ProximityMessage.DataAsString Property

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Definition

Namespace:: Windows.Networking.Proximity

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Gets the message data as text.

public:
 property Platform::String ^ DataAsString { Platform::String ^ get(); };

winrt::hstring DataAsString();

public string DataAsString { get; }

var string = proximityMessage.dataAsString;

Public ReadOnly Property DataAsString As String

Property Value

String

Platform::String

winrt::hstring

The message data as text.

Windows requirements

App capabilities

ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone] proximity ID_CAP_PROXIMITY [Windows Phone]

Examples

Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice proximityDevice;
long publishedMessageId = -1;
long subscribedMessageId = -1;

private void initializeProximityDevice()
{
    proximityDevice = Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.GetDefault();

    if (proximityDevice != null)
    {
        PublishMessageButton.Click += PublishMessage;
        SubscribeForMessageButton.Click += SubscribeForMessage;
        StopSubscribingForMessageButton.Click += StopSubscribingForMessage;
        StopPublishingMessageButton.Click += StopPublishingMessage;
    }
    else
    {
        WriteMessageText("Failed to initialized proximity device.\n");
    }
}

private void PublishMessage(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    // Stop publishing the current message.
    if (publishedMessageId != -1)
    {
        proximityDevice.StopPublishingMessage(publishedMessageId);
    }

    publishedMessageId = 
        proximityDevice.PublishMessage("Windows.SampleMessage", MessageTextBlock.Text);
}

private void SubscribeForMessage(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    // Only subscribe for the message one time.
    if (subscribedMessageId == -1)
    {
        subscribedMessageId = 
        proximityDevice.SubscribeForMessage("Windows.SampleMessage", messageReceived);
    }
}

private void messageReceived(
    Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice device, 
    Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityMessage message)
{
    MessageBlock.Text += "Message received: " + message.DataAsString + "\n";
}

private void StopSubscribingForMessage(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    proximityDevice.StopSubscribingForMessage(subscribedMessageId);
    subscribedMessageId = -1;
}

private void StopPublishingMessage(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    proximityDevice.StopPublishingMessage(publishedMessageId);
    publishedMessageId = -1;
}

// Write a message to MessageBlock on the UI thread.
private Windows.UI.Core.CoreDispatcher messageDispatcher = Window.Current.CoreWindow.Dispatcher;

async private void WriteMessageText(string message, bool overwrite = false)
{
    await messageDispatcher.RunAsync(Windows.UI.Core.CoreDispatcherPriority.Normal,
        () =>
        {
            if (overwrite)
                MessageBlock.Text = message;
            else
                MessageBlock.Text += message;
        });
}

Private proximityDevice As Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice
Private publishedMessageId As Long = -1
Private subscribedMessageId As Long = -1

Private Sub initializeProximityDevice()
    proximityDevice = Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice.GetDefault()

    If proximityDevice IsNot Nothing Then
        AddHandler PublishMessageButton.Click, AddressOf PublishMessage
        AddHandler SubscribeForMessageButton.Click, AddressOf SubscribeForMessage
        AddHandler StopSubscribingForMessageButton.Click, AddressOf StopSubscribingForMessage
        AddHandler StopPublishingMessageButton.Click, AddressOf StopPublishingMessage
    Else
        WriteMessageText("Failed to initialized proximity device." & vbTab)
    End If
End Sub

Private Sub PublishMessage(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs)
    ' Stop publishing the current message.
    If publishedMessageId <> -1 Then
        proximityDevice.StopPublishingMessage(publishedMessageId)
    End If

    publishedMessageId =
        proximityDevice.PublishMessage("Windows.SampleMessage", MessageTextBlock.Text)
End Sub

Private Sub SubscribeForMessage(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs)
    ' Only subscribe for the message one time.
    If subscribedMessageId = -1 Then
        subscribedMessageId =
        proximityDevice.SubscribeForMessage("Windows.SampleMessage", AddressOf messageReceived)
    End If
End Sub

Private Sub messageReceived(
    device As Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityDevice,
    message As Windows.Networking.Proximity.ProximityMessage)

    MessageBlock.Text &= "Message received: " & message.DataAsString & vbTab
End Sub

Private Sub StopSubscribingForMessage(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs)
    proximityDevice.StopSubscribingForMessage(subscribedMessageId)
    subscribedMessageId = -1
End Sub

Private Sub StopPublishingMessage(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs)
    proximityDevice.StopPublishingMessage(publishedMessageId)
    publishedMessageId = -1
End Sub

' Write a message to MessageBlock on the UI thread.
Private Async Sub WriteMessageText(message As String, Optional overwrite As Boolean = False)
    Await Dispatcher.RunAsync(Windows.UI.Core.CoreDispatcherPriority.Normal,
        Sub()
            If overwrite Then
                MessageBlock.Text = message
            Else
                MessageBlock.Text &= message
            End If
        End Sub)
End Sub

Remarks

The DataAsString property is available only if the binary data of the message contains only text (UTF8) characters. Otherwise, the DataAsString property returns unpredictable results. You should not attempt to use the DataAsString property unless you are certain the data was received as UTF8 encoded characters. You can send a message as UTF8 encoded characters using the PublishMessage method.

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