Year 2024 Changes

Common changes

• New Reading connection parameters on Windows 10 has been implemented in the wclGattClient class.
• New Monitoring connection parameters changes on Windows 10 has been implemented in the wclGattClient class.

Bluetooth Framework

Common changes

• New New error code: WCL_E_BT_AUDIO_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BT_AUDIO_WATCHER_STARTED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BT_AUDIO_WATCHER_STOPPED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BT_AUDIO_WATCHER_CREATE_INIT_EVENT_FAILED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BT_AUDIO_WATCHER_CREATE_TERM_EVENT_FAILED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BT_AUDIO_WATCHER_START_THREAD_FAILED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BT_AUDIO_WATCHER_GET_SELECTOR_FAILED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BT_AUDIO_WATCHER_CREATE_FAILED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BT_AUDIO_WATCHER_SET_ADDED_EVENT_FAILED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BT_AUDIO_WATCHER_SET_REMOVED_EVENT_FAILED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BT_AUDIO_WATCHER_START_FAILED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BT_AUDIO_RECEIVER_CLOSED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BT_AUDIO_RECEIVER_OPENED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BT_AUDIO_RECEIVER_CREATE_INIT_EVENT_FAILED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BT_AUDIO_RECEIVER_CREATE_TERM_EVENT_FAILED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BT_AUDIO_RECEIVER_START_THREAD_FAILED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BT_AUDIO_RECEIVER_CREATE_CONNECTION_FAILED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BT_AUDIO_RECEIVER_SET_EVENT_HANDLER_FAILED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BT_AUDIO_RECEIVER_ENABLE_FAILED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BT_AUDIO_RECEIVER_DEVICE_CONNECTED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BT_AUDIO_RECEIVER_START_CONNECT_FAILED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BT_AUDIO_RECEIVER_START_TIMEOUT.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BT_AUDIO_RECEIVER_START_DENIED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BT_AUDIO_RECEIVER_START_UNKNOWN_FAILED.
• New The Bluetooth audio receiver has been added.
• New The Apple Continuity protocol messages parsing has been implemented in the wclBluetoothLeBeaconWatcher class.
• Changed The OnProximityBeaconFrame event has been removed from the wclBluetoothLeBeaconWatcher class; use the OnAppleiBeaconFrame event instead.
• New The new wclBluetoothAudioWatcher class has been added.
• New The new wclBluetoothAudioReceiver class has been added.

.NET Edition

• New The == and != operators to compare wclGattUuid structures have been added.
• New New constructors have been added to the wclGattUuid structure.

C++ Edition

• New The == and != operators to compare wclGattUuid structures have been added.
• New New wclGattMakeUuid function to create a wclGattUuid for short and long GATT UUIDs has been added.

VCL Edition

• New New wclGattCompareUuid function to compare TwclGattUuid structures has been added.
• New New wclGattMakeUuid function to create a TwclGattUuid structure for short and long GATT UUIDs has been added.

Bluetooth Framework

Common changes

• Fix Fixed a short application blocking when a connection terminated by calling the Disconnect method during connecting with the BLED112 Bluetooth dongle.
• Fix Fixed the issue when the real timeout is less than specified in the wclRfCommClient class.

Bluetooth Framework

Common changes

• Fix Fixed the deadlock issue that appeared when the Disconnect method was called during connection with the Microsoft Bluetooth driver.

VCL Edition

• New The messaging subsystem now works on macOS.

Bluetooth Framework

Common changes

• Changed The WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_LE_ADVERTISING error code has been removed.
• Changed The WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_LE_CREATE_ADVERTISING_MUTEX_FAILED error code has been removed.
• Changed The WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_LE_SUBSCRIBE_FAILED error code has been changed.
• Changed The WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_LE_GATT_SERVER_NO_SUBSCRIBED_CLIENTS error code has been changed.
• New New error code: WCL_E_MR_INVALID_THREAD.
• New New error code: WCL_E_MR_UNABLE_CREATE_TERM_EVENT.
• New New error code: WCL_E_MR_INVALID_MESSAGE_PROCESSING_METHOD.
• New New error code: WCL_E_MB_RECEIVER_NOT_FOUND.
• New New error code: WCL_E_PEM_GET_POWER_STATUS_FAILED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_PEM_CREATE_INIT_EVENT_FAILED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_PEM_CREATE_WND_THREAD_FAILED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_PEM_CREATE_WND_FAILED.
• New New exception class: wclEPowerEvents.
• New New exception class: wclEBluetoothManager.
• New New exception class: wclEBluetoothLeSniffer.
• Changed The wclECritical exception class was deleted and replaced with the asserts.
• Changed The wclThread class has been removed.
• Fix Fixed the bug with named events when an event can be set from another process that uses the Wireless Communication Library.
• Changed The message category definition changed.
• New The new message categories have been added.
• Changed The wclWiiCategoryMessage category was renamed to wclWiiRemoteCategoryMessage.
• Changed The wclMessageSynchronizationKind data type was renamed to wclMessageProcessingMethod.
• Changed The GetSyncMethod method has been removed from the wclMessageBroadcaster class.
• Changed The SetSyncMethod method has been removed from the wclMessageBroadcaster class.
• New The new Post method has been added to the wclMessageBroadcaster to provide a way to post a message to a receiver by the receiver's ID.
• New The message timestamp (created, queued, and processed) has been added to the wclMessage class.
• New Now each message receiver has the unique ID.
• Changed The APC message processing method has been removed.
• Improved The asynchronous message processing speed has been increased.
• Improved The messaging subsystem has been completely redesigned.
• New Now each wclMessageReceiver object may have an individual message processing method.
• New The detailed description of the messaging processing subsystem has been published.
• Changed The Wait method has been removed from the wclMessageBroadcaster class.
• Changed The wclOsVersion class has been moved from the wclHelpers file to the wclOsVer file.
• Changed The OsVersion property of the wclOsVersion class has been renamed to OsType.
• Changed The wclGetErrorInfo function has been removed; use the wclErrorInformation class instead.
• New The new psPowerStatusChanged state has been added to the wclPowerEventsMonitor.
• New The new GetPowerStatus method has been added to the wclPowerEventsMonitor.

VCL Edition

• Improved The precompiled Lazarus packages have been updated to Lazarus 3.4 and FPC 3.2.2.

Bluetooth Framework

Common changes

• New New error code: WCL_E_MR_INVALID_THREAD.
• New New error code: WCL_E_MR_UNABLE_CREATE_TERM_EVENT.
• New New error code: WCL_E_MR_INVALID_MESSAGE_PROCESSING_METHOD.
• New New error code: WCL_E_MB_RECEIVER_NOT_FOUND.
• New New error code: WCL_E_PEM_GET_POWER_STATUS_FAILED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_PEM_CREATE_INIT_EVENT_FAILED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_PEM_CREATE_WND_THREAD_FAILED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_PEM_CREATE_WND_FAILED.
• New New exception class: wclEPowerEvents.
• Changed The wclECritical exception class was deleted and replaced with the asserts.
• Changed The wclThread class has been removed.
• Fix Fixed the bug with named events when an event can be set from another process that uses the Wireless Communication Library.
• Changed The message category definition changed.
• New The new message categories have been added.
• Changed The wclWiiCategoryMessage category was renamed to wclWiiRemoteCategoryMessage.
• Changed The wclMessageSynchronizationKind data type was renamed to wclMessageProcessingMethod.
• Changed The GetSyncMethod method has been removed from the wclMessageBroadcaster class.
• Changed The SetSyncMethod method has been removed from the wclMessageBroadcaster class.
• New The new Post method has been added to the wclMessageBroadcaster to provide a way to post a message to a receiver by the receiver's ID.
• New The message timestamp (created, queued, and processed) has been added to the wclMessage class.
• New Now each message receiver has the unique ID.
• Changed The APC message processing method has been removed.
• Improved The asynchronous message processing speed has been increased.
• Improved The messaging subsystem has been completely redesigned.
• New Now each wclMessageReceiver object may have an individual message processing method.
• New The detailed description of the messaging processing subsystem has been published.
• Changed The Wait method has been removed from the wclMessageBroadcaster class.
• Changed The wclOsVersion class has been moved from the wclHelpers file to the wclOsVer file.
• Changed The OsVersion property of the wclOsVersion class has been renamed to OsType.
• Changed The wclGetErrorInfo function has been removed; use the wclErrorInformation class instead.
• New The new psPowerStatusChanged state has been added to the wclPowerEventsMonitor.
• New The new GetPowerStatus method has been added to the wclPowerEventsMonitor.
• New New exception class: wclESerial.
• New New exception class: wclESerialMonitor.
• New New exception class: wclESerialClient.

VCL Edition

• Improved The precompiled Lazarus packages have been updated to Lazarus 3.4 and FPC 3.2.2.

Serial Framework

Common changes

• New New error code: WCL_E_MR_INVALID_THREAD.
• New New error code: WCL_E_MR_UNABLE_CREATE_TERM_EVENT.
• New New error code: WCL_E_MR_INVALID_MESSAGE_PROCESSING_METHOD.
• New New error code: WCL_E_MB_RECEIVER_NOT_FOUND.
• New New error code: WCL_E_PEM_GET_POWER_STATUS_FAILED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_PEM_CREATE_INIT_EVENT_FAILED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_PEM_CREATE_WND_THREAD_FAILED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_PEM_CREATE_WND_FAILED.
• New New exception class: wclEPowerEvents.
• Changed The wclECritical exception class was deleted and replaced with the asserts.
• Changed The wclThread class has been removed.
• Fix Fixed the bug with named events when an event can be set from another process that uses the Wireless Communication Library.
• Changed The message category definition changed.
• New The new message categories have been added.
• Changed The wclWiiCategoryMessage category was renamed to wclWiiRemoteCategoryMessage.
• Changed The wclMessageSynchronizationKind data type was renamed to wclMessageProcessingMethod.
• Changed The GetSyncMethod method has been removed from the wclMessageBroadcaster class.
• Changed The SetSyncMethod method has been removed from the wclMessageBroadcaster class.
• New The new Post method has been added to the wclMessageBroadcaster to provide a way to post a message to a receiver by the receiver's ID.
• New The message timestamp (created, queued, and processed) has been added to the wclMessage class.
• New Now each message receiver has the unique ID.
• Changed The APC message processing method has been removed.
• Improved The asynchronous message processing speed has been increased.
• Improved The messaging subsystem has been completely redesigned.
• New Now each wclMessageReceiver object may have an individual message processing method.
• New The detailed description of the messaging processing subsystem has been published.
• Changed The Wait method has been removed from the wclMessageBroadcaster class.
• Changed The wclOsVersion class has been moved from the wclHelpers file to the wclOsVer file.
• Changed The OsVersion property of the wclOsVersion class has been renamed to OsType.
• Changed The wclGetErrorInfo function has been removed; use the wclErrorInformation class instead.
• New The new psPowerStatusChanged state has been added to the wclPowerEventsMonitor.
• New The new GetPowerStatus method has been added to the wclPowerEventsMonitor.
• New New exception class: wclEWiFiEvents.
• New New exception class: wclEWiFiDirect.
• New New exception class: wclEWiFiNlm.

VCL Edition

• Improved The precompiled Lazarus packages have been updated to Lazarus 3.4 and FPC 3.2.2.

Wi-Fi Framework

Common changes

• Fix Fixed the bug when the WCL_E_SERIAL_UNABLE_CLEAR_BUFFERS error code returned during opening a virtual COM port.

Serial Framework

Common changes

• Changed The WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_UNABLE_ADD_ADP_RECORD error code has been renamed to WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_UNABLE_ADD_SDP_RECORD.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_DRIVER_BUSY.
• Improved The TurnOn and TurnOff methods of the wclBluetoothRadioRadio class now return the WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_DRIVER_BUSY error code if a Bluetooth driver is busy.
• Improved The BluetoothManager sample application has been updated to show how to prevent a radio object from switching off.

Bluetooth Framework

Common changes

• New The Drone Remote ID messages receiving and decoding has been added to the wclBluetoothLeBeaconWatcher class.
• New The Drone Remote ID sample applications can be found by this link.

VCL Edition

• Fix Fixed the CBuilder Beacons demo application building issue.

Bluetooth Framework

Common changes

• Improved The Drone Remote ID support code has been redesigned.

.NET Edition

• Changed The Drone remote ID support has been moved to a separate assembly.

C++ Edition

• Changed The Drone remote ID support has been moved to a separate library.

VCL Edition

• Changed The Drone remote ID support has been moved to a separate package.

Wi-Fi Framework

Common changes

• Improved The Bluetooth HCI and LMP version descriptions were updated.
• Changed The parameters were removed from the Start method of the wclBluetoothLeBeaconWatcher class.
• New The new AllowExtendedAdvertisements property has been added to the wclBluetoothLeBeaconWatcher class. The property allows you to control receiving the Bluetooth LE extended advertisements.
• New The Microsoft connected devices platform protocol (CDP) advertisement parser has been added to the wclBluetoothLeBeaconWatcher class.
• Changed The Interval parameter has been removed from the Start method of the wclBluetoothLeAdvertiser class; use the properties instead.
• New The new GetBluetoothVersion method has been added to the wclBluetoothRadio class.
• Improved The Beacons sample application has been updated to show how to use the AllowExtendedAdvertisements property.
• Fix Fixed the sample applications building issue with CBuilder 12.

Bluetooth Framework

Common changes

• Improved The Notify method of the wclGattLocalCharacteristic class now returns an error if the address is 0.
• New The new Notify method of the wclGattLocalCharacteristic class without the Address parameter should be used to send notifications to all connected clients.
• Improved The notification sending speed in the GATT server has been increased.
• Improved The read request processing time has been decreased.
• Improved The write request processing time has been decreased.
• Fix Fixed the bug in the GATT server implementation when the OnUnsubscribed event was not called if a client was disconnected.
• Changed The WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_LE_GATT_SERVER_GET_CLIENTS_LIST_FAILED error code has been removed.
• Changed The WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_LE_GATT_SERVER_GET_CLIENTS_COUNT_FAILED error code has been removed.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_LE_GATT_SERVER_NO_SUBSCRIBED_CLIENTS.
• Improved The GattServer sample application has been updated to show how to use all the GATT server features.

Bluetooth Framework

Common changes

• Changed The GetName method has been removed from the wclWiFiDirectDeviceWatcher class.
• Fix Fixed the bug in the wclWiFiDirectSoftAp class when the local and remote IP addresses could not be read.
• Fix Fixed the application freezing issue that appeared when disconnecting from a Wi-Fi Direct device.
• Fix Fixed the application freezing issue that appeared when a connection to a Wi-Fi Direct device was terminating.
• Fix Fixed the application freezing issue that appeared when terminating the incoming Wi-Fi Direct connection.
• Changed The WCL_E_WIFI_DIRECT_DEVICE_GET_NAME_FAILED error code has been removed.
• New New error code: WCL_E_WIFI_DIRECT_DEVICE_GET_ID_FAILED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_WIFI_DIRECT_DEVICE_BUSY.

.NET Edition

• Improved Minor updates in the WiFi Direct demo applications.

Wi-Fi Framework

Common changes

• Improved The GetConnectionAttributes method now returns the WCL_E_WIFI_INTERFACE_NOT_CONNECTED error if an interface is not connected to a network.
• New New error code: WCL_E_WIFI_DIRECT_PAIR_AUTHENTICATION_FAILURE.
• New New error code: WCL_E_WIFI_DIRECT_ADVERTISER_INVALID_OS_BITS.
• Changed The GetCountyOrRegions method has been renamed to GetCountryOrRegions.
• New The new SsidToHex method has been added to the wclWiFiProfilesManager class. The method helps to get the XML profile's HEX for SSID.
• Fix Fixed the connection issue in the Wi-Fi Direct implementation.
• Improved The optimization for faster connection has been made in the Wi-Fi Direct implementation.
• Fix Fixed the bug with not connecting from the Linux wpa_supplicant.

Wi-Fi Framework

Common changes

• New The Drone Remote ID (DRI) messages receiving and decoding has been implemented.
• New The new Drone Remote ID sample applications can be found by this link.

Wi-Fi Framework

Common changes

• New New error code: WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_LE_INVALID_CONNECTION_PARAMETERS_VALUE.
• Fix Fixed the issue when some BLE devices were detected as classic with the Microsoft Bluetooth driver.
• Improved The SetConnectionParams method now returns the WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_LE_INVALID_CONNECTION_PARAMETERS_VALUE error code instead of the WCL_E_INVALID_ARGUMENT if the specified connection parameters are not valid.
• Fix Fixed the bug when the GATT server did not release resources, which caused the Bluetooth Manager to freeze on a Close method call.

Bluetooth Framework

Common changes

• New The new GetConnectedPeers method has been added to the wclWiFiHostedNetwork class. The method wraps the GetStatus method to simplify enumerating connected devices.
• New The new wclWiFiInformationElementParser class has been added. The class allows you to extract the Information Elements (IEs) from the BSS raw IE data stream.

Wi-Fi Framework

Common changes

• New New error code: WCL_E_WIFI_HN_OPEN_IP_SETTINGS_FAILED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_WIFI_HN_READ_IP_FAILED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_WIFI_HN_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_WIFI_HN_GET_IP_TABLE_FAILED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_WIFI_HN_PEER_NOT_FOUND.
• Fix Fixed the issue in the wclWiFiHostedNetwork class that appeared when starting Hosted Network if it was disabled.
• Improved The GetState method of the wclWiFiHostedNetwork class now can be called without opening the Hosted Network.
• Improved The SetState method of the wclWiFiHostedNetwork now can be called without opening the Hosted Network.
• New The local IP address reading has been added to the wclWiFiHostedNetwork class.
• New The connected peer IP address reading has been added to the wclWiFiHostedNetwork class.

C++ Edition

• Improved The WinAPI definitions have been updated.

Wi-Fi Framework

C++ Edition

• Improved The WinAPI definitions have been updated.

Bluetooth Framework

C++ Edition

• Improved The WinAPI definitions have been updated.

Serial Framework

Common changes

• Fix Fixed the deadlock issue that appeared when the skThread synchronization method was used.

.NET Edition

• Fix Fixed the resource leak in the wclOsVersion class.
• Improved The WinAPI calls have been optimized.

C++ Edition

• Improved The internal API definitions have been updated to prevent conflicts with the WinAPI headers.

Bluetooth Framework

.NET Edition

• Fix Fixed the resource leak in the wclOsVersion class.
• Improved WinAPI calls have been optimized.

C++ Edition

• Improved The internal API definitions have been updated to prevent conflicts with the WinAPI headers.

Wi-Fi Framework

Common changes

• Fix Fixed the deadlock issue that appeared when the skThread synchronization method was used.

.NET Edition

• Fix Fixed the resource leak in the wclOsVersion class.
• Improved The WinAPI calls have been optimized.

C++ Edition

• Improved The internal API definitions have been updated to prevent conflicts with the WinAPI headers.

Serial Framework

Common changes

• New New error code: WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_OPEN_RADIO_INVALID_DRIVER.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_OPEN_RADIO_INVALID_PATH.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_OPEN_RADIO_ACCESS_DENIED.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_OPEN_RADIO_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_OPEN_RADIO_IN_USE.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_OPEN_RADIO_INVALID_PARAM.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_OPEN_RADIO_INVALID_NAME.
• New New error code: WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_OPEN_RADIO_COUNT_LIMIT.
• New The extended error decoding when setting the Bluetooth LE scan parameters has been added.
• Fix Fixed the bug that appeared on some machines when changing Bluetooth LE scan parameters returned the WCL_E_BLUETOOTH_OPEN_RADIO_FAILED error code.

Bluetooth Framework

Common changes

• Improved The Bluetooth LE appearance constants have been updated.
• New The Bluetooth LE GAP appearance UUID definitions have been added.
• New The Bluetooth LE GATT service UUID definitions have been added.
• New The Bluetooth LE GATT characteristic UUID definitions have been added.
• New The Bluetooth LE GATT descriptor UUID definitions have been added.
• New The TX power advertisement frame parsing has been added to the wclBluetoothLeBeaconsWatcher class.
• New The appearance advertisement frame parsing has been added to the wclBluetoothLeBeaconsWatcher class.

Bluetooth Framework