Bluetooth communication

[arthurclucas]

Hi everyone,

I'm have two iPac Devices and I'm trying send some bytes from one to
another via Bluetooth communication.
I use the CreateFile command to send the data and the ReadFile command
to read the data.
In booth commands I use the appropriate COM port.
When I try to send the bytes, it appears to work (the return is 1).
When I try to read the bytes, it also appears to work (the return is
1).

But it always gives me the return 1 when I read the bytes, even when
nothing is sent. So I don't know if my process is working. Can anyone
help me?

I use the code below to open the COM port:
HANDLE PortOpen(LPTSTR lptszPortName, DWORD* dwError)
{
DCB PortDCB;
COMMTIMEOUTS CommTimeouts;
HANDLE hPort;
// Open the serial port.
hPort = CreateFile(
lptszPortName, // Pointer to
the name of the port
GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, // Access(read-write)
mode
0, // Share mode
NULL, // Pointer to the
security attribute
OPEN_EXISTING, // How to open the
serial port
0, // Port attributes
NULL // Handle to port
with attribute to copy
);

// If it fails to open the port, return FALSE.
if (INVALID_HANDLE _VALUE == hPort)
{
return INVALID_HANDLE_ VALUE;
}

return hPort;
}

And the code below is to write data on the open port:
BOOL PortWrite(HANDL E hPort, BYTE* Bytes, DWORD dwBytesToWrite)
{
BYTE* ucptr;
BYTE* cptr;
DWORD dwBytesWritten;
DWORD dwBytesPacket;
DWORD dwBytesRemain;
int nCounter;
BOOL bRet;
bRet = FALSE;

ucptr = Bytes;
cptr = ucptr;

dwBytesRemain = dwBytesToWrite;
do
{
dwBytesPacket = (dwBytesRemain < PACKET_SIZE) ? dwBytesRemain :
PACKET_SIZE;

nCounter = 1;
do
{
bRet = WriteFile(hPort , ucptr, dwBytesPacket, &dwBytesWritten ,
0);
nCounter++;
Sleep(300);
}
while ((bRet == FALSE) && (nCounter < 5));

if (bRet == FALSE)
return FALSE;

dwBytesRemain -= dwBytesWritten;
ucptr += dwBytesWritten;
}
while (dwBytesRemain 0);

return TRUE;
}

The code below I use to read te data:
CString PortRead(HANDLE comPort, DWORD dwBytesToRead)
{
BOOL bResult;
BYTE * totalBytes; //total de bytes
BYTE * readBytes; //bytes parcialmente lidos
DWORD dwBytesRemain; //bytes restantes a serem lidos
DWORD dwBytesRead; //bytes lidos
DWORD dwBytesPacket; //tamanho do pacote

int nCounter;

dwBytesPacket = PACKET_SIZE;
dwBytesRemain = dwBytesToRead;
readBytes = 0;
bResult = ReadFile(comPor t, &readBytes, dwBytesToRead, &dwBytesRead ,
NULL);

CString s = (LPCTSTR)readBy tes;

if (s == "")
return FALSE;

return s;

if (bResult == FALSE)
return FALSE;
}

Thanks,
Arthur

[Ben Voigt [C++ MVP]]

ar**********@gm ail.com wrote:

Hi everyone,

I'm have two iPac Devices and I'm trying send some bytes from one to
another via Bluetooth communication.
I use the CreateFile command to send the data and the ReadFile command
to read the data.
In booth commands I use the appropriate COM port.
When I try to send the bytes, it appears to work (the return is 1).
When I try to read the bytes, it also appears to work (the return is
1).

But it always gives me the return 1 when I read the bytes, even when
nothing is sent. So I don't know if my process is working. Can anyone
help me?

[snip]

The code below I use to read te data:
CString PortRead(HANDLE comPort, DWORD dwBytesToRead)
{
BOOL bResult;
BYTE * totalBytes; //total de bytes

unused variable, delete

BYTE * readBytes; //bytes parcialmente lidos
DWORD dwBytesRemain; //bytes restantes a serem lidos

no logic for partial reads, this is also useless

DWORD dwBytesRead; //bytes lidos
DWORD dwBytesPacket; //tamanho do pacote

unused variable, delete

>
int nCounter;

unused variable, delete

>
dwBytesPacket = PACKET_SIZE;
dwBytesRemain = dwBytesToRead;
readBytes = 0;

Now your pointer is NULL.

bResult = ReadFile(comPor t, &readBytes, dwBytesToRead, &dwBytesRead ,
NULL);

You are reading into the pointer variable, not into a buffer. So you can
read at most (sizeof (BYTE*)) bytes, probably 4. Bad idea. You need to
allocate a buffer and pass a pointer to the buffer, not the address of a
pointer.

You need to check bResult here, before using the data.

>
CString s = (LPCTSTR)readBy tes;

Since the pointer got overwritten, it is garbage. This should cause your
program to crash.
Once you use a buffer properly, you have another problem because ReadFile
doesn't NUL-terminate the data.
Also you should never use TCHAR with sockets, the data must be either
Unicode or not (on WinCE it is always Unicode).

>
if (s == "")
return FALSE;

return s;

if (bResult == FALSE)
return FALSE;

and this code down here never runs, because you already returned. End
result is you never even checked bResult.

}

Thanks,
Arthur