I want to make an arrangement in my application such that when a key is pressed palm goes in sleep mode. System uses syssleep.but i found no documentation on it. do any body know how it can be achieved?
On Tue, 05 Feb 2002 Jim Schram wrote : > At 1:47 PM -0800 2002/02/04, Michael Zapeda wrote: > >Thanks for the info, Jim. However, what if I want to > modify the auto-off > >timer from *outside* my app. > > What code would you have running outside of your app? > > > >For instance, in my app, set the auto off for > >lets say, 30 minutes. I want that 30 minute auto-off > value to persist > >globally, even if my app isn't running. > > Well, that's what the system preference is -- a global > auto-off delay -- so you'd set the system preference > for 30 minutes (by calling SysSetAutoOffTime and > optionally by changing the auto-off delay default > system preference) rather than periodically resetting > the timer. Your original question seemed to be asking > how to prevent the device from falling asleep while > your app is running. It's generally not desirable to > lock the device on when it's not in-use or when it's > not plugged-in (except in specific vertical > applications, of course). > > The issue with changing the system-wide auto-off delay > is that the user should be in control of, and informed > of, any changes your app makes to this setting. So for > example, you wouldn't change the system-wide setting > just to prevent the device from falling asleep while > your app is performing a lengthy operation... for that > you'd reset the auto-off timer periodically from within > your app while it's running. > > Hope that helps clear up any confusion! > > Regards, > > Jim Schram > PalmSource Inc. > Partner Engineering > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or > to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tec- > h/support/forums/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
