Events

Articles at Pocket PC Developer Network

• QA: How to implement autorun from a storage card?
  June 02, 2003. I want to start an application when the user inserts or removes a storage card. How do I implement such functionality?
• QA: How can I write application what will be run every time the device is switched on?
  July 23, 2002. I want my application to be active every time when the device is switched on (after soft reset or after wake up). Like the default iPAQ password application. How can I do it?
• QA: How can I register my program to run at a certain time?
  February 22, 2002. I would like to set it so that my program launches itself at some later time (even if my PocketPC is turned off). Can I do this and how?

MS Knowledge base

• Q276556 - HOWTO: Launch Device-Side Applications at System Events
  2/3/2001. The CeRunAppAtEvent API function allows developers to launch an application when a specified event occurs. Such events include the following: When a PC Card device is changed, When a full device data restore completes, When an RS232 connection is made, When data synchronization finishes, When the system time is changed, When the time zone is changed, When the device wakes up

Questions and Answers at www.cegadgets.com

• How can I make I application startup on system startup?
  27-Mar-01.
• Why should I pay any attention to WM_HIBERNATE?
  27-Mar-01.

Innovative Decision Support Systems

• Using CeRunApAtEvent in eVB
  9/16/01. CeRunAppAtEvent is a useful API call that can be used to launch an app when the device finishes syncing, loses AC power, comes back from sleep mode and several other events. In this quick code snippet, Chris Tacke shows all of the available constants and how to use them

Libraries

• Timer
  ActiveX control. Timer ActiveX Control will also keep the device from going into suspend mode when running a program without user input.