Re: Display driver in WinCE 5.0

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From: Ronald Sloot (ronald_sloot_at_coasia.com.tw)
Date: 02/23/05 

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 09:04:53 +0800

If your SetVideoPowerState() function is called as the result of a callback
from the power manager (IOCTL_POWER_xxxx) it is perfectly alright to use
Sleep(). If it is getting called from the context of a XXX_PowerDown/Up it
is not. See your online platform builder documentation.

"Yu" <Yu.Mails@msa.hinet.net> wrote in message
news:OX7fhJFCFHA.1408@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Is it true that we can not use sleep() in SetVideoPowerState in WinCE 5.0
> ?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Yu.
>
>

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