Appledls
Thu Dec 30 16:21:04 CST 2004
Thanks for all the info. :-)
"r_z_aret@pen_fact.com" wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 11:49:04 -0800, "Appledls"
> <Appledls@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >We have a Unix application that we want our end users to access using a
> >Symbol mobile computer/handheld device (I'm not sure which specific product)
> >that runs Windows Mobile 2003 /Pocket PC 2003, with an emulation software
> >that can connect to our Unix machine. Is there a way for us to configure
> >Windows Mobile 2003 to automatically load the emulation software when the
> >device is turned on, at the same time restricting the users from accessing
> >any other applications? That is, their access is limited to the emulation
> >software.
> >
> >What would be the best solution to do this.
>
> Several parts to this question:
>
> 1) The on/off button on a Windows CE/Windows Mobile/Pocket PC device
> does not really turn the device on or off. Main memory (used for
> temporary storage as programs are running _and_ as a pseudo-disk)
> loses its contents when power is shut off. So the on/off button really
> just suspends and wakes up the device. I'm pretty sure you can use the
> CeRunAppAtEvent function to handle such events, but I have never
> tried.
>
> 2) You can more easily make sure your program starts whenever a user
> does a soft reboot. Much like "big" Windows, you can put a shortcut in
> the startup folder. The startup folder does not have the same name or
> location for Windows Mobile as for "big" Windows. And it has yet
> another location for earlier versions of Windows CE. If you are using
> CAB files to install the app, the inf file has syntax to specify the
> startup location generically. If you are using C/C++,
> SHGetSpecialFolderLocation provides a generic way to find the startup
> folder
>
> 3) You should not be surprised to learn that other folks would like to
> lock down Symbol and other Pocket PCs. This is actually much harder
> than locking down "big" Windows. I don't know Unix enough to compare
> in this context. The "generic" name for this seems to be "kiosk mode".
> So, you can get more info by using google
> (
http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search) to look up
> kiosk
> in this newsgroup.
>
> The following are also relevant:
>
http://www.credant.com/
>
http://www.pocketpcdn.com/articles/kiosk.html
>
http://www.pocketpcdn.com/articles/kiosk_mode.html
> I have not tried any of the packages.
>
>
>
http://www.pocketpcdn.com/articles/run_at_startup.html
>
>
> >
> >Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks.
>
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