Symbian S60 - Multiple connections with a single connection dialog

Question

Hi all,

My application needs up to 3 simultaneous download connections. I am currently using a (slightly altered) CWebClient class provided in the Carbide UI framework, however using multiple instances of this for each connection prompts me multiple types to "select access point"

An RSocketServ and an RConnection object exist in the class, these appear to be the things that open the access point. Would it be a good enough solution to make these static objects (singleton) so the access point is only called once?

Any one have any experience/thoughts?

Thanks!

Just in case you wonder, I am using S60 3rd ed. FP2 v1.1

Answer 1

The other way is to suppress "Select Access Point" dialog. You can do it by using CIntConnectionInitiator to establish a connection. Although this class isn't documented there is a bunch of examples on forum.nokia.com.

Answer 2

I assume you mean "simultaneous", not "synchronous" or you'll need 3 different RThread to do the job.

RConnection should be the class that triggers the access point selection dialog.

If you write your own code, get one instance of RSocketServ and 3 instances of RSocket. That should be enough. The access point selection dialog will only occur when the connection is established, which will happen only once until you hit a non-coverage area or your downloads time out.

Answer 3

Roll your own accesspoint (AP) selector and store the AP ID . Then use TCommDbConnPref to set AP ID and suppress the dialog.