newbie question

Hello;

I am new in PDA business. I have a Pocket PC made by Medion. The OS is
Windows 2003.

I bought the PDA for my wife and she entered all of her contacts and tasks
and . into it but forgot to charge it in time and bang! All of the data was
gone.

What I would like to know is if there is any way that I can set the system
to generate a beep or other type of warning when its battery nearly dead?

Is there any free software that I can get?



I am a C++ programmer and have a let of experience in writing C++ for
windows but I never write code for PDA. Can I write such software by myself?
What do I need other than MSVC 7 that I have?



Best Regards

alan
Sun Apr 03 08:17:24 CDT 2005

Did you look on the CD that came with your ppc? Some ppc's come with
additional programs- my Asus has 2 different programs as well as the
universal one- activesync.

They have activesync on it so that you can connect the ppc to your pc,
and if you look on the menus of options available there is a
backup/restore option. If you don't have the CD it is a free download
from microsoft.


Other than that there are programs you can buy to backup.

btw- this is one of the best cross-postings I've seen in a while. Try
and find a relevant group or couple of groups and use them- some people
won't respond to such over zealous cross-postings, and it is
understandable. What relevance is ebooks etc to your question? You want
help and co-operation so try and be a little more selective.

"ma" <ma@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:ec45GGEOFHA.3788@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
| Hello;
|
| I am new in PDA business. I have a Pocket PC made by Medion. The
OS is
| Windows 2003.
|
| I bought the PDA for my wife and she entered all of her contacts and
tasks
| and . into it but forgot to charge it in time and bang! All of the
data was
| gone.
|
| What I would like to know is if there is any way that I can set the
system
| to generate a beep or other type of warning when its battery nearly
dead?
|
| Is there any free software that I can get?
|
|
|
| I am a C++ programmer and have a let of experience in writing C++ for
| windows but I never write code for PDA. Can I write such software by
myself?
| What do I need other than MSVC 7 that I have?
|
|
|
| Best Regards
|
|

Tony
Sun Apr 03 09:19:12 CDT 2005

ma wrote:
[...]
> What I would like to know is if there is any way that I can set the
> system to generate a beep or other type of warning when its battery
> nearly dead?
>
I'm not sure, but the important thing is to develop the habit of using the
device the way it is intended, i.e. when it is not in use, it should be
sitting in the cradle charging. It's not a case of waiting until it "needs"
charging. Likewise synchronise the data with a PC, then if you do lose the
data, it's easy to restore it.

> I am a C++ programmer and have a let of experience in writing C++ for
> windows but I never write code for PDA. Can I write such software by
> myself? What do I need other than MSVC 7 that I have?
>
embedded visual c++ http://tinyurl.com/6yow

Tony

MA
Sun Apr 03 10:40:14 CDT 2005

You are true. I think I made a mistake. I didn't want to cross post to all
of these newsgroups but I think I mistakenly select them during posting
instad of selection them to subscribe to them. Sorry you all guys!

Best regards

"alan smith" <alan@REMOVEmral.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:d2oqh1$kpb$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
> Did you look on the CD that came with your ppc? Some ppc's come with
> additional programs- my Asus has 2 different programs as well as the
> universal one- activesync.
>
> They have activesync on it so that you can connect the ppc to your pc,
> and if you look on the menus of options available there is a
> backup/restore option. If you don't have the CD it is a free download
> from microsoft.
>
>
> Other than that there are programs you can buy to backup.
>
> btw- this is one of the best cross-postings I've seen in a while. Try
> and find a relevant group or couple of groups and use them- some people
> won't respond to such over zealous cross-postings, and it is
> understandable. What relevance is ebooks etc to your question? You want
> help and co-operation so try and be a little more selective.
>
> "ma" <ma@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:ec45GGEOFHA.3788@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> | Hello;
> |
> | I am new in PDA business. I have a Pocket PC made by Medion. The
> OS is
> | Windows 2003.
> |
> | I bought the PDA for my wife and she entered all of her contacts and
> tasks
> | and . into it but forgot to charge it in time and bang! All of the
> data was
> | gone.
> |
> | What I would like to know is if there is any way that I can set the
> system
> | to generate a beep or other type of warning when its battery nearly
> dead?
> |
> | Is there any free software that I can get?
> |
> |
> |
> | I am a C++ programmer and have a let of experience in writing C++ for
> | windows but I never write code for PDA. Can I write such software by
> myself?
> | What do I need other than MSVC 7 that I have?
> |
> |
> |
> | Best Regards
> |
> |
>
>

Zeus
Sun Apr 03 15:36:00 CDT 2005

You my write programs on PPC in embedded VC++ 4, its free to download
from Microsoft.

Pawel Bohdziewicz
POLAND

MA napisa³(a):
> You are true. I think I made a mistake. I didn't want to cross post to all
> of these newsgroups but I think I mistakenly select them during posting
> instad of selection them to subscribe to them. Sorry you all guys!
>
> Best regards
>
> "alan smith" <alan@REMOVEmral.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:d2oqh1$kpb$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
>
>>Did you look on the CD that came with your ppc? Some ppc's come with
>>additional programs- my Asus has 2 different programs as well as the
>>universal one- activesync.
>>
>>They have activesync on it so that you can connect the ppc to your pc,
>>and if you look on the menus of options available there is a
>>backup/restore option. If you don't have the CD it is a free download
>>from microsoft.
>>
>>
>>Other than that there are programs you can buy to backup.
>>
>>btw- this is one of the best cross-postings I've seen in a while. Try
>>and find a relevant group or couple of groups and use them- some people
>>won't respond to such over zealous cross-postings, and it is
>>understandable. What relevance is ebooks etc to your question? You want
>>help and co-operation so try and be a little more selective.
>>
>>"ma" <ma@nowhere.com> wrote in message
>>news:ec45GGEOFHA.3788@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>| Hello;
>>|
>>| I am new in PDA business. I have a Pocket PC made by Medion. The
>>OS is
>>| Windows 2003.
>>|
>>| I bought the PDA for my wife and she entered all of her contacts and
>>tasks
>>| and . into it but forgot to charge it in time and bang! All of the
>>data was
>>| gone.
>>|
>>| What I would like to know is if there is any way that I can set the
>>system
>>| to generate a beep or other type of warning when its battery nearly
>>dead?
>>|
>>| Is there any free software that I can get?
>>|
>>|
>>|
>>| I am a C++ programmer and have a let of experience in writing C++ for
>>| windows but I never write code for PDA. Can I write such software by
>>myself?
>>| What do I need other than MSVC 7 that I have?
>>|
>>|
>>|
>>| Best Regards
>>|
>>|
>>
>>
>
>
>

Ray5531
Sat Apr 09 02:57:46 CDT 2005

There is a back up capability in wondows mobile that you can use to back
your info up before the backup battry is dead try that one as an
alternative.

HTH
Reza Alirezaei

"ma" <ma@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:ec45GGEOFHA.3788@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hello;
>
> I am new in PDA business. I have a Pocket PC made by Medion. The OS is
> Windows 2003.
>
> I bought the PDA for my wife and she entered all of her contacts and tasks
> and . into it but forgot to charge it in time and bang! All of the data
> was
> gone.
>
> What I would like to know is if there is any way that I can set the system
> to generate a beep or other type of warning when its battery nearly dead?
>
> Is there any free software that I can get?
>
>
>
> I am a C++ programmer and have a let of experience in writing C++ for
> windows but I never write code for PDA. Can I write such software by
> myself?
> What do I need other than MSVC 7 that I have?
>
>
>
> Best Regards
>
>