[Bluez-devel] Bluetooth and C#

[Bluez-devel] Bluetooth and C#

[Marcel Holtmann]

Hi guys,

I was playing a little bit with Mono and C# lately and I think we are
really in need for some good C# Bluetooth bindings. I would expect that
Microsoft already defined some, but I wasn't able to locate any good
documentation about Windows Bluetooth programming with C#. I found some
crap about the CE mobile/embedded stuff, but not for the desktop OS.
However there exists some stuff from www.32feet.net which tries to
provide a framework for Bluetooth, but I am not really sure if it is
usable and if it would make sense to implement the same interface for
Linux. Some example code of how to use it can be found here:

http://www.totalannihilation.dk/wordpress/code/BluetoothConsoleScanner.cs

So does anybody used C# under Windows XP for Bluetooth programming so
far or is the only option still C++?

Regards

Marcel




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Re: [Bluez-devel] Bluetooth and C#

[Andreas Färber]

Hi Marcel,

>I was playing a little bit with Mono and C# lately and I think we are
>really in need for some good C# Bluetooth bindings.
>
Good idea. If you want to write a BlueZ#, then through P/Invoke you 
would be able to call into libbluetooth.so.

>I would expect that
>Microsoft already defined some
>
No, not that I'm aware of - that is not in .NET Framework 1.0, 1.1 and 
2.0. Also Mono does not currently ship any.

>, but I wasn't able to locate any good
>documentation about Windows Bluetooth programming with C#. I found some
>crap about the CE mobile/embedded stuff, but not for the desktop OS.
>  
>
There was something at OpenNETCF.org for the .NET CF but it has 
dependencies on external COM interop components by InTheHand.

>So does anybody used C# under Windows XP for Bluetooth programming so
>far or is the only option still C++?
>  
>
I am not aware of a free, widely used Bluetooth framework for .NET. If 
you come upon any others, please let me know!

Best regards,

Andreas



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Re: [Bluez-devel] Bluetooth and C#

[Marcel Holtmann]

Hi Andreas,

> >I was playing a little bit with Mono and C# lately and I think we are
> >really in need for some good C# Bluetooth bindings.
> >
> Good idea. If you want to write a BlueZ#, then through P/Invoke you 
> would be able to call into libbluetooth.so.

I am not going to do this, because I am looking for a standard solution
and not a home brewed one.

> >I would expect that
> >Microsoft already defined some
> >
> No, not that I'm aware of - that is not in .NET Framework 1.0, 1.1 and 
> 2.0. Also Mono does not currently ship any.

Too bad.

> >, but I wasn't able to locate any good
> >documentation about Windows Bluetooth programming with C#. I found some
> >crap about the CE mobile/embedded stuff, but not for the desktop OS.
> >  
> There was something at OpenNETCF.org for the .NET CF but it has 
> dependencies on external COM interop components by InTheHand.

This is the stuff from www.32feet.net now.

Regards

Marcel




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Re: [Bluez-devel] Bluetooth and C#

[Andreas Färber]

Marcel,

>>If you want to write a BlueZ#, then through P/Invoke you 
>>would be able to call into libbluetooth.so.
>>    
>>
>
>I am not going to do this, because I am looking for a standard solution
>and not a home brewed one.
>  
>
Every standard interface would need some kind of implementation - there 
is no Microsoft stack on Linux so that would be BlueZ in some way.

Regards,

Andreas



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Re: [Bluez-devel] Bluetooth and C#

[Marcel Holtmann]

Hi Andreas,

> >>If you want to write a BlueZ#, then through P/Invoke you 
> >>would be able to call into libbluetooth.so.
> >
> >I am not going to do this, because I am looking for a standard solution
> >and not a home brewed one.
> >
> Every standard interface would need some kind of implementation - there 
> is no Microsoft stack on Linux so that would be BlueZ in some way.

yes, but that are implementation details. And with a standard interface
they are hidden.

Regards

Marcel




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