I'm guessing that when the PocketPC OS needs to close a running application
to free memory for a new application, that it sends a Close Message of some
sort to the application it wishes to close.

Could someone point me in the right direction as to what message is sent (or
if I've got it wrong, what the actual mechanics of this process are) and
advise me as to how to capture this message (or whatever) in order to
prevent a particular application from being closed by the OS.

If such a refusal to close were to be coded within an application, would the
OS then select a different application to close or would it continue trying
to close the first application it selected for closing?

Regards

Paul K.

Hi

An application can attempt to release as many resources as possible in
response to the WM_HIBERNATE message. It should exist in response to the
WM_CLOSE message.

See "Responding to Low Memory States" article in the PPC 2002 SDK
documentation for details.

--
Yaroslav Goncharov
Microsoft MVP - Mobile Devices
Smartphone Developer Network
www.smartphonedn.com


"Paul Kay" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'm guessing that when the PocketPC OS needs to close a running
application
> to free memory for a new application, that it sends a Close Message of
some
> sort to the application it wishes to close.
>
> Could someone point me in the right direction as to what message is sent
(or
> if I've got it wrong, what the actual mechanics of this process are) and
> advise me as to how to capture this message (or whatever) in order to
> prevent a particular application from being closed by the OS.
>
> If such a refusal to close were to be coded within an application, would
the
> OS then select a different application to close or would it continue
trying
> to close the first application it selected for closing?
>
> Regards
>
> Paul K.
>
>

Yaroslav,

Many thanks, that has got me headed in the right direction.

Do you by any chance recall a similar document or discussion outlining the
best way to handle (and ignore) the receipt of a WM_CLOSE and/or
WM_HIBERNATE message in a Compact Framework VB.Net or C# application.

I've googled to no avail.

Regards

Paul K.

"Yaroslav Goncharov" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi
>
> An application can attempt to release as many resources as possible in
> response to the WM_HIBERNATE message. It should exist in response to the
> WM_CLOSE message.
>
> See "Responding to Low Memory States" article in the PPC 2002 SDK
> documentation for details.
>
> --
> Yaroslav Goncharov
> Microsoft MVP - Mobile Devices
> Smartphone Developer Network
> www.smartphonedn.com
>
>
> "Paul Kay" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I'm guessing that when the PocketPC OS needs to close a running
> application
> > to free memory for a new application, that it sends a Close Message of
> some
> > sort to the application it wishes to close.
> >
> > Could someone point me in the right direction as to what message is sent
> (or
> > if I've got it wrong, what the actual mechanics of this process are) and
> > advise me as to how to capture this message (or whatever) in order to
> > prevent a particular application from being closed by the OS.
> >
> > If such a refusal to close were to be coded within an application, would
> the
> > OS then select a different application to close or would it continue
> trying
> > to close the first application it selected for closing?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Paul K.
> >
> >
>
>