GPSOpenDevice
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4/8/2010
This function creates a connection to the GPS Intermediate Driver.
Syntax
HANDLE GPSOpenDevice(
HANDLE hNewLocationData,
HANDLE hDeviceStateChange,
const WCHAR *szDeviceName,
DWORD dwFlags
);
Parameters
- hNewLocationData
Handle to a Windows Embedded CE event created using CreateEvent, or NULL. The GPS Intermediate Driver signals the passed event whenever it has new GPS location information.
- hDeviceStateChange
Handle to a Windows Embedded CE event created using CreateEvent, or NULL. The GPS Intermediate Driver signals the passed event whenever the state of the device changes.
- szDeviceName
Reserved. Must be NULL.
- dwFlags
Reserved. Must be 0. **
Return Value
If successful, returns a handle to the GPS Intermediate Driver.
If unsuccessful, returns NULL.
Requirements
| Header | gpsapi.h |
| Library | Gpsapi.lib |
| Windows Embedded CE | Windows Embedded CE 6.0 and later |
| Windows Mobile | Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later |
See Also
Reference
GPS Intermediate Driver Functions
Concepts
GPS Intermediate Driver Power Management
Accessing Parsed GPS Data