Capturing Battery Status

[Zahid]

Hi,

Im new to PocketPC programming and have been using VB.Net
to develop a pocketPC application. I would appreciate it
if someone could assist me in capturing the battery
status (how much battery life is left) of the PocketPC so
that I can display it on my application. I have no idea
as to how to do this.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Neil Cowburn [MVP]]

There are a couple of options open to you:

(1) Check out the BatteryLife control by Tim Wilson.
http://www.opennetcf.org/batterylife.asp
(2) P/Invoke the GetSystemPowerStatusEx API. See the Pocket PC SDK for more
information

HTH
Neil

 

[Zahid]

Hi,

Thanks for your help Neil. How do you use the control
from Opennetcf? Im quite new to this new Visual Studio
and especially VB.Net.

Thank in advance.

 

[Maarten Struys]

Did you download the control. There is a sample client app included in the
download. Even though it is in C# you probably can find out how to use the
control. If you have specific questions on the usage we'll try to help you.

 

[Zahid]

Hi,

Thanks for your help. I went through the sample
Application and now understand how to use the control.
What i didnt understand was the
"P/Invoke the GetSystemPowerStatusEx API" ...

Sorry but i am new to this kind of programming.

Thanks in advance.