Windows Mobile and closing applications

Using a Windows Mobile 5 device, I run an application that I wrote that just
displays a form with one button. I also run File Explorer and then put the
device in the cradle which starts Active Sync. I then proceed to hit the X
in the upper right hand corner of those three applications. Then, go into
Settings..System..Memory..Running Programs and I see all three programs are
still running. This seems odd to me because I "closed" those applications
and there is no way, that I can see, to "alt-tab" through the running
applications once I "close" them.

Is there a special way to close applications under Windows Mobile 5?

Lars
Wed Jun 21 08:34:10 CDT 2006

PhilipH schrieb:
> Using a Windows Mobile 5 device, I run an application that I wrote that just
> displays a form with one button. I also run File Explorer and then put the
> device in the cradle which starts Active Sync. I then proceed to hit the X
> in the upper right hand corner of those three applications. Then, go into
> Settings..System..Memory..Running Programs and I see all three programs are
> still running. This seems odd to me because I "closed" those applications
> and there is no way, that I can see, to "alt-tab" through the running
> applications once I "close" them.
>
> Is there a special way to close applications under Windows Mobile 5?

WM5 closes the apps if necessary. Normally they are just minimized and
by "starting" them again they are only maximized. If the memory gets
short WM5 closes the apps in the background.
If you want to have an option in your app to really close your program
you have to disable the minimize option of the form.

Lars

PhilipH
Wed Jun 21 08:45:01 CDT 2006

I see. Thank you very much, I had suspected that. Is this in some piece of
documentation?

pons
Wed Jun 21 08:50:33 CDT 2006


hi,

The button @ the corner ( X ) means smart minimize. This will run in
background except for the those program which handle for this button.

The button @ the corner ( OK ) means closing of that application.

urs
Pons

Mike
Thu Jun 22 14:18:02 CDT 2006

C#:

this.MinimizeBox = false;



"PhilipH" wrote:

> Using a Windows Mobile 5 device, I run an application that I wrote that just
> displays a form with one button. I also run File Explorer and then put the
> device in the cradle which starts Active Sync. I then proceed to hit the X
> in the upper right hand corner of those three applications. Then, go into
> Settings..System..Memory..Running Programs and I see all three programs are
> still running. This seems odd to me because I "closed" those applications
> and there is no way, that I can see, to "alt-tab" through the running
> applications once I "close" them.
>
> Is there a special way to close applications under Windows Mobile 5?