Vista - 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

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>