Turning on GPRS programmatically

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Goggs

Hi

I have developed a Pocket PC mobile application which
transfers data from the PDA to a destop computer. My
issue is, GPRS need to be turned on/connected before the
data transfer can be preformed.

Is there a way to programmatically turn GPRS on as appose
to doing this manually (I'm looking to do the same thing
as Start -> Settings, Connections, Internet Settings
Modify, click & Connect.). I would love an example in C#.
 
Dear Tony,

You should install evc and check out the connmgr.h look for
ConnMgrEstablishConnection. But there is also another option for you, make a
webrequest for your site, cf.net should try to connect on it's owe.

regards Floris Briolas
 
You can programatically start an existing dialup connection using the
rnaapp.exe passing the name of the connection you want to initiate as
a parameter with the -e attribute

below is the code to run an executable with a parameter (encapsulated
in a class called utils)


class SHELLEXECUTEEX
{
public UInt32 cbSize;
public UInt32 fMask;
public IntPtr hwnd;
public IntPtr lpVerb;
public IntPtr lpFile;
public IntPtr lpParameters;
public IntPtr lpDirectory;

public int nShow;
public IntPtr hInstApp;
// Optional members
public IntPtr lpIDList;
public IntPtr lpClass;
public IntPtr hkeyClass;
public UInt32 dwHotKey;
public IntPtr hIcon;
public IntPtr hProcess;
}


public class Utils
{
[DllImport("coredll")]
extern static int ShellExecuteEx( SHELLEXECUTEEX ex );

[DllImport("coredll")]
extern static IntPtr LocalAlloc( int flags, int size );

[DllImport("coredll")]
extern static void LocalFree( IntPtr ptr );

// Code starts here

public static void Execute(string Filename, string param)
{
int nSize = Filename.Length * 2 + 2;
int pSize = param.Length *2+2;
IntPtr pData = LocalAlloc(0x40, nSize);
IntPtr parm = LocalAlloc(0x40, pSize);
Marshal.Copy(Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(Filename), 0, pData, nSize -
2);
Marshal.Copy(Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(param),0, parm, pSize -2);

SHELLEXECUTEEX see = new SHELLEXECUTEEX();
see.cbSize = 60;
see.dwHotKey = 0;
see.fMask = 0;
see.hIcon = IntPtr.Zero;
see.hInstApp = IntPtr.Zero;
see.hProcess = IntPtr.Zero;;
see.lpClass = IntPtr.Zero;
see.lpDirectory = IntPtr.Zero;
see.lpIDList = IntPtr.Zero;
see.lpParameters = parm;
see.lpVerb = IntPtr.Zero;
see.nShow = 0;
see.lpFile = pData;

ShellExecuteEx(see);

LocalFree(pData);
}

public Utils()
{

}
}

and to call the method -

Utils.Execute (@"\windows\rnaapp.exe"," -e"+connectionName);

Using this method you can set up the connection via the HHT and open
whenever required.


hope this helps
Andy
 
Zippy

nice, how can you close the connection?

Zippy said:
You can programatically start an existing dialup connection using the
rnaapp.exe passing the name of the connection you want to initiate as
a parameter with the -e attribute

below is the code to run an executable with a parameter (encapsulated
in a class called utils)


class SHELLEXECUTEEX
{
public UInt32 cbSize;
public UInt32 fMask;
public IntPtr hwnd;
public IntPtr lpVerb;
public IntPtr lpFile;
public IntPtr lpParameters;
public IntPtr lpDirectory;

public int nShow;
public IntPtr hInstApp;
// Optional members
public IntPtr lpIDList;
public IntPtr lpClass;
public IntPtr hkeyClass;
public UInt32 dwHotKey;
public IntPtr hIcon;
public IntPtr hProcess;
}


public class Utils
{
[DllImport("coredll")]
extern static int ShellExecuteEx( SHELLEXECUTEEX ex );

[DllImport("coredll")]
extern static IntPtr LocalAlloc( int flags, int size );

[DllImport("coredll")]
extern static void LocalFree( IntPtr ptr );

// Code starts here

public static void Execute(string Filename, string param)
{
int nSize = Filename.Length * 2 + 2;
int pSize = param.Length *2+2;
IntPtr pData = LocalAlloc(0x40, nSize);
IntPtr parm = LocalAlloc(0x40, pSize);
Marshal.Copy(Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(Filename), 0, pData, nSize -
2);
Marshal.Copy(Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(param),0, parm, pSize -2);

SHELLEXECUTEEX see = new SHELLEXECUTEEX();
see.cbSize = 60;
see.dwHotKey = 0;
see.fMask = 0;
see.hIcon = IntPtr.Zero;
see.hInstApp = IntPtr.Zero;
see.hProcess = IntPtr.Zero;;
see.lpClass = IntPtr.Zero;
see.lpDirectory = IntPtr.Zero;
see.lpIDList = IntPtr.Zero;
see.lpParameters = parm;
see.lpVerb = IntPtr.Zero;
see.nShow = 0;
see.lpFile = pData;

ShellExecuteEx(see);

LocalFree(pData);
}

public Utils()
{

}
}

and to call the method -

Utils.Execute (@"\windows\rnaapp.exe"," -e"+connectionName);

Using this method you can set up the connection via the HHT and open
whenever required.


hope this helps
Andy


"Goggs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
Hi

I have developed a Pocket PC mobile application which
transfers data from the PDA to a destop computer. My
issue is, GPRS need to be turned on/connected before the
data transfer can be preformed.

Is there a way to programmatically turn GPRS on as appose
to doing this manually (I'm looking to do the same thing
as Start -> Settings, Connections, Internet Settings
Modify, click & Connect.). I would love an example in C#.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
To be honest i havent got that far yet.
This is only my second month on C#

i'd do a bit of surfing for rnaapp.exe and see what you can find.

Andy


Floris Briolas said:
Zippy

nice, how can you close the connection?

Zippy said:
You can programatically start an existing dialup connection using the
rnaapp.exe passing the name of the connection you want to initiate as
a parameter with the -e attribute

below is the code to run an executable with a parameter (encapsulated
in a class called utils)


class SHELLEXECUTEEX
{
public UInt32 cbSize;
public UInt32 fMask;
public IntPtr hwnd;
public IntPtr lpVerb;
public IntPtr lpFile;
public IntPtr lpParameters;
public IntPtr lpDirectory;

public int nShow;
public IntPtr hInstApp;
// Optional members
public IntPtr lpIDList;
public IntPtr lpClass;
public IntPtr hkeyClass;
public UInt32 dwHotKey;
public IntPtr hIcon;
public IntPtr hProcess;
}


public class Utils
{
[DllImport("coredll")]
extern static int ShellExecuteEx( SHELLEXECUTEEX ex );

[DllImport("coredll")]
extern static IntPtr LocalAlloc( int flags, int size );

[DllImport("coredll")]
extern static void LocalFree( IntPtr ptr );

// Code starts here

public static void Execute(string Filename, string param)
{
int nSize = Filename.Length * 2 + 2;
int pSize = param.Length *2+2;
IntPtr pData = LocalAlloc(0x40, nSize);
IntPtr parm = LocalAlloc(0x40, pSize);
Marshal.Copy(Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(Filename), 0, pData, nSize -
2);
Marshal.Copy(Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(param),0, parm, pSize -2);

SHELLEXECUTEEX see = new SHELLEXECUTEEX();
see.cbSize = 60;
see.dwHotKey = 0;
see.fMask = 0;
see.hIcon = IntPtr.Zero;
see.hInstApp = IntPtr.Zero;
see.hProcess = IntPtr.Zero;;
see.lpClass = IntPtr.Zero;
see.lpDirectory = IntPtr.Zero;
see.lpIDList = IntPtr.Zero;
see.lpParameters = parm;
see.lpVerb = IntPtr.Zero;
see.nShow = 0;
see.lpFile = pData;

ShellExecuteEx(see);

LocalFree(pData);
}

public Utils()
{

}
}

and to call the method -

Utils.Execute (@"\windows\rnaapp.exe"," -e"+connectionName);

Using this method you can set up the connection via the HHT and open
whenever required.


hope this helps
Andy


"Goggs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
Hi

I have developed a Pocket PC mobile application which
transfers data from the PDA to a destop computer. My
issue is, GPRS need to be turned on/connected before the
data transfer can be preformed.

Is there a way to programmatically turn GPRS on as appose
to doing this manually (I'm looking to do the same thing
as Start -> Settings, Connections, Internet Settings
Modify, click & Connect.). I would love an example in C#.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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