Re: Help:How to inform the touch screen driver?

From: Dean Ramsier (ramsiernospam_at_nospam.com)
Date: 08/13/04 

Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 12:11:47 -0400

Take a look at the control panel for the backlight timeouts. You'll notice
that when the values are changed, an named event is signalled. You need to
wait on that event so you know to read the registry for the new values. 

-- 
Dean Ramsier - eMVP
"fred" <fred@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D75B87A6-FF63-413A-B557-2043B4CEC4F6@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>     Now I am changing my touch driver to  control the backlight's power.
> When the timeout  time reach, the program should power off the backlight.
If
> the touch screen is touched, power on the backlight.  But if the register
> setting about backlight has changed, how to inform the touch screen
driver?
>
> Fred

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