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+//
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+//
+//
+// Use of this sample source code is subject to the terms of the Microsoft
+// license agreement under which you licensed this sample source code. If
+// you did not accept the terms of the license agreement, you are not
+// authorized to use this sample source code. For the terms of the license,
+// please see the license agreement between you and Microsoft or, if applicable,
+// see the LICENSE.RTF on your install media or the root of your tools installation.
+// THE SAMPLE SOURCE CODE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITH NO WARRANTIES OR INDEMNITIES.
+//
+#region Using directives
+
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+#endregion
+
+namespace GMap.NET.GPS
+{
+   public enum GpsServiceState : int
+   {
+      Off=0,
+      On=1,
+      StartingUp=2,
+      ShuttingDown=3,
+      Unloading=4,
+      Uninitialized=5,
+      Unknown=-1
+   }
+
+   [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+   internal struct FileTime
+   {
+      int dwLowDateTime;
+      int dwHighDateTime;
+   }
+
+   /// <summary>
+   /// GpsDeviceState holds the state of the gps device and the friendly name if the 
+   /// gps supports them.
+   /// </summary>
+   [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+   public class GpsDeviceState
+   {
+      public static int GpsMaxFriendlyName = 64;
+      public static int GpsDeviceStructureSize = 216;
+
+      int serviceState = 0;
+      /// <summary>
+      /// State of the GPS Intermediate Driver service
+      /// </summary>
+      public GpsServiceState ServiceState
+      {
+         get
+         {
+            return (GpsServiceState) serviceState;
+         }
+      }
+
+      int deviceState = 0;
+      /// <summary>
+      /// Status of the actual GPS device driver.
+      /// </summary>
+      public GpsServiceState DeviceState
+      {
+         get
+         {
+            return (GpsServiceState) deviceState;
+         }
+      }
+
+      string friendlyName = "";
+      /// <summary>
+      /// Friendly name of the real GPS device we are currently using.
+      /// </summary>
+      public string FriendlyName
+      {
+         get
+         {
+            return friendlyName;
+         }
+      }
+
+      /// <summary>
+      /// Constructor of GpsDeviceState.  It copies values from the native pointer 
+      /// passed in. 
+      /// </summary>
+      /// <param name="pGpsDevice">Native pointer to memory that contains
+      /// the GPS_DEVICE data</param>
+      public GpsDeviceState(IntPtr pGpsDevice)
+      {
+         // make sure our pointer is valid
+         if(pGpsDevice == IntPtr.Zero)
+         {
+            throw new ArgumentException();
+         }
+
+         // read in the service state which starts at offset 8
+         serviceState = Marshal.ReadInt32(pGpsDevice, 8);
+         // read in the device state which starts at offset 12
+         deviceState = Marshal.ReadInt32(pGpsDevice, 12);
+
+         // the friendly name starts at offset 88
+         IntPtr pFriendlyName = (IntPtr) (pGpsDevice.ToInt32() + 88);
+         // marshal the native string into our gpsFriendlyName
+         friendlyName = Marshal.PtrToStringUni(pFriendlyName);
+      }
+   }
+}