Re: strange behaviour

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From: Alex Feinman [MVP] (public_news_at_alexfeinman.com)
Date: 08/26/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 08:49:17 -0700

I asked the question precisely because I suspected the answer will be XDA2.
Your description had all the right signs of the infamous
XDA2-running-out-of-available-processes issue. The limit is a hard
restriction in the OS, but following Peter's advice should let you alleviate
the problem 

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Alex Feinman
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"Mark Irvine" <markpirvine@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:u4qkf%23ziEHA.2812@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Alex,
>
> I'm using the XDA 2 (from O2) powered by pocket pc 2003.  Is it possible 
> to
> change this limit?
>
> Mark
>
> "Alex Feinman [MVP]" <public_news@alexfeinman.com> wrote in message
> news:eXoZz%23tiEHA.2808@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> What is your device? I think you might be reaching an active process
> limit.
>> This will force come apps to close even if you have plenty of memory
>>
>> -- 
>> Alex Feinman
>> ---
>> Visit http://www.opennetcf.org
>> "Mark Irvine" <markpirvine@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:OiqkjzpiEHA.3148@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> > Peter,
>> >
>> > Many thanks for the prompt reply.  Part of the closing procedure is to
> ask
>> > the user if they want to save data, so state is maintained. I chedked
> the
>> > memory status and 48MB free for programs to use.  It does also happen
>> > sometimes when in the application.  I'm very confused.
>> >
>> > Mark
>> >
>> > "Peter Foot [MVP]" <feedback@nospam-inthehand.com> wrote in message
>> > news:e%23ZxTrpiEHA.3632@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> >> If the system is running low on memory it will try to close
> applications
>> > and
>> >> if your app is relegated to the background it will be eligible for 
>> >> this
>> >> "cleanup". You need to design your app to save it's state so a user 
>> >> can
>> > load
>> >> it and resume from wherever they left off. Also look at the memory
> usage
>> > of
>> >> your app (or other apps running concurrently) and see if you can 
>> >> reduce
>> >> this.
>> >>
>> >> Peter
>> >>
>> >> -- 
>> >> Peter Foot
>> >> Windows Embedded MVP
>> >> www.inthehand.com | www.opennetcf.org
>> >>
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>> >>
>> >> "Mark Irvine" <markpirvine@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:%23HNSyjpiEHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> >
>> >> > I'm having a rather strange problem with a c# app that I wrote, 
>> >> > every
>> > now
>> >> > and then - no pattern at all, the close method appears to be
>> > automatically
>> >> > called and the application closes down.  This has happened to me a
> few
>> >> > times, but I can't understand why.  On most occassions this happens
>> >> > when
>> >> > the
>> >> > user taps the start menu and opens another application.  Has anyone
>> >> > come
>> >> > across this before?
>> >> >
>> >> > Mark
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

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