Microsoft.SmartDevice.Connectivity Namespace ()

Smart Device Development

Microsoft.SmartDevice.Connectivity Namespace

This namespace contains types that make up the desktop side of the Smart Device Connectivity API. Use the Smart Device Connectivity API in your managed applications to establish a desktop-to-device connection. This API enables you to focus on writing remote tools and plug-ins, while the Smart Device Connectivity API handles the device interconnectivity and transport mechanisms details.

Visual Studio Remote Tools for Device Projects such as Remote File Viewer and Remote Process Viewer are good examples of what you can do with the Smart Device Connectivity API. For more information, see Controlling Devices with the Smart Device Connectivity API.

The classes in this namespace are classified into the following categories.

Category	Description	Classes
Datastore enumeration APIs	Enumerates the list of platforms and devices listed in the Datastore.	DatastoreManager Platform
Connectivity APIs	Gets device information and establishes a connection to the device.	Device
Deployment and service APIs	Deploys files and packages, lists remote files and processes, starts services, and other services.	FileDeployer RemoteProcess
Custom data exchange APIs	Exchanges custom data between the desktop application and a device agent application.	RemoteAgent DevicePacketStream Packet Microsoft.SmartDevice.DeviceAgentTransport

Classes

	Class	Description
	DatastoreException	Thrown when there is a problem related to the Datastore.
	DatastoreManager	Accesses information in the Datastore and provides methods to enumerate and get Platform objects in the desktop computer's Datastore.
	Device	Represents a device or emulator that is based on Windows Embedded CE and provides methods to provision, get information, and connect to a device.
	DeviceNotConnectedException	Thrown in scenarios where the device is not connected.
	DeviceNotFoundException	Represents all exceptions in scenarios where the device is not found.
	DevicePacketStream	Exchanges data between a desktop application and a device agent application by reading and writing objects of type Packet.
	FileDeployer	Used to transfer files between the smart device and the desktop computer.
	ObjectId	Encapsulates the unique ID required for various classes of this assembly.
	Packet	Holds data and is used by the DevicePacketStream class to transfer data between a smart device and a desktop computer.
	Platform	Represents a Windows CE based platform, such as Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC, that is registered in the Datastore.
	PlatformNotFoundException	Thrown when the platform cannot be found.
	PropertyNotFoundException	Represents all exceptions in scenarios where the property is not found.
	RemoteAgent	Used to deploy device agent applications to the device and exchange data between the desktop computer and the smart device.
	RemoteProcess	Represents a process on the device that can be started and stopped.
	SmartDeviceException	Covers the exception cases in unmanaged COM layer.
	SystemInfo	Stores device information such as CPU information, battery life, amount of memory, and operating system version.

Enumerations

	Enumeration	Description
	DataType	Indicates the type of object in the Packet.
	Device..::.ConfigActions	Specifies the action to take when provisioning a device.
	InstructionSetType	Indicates the instruction set type of the device's CPU.
	ProcessorArchitectureType	Indicates the device's processor architecture type.

Reference

Other Resources

Controlling Devices with the Smart Device Connectivity API

Smart Device Connectivity API Samples