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Automatically Starting Your Application on Windows Mobile

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31 Jul 2008CPOL10 min read 218.3K   2.4K   135  
An article discussing the various methods that you can use to automatically start an application on Windows Mobile, either by schedule or in reaction to a system event.
namespace WakeUpStart
{
    partial class Form1
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Required designer variable.
        /// </summary>
        private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;
        private System.Windows.Forms.MainMenu mainMenu1;

        /// <summary>
        /// Clean up any resources being used.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="disposing">true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.</param>
        protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
        {
            if (disposing && (components != null))
            {
                components.Dispose();
            }
            base.Dispose(disposing);
        }

        #region Windows Form Designer generated code

        /// <summary>
        /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
        /// the contents of this method with the code editor.
        /// </summary>
        private void InitializeComponent()
        {
            this.mainMenu1 = new System.Windows.Forms.MainMenu();
            this.label1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            this.txtAppPath = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
            this.button1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.cmdClear = new System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem();
            this.CmdAccept = new System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem();
            this.panel1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Panel();
            this.chkActiveSyncEnd = new System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox();
            this.chkAcPowerOff = new System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox();
            this.chkAcPowerOn = new System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox();
            this.chkNetworkConnected = new System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox();
            this.checkBox1 = new System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox();
            this.chkWakeUp = new System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox();
            this.panel1.SuspendLayout();
            this.SuspendLayout();
            // 
            // mainMenu1
            // 
            this.mainMenu1.MenuItems.Add(this.CmdAccept);
            this.mainMenu1.MenuItems.Add(this.cmdClear);
            // 
            // label1
            // 
            this.label1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(3, 1);
            this.label1.Name = "label1";
            this.label1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(100, 20);
            this.label1.Text = "Application Path";
            // 
            // txtAppPath
            // 
            this.txtAppPath.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)(((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left)
                        | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)));
            this.txtAppPath.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(3, 23);
            this.txtAppPath.Name = "txtAppPath";
            this.txtAppPath.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(204, 21);
            this.txtAppPath.TabIndex = 1;
            this.txtAppPath.Text = "\\Windows\\Calc.exe";
            // 
            // button1
            // 
            this.button1.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Top | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)));
            this.button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(210, 23);
            this.button1.Name = "button1";
            this.button1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(27, 20);
            this.button1.TabIndex = 2;
            this.button1.Text = "...";
            this.button1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button1_Click);
            // 
            // cmdClear
            // 
            this.cmdClear.Text = "&Clear";
            this.cmdClear.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.cmdClear_Click);
            // 
            // CmdAccept
            // 
            this.CmdAccept.Text = "&Accept";
            this.CmdAccept.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.CmdAccept_Click);
            // 
            // panel1
            // 
            this.panel1.AutoScroll = true;
            this.panel1.Controls.Add(this.chkWakeUp);
            this.panel1.Controls.Add(this.checkBox1);
            this.panel1.Controls.Add(this.chkNetworkConnected);
            this.panel1.Controls.Add(this.chkAcPowerOn);
            this.panel1.Controls.Add(this.chkAcPowerOff);
            this.panel1.Controls.Add(this.chkActiveSyncEnd);
            this.panel1.Controls.Add(this.label1);
            this.panel1.Controls.Add(this.button1);
            this.panel1.Controls.Add(this.txtAppPath);
            this.panel1.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill;
            this.panel1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0);
            this.panel1.Name = "panel1";
            this.panel1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(240, 268);
            // 
            // chkActiveSyncEnd
            // 
            this.chkActiveSyncEnd.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(3, 84);
            this.chkActiveSyncEnd.Name = "chkActiveSyncEnd";
            this.chkActiveSyncEnd.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(234, 20);
            this.chkActiveSyncEnd.TabIndex = 3;
            this.chkActiveSyncEnd.Text = "Active Sync Complete";
            // 
            // chkAcPowerOff
            // 
            this.chkAcPowerOff.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(3, 110);
            this.chkAcPowerOff.Name = "chkAcPowerOff";
            this.chkAcPowerOff.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(234, 20);
            this.chkAcPowerOff.TabIndex = 4;
            this.chkAcPowerOff.Text = "AC Power Disconnected";
            // 
            // chkAcPowerOn
            // 
            this.chkAcPowerOn.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(3, 136);
            this.chkAcPowerOn.Name = "chkAcPowerOn";
            this.chkAcPowerOn.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(234, 20);
            this.chkAcPowerOn.TabIndex = 5;
            this.chkAcPowerOn.Text = "AC Power Connected";
            // 
            // chkNetworkConnected
            // 
            this.chkNetworkConnected.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(3, 162);
            this.chkNetworkConnected.Name = "chkNetworkConnected";
            this.chkNetworkConnected.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(234, 20);
            this.chkNetworkConnected.TabIndex = 6;
            this.chkNetworkConnected.Text = "Network Connected";
            // 
            // checkBox1
            // 
            this.checkBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(3, 188);
            this.checkBox1.Name = "checkBox1";
            this.checkBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(234, 20);
            this.checkBox1.TabIndex = 7;
            this.checkBox1.Text = "Device/Memory Card Changed";
            // 
            // chkWakeUp
            // 
            this.chkWakeUp.Checked = true;
            this.chkWakeUp.CheckState = System.Windows.Forms.CheckState.Checked;
            this.chkWakeUp.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(3, 58);
            this.chkWakeUp.Name = "chkWakeUp";
            this.chkWakeUp.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(234, 20);
            this.chkWakeUp.TabIndex = 8;
            this.chkWakeUp.Text = "Wake Up";
            // 
            // Form1
            // 
            this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(96F, 96F);
            this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Dpi;
            this.AutoScroll = true;
            this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(240, 268);
            this.Controls.Add(this.panel1);
            this.Menu = this.mainMenu1;
            this.MinimizeBox = false;
            this.Name = "Form1";
            this.Text = "WakeUp Example";
            this.panel1.ResumeLayout(false);
            this.ResumeLayout(false);

        }

        #endregion

        private System.Windows.Forms.Label label1;
        private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txtAppPath;
        private System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem cmdClear;
        private System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem CmdAccept;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Button button1;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Panel panel1;
        private System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox chkActiveSyncEnd;
        private System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox chkAcPowerOff;
        private System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox chkAcPowerOn;
        private System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox chkNetworkConnected;
        private System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox checkBox1;
        private System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox chkWakeUp;
    }
}

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