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  1. #1


    RexEast Guest

    Simple Windows Mobile question

    Hi,

    I am making my first Windows Mobile app, a simple countdown timer for my
    Windows Mobile 6.1 Pocket PC (in C#). The alarm works fine in general.
    However, if I've let my Pocket PC sit idle for more than 1 minute and the
    display turns off, then the alarm will not sound until I press the "power"
    button to wake it back up. This makes the timer pretty much useless: for
    example, what if I want to be woken up after a 30-minute nap?

    When I go to Settings > System > Power > Advanced, it says "Turn off if
    device is not used for 1 minute". I figure this setting is responsible.
    However, I don't want to change this because in general it's useful for my
    screen to go dark and for the buttons to lock after a minute.

    I am sure this issue must have been encountered before. I just want this to
    behave like Pocket Outlook, which sounds the alarm whether the screen is on
    or off. I did a search and found the following thread, which is similar to
    mine, but it seems this guy wants to boot his operating system entirely from
    an "off" state, whereas I just want to "wake it up" from whatever suspended
    mode it was in.

    http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/Sho...82555&SiteID=1

    By the way, I've had other issues with this 1-minute timeout. For example,
    if I'm synchronizing music from Windows Media Player with my device, the sync
    will be interrupted if I leave it unsupervised for 1 minute. This is
    incredibly annoying. I must be doing something wrong, right?

    Thanks,



    Rex

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  2. #2


    Michael Nemtsev [MVP] Guest

    Re: Simple Windows Mobile question

    Hello RexEast,

    Post this questiom to compactframework group.

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    R> Hi,
    R>
    R> I am making my first Windows Mobile app, a simple countdown timer for
    R> my Windows Mobile 6.1 Pocket PC (in C#). The alarm works fine in
    R> general. However, if I've let my Pocket PC sit idle for more than 1
    R> minute and the display turns off, then the alarm will not sound until
    R> I press the "power" button to wake it back up. This makes the timer
    R> pretty much useless: for example, what if I want to be woken up after
    R> a 30-minute nap?
    R>
    R> When I go to Settings > System > Power > Advanced, it says "Turn off
    R> if device is not used for 1 minute". I figure this setting is
    R> responsible. However, I don't want to change this because in general
    R> it's useful for my screen to go dark and for the buttons to lock
    R> after a minute.
    R>
    R> I am sure this issue must have been encountered before. I just want
    R> this to behave like Pocket Outlook, which sounds the alarm whether
    R> the screen is on or off. I did a search and found the following
    R> thread, which is similar to mine, but it seems this guy wants to boot
    R> his operating system entirely from an "off" state, whereas I just
    R> want to "wake it up" from whatever suspended mode it was in.
    R>
    R> http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/Sho...982555&SiteID=
    R> 1
    R>
    R> By the way, I've had other issues with this 1-minute timeout. For
    R> example, if I'm synchronizing music from Windows Media Player with my
    R> device, the sync will be interrupted if I leave it unsupervised for 1
    R> minute. This is incredibly annoying. I must be doing something wrong,
    R> right?
    R>
    R> Thanks,
    R>
    R> Rex
    R>



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