JimS
Mon Aug 21 12:31:02 CDT 2006
Thanks ctack - I'll give it a try.
"<ctacke/>" wrote:
> Interrupts are fairly irrelevent from the application perspective. All you
> need to know is that you need to net us a user notification. This can be
> done using CeRunAppAtTime or CeSetUserNotification in C/C++. From managed
> code it's a fair amount of P/Invoking, greatly simplified here:
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http://opennetcf.org/library/OpenNETCF.WindowsCE.Notification.NotifyMembers.html
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> Chris Tacke
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> "Jim S" <JimS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F7F9B480-D739-4D62-BAE3-13D5C5ACBA0B@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks <ctacke/>. Not sure what a "match regiser interrrupt" is but I'll
> > start digging.
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> > "<ctacke/>" wrote:
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> >> No. When the device goes to sleep, ALL program execution halts - that's
> >> part of the point of sleep. If you need something to happen in the
> >> future,
> >> use a notification, which will set up a match regiser interrrupt in the
> >> processor and wake it when you want. At that point you can handle the
> >> notification and do whatever it is you need done.
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> >> Chris Tacke
> >> OpenNETCF Consulting
> >> www.opennetcf.com
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> >> "Jim S" <JimS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:11347EA6-D38E-4EE0-A2C4-C54EAC91ABC0@microsoft.com...
> >> > Is there way to force the Timer control to keep ticking when the device
> >> > is
> >> > off? I have an app that needs to do something 10 minutes after it's
> >> > launched
> >> > regardless if the device is on or off during that time (similar to a
> >> > windows
> >> > service - kind of). Since running ppc apps maintain their state
> >> > between
> >> > off/sleep periods I would think the timer would continue to run but
> >> > that
> >> > does
> >> > not seem to be the case in my testing. Doesn't ActiveSync continue to
> >> > run
> >> > when the device is "off"?
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Jim
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