Bluetooth samples and which version of Visual Studio

Question

Hi

Anyone got a good sample of using VB to get a list of Bluetooth devices? And to maybe send and receive a file.

Also, I'm using VS2005. Is there any better Bluetooth resources available if I upgrade to VS2010?

Thanks

Answer 1

See if Microsoft Documentation helps you -

Read user contributions too.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa362932%28VS.85%29.aspx

 

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Answer 2

You will get better responses at device forum http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vssmartdevicesvbcs/threads

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Answer 3

I know only of one library for bluetooth but I don't know how well it works http://32feet.codeplex.com/

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Answer 4

Hi SimeonD,

Microsoft provides WSALookupServiceBegin and WSALookupServiceNext native APIs to discover available bluetooth devices. If we are using c++ native language, we can invoke it directly, here is a sample:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms881713.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa362914(VS.85).aspx

Although it is on CE, the concept is same.

If we are using managed code, we can P/Invoke the APIs to implement the same function. Here is a sample:
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/windows/BluetoothDevicesDiscovery.aspx?msg=3456441

Some 3rd parties has wrapped the P/Invoke, like 32feet, as bdbodge's suggestion, we can use it directly too.

 

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Answer 5

Hi

Is 32Feet the only vb.net option? Everything else seems to be C# or C++.

Also, still looking for a Visual Basic example.

Thanks

 

Answer 6

Hi,

I am not familiar with 32feet component, since it is for managed code, it should work for VB.net. Please try it. In fact, c# code can convert to vb.net code via tool, not manually. Here is a website which can do translation work.

http://www.developerfusion.com/tools/convert/csharp-to-vb/

 

 

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