Re: Checking if device is docked - please help

Thanks, that works perfectly.

"Christian Resma Helle" wrote:

If you're using Windows Mobile 5.0 or higher then you should check out the
CradlePresent SystemState from the SNAPI (Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Status)

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Regards,
Christian Resma Helle
http://christian-helle.blogspot.com


"Rob S" <RobS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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This is driving me mad, i'm using the below code:

public static bool IsDeviceDocked()
{
bool bRetVal = false;
try
{
string sHostName = Dns.GetHostName();

IPHostEntry ipheThisHost = Dns.GetHostByName(sHostName);
IPAddress ipThisAddr = ipheThisHost.AddressList[0];

string ip = ipThisAddr.ToString();
string localhost = IPAddress.Parse("127.0.0.1").ToString();

if (ip == localhost)
{
bRetVal = false;
}
else
{
bRetVal = true;
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// TODO: Add your own exception handling here
}
return bRetVal;
}

Basically, if i start the application while it's docked then it returns
true
(as it should), if the application is started docked but then unplugged it
still returns true, if i start it unplugged then it returns false.

What is a reliable way of telling if it's docked or not? Nothing seems to
work for me.

Thanks guys



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