Bluetooth Remote Control for Windows Mobile 0.7.0-Beta1 : Widcomm Support

By Jerome at March 08, 2007 18:01 Tags:

There it is ! The support for the Widcomm bluetooth stack on the desktop side.

Download it here : Bluetooth Remote Control for Windows Mobile 0.7.0-Beta1

For now, this is a beta release, but this should work fine. You can now use Bluetooth Remote Control along with your A2DP headphones :)

On the dev side, working with a event driven API with C++ can pose some problems... The widcomm API is pretty different from the Microsoft stack. I have to admit, I prefer the Microsoft way of doing things, where you can call a blocking Receive method, instead of being notified asynchronously by some random thread, where I prefer managing my own threads. Also, handles are not closed if you application crashes, leaving a connection or an advertised service as an orphan. Annoying during the debugging...

Well, it works now. Maybe next time I'll try to updated the mobile side...

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My name is Jerome Laban, I am a Software Architect, C# MVP and .NET enthustiast from Montréal, QC. You will find my blog on this site, where I'm adding my thoughts on current events, or the things I'm working on, such as the Remote Control for Windows Phone.