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| | 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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| | Re: Simple Windows Mobile question Hello RexEast, Post this questiom to compactframework group. --- WBR, Michael Nemtsev [Microsoft MVP] :: blog: http://spaces.live.com/laflour :: http://twitter.com/laflour "The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it" (c) Michelangelo 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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