Re: Windows mobile 5.0 screen saver

You didn't actually understand what that was about. Those items only apply
for the thin client shell that a Windows CE OEM *can* add to their device.
No WM5 devices have that that I'm aware of, so this isn't going to work on a
Pocket PC. For that matter, only a *very* small percentage of Windows CE
5-based devices would use the thin client shell. None of our devices use
that shell, for example. It's a specific case that doesn't apply to the
device that you want to target...

Paul T.

"pixelord" <pixelord@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:90BDA0B3-77AF-4352-8BA2-5C46F843A1A1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi!
>
> Sorry for the local msdn link: Here goes the online link:
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wcetarget5/html/wce50conconfigurescreensaversinthinclient.asp
>
> and
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wcedsn40/html/cmconkeyboardregistrysettings.asp
>
> Now you can read the content and share your knowledge with me.
>
> Thank you
>
>
>
> "pixelord" wrote:
>
>> Hi Paul!
>>
>> Thank you for your reply! I read in the MSDN document that in WM 5.0 the
>> screen saver is a dll that is invoked by the system. The time out
>> configuration need to be write in registry. Here goes the msdn link:
>>
>> ms-help://MS.MSDNQTR.v80.en/MS.MSDN.v80/MS.WINCE.v50.en/wcetarget5/html/wce50conConfigureScreenSaversInThinClient.htm
>>
>> Can you help me to understand this? though it is for think client, does
>> this
>> apply for any WM 5.0 device?
>>
>> According to your reply, a screensaver is a simple application that will
>> activate after a certain period of inactivity (I understand that). But my
>> problem was, how can I determine the idle time? Will the screensaver will
>> always run in background?
>>
>> thnx in advance!
>>
>> :-)
>>
>>
>>
>> "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" wrote:
>>
>> > 1. No, there is no standard screen saver API.
>> > 2. You're just writing a program that happens to pop to the front of
>> > the
>> > application window stack, covers everything, etc. when the device has
>> > been
>> > idle for some period. It's just an application, so you can do anything
>> > an
>> > application can do.
>> > 3. Yes, it's just an application. You can do anything an application
>> > can
>> > do. Why would you want to do this, though?
>> > 4. Huh? That's up to you.
>> > 5. Since you haven't said what the DLLs do, how can we answer this?!
>> > 6. There are several time-out values stored in the registry. You can
>> > configure the device to turn off the display backlight after a certain
>> > period of inactivity, with separate settings for A/C power and battery
>> > power, and you can also set the time before the device suspends, again
>> > for
>> > A/C power and for battery power. Since there is no system concept of a
>> > screen saver, you won't find any settings already in the registry or
>> > any
>> > Control Panel applet for changing them. You'd have to do that
>> > yourself.
>> >
>> > Why do you want to do this?
>> >
>> > Paul T.
>> >
>> > "pixelord" <pixelord@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > news:111A17D3-BE27-4FFA-A64A-C0A812339AFE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > > Hi Ringdal,
>> > >
>> > > Thak you for your prompt reply! I have some extra question about the
>> > > Windows
>> > > mobile 5.0 screen saver.
>> > >
>> > > 1. Is there any standard application format for screen saver in wm 5?
>> > > 2. Can you explain in detail about the developing screen saver in
>> > > wm5?
>> > > 3. Can we write a screensaver which act as a com server?
>> > > 4. If we can, what kind of interface and finctionality we should
>> > > implement?
>> > > 5. Does the system has any exe which can use our COM dlls?
>> > > 6. I had a reading which says "we can specify the screensaver idle
>> > > time in
>> > > registry".
>> > > Can you give any hints?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > regards
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > "Andreas Ringdal" wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> Check the system idletime (don't recall how))
>> > >> Bring your application to front.
>> > >> Create a fullscreen application that does what your screensaver is
>> > >> supposed to do.
>> > >>
>> > >> Andreas
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> > I am interested to develop a screen saver for windows mobile 5.0.
>> > >> > Can
>> > >> > anyone
>> > >> > suggest me any resource for windows mobile 5.0 screen saver
>> > >> > development
>> > >> > resource. How these screen saver work and how to test and deploy
>> > >> > those
>> > >> > screensaver in the emulator?
>> > >>
>> >
>> >
>> >


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