Releasing a Connection Manager connection in Pocket PC 2003

Hello,

I am trying to use ConnMgrReleaseConnection to close a connection that I establish with ConnMgrEstablishConnectionSync. On PocketPC 2002, this causes the connection to close, but on PPC 2003, the connection stays open.

I don't want to go through the trouble of using RasHangUp, especially since I don't want to close the connection out from under anyone else that's using the connectoid at the moment. On PPC 2002, the system just kept a ref-count and closed the connection once all programs using it called ConnMgrReleaseConnection.

It may be that the connection just isn't meant to be closed in the new OS, but doesn't that cost people money if they're paying for connection time? The reason I mention this point is that when you click on the little connection icon in the title bar, the bubble that pops up doesn't have any "Disconnect" button like it did in PPC 2002. (Note, however, that the Connection Manager "Help" pages about "ending a connection" refer to a "Disconnect" button.....)

Any thoughts???

Thanks, Frank

What kind of connection, GPRS?

2003 was changed to hold certain connections open since they are only
charged per-byte, not by how much time they are open.

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Randal Ramig
Software Development Engineer
Microsoft Mobile Devices Division

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"Frank" <anonymous.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:44CB5885-E3F2-4E8B-9D24-0FFAD5CF3988@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to use ConnMgrReleaseConnection to close a connection that I
establish with ConnMgrEstablishConnectionSync. On PocketPC 2002, this
causes the connection to close, but on PPC 2003, the connection stays open.
>
> I don't want to go through the trouble of using RasHangUp, especially
since I don't want to close the connection out from under anyone else that's
using the connectoid at the moment. On PPC 2002, the system just kept a
ref-count and closed the connection once all programs using it called
ConnMgrReleaseConnection.
>
> It may be that the connection just isn't meant to be closed in the new OS,
but doesn't that cost people money if they're paying for connection time?
The reason I mention this point is that when you click on the little
connection icon in the title bar, the bubble that pops up doesn't have any
"Disconnect" button like it did in PPC 2002. (Note, however, that the
Connection Manager "Help" pages about "ending a connection" refer to a
"Disconnect" button.....)
>
> Any thoughts???
>
> Thanks, Frank
>
>
>
>
>