RemoteProcess Class

Represents a process on the device that can be started and stopped.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SmartDevice.Connectivity
Assembly:  Microsoft.SmartDevice.Connectivity (in Microsoft.SmartDevice.Connectivity.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class RemoteProcess

'Usage
Dim instance As RemoteProcess

public class RemoteProcess

public ref class RemoteProcess

public class RemoteProcess

Remarks

Use the Device.GetRemoteProcess method to get an instance of this object.

Examples

Imports System
Imports System.Collections.ObjectModel
Imports Microsoft.SmartDevice.Connectivity



Class [source]

    Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String) 

        ' Get the datastore object. 
        Dim dsmgr As New DatastoreManager(1033)

        ' Get the platform object. 
        Dim platform As Platform = GetPlatformByName("Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC SDK", dsmgr)

        Try 
            ' Get the default device in the platform, usually an emulator. 
            Dim device As Device = platform.GetDevice(platform.GetDefaultDeviceId())

            device.Connect()

            If device.IsConnected() Then 
                ' Start the Calculator 
                Dim rp As RemoteProcess = device.GetRemoteProcess()
                rp.Start("\windows\calc.exe", "")

                ' List all running processes 
                Console.WriteLine("Type the number of the process you want to end" & _
                                  vbCr & vbLf)
                Dim processes As Collection(Of RemoteProcess) = device.GetRunningProcesses()
                Dim i As Integer 
                For i = 0 To processes.Count - 1
                    Console.WriteLine(i & ")  " & processes(i).FileName & _
                                      " [" & processes(i).ToString() & "]")
                Next i

                ' Get user input and end the process 
                Dim index As Integer = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine())
                Console.WriteLine("Attempting to stop " & processes(index).FileName)
                processes(index).Kill()
                If processes(index).HasExited() Then
                    Console.WriteLine("Process is no longer running")
                End If 
                ' pause
                Console.Read()
            End If 

        Catch e As System.Exception
            Console.WriteLine(e.Message)
            Console.Read()
        End Try 

    End Sub 'Main



    ' Returns a platform if the supplied name can be found in the datastore.   
    ' Returns null pointer if platform cannot be found 
    Private Shared Function GetPlatformByName(ByVal p As String, _
                                              ByVal dsmgr As DatastoreManager) As Platform
        ' Get all platforms in the datastore. 
        Dim platforms As Collection(Of Platform) = dsmgr.GetPlatforms()

        ' Find the platform whose name matches the parameter. 
        Dim platform As Platform
        For Each platform In platforms
            If platform.Name = p Then 
                Return platform
            End If 
        Next platform
        Return Nothing 

    End Function 'GetPlatformByName
End Class '[source]

using System;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using Microsoft.SmartDevice.Connectivity;

class source
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {

        // Get the datastore object.
        DatastoreManager dsmgr = new DatastoreManager(1033);

        // Get the platform object.
        Platform platform = GetPlatformByName("Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC SDK", dsmgr);

        try
        {
            // Get the default device in the platform, usually an emulator.
            Device device = platform.GetDevice(platform.GetDefaultDeviceId());

            device.Connect();

            if (device.IsConnected())
            {
                // Start the Calculator.
                RemoteProcess rp = device.GetRemoteProcess();
                rp.Start("\\windows\\calc.exe", "");

                // List all running processes.
                Console.WriteLine("Type the number of the process you want to end\r\n");
                Collection<RemoteProcess> processes = device.GetRunningProcesses();
                for (int i = 0; i < processes.Count; i+)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(i + ")  " + processes[i].FileName + 
                        " [" + processes[i].ToString() + "]");
                }

                // Get user input and end the process. 
                int index = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
                Console.WriteLine("Attempting to stop " + processes[index].FileName);
                processes[index].Kill();
                if (processes[index].HasExited())
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Process exited with code: " +
                        processes[index].GetExitCode());
                }
                // pause
                Console.Read();
            }
        }

        catch (System.Exception e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
            Console.Read();
        }
    }


    // Returns a platform if the supplied name can be found in the datastore. 
    // Returns null pointer if platform cannot be found. 
    private static Platform GetPlatformByName(string p, DatastoreManager dsmgr)
    {
        // Get all platforms in the datastore.
        Collection<Platform> platforms = dsmgr.GetPlatforms();

        // Find the platform whose name matches the parameter. 
        foreach (Platform platform in platforms)
        {
            if (platform.Name == p) return platform;
        }
        return null;        
    }
}

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.SmartDevice.Connectivity.RemoteProcess

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

RemoteProcess Members

Microsoft.SmartDevice.Connectivity Namespace