Bluetooth Programming with Windows Sockets (Windows)

Bluetooth Programming with Windows Sockets

This section describes how to use Windows Sockets functions and structures to program a Bluetooth application. Complete reference information for the Windows Sockets API elements can be found in Windows Sockets; this section provides only Bluetooth-specific information for each Windows Sockets programming element.

As with all Windows Sockets application programming, the WSAStartup function must be called to initiate Windows Sockets functionality and enable Bluetooth.

The following topics provide guidance in the use of Windows Sockets functions and structures with the Microsoft Bluetooth API:

Topic	Description
Bluetooth and accept	Bluetooth uses the accept function is used to enable incoming connection attempts on a socket.
Bluetooth and bind	Bluetooth uses the bind function to bind to a socket.
Bluetooth and BLOB	Bluetooth uses the BLOB structure to pass or receive transport-specific data to the WSAQUERYSET structure during calls to the WSASetService or WSALookupService* functions.
Bluetooth and connect	Bluetooth uses the connect function to connect to a target Bluetooth device, using a previously created Bluetooth socket.
Bluetooth and getaddrinfo	The getaddrinfo function provides translation from host name to address for IP-based transports.
Bluetooth and getpeername	Used to retrieve the Bluetooth address of the peer Bluetooth device.
Bluetooth and getsockname	Bluetooth uses the getsockname function to retrieve the server device address and port number allocated to a socket through a previous call to the bind function.
Bluetooth and getsockopt	Bluetooth uses the getsockopt function to query various parameters associated with the server channel or the connection.
Bluetooth and listen, select, and closesocket	Bluetooth uses the listen, select, and closesocket functions without any modification from standard Windows Sockets programming.
Bluetooth and read or write operations	Details the supported Winsock read and write operations.
Bluetooth and setsockopt	Bluetooth uses the setsockopt function to set various parameters associated with the server channel or the connection.
Bluetooth and shutdown	Bluetooth uses the shutdown function to disconnect from the remote radio.
Bluetooth and socket	Bluetooth uses the >socket function creates a socket for incoming or outgoing connections.
Bluetooth and Socket Options	Details the socket options supported by Microsoft Bluetooth.
Bluetooth and WSALookupServiceBegin	Bluetooth uses the WSALookupServiceBegin function to query for devices and to discover services.
Bluetooth and WSALookupServiceNext	Bluetooth uses the WSALookupServiceNext function to match queries specified in a previous call to WSALookupServiceBegin.
Bluetooth and WSALookupServiceEnd	Bluetooth uses the WSALookupServiceEnd function to terminate a query initiated in a previous call to WSALookupServiceBegin, and perhaps extended in subsequent calls to WSALookupServiceNext.
Bluetooth and WSAQUERYSET	The WSAQUERYSET structure is used in operations including device inquiry, service inquiry, and setting the service.
Bluetooth and WSASetService	Bluetooth uses the WSASetService function to register or remove a service instance within the Bluetooth namespace (NS_BTH) from the registry.

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