Connection Manager Connectivity Functions (Compact 2013)

3/26/2014

You can use Connection Manager Connectivity functions to help establish network connections for an application. The following table lists the Connectivity functions.

• CmAcquireConnection
  Acquires a connection for use.

• CmCloseSession
  Closes a connection session.

• CmCreateSession
  Creates a connection session for the purpose of selecting and acquiring a connection.

• CmGetConnectionSelectionResult
  Returns the best result of an attempt to acquire a connection and an IP address pair.

• CmGetFirstCandidateConnection
  Gets the first candidate connection that can be used by an application to try to connect to the specified host.

• CmGetFirstIpAddr
  Gets the first address associated with the specified destination host.

• CmGetNextCandidateConnection
  Gets the next candidate connection that can be used by an application to attempt to connect to the specified host.

• CmGetNextIpAddr
  Gets the next address associated with the specified destination host.

• CmGetPreferencesNeededSize
  Returns the minimum memory allocation required by the CM_PREFERENCES structure.

• CmGetRequirementsNeededSize
  Returns the minimum memory allocation required by the CM_REQUIREMENTS structure.

• CmGetTypeSpecificInfoByConnectionName
  Retrieves data specific to the connection type.

• CmReleaseConnection
  Releases a connection.

• CmSetDataActivityState
  Informs Connection Manager if the application intends to use hSession to send data soon.

• CmSetPreferences
  Associates the connection preferences with a session.

• CmSetPriority
  Associates a priority with a session.

• CmSetRequirements
  Associates connection requirements with a session.

See Also

Reference

Connection Manager Connectivity Reference
Connection Manager Common Enumerations
Connection Manager Connection Configuration Reference
Connection Manager Policy Configuration Reference
Connection Manager Status and Notification Reference