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DevicePacketStream Class

Visual Studio 2008

Exchanges data between a desktop application and a device agent application by reading and writing objects of type Packet.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SmartDevice.Connectivity
Assembly:  Microsoft.SmartDevice.Connectivity (in Microsoft.SmartDevice.Connectivity.dll)
public class DevicePacketStream

This class does not have any constructors. To get an instance, connect to a Device, create and start a RemoteAgent , and then call CreatePacketStream.

using System;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using Microsoft.SmartDevice.Connectivity;

class source
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
         // Get the datastore object
        DatastoreManager dsmgr = new DatastoreManager(1033);

        // Get the platform object
        Platform platform = GetPlatformByName("Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone SDK", dsmgr);

        // Get the default device in the platform, usually an emulator.
        Device device = platform.GetDevice(platform.GetDefaultDeviceId());

        device.Connect();

        if (device.IsConnected())
        {
            // Copy and start a device agent  based on the ID of its add-on package.
            RemoteAgent ra = device.GetRemoteAgent(
                new ObjectId("CAF078AE-2E10-43e2-B566-C4577F2538C8"));
            ra.Start("command line argument");

            // Open communication channel with device agent.
            DevicePacketStream ps = ra.CreatePacketStream(
                new ObjectId("2FAD740C-B5D3-4ad0-BE23-5682503584BF"));

            // Create and write a packet of data.
            Packet packet;
            packet = new Packet();
            for (int i = 0; i < 4; i ++) packet.WriteInt32(i);
            packet.WriteString("Hello Smart Device");
            ps.Write(packet);

            // While stream is connected, try to read a packet. 
            while (ps.IsConnected())
            {
                if (ps.IsPacketAvailable())
                {
                    packet = ps.Read();
                    while (!packet.IsEndOfPacket())
                    {
                        switch (packet.ReadDataType())
                        {
                            case DataType.BoolType:
                                bool boolValue = packet.ReadBool();
                                break;
                            case DataType.ByteArrayType:
                                byte[] buffer = packet.ReadBytes();
                                break;
                            case DataType.ByteType:
                                byte byteValue = packet.ReadByte();
                                break;
                            case DataType.CharType:
                                char charValue = packet.ReadChar();
                                break;
                            case DataType.Int32Type:
                                Console.WriteLine("Int32Type:  " + packet.ReadInt32().ToString());
                                break;
                            case DataType.StringType:
                                Console.WriteLine("String:  " + packet.ReadString());
                                break;
                            default:
                                break;
                        }
                    }
                    break;
                }
                System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1000);
            }
            ps.Close();
            device.Disconnect();
            Console.ReadLine();
        }

    }

    // Returns a platform if the supplied name can be found in the datastore. 
    // Returns null pointer if platform cannot be found 
    private static Platform GetPlatformByName(string p, DatastoreManager dsmgr)
    {
        // Get all platforms in the datastore.
        Collection<Platform> platforms = dsmgr.GetPlatforms();

        // Find the platform whose name matches the parameter. 
        foreach (Platform platform in platforms)
        {
            if (platform.Name == p) return platform;
        }
        return null;

    }
}
System.Object
  Microsoft.SmartDevice.Connectivity.DevicePacketStream
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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