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Create file error when open LCD

I'm try write a application to addjust LCD backlight.But it failed at the
first step Create file.GetLastError return 161.
Somesone can tell me what's wrong with it?
Sorry for my poor english.
thx
Below is my code
int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,
HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
LPTSTR lpCmdLine,
int nCmdShow)
{
TCHAR *pszDevice=_T("\\\\.\\LCD");
HANDLE hLCD=NULL;
hLCD=CreateFileW(pszDevice,
GENERIC_READ,
FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
NULL,
OPEN_ALWAYS,
0,
NULL);
DWORD dwError=GetLastError();
if(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE!=hLCD)
{
MessageBox(NULL,_T("Got Lcd"),_T("MyMessage"),MB_OK);
}
CloseHandle(hLCD);
return 0;
}

Hi ft1860!
I don't think you can do it that way, although I never tried it. You should check out power management API:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...pplicationsToTurnSmartphoneBacklightOffOn.asp
This example is for smartphones but should work on a PPC just as well.
P.S.:
Error 161 is "The specified path is invalid" so you should check the device name (no idea what that might be).

levenum said:
Hi ft1860!
I don't think you can do it that way, although I never tried it. You should check out power management API:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...pplicationsToTurnSmartphoneBacklightOffOn.asp
This example is for smartphones but should work on a PPC just as well.
P.S.:
Error 161 is "The specified path is invalid" so you should check the device name (no idea what that might be).
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hi levenum
Thanks your comment,but according to this document
http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.co...r/base/ioctl_video_set_display_brightness.asp
It say we can set the current AC and DC backlight levels by invoke DeviceIoControl with IOCTL_VIDEO_SET_DISPLAY_BRIGHTNESS parameter.
So first I must create a handle of LCD,but I cann't open it successfully,
why?

oh,I make a mistake
IOCTL_VIDEO_SET_DISPLAY_BRIGHTNESS is Win32 function.
On smart device,I should use SetPowerRequirement to set the backlight.
But when I invoke SetPowerRequirement on my Universal with D0 or D4,it say success ,but nothing happened.

maybe you have to access backlight by BKL1: device.
CreateFile(L"BKL1:", ....
or write the brightness value into registry.. that works for sure.
buzz

buzz_lightyear said:
maybe you have to access backlight by BKL1: device.
CreateFile(L"BKL1:", ....
or write the brightness value into registry.. that works for sure.
buzz
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Thanks
I'll try it.

It seem that SetPowerRequirement D0-D4 just Open or close backlight,
but what I want is adjust the backlight's brightness.

ft1860 said:
It seem that SetPowerRequirement D0-D4 just Open or close backlight,
but what I want is adjust the backlight's brightness.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
then just do it through registry.
buzz

buzz_lightyear said:
ft1860 said:
It seem that SetPowerRequirement D0-D4 just Open or close backlight,
but what I want is adjust the backlight's brightness.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
then just do it through registry.
buzz
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Click to collapse
oh,thanks
It almost work.
It works fine on my Universal,but it doesn't work on my x50v with WM5.
I should not debug it on my x50v,there is so many bugs in Dell's WM5 update.
Another question is how to get the max brightness value.On my Universal it is 10,but on my x50v it is 8;
below is my new code
#include <WinReg.h>
#include <pm.h>
TCHAR tszAppName[] = TEXT("PMSAMPLE");
TCHAR tszTitle[] = TEXT("Power Manager Sample");
HINSTANCE g_hInst = NULL; // Local copy of hInstance
HANDLE g_hEventShutDown = NULL;
HANDLE g_hPowerNotificationThread = NULL;
HWND g_hSystemState = NULL;
//***************************************************************************
// Function Name: SetBacklightRequirement
//
// Purpose: Sets or releases the device power requirement to keep the
// backlight at D0
//
// Arguments:
// IN BOOL fBacklightOn - TRUE to leave the backlight on
//
void SetBacklightRequirement(BOOL fBacklightOn)
{
// the name of the backlight device
TCHAR tszBacklightName[] = TEXT("BKL1:");
static HANDLE s_hBacklightReq = NULL;
if (fBacklightOn)
{
if (NULL == s_hBacklightReq)
{
// Set the requirement that the backlight device must remain
// in device state D0 (full power)
s_hBacklightReq = SetPowerRequirement(tszBacklightName, D4,
POWER_NAME, NULL, 0);
if (!s_hBacklightReq)
{
RETAILMSG(1, (L"SetPowerRequirement failed: %X\n",
GetLastError()));
}
}
}
else
{
if (s_hBacklightReq)
{
if (ERROR_SUCCESS != ReleasePowerRequirement(s_hBacklightReq))
{
RETAILMSG(1, (L"ReleasePowerRequirement failed: %X\n",
GetLastError()));
}
s_hBacklightReq = NULL;
}
}
}
#define REG_BACKLIGHT L"ControlPanel\\Backlight"
//#define REG_VAL_BATT_TO L"BatteryTimeout"
//#define REG_VAL_AC_TO L"ACTimeout"
#define REG_VAL_BN L"BrightNess"
#define REG_VAL_ACBN L"ACBrightness"
unsigned int OldBattBN=0;
unsigned int OldACBN=0;
void RegOptionBL( DWORD dw1,DWORD dw2)
{
HKEY hKey = 0;
DWORD dwSize;
HANDLE hBL;
static bool bOpened=false;
if ( ERROR_SUCCESS == RegOpenKeyEx( HKEY_CURRENT_USER,REG_BACKLIGHT, 0, 0, &hKey ) )
{
if( !bOpened )
{
bOpened=true;
dwSize = 4;
RegQueryValueEx( hKey, REG_VAL_BN,NULL,NULL,(unsigned char*)&OldBattBN,&dwSize );
dwSize = 4;
RegQueryValueEx( hKey, REG_VAL_ACBN,NULL,NULL,(unsigned char*) &OldACBN,&dwSize );
// dwSize = 4;
// dwValue = 0xefff ;
// RegSetValueEx( hKey,REG_VAL_BATT_TO,NULL,REG_DWORD,(unsigned char *)&dwValue,dwSize );
// dwSize = 4;
// dwValue = 0xefff ;
// RegSetValueEx( hKey,REG_VAL_AC_TO,NULL,REG_DWORD,(unsigned char *)&dwValue,dwSize );
dwSize = 4;
RegSetValueEx( hKey,REG_VAL_BN,NULL,REG_DWORD,(unsigned char *)&dw1,dwSize );
dwSize = 4;
RegSetValueEx( hKey,REG_VAL_ACBN,NULL,REG_DWORD,(unsigned char *)&dw2,dwSize );
}
else
{
if (OldBattBN)
{
dwSize = 4;
RegSetValueEx( hKey,REG_VAL_BN,NULL,REG_DWORD,(unsigned char *)&OldBattBN,dwSize );
}
if (OldACBN)
{
OldACBN = 4;
RegSetValueEx( hKey,REG_VAL_ACBN,NULL,REG_DWORD,(unsigned char *)&OldACBN,dwSize );
}
}
RegCloseKey( hKey );
hBL = CreateEvent( NULL, FALSE, FALSE,L"BackLightChangeEvent" );
if( hBL )
{
SetEvent(hBL);
CloseHandle( hBL );
}
}
}
int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,
HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
LPTSTR lpCmdLine,
int nCmdShow)
{
int nResult = 0;
// Create mutex to track whether or not an application is already running
HANDLE hMutex = CreateMutex(0, 0, _T("_PMSAMPLE_EXE_MUTEX_"));
// check the result code
if (NULL != hMutex)
{
if (ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS != GetLastError())
{
SetBacklightRequirement(TRUE);
RegOptionBL(8,8);
Sleep(5000);
RegOptionBL(-1,-1);
SetBacklightRequirement(FALSE);
}
else
{
}
CloseHandle(hMutex);
}
return ( nResult >= 0 );
}

WM6 - how to Query WLAN "connection" status

I am desperately trying to work around some unknown problem caused by our NDIS IM driver on WM6 and HTC TyTn ( TyTn at least, but most likely other devices as well ). I started some other threads regarding different facets of this problem, and no help is coming. Now I am just trying to work around it.
in short the problem is when power events happen the WLAN will never connect.
The work around is programmatically open the control panel with STControlPanel class and press the down button 1 time then the f1 key ( right dash ). This "presses connect" on the last configured access point. This works around my problem, however, I need to detect when the access point has connected. There is a "connecting" and "connected" message for the access point in this control panel dialog ( control panel # 17 ).
My Question: Is there some way to get this text "connecting" or "connected" from the control panel #17?
I have tried wzc, ndisuio, winsock, and other "non control panel" ways to detect connected state, but the IM problem fools all these methods. The only thing I have ever seen that successfully shows when the problem has occurred is the "connecting"/"connected" status in the control panel 17.
Please Help Someone.
p.s. If I can get this worked around, we sell a commercial grade ndis intermediate driver toolkit letting you easily write plugins without any of the hard driver details. We have redirectors, transparent proxy, tunnelers, virtual adapters, lots of good stuff. Also the same plugin will work on all windows desktop platforms vista - 98, WM5/6 and CE and also linux and solaris...

Hello skk
What about notification API?
Here is the solution (simple concept) for Your problem. Interesting parts are in bold.
SNapiTest.cpp
Code:
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "SNapiTest.h"
#include <windows.h>
#include <commctrl.h>
#define MAX_LOADSTRING 100
// Global Variables:
HINSTANCE g_hInst; // current instance
HWND g_hWndMenuBar; // menu bar handle
[b]
const DWORD WM_WIFISTATUS = WM_USER + 1;
bool g_connecting;
bool g_connected;
HREGNOTIFY g_hNotify;
HREGNOTIFY g_hNotify2;
[/b]
// Forward declarations of functions included in this code module:
ATOM MyRegisterClass(HINSTANCE, LPTSTR);
BOOL InitInstance(HINSTANCE, int);
LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM);
INT_PTR CALLBACK About(HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM);
int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,
HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
LPTSTR lpCmdLine,
int nCmdShow)
{
MSG msg;
// Perform application initialization:
if (!InitInstance(hInstance, nCmdShow))
{
return FALSE;
}
HACCEL hAccelTable;
hAccelTable = LoadAccelerators(hInstance, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDC_SNAPITEST));
// Main message loop:
while (GetMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0))
{
if (!TranslateAccelerator(msg.hwnd, hAccelTable, &msg))
{
TranslateMessage(&msg);
DispatchMessage(&msg);
}
}
return (int) msg.wParam;
}
//
// FUNCTION: MyRegisterClass()
//
// PURPOSE: Registers the window class.
//
// COMMENTS:
//
ATOM MyRegisterClass(HINSTANCE hInstance, LPTSTR szWindowClass)
{
WNDCLASS wc;
wc.style = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW;
wc.lpfnWndProc = WndProc;
wc.cbClsExtra = 0;
wc.cbWndExtra = 0;
wc.hInstance = hInstance;
wc.hIcon = LoadIcon(hInstance, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDI_SNAPITEST));
wc.hCursor = 0;
wc.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH) GetStockObject(WHITE_BRUSH);
wc.lpszMenuName = 0;
wc.lpszClassName = szWindowClass;
return RegisterClass(&wc);
}
//
// FUNCTION: InitInstance(HINSTANCE, int)
//
// PURPOSE: Saves instance handle and creates main window
//
// COMMENTS:
//
// In this function, we save the instance handle in a global variable and
// create and display the main program window.
//
BOOL InitInstance(HINSTANCE hInstance, int nCmdShow)
{
HWND hWnd;
TCHAR szTitle[MAX_LOADSTRING]; // title bar text
TCHAR szWindowClass[MAX_LOADSTRING]; // main window class name
g_hInst = hInstance; // Store instance handle in our global variable
// SHInitExtraControls should be called once during your application's initialization to initialize any
// of the device specific controls such as CAPEDIT and SIPPREF.
SHInitExtraControls();
LoadString(hInstance, IDS_APP_TITLE, szTitle, MAX_LOADSTRING);
LoadString(hInstance, IDC_SNAPITEST, szWindowClass, MAX_LOADSTRING);
//If it is already running, then focus on the window, and exit
hWnd = FindWindow(szWindowClass, szTitle);
if (hWnd)
{
// set focus to foremost child window
// The "| 0x00000001" is used to bring any owned windows to the foreground and
// activate them.
SetForegroundWindow((HWND)((ULONG) hWnd | 0x00000001));
return 0;
}
if (!MyRegisterClass(hInstance, szWindowClass))
{
return FALSE;
}
hWnd = CreateWindow(szWindowClass, szTitle, WS_VISIBLE,
CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT, NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL);
if (!hWnd)
{
return FALSE;
}
// When the main window is created using CW_USEDEFAULT the height of the menubar (if one
// is created is not taken into account). So we resize the window after creating it
// if a menubar is present
if (g_hWndMenuBar)
{
RECT rc;
RECT rcMenuBar;
GetWindowRect(hWnd, &rc);
GetWindowRect(g_hWndMenuBar, &rcMenuBar);
rc.bottom -= (rcMenuBar.bottom - rcMenuBar.top);
MoveWindow(hWnd, rc.left, rc.top, rc.right-rc.left, rc.bottom-rc.top, FALSE);
}
ShowWindow(hWnd, nCmdShow);
UpdateWindow(hWnd);
return TRUE;
}
//
// FUNCTION: WndProc(HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM)
//
// PURPOSE: Processes messages for the main window.
//
// WM_COMMAND - process the application menu
// WM_PAINT - Paint the main window
// WM_DESTROY - post a quit message and return
//
//
LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
int wmId, wmEvent;
PAINTSTRUCT ps;
HDC hdc;
static SHACTIVATEINFO s_sai;
switch (message)
{
case WM_COMMAND:
wmId = LOWORD(wParam);
wmEvent = HIWORD(wParam);
// Parse the menu selections:
switch (wmId)
{
case IDM_HELP_ABOUT:
DialogBox(g_hInst, (LPCTSTR)IDD_ABOUTBOX, hWnd, About);
break;
case IDM_OK:
SendMessage (hWnd, WM_CLOSE, 0, 0);
break;
default:
return DefWindowProc(hWnd, message, wParam, lParam);
}
break;
case WM_CREATE:
SHMENUBARINFO mbi;
memset(&mbi, 0, sizeof(SHMENUBARINFO));
mbi.cbSize = sizeof(SHMENUBARINFO);
mbi.hwndParent = hWnd;
mbi.nToolBarId = IDR_MENU;
mbi.hInstRes = g_hInst;
if (!SHCreateMenuBar(&mbi))
{
g_hWndMenuBar = NULL;
}
else
{
g_hWndMenuBar = mbi.hwndMB;
}
// Initialize the shell activate info structure
memset(&s_sai, 0, sizeof (s_sai));
s_sai.cbSize = sizeof (s_sai);
[b]
g_connecting = false;
g_connected = false;
{HRESULT hr = RegistryNotifyWindow(SN_WIFISTATECONNECTING_ROOT,
SN_WIFISTATECONNECTING_PATH, SN_WIFISTATECONNECTING_VALUE,
hWnd, WM_WIFISTATUS, 0, NULL, &g_hNotify);}
{HRESULT hr2 = RegistryNotifyWindow(SN_WIFISTATECONNECTING_ROOT,
SN_WIFISTATECONNECTED_PATH, SN_WIFISTATECONNECTED_VALUE,
hWnd, WM_WIFISTATUS, 0, NULL, &g_hNotify2);}
[/b]
break;
case WM_PAINT:
hdc = BeginPaint(hWnd, &ps);
// TODO: Add any drawing code here...
EndPaint(hWnd, &ps);
break;
[b]
case WM_WIFISTATUS:
{
DWORD newValue = (DWORD) wParam;
WCHAR caption[] = L"Wifi Status";
if ((newValue & SN_WIFISTATECONNECTED_BITMASK) == SN_WIFISTATECONNECTED_BITMASK)
{
if (!g_connected)
{
g_connected = true;
g_connecting = false;
MessageBox(hWnd, L"Connected!!", caption, MB_OK);
}
break;
}
if ((newValue & SN_WIFISTATECONNECTING_BITMASK) == SN_WIFISTATECONNECTING_BITMASK)
{
if (!g_connecting)
{
g_connecting = true;
g_connected =false;
MessageBox(hWnd, L"Connecting...", caption, MB_OK);
}
}
break;
}
[/b]
case WM_DESTROY:
CommandBar_Destroy(g_hWndMenuBar);
[B]
RegistryCloseNotification(g_hNotify);
RegistryCloseNotification(g_hNotify2);
[/B]
PostQuitMessage(0);
break;
case WM_ACTIVATE:
// Notify shell of our activate message
SHHandleWMActivate(hWnd, wParam, lParam, &s_sai, FALSE);
break;
case WM_SETTINGCHANGE:
SHHandleWMSettingChange(hWnd, wParam, lParam, &s_sai);
break;
default:
return DefWindowProc(hWnd, message, wParam, lParam);
}
return 0;
}
// Message handler for about box.
INT_PTR CALLBACK About(HWND hDlg, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
switch (message)
{
case WM_INITDIALOG:
{
// Create a Done button and size it.
SHINITDLGINFO shidi;
shidi.dwMask = SHIDIM_FLAGS;
shidi.dwFlags = SHIDIF_DONEBUTTON | SHIDIF_SIPDOWN | SHIDIF_SIZEDLGFULLSCREEN | SHIDIF_EMPTYMENU;
shidi.hDlg = hDlg;
SHInitDialog(&shidi);
}
return (INT_PTR)TRUE;
case WM_COMMAND:
if (LOWORD(wParam) == IDOK)
{
EndDialog(hDlg, LOWORD(wParam));
return TRUE;
}
break;
case WM_CLOSE:
EndDialog(hDlg, message);
return TRUE;
}
return (INT_PTR)FALSE;
}
Needed includes:
// TODO: reference additional headers your program requires here
#include <snapi.h>
#include <regext.h>

snapi.h
Thank you so much for your post. I just found snapi.h, I assume this is snapitest.h?

IT WORKS!
It works! You are my hero RStein. You are a god among men.

Great. ) Thanks for sharing the results.

Need C# xml ready/write example - Stummped!

OK I am writing my first Mobile 6 App, based on compact framework 2, obviously finding some differences from Framwork vs compact when dealing with reading and writting simple values to xml;
Here is what I want to do: write two textbox values to xml as follows:
<settings>
<hostip>192.168.0.14</hostip>
<hostport>8011</hostport>
</settings>
So I got the above accomplished using the following code:
--------------------
string hstip = "";
string hstport = "";
hstip = this.HostIP.Text.ToString();
hstport = this.HostPort.Text.ToString();
XmlWriterSettings xml_settings = new XmlWriterSettings();
xml_settings.Indent = true;
xml_settings.OmitXmlDeclaration = false;
xml_settings.Encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
xml_settings.ConformanceLevel = ConformanceLevel.Auto;
using (XmlWriter xml = XmlTextWriter.Create(GetApplicationDirectory() + @"\settings.xml", xml_settings))
{
xml.WriteStartElement("settings");
//xml.WriteStartAttribute("hostip", "");
xml.WriteElementString("hostip", hstip);
//xml.WriteString(hstip);
//xml.WriteEndAttribute();
xml.WriteElementString("hostport", hstport);
//xml.WriteStartAttribute("hostport", "");
//xml.WriteString(hstport);
//xml.WriteEndAttribute();
xml.WriteEndElement();
//ds.WriteXml(xml);
xml.Close();
}
-----------end of write code------------
Now the part I am stumped on as I have tried all varietions to get the data back into the textboxes, I either get and exception or blank values in the textboxes.
Here is the code:
------------------
private void SrvSettings_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
XmlReaderSettings xml_settings = new XmlReaderSettings();
xml_settings.IgnoreComments = true;
xml_settings.IgnoreProcessingInstructions = true;
xml_settings.IgnoreWhitespace = true;
xml_settings.CloseInput = true;
try
{
using (XmlReader xml = XmlTextReader.Create(GetApplicationDirectory() + @"\settings.xml", xml_settings))
{
xml.ReadStartElement("settings");
xml.Read();
xml.ReadElementString(,,)
//xml.ReadToFollowing("hostip");
this.HostIP.Text = xml.GetAttribute("hostip","");
//this.HostIP.Text = xml.GetAttribute("hostip");
//xml.ReadToFollowing("hostport");
this.HostPort.Text = xml.GetAttribute("hostport","");
// Close it out----------------
xml.ReadEndElement();
xml.Close();
//ds.ReadXml(xml);
// }
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(
ex.ToString(), "Error Loading IP settings");
}
}
------------end of read code
obviously I get an exception with this:
"System.xml.xmlexception:
"Text" is an invalid XmlNoteType. Line 2, posistion 11 at
System.xml.xmlReader.ReadEndElement()"
-----
I suspect I need to use ReadElementString, but I have tried and no workie...
Somebody have an example/class for both reading and writing per my requirements above, I would really appreciate the help..

Use XmlDocument
Try using the XmlDocument instead. It's alot easier to use for simple xml reading/writing.

Well Partially working now - I get the Hostport populated but for some reason hostip is blank even though it appears it falls through it in the case statement.. wierd..
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
XmlReaderSettings xml_settings = new XmlReaderSettings();
xml_settings.IgnoreComments = true;
xml_settings.IgnoreProcessingInstructions = true;
xml_settings.IgnoreWhitespace = true;
xml_settings.CloseInput = true;
try
{
using (XmlReader xml = XmlTextReader.Create(GetApplicationDirectory() + @"\settings.xml", xml_settings))
{
xml.MoveToContent();
xml.ReadStartElement("settings");
while (xml.Read())
{
//xml.Read();
switch (xml.Name)
{
case "hostip":
HostIP.Text = xml.ReadString(); <--I get Blank text
break;
case "hostport":
HostPort.Text = xml.ReadString(); <--POpulated OK
break;
default:
break;
}
// Close it out----------------
//xml.ReadEndElement();
}
xml.Close();
//ds.ReadXml(xml);
// }
}
}

Solved, Had to remove the line: xml.ReadStartElement("settings");
Thanks..

Just out of curiosity, what will your app do ?

I'm writing a WPF Windows App that monitors Server Services, IPs, Websites for up or down status; buiding a client server component to it, so the end goal will be to use the mobile app to connect to the host and download status on said servers being monitored and populate them in a listview whith thier up or done status.
Simple app but still in the works.

if you can make it customizable (to set up parametres, adreses) it wil be useful for many website administrators
a cool little app

Direct X and PNG Transparency on WM6.1 with .Net CF3.5

Hi all,
I'm trying to have transparent PNGs on my screen.
What is the best way to doing this ? I'm in C#, I tried DirectX, but it doesn't work.
What am I doing wrong ?
My code :
Code:
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using Microsoft.WindowsMobile.DirectX;
using Microsoft.WindowsMobile.DirectX.Direct3D;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace Microsoft.Samples.MD3DM
{
// The main class for this sample
public class SimpleSMS : Form
{
// Our global variables for this project
Device device = null;
Texture texture = null;
Sprite sprite = null;
Rectangle rect;
public SimpleSMS()
{
// Set the caption
this.Text = "SimpleSMS";
this.MinimizeBox = false;
}
// Prepare the rendering device
public bool InitializeGraphics()
{
try
{
// Now let's setup our D3D parameters
PresentParameters presentParams = new PresentParameters();
presentParams.Windowed = true;
presentParams.SwapEffect = SwapEffect.Discard;
device = new Device(0, DeviceType.Default, this, CreateFlags.None, presentParams);
this.OnCreateDevice(device, null);
}
catch (DirectXException)
{
return false;
}
return true;
}
void OnCreateDevice(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
texture = TextureLoader.FromFile(device, @"badge.png");
sprite = new Sprite(device);
rect = new Rectangle(0, 0, 48, 48);
}
// All rendering for each frame occurs here
private void Render()
{
if (device != null)
{
device.Clear(ClearFlags.Target, System.Drawing.Color.Black, 1.0f, 0);
//Begin the scene
device.BeginScene();
device.RenderState.SourceBlend = Blend.SourceAlpha;
device.RenderState.DestinationBlend = Blend.InvSourceAlpha;
device.RenderState.AlphaBlendEnable = true;
sprite.Begin(SpriteFlags.AlphaBlend);
sprite.Draw(texture, rect, new Vector3(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f), new Vector3(100.0f, 100.0f, 0.0f), Color.White.ToArgb());
sprite.End();
//End the scene
device.EndScene();
device.Present();
}
}
// Called to repaint the window
protected override void OnPaint(System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs e)
{
// Render on painting
this.Render();
// Render again
this.Invalidate();
}
// Called to repaint the window background
protected override void OnPaintBackground(
System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs e)
{
// Do nothing to ensure that the rendering area is not overdrawn
}
// Close the window when Esc is pressed
protected override void OnKeyPress(
System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs e)
{
// Esc was pressed
if ((int)(byte)e.KeyChar == (int)System.Windows.Forms.Keys.Escape)
this.Close();
}
/// <summary>
/// The main entry point for the application.
/// </summary>
static void Main()
{
SimpleSMS frm = new SimpleSMS();
// Initialize Direct3D
if (!frm.InitializeGraphics())
{
MessageBox.Show("Could not initialize Direct3D. " +
"This tutorial will exit.");
return;
}
Application.Run(frm);
}
}
}
Thanks for answers,
Scuse my bad english :-/

Not sure this helps, but RLTODAY works very well with transparent pngs in any WM version, and recently he released the source code:
http://rotlaus-software.de/forum/index.php?topic=1847.0

You can use ImagingFactory in OpenNETCF or other wrapper over the internet. PNGs with alpha work work for me.

AlphaControls
There is a project on Codeplex that can help you with transparency called AlphaControls. Also have a look on codeproject at the iPhone app clone

moneytoo said:
You can use ImagingFactory in OpenNETCF or other wrapper over the internet. PNGs with alpha work work for me.
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Thank you all for answers ...
I tried OpenNetCF, without any result.
Do you have a piece of code in example ?

Try this:
http://www.codeplex.com/alphamobilecontrols
Or this:
http://johan.andersson.net/blog/2007/10/solution-for-transparent-images-on.html

[WM6] Disabling taskbar, SIP and hardware keys (including green and red buttons)

Hello there!
I've seen a lot of questions on this topic, and just yesterday, my client asked for this feature implemented in the app that we are currently developing...
After a veeeery intensive and long night, i finally found how to disable all these things! The code is written in c# using .net CF 2.0, and has been tested successfully on a HTC Tynt device. The interesting thing is that it will also disable the End Call and Make Call hardware buttons (VK_TEND and VK_TTALK). If you intend to use this in a production environment you might consider improoving it a little bit.
[DllImport("coredll.dll")]
private static extern bool UnregisterFunc1(KeyModifiers modifiers, int keyID);
[DllImport("coredll.dll", SetLastError = true)]
public static extern bool RegisterHotKey(IntPtr hWnd, // handle to window
int id, // hot key identifier
KeyModifiers Modifiers, // key-modifier options
int key //virtual-key code
);
public enum KeyModifiers
{
None = 0,
Alt = 1,
Control = 2,
Shift = 4,
Windows = 8,
Modkeyup = 0x1000,
}
private void DeactivateUI()
{
try
{
// deactivate the SIP button
IntPtr hSip = FindWindow("MS_SIPBUTTON", "MS_SIPBUTTON");
EnableWindow(hSip, false);
// deactivate the SIP button
IntPtr hTaskBar = FindWindow("HHTaskBar", null);
EnableWindow(hTaskBar, false);
// deactivate the hardware keys
for (Int32 iCounter = 193; iCounter <= 207; iCounter++)
{
UnregisterFunc1(KeyModifiers.Windows, iCounter);
RegisterHotKey(this.Handle, iCounter, KeyModifiers.Windows, iCounter);
}
UnregisterFunc1(KeyModifiers.None, 0x73); //VK_TEND
RegisterHotKey(this.Handle, 0x73, KeyModifiers.None, 0x73);
UnregisterFunc1(KeyModifiers.None, 0x72);
RegisterHotKey(this.Handle, 0x72, KeyModifiers.None, 0x72); //VK_TTALK
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Log.WriteError(ex, false);
}
}
Cheers!

Very good, helped me a lot! But how do I unlock the keys again, without rebooting?
Thanks!

gciochina said:
Hello there!
I've seen a lot of questions on this topic, and just yesterday, my client asked for this feature implemented in the app that we are currently developing...
After a veeeery intensive and long night, i finally found how to disable all these things! The code is written in c# using .net CF 2.0, and has been tested successfully on a HTC Tynt device. The interesting thing is that it will also disable the End Call and Make Call hardware buttons (VK_TEND and VK_TTALK). If you intend to use this in a production environment you might consider improoving it a little bit.
[DllImport("coredll.dll")]
private static extern bool UnregisterFunc1(KeyModifiers modifiers, int keyID);
[DllImport("coredll.dll", SetLastError = true)]
public static extern bool RegisterHotKey(IntPtr hWnd, // handle to window
int id, // hot key identifier
KeyModifiers Modifiers, // key-modifier options
int key //virtual-key code
);
public enum KeyModifiers
{
None = 0,
Alt = 1,
Control = 2,
Shift = 4,
Windows = 8,
Modkeyup = 0x1000,
}
private void DeactivateUI()
{
try
{
// deactivate the SIP button
IntPtr hSip = FindWindow("MS_SIPBUTTON", "MS_SIPBUTTON");
EnableWindow(hSip, false);
// deactivate the SIP button
IntPtr hTaskBar = FindWindow("HHTaskBar", null);
EnableWindow(hTaskBar, false);
// deactivate the hardware keys
for (Int32 iCounter = 193; iCounter <= 207; iCounter++)
{
UnregisterFunc1(KeyModifiers.Windows, iCounter);
RegisterHotKey(this.Handle, iCounter, KeyModifiers.Windows, iCounter);
}
UnregisterFunc1(KeyModifiers.None, 0x73); //VK_TEND
RegisterHotKey(this.Handle, 0x73, KeyModifiers.None, 0x73);
UnregisterFunc1(KeyModifiers.None, 0x72);
RegisterHotKey(this.Handle, 0x72, KeyModifiers.None, 0x72); //VK_TTALK
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Log.WriteError(ex, false);
}
}
Cheers!
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Can u provide the EnableWindow method.I am getting the error in this method

Implement code
Hello!
I have created app to WM 5 - 6.5, but users can close it using END button. I see your code, but i can't implement ( i mean I don't have sufficient knowledge) it to visual studio 2008.
Could you tell me what should I do?

Error 1 'APP.Kiosk' does not contain a definition for 'Handle' and no extension method 'Handle' accepting a first argument of type 'APP.Kiosk' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) C:\Documents and Settings\lupag\Moje dokumenty\Pobieranie\CEKiosk\CEKiosk\Kiosk.cs 155 43 CEKiosk
Handle? wtf