windows Embedded Source Tools for Bluetooth Technology is limited only by the imagination of the developers who use them.
Collaboration. Connect with fellow developers in the Channel 9 Bluetooth Development WiKi.

Program Details

The class library wrapper provided by Windows Embedded Source Tools for Bluetooth Technology helps make development for Bluetooth Technology faster and easier by reducing the lines of code necessary to develop for Bluetooth Technology from hundreds to just a few.

Components Include:

Classes to create Bluetooth services
Classes to enumerate Bluetooth devices
Classes to connect to an existing Bluetooth device or service

Use and Restrictions

Windows Embedded Source Tools for Bluetooth Technology is available for download for use with Windows CE 5.0 and Windows Mobile 5.0. You must electronically accept the terms and conditions of the agreement before you can install the source code. Review the license agreement.

Fulfillment

Windows Embedded Source Tools for Bluetooth Technology is available for download from MSDN. Channel 9 hosts the Bluetooth Development WiKi for discussion of the code.

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