BthReadAuthenticationEnable (Compact 2013)

3/26/2014

This function indicates whether authentication is enabled or disabled.

Syntax

int BthReadAuthenticationEnable(
  unsigned char *pae
);

Parameters

  • pae
    [in] Pointer to the value that indicates whether authentication is enabled or disabled:

    • A value of 0x00 indicates that authentication is disabled.
    • A value of 0x01 indicates that authentication is enabled for all connections.

Return Value

The following table shows the possible return values.

Value

Description

ERROR_SUCCESS

Success.

ERROR_SERVICE_NOT_ACTIVE

The Bluetooth stack is not present.

Other standard HRESULT error codes may be returned as appropriate.

Remarks

The authentication setting controls whether the local device is required to authenticate the remote device when setting up the connection. The authentication occurs between the request for, or acceptance of, a connection and the completion of connection setup.

For more information, see "Read Authentication Enable" in the Core Specification v2.1 + EDR on the Bluetooth website.

Note

To preserve Microsoft Win32 compatibility, consider using the Winsock equivalent of this function. To do so, set the optname parameter in the getsockopt function to SO_BTH_GET_AUTHN_ENABLE.

Requirements

Header

bt_api.h

Library

Btdrt.lib

See Also

Reference

Bluetooth API Management Functions