Bluetooth communication

From:
arthurclucas@gmail.com
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32,comp.lang.c++,microsoft.public.pocketpc.developer
Date:
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:27:37 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID:
<93cfa04d-4a8b-4c71-aee7-58995742f8b0@34g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>
Hi everyone,

I'm have two iPac Devices and I'm trying send some bytes from one to
another via Bluetooth communication.
I use the CreateFile command to send the data and the ReadFile command
to read the data.
In booth commands I use the appropriate COM port.
When I try to send the bytes, it appears to work (the return is 1).
When I try to read the bytes, it also appears to work (the return is
1).

But it always gives me the return 1 when I read the bytes, even when
nothing is sent. So I don't know if my process is working. Can anyone
help me?

I use the code below to open the COM port:
HANDLE PortOpen(LPTSTR lptszPortName, DWORD* dwError)
 {
  DCB PortDCB;
  COMMTIMEOUTS CommTimeouts;
  HANDLE hPort;

  // Open the serial port.
  hPort = CreateFile(
                       lptszPortName, // Pointer to
the name of the port
                       GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, // Access(read-write)
mode
                       0, // Share mode
                       NULL, // Pointer to the
security attribute
                       OPEN_EXISTING, // How to open the
serial port
                       0, // Port attributes
                       NULL // Handle to port
with attribute to copy
                    );

  // If it fails to open the port, return FALSE.
  if (INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE == hPort)
   {
    return INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
   }

  return hPort;
 }

And the code below is to write data on the open port:
BOOL PortWrite(HANDLE hPort, BYTE* Bytes, DWORD dwBytesToWrite)
 {
  BYTE* ucptr;
  BYTE* cptr;
  DWORD dwBytesWritten;
  DWORD dwBytesPacket;
  DWORD dwBytesRemain;
  int nCounter;
  BOOL bRet;

  bRet = FALSE;

  ucptr = Bytes;
  cptr = ucptr;

  dwBytesRemain = dwBytesToWrite;
  do
   {
    dwBytesPacket = (dwBytesRemain < PACKET_SIZE) ? dwBytesRemain :
PACKET_SIZE;

    nCounter = 1;
    do
     {
      bRet = WriteFile(hPort, ucptr, dwBytesPacket, &dwBytesWritten,
0);
      nCounter++;
      Sleep(300);
     }
    while ((bRet == FALSE) && (nCounter < 5));

    if (bRet == FALSE)
      return FALSE;

    dwBytesRemain -= dwBytesWritten;
    ucptr += dwBytesWritten;
   }
  while (dwBytesRemain > 0);

  return TRUE;
 }

The code below I use to read te data:
CString PortRead(HANDLE comPort, DWORD dwBytesToRead)
{
    BOOL bResult;
    BYTE * totalBytes; //total de bytes
    BYTE * readBytes; //bytes parcialmente lidos
    DWORD dwBytesRemain; //bytes restantes a serem lidos
    DWORD dwBytesRead; //bytes lidos
    DWORD dwBytesPacket; //tamanho do pacote

    int nCounter;

    dwBytesPacket = PACKET_SIZE;
    dwBytesRemain = dwBytesToRead;
    readBytes = 0;
    bResult = ReadFile(comPort, &readBytes, dwBytesToRead, &dwBytesRead,
NULL);

    CString s = (LPCTSTR)readBytes;

    if (s == "")
        return FALSE;

    return s;

    if (bResult == FALSE)
        return FALSE;
}

Thanks,
Arthur

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