GPSOpenDevice

Windows Mobile 6.5

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4/8/2010

This function creates a connection to the GPS Intermediate Driver.

Syntax


HANDLE GPSOpenDevice(
  HANDLE       hNewLocationData,
  HANDLE       hDeviceStateChange,
  const WCHAR *szDeviceName,
  DWORD        dwFlags
);

hNewLocationData: Handle to a Windows Embedded CE event created using CreateEvent, or NULL. The GPS Intermediate Driver signals the passed event whenever it has new GPS location information.

hDeviceStateChange: Handle to a Windows Embedded CE event created using CreateEvent, or NULL. The GPS Intermediate Driver signals the passed event whenever the state of the device changes.

If successful, returns a handle to the GPS Intermediate Driver.

If unsuccessful, returns NULL.

Header	gpsapi.h
Library	Gpsapi.lib
Windows Embedded CE	Windows Embedded CE 6.0 and later
Windows Mobile	Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later