Some utilities for 1.0

[avid]

As part of my ongoing driver work, I have started to build up a "utility" driver. I will upload this publicly as soon as 1.0 is out. I have not bothered to make a 0.996 version. I expect this to evolve with time.

So far, it has two capabilities:

1. The option to prevent the Pocket PC from suspending while certain panels are displayed and specified variables are changing. By placing a button with a "KeepAwake" driver action on a panel, where the button's IR name is that of a variable, the Pocket PC will not suspend while the variable (e.g. a position counter) is changing. When the variable is no longer changing (e.g. when paused or stopped), the Pocket PC will be able to suspend as normal.

2. A general-purpose text input “button”, which can be edited by the user and will set a NetRemote variable, whose button IR name is that of a variable, to the edited text.

The pre-release for 1.0 (with source, documentation and demo CCF) can be found at
http://brianavid.com/avid/AvidUtilsDriver.zip. Let me know what you think.

Brian

[Rob H]

Any chance of a Win32 version of the Keepawake button that disables the screensaver/power management functions?

Does the text input button work on Win32?

[avid]

Any chance of a Win32 version of the Keepawake button?
I'll try - I need to find what power management functions Win32 offers me.


Does the text input button work on Win32?
Yes it does

Brian

[avid]

Rob,


Any chance of a Win32 version of the Keepawake button?
OK - I've worked out how to do this. Would you be in a position to try it if I upload a new version?

Brian

[Rob H]

Not until Ben uploads the standard NetRemote install - I don't use JRMC at all.

[Ben S]

The general version should be up shortly (in the next few days).

Brian - NRBasic already has a generic text input box. You can see it in both the browser sample and the search field for my 800x600 MC interface. I hope this wasn't too much trouble for you, as it looks like we implemented it the same way. :)

IR code: 5001 0000 0000 0002 fc19 0000 0030 0000
IR name: The variable name that you want it set to.

Yet another reason that I need to document -fully-.

[avid]

Ah well - the edit box was not that much trouble. I had the bulk of it already in my WMP9 driver, and when I needed a 2nd one I though the time had come to make it more generic.

But yes - if the NRBasic documentation had been there, I probably would not have bothered doing my own. I haven't really been checking out the posted samples recently.

At least I have the option of single-line or multi-line boxes.

Brian

[Aaron]

does the keep alive work on the SimPad?

If it did that would be a step towards a much needed screen saver function.

[avid]

I don't know about SimPads - I use a PPC. What is the problem or requirement? Is is there an existing thread you can point me at? And what OS does the SimPad run?

Brian

[Wilhelm]

Aaron,

why don't you simply disable the suspend? What am I missing?

[Aaron]

I could... I just want the suspend, "suspended" during Netremote use ;)

[theguywiththefunnyhair]

Hi Brian,

I'm trying to set a variable from a text input box using your utility, i am using NR2.0.0.70 and NRD1.1.0.33.

I get the input box showing up and text goes in ok but how do i "accept" the value and set it to the variable? Sorry to bug you if this seems like a silly question.

Also on my PPC (HPhx4700) when in fullscreen mode, the little keyboard image to toggle the keyboard is not there, the function is, just not the image.

Cheers

Dan

Ok... It was so simple i missed it :) you dont do anything!