dotnet compact framework: SD-card path identification -- dotnet compact framework

Re: SD-card path identification

JamesFielding
2/6/2007 12:29:01 AM

Hi Chris,

We've hit this problem ourselves a few times, and have simply
given up relying on the FindFirstStorageCard() function.

More often than not, it returns the name of the internal memory
directory (eg "iPaq File Store") rather than the name of the
Storage Card.

We've yet to find a reliable way to determine the Storage Card
name, which works across all makes & models of devices.

James
www.pocketpcinstaller.com

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Re: SD-card path identification

jonfroehlich
2/6/2007 7:28:19 PM

According to the Windows Mobile Team Blog, you _should_ use
FindFirstFlashCard (link: http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2006/=
07/26/678742.aspx).
I've used it successfully on a variety of HTC WM5 SmartPhone devices
(but it sounds like you should test it out for yourself).

--
http://csharponphone.blogspot.com/

On Feb 6, 12:29 am, JamesFielding
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Re: SD-card path identification

drumred
3/7/2007 9:18:13 PM

Help please... I'm a VB coder. How can this translate to a VB app? Thanks.

BOOL FindNextFlashCard(
HANDLE hFlashCard,
LPWIN32_FIND_DATA lpFindFlashData
);

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Re: SD-card path identification

Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]
3/8/2007 11:00:54 AM

You have to P/Invoke that call.

BOOL = Integer
HANDLE = IntPtr or Integer
LPWIN32_FIND_DATA is going to be a structure or an array of bytes of an
appropriate length. It seems to me that someone has wrapped this (in C#, no
doubt, but you can still use it without translating the declaration into
VB.NET). Check with GoogleGroups for past mentions of it in this group:

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compactframework/topics?hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Paul T.

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