WFDUpdateDeviceVisibility function (wlanapi.h)

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06/24/2021

The WFDUpdateDeviceVisibility function updates device visibility for the Wi-Fi Direct device address for a given installed Wi-Fi Direct device node.

Syntax

DWORD WFDUpdateDeviceVisibility(
  PDOT11_MAC_ADDRESS pDeviceAddress
);

Parameters

pDeviceAddress

A pointer to the Wi-Fi Direct device address of the client device.

This device address must be obtained from a Device Node created as a result of the Inbox pairing experience.

Return value

If the function succeeds, the return value is ERROR_SUCCESS.

If the function fails, the return value may be one of the following return codes.

Return code	Description
ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER	The parameter is incorrect. This error is returned if the pDeviceAddress parameter is NULL.
ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY	Not enough storage is available to process this command.
RPC_STATUS	Various error codes.

Remarks

The WFDUpdateDeviceVisibility function is part of Wi-Fi Direct, a new feature in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. Wi-Fi Direct is based on the development of the Wi-Fi Peer-to-Peer Technical Specification v1.1 by the Wi-Fi Alliance (see Wi-Fi Alliance Published Specifications). The goal of the Wi-Fi Peer-to-Peer Technical Specification is to provide a solution for Wi-Fi device-to-device connectivity without the need for either a Wireless Access Point (wireless AP) to setup the connection or the use of the existing Wi-Fi adhoc (IBSS) mechanism.

The WFDUpdateDeviceVisibility function will perform a targeted Wi-Fi Direct discovery, and will update the DEVPKEY_WiFiDirect_IsVisibile property key on the device node for the given device.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 8 [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2012 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	wlanapi.h
Library	Wlanapi.lib
DLL	Wlanapi.dll