"Mo" <marabo82@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1164832573.611502.20100@n67g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
> his company needs time to *study* the License of OpenCF before
> approving it, and he needs this done next week :-(, i know i will be
> done way after that
> so i needed to get started
>
> i found out why DeviceIOControl was failing, i defined
> "IOCTL_NDISUIO_QUERY_BINDING = as 0x12c80c instead of 0x0012080c"
> so now it works , i trying to extract the adapter name/description
> using this call
>
> <code>
> p->BindingIndex = i;
>
> bqueryBindingResult=DeviceIoControl(DriverHandle,
> IOCTL_NDISUIO_QUERY_BINDING,
> new IntPtr(p),
> sizeof(NDISUIO_QUERY_BINDING),
> IntPtr.Zero,
> Buffer.Length,
> ref dwBytesWritten,
> IntPtr.Zero);
> if(bqueryBindingResult)
> {
> string devName, devDesc;
>
>
> devName = new string((char*)p,((int)(
> p->DeviceNameOffset)),(int)(pDeviceNameLength));
>
> devDesc = new string((char*)p, ((int)(p->DeviceDescrOffset)),
> (int)(p->DeviceDescrLength));
> </code>
>
> what i get after 2 iterations is
> 1st iteration
> ==========
> devName "1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"
> devDesc "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"
>
> 2nd iteration
> ==========
> devName "ndisFn1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"
> devDesc "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"
>
> shouldn't i be getting something like "WLAN" for the description? and
> "Wireless" for the name?
>
> am i parsing it wrong? the documentation of
> "IOCTL_NDISUIO_QUERY_BINDING" and "NDISUIO_QUERY_BINDING" isnt clear
> :-(
> Regards
> Mo
>
>
> Paul G. Tobey [eMVP] wrote:
>> So, you get the source code and start using that. He has something
>> specifically against any code that you didn't originally write yourself?
>> Will he allow you to use the new project wizard in Visual Studio? What
>> about sample code found on the Web? I transfer my comment to him...
>>
>> Paul T.
>>
>> "Mo" <marabo82@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1164825064.106465.32280@16g2000cwy.googlegroups.com...
>> > well i wish u granted me the benefit of a doubt, my client didnt
>> > *agree* to use OpenNETCF code
>> > (as far as i am concerned its a developer nightmare, so.....)
>> > i am stuck with what i have
>> >
>> >
>> > Paul G. Tobey [eMVP] wrote:
>> >> Well, you're an idiot for trying to redo everything that's in
>> >> OpenNETCF,
>> >> especially when you're new to both the language and interop. I made
>> >> tons
>> >> of
>> >> mistakes during the development of the OpenNETCF code and I'm *not*
>> >> new
>> >> to
>> >> either one. Why wouldn't you use the source, at least, as a starting
>> >> point?
>> >>
>> >> Paul T.
>> >>
>> >> "Mo" <marabo82@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:1164780219.062803.91220@l39g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
>> >> > Hello all,
>> >> > I am developing an application that will emulate the default Wi-Fi
>> >> > AP
>> >> > menu, it will show the available
>> >> > Access point list and allow the user to connect/renew IP/ view AP
>> >> > properties, our client wants extended
>> >> > AP properties (the default implementation is not enough for him)
>> >> >
>> >> > so i am designing the application in .net CF 2.0 using C#, (i
>> >> > couldn't
>> >> > use openCF implementation unfortunately), what i am trying to is
>> >> > 1)create a handle to the NDISUIO adapter
>> >> > 2)enumerate the NICs to find the WiFi one (get device name)
>> >> > 3)perform access point scan (then connect/view properties, etc)
>> >> >
>> >> > i am able to create a handle to the NDISUIO driver, its a valid
>> >> > handle,
>> >> > but then when i make DeviceIoControl using the handle from
>> >> > CreatFile,
>> >> > and i pass the IOCTL "IOCTL_NDISUIO_QUERY_BINDING //Retrieves
>> >> > adapter name and description."
>> >> >
>> >> > the call fails, when i call GetLastError() it returns 0x06
>> >> > "ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE " for the 1st iteration and then
>> >> > 0x32"ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION " --does this mean the IOCTL is not
>> >> > supported?
>> >> >
>> >> > below is my code, i am new to C# and Interop, appreciate any help
>> >> > Regards
>> >> >
>> >> > <code>
>> >> > // PInvoke definitions
>> >> >
>> >> > [DllImport("coredll.dll", EntryPoint = "CreateFile")]
>> >> > private static extern Handle CreateFile(
>> >> > string lpFileName,
>> >> > uint dwDesiredAccess,
>> >> > int dwShareMode,
>> >> > int lpSecurityAttributes,
>> >> > uint dwCreationDisposition,
>> >> > uint dwFlagsAndAttributes,
>> >> > int hTemplateFile);
>> >> >
>> >> > [DllImport("coredll.dll", SetLastError = true)]
>> >> > public static extern bool DeviceIoControl(
>> >> > IntPtr hDevice, UInt32 dwIoControlCode,
>> >> > IntPtr lpInBuffer, Int32 nInBufferSize,
>> >> > IntPtr lpOutBuffer, Int32 nOutBufferSize,
>> >> > ref UInt32 lpBytesReturned,
>> >> > IntPtr lpOverlapped);
>> >> >
>> >> > [DllImport("coredll.dll")]
>> >> > public static extern uint GetLastError();
>> >> >
>> >> > public const string NDIS_DEVICE_NAME = "NDS0:";
>> >> > public const string NDISUIO_DEVICE_NAME = "UIO1:";
>> >> >
>> >> > //define the IOCTL's
>> >> > public const uint IOCTL_NDISUIO_QUERY_OID_VALUE = 0x120804;
>> >> > public const uint IOCTL_NDISUIO_SET_OID_VALUE = 0x120814;
>> >> > public const uint IOCTL_NDISUIO_REQUEST_NOTIFICATION =
>> >> > 0x12081c;
>> >> > public const uint IOCTL_NDISUIO_CANCEL_NOTIFICATION =
>> >> > 0x120820;
>> >> > public const uint IOCTL_NDISUIO_QUERY_BINDING = 0x12c80c;
>> >> >
>> >> > [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
>> >> > internal struct NDISUIO_QUERY_BINDING
>> >> > {
>> >> > internal uint BindingIndex; // 0-based binding number
>> >> > internal uint DeviceNameOffset; // from start of this struct
>> >> > internal uint DeviceNameLength; // in bytes
>> >> > internal uint DeviceDescrOffset; // from start of this struct
>> >> > internal uint DeviceDescrLength; // in bytes
>> >> > }
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > //here is the bread and butter
>> >> > public static NdisDevice[] EnumerateDevices()
>> >> > {
>> >> > bool bqueryBindingResult = false;
>> >> > unsafe
>> >> > {
>> >> > fixed (byte* buf = Buffer)
>> >> > {
>> >> > UInt32 dwBytesWritten=0;
>> >> > DriverHandle = CreateFile(NDISUIO_DEVICE_NAME,
>> >> > 0,
>> >> > FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,