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Summary

This function starts running an application when a specified event occurs.

C# Signature:

[DllImport("coredll.dll", EntryPoint="CeRunAppAtEvent", SetLastError=true)]
private static extern bool CeRunAppAtEvent(string pwszAppName, int lWhichEvent);

VB Signature:

Public Declare Function CeRunAppAtEvent Lib "coredll" _
(ByVal AppName As String, ByRef lWhichEvent As Integer) As Boolean

Declare Function CeRunAppAtEvent Lib "coredll.dll" (TODO) As TODO

Parameters:

pwszAppName

[ in ] Pointer to a null-terminated string that specifies the name of the application to be started.

lWhichEvent

[ in ] Event at which the application is to be started. It is one of the following values:

Value	Description	Value
NOTIFICATION_EVENT_NONE	No events — remove all event registrations for this application.	0
NOTIFICATION_EVENT_TIME_CHANGE	When the system time is changed.	1
NOTIFICATION_EVENT_SYNC_END	When data synchronization finishes.	2
NOTIFICATION_EVENT_DEVICE_CHANGE	When a PC Card device is changed.	7
NOTIFICATION_EVENT_RS232_DETECTED	When an RS232 connection is made.	9
NOTIFICATION_EVENT_RS232_DETECTED	When an RS232 connection is made.	9
NOTIFICATION_EVENT_RESTORE_END	When a full device data restore completes.	10
NOTIFICATION_EVENT_WAKEUP	When the device wakes up.	11
NOTIFICATION_EVENT_TZ_CHANGE	When the time zone is changed.	12

Return Values:

TRUE indicates success. FALSE indicates failure.

User-Defined Types:

None.

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Notes:

Taken from openNetCF in OpenNETCF.Win32.Notify

NOTIFICATION_EVENT_RS232_DETECTED is also raised when connecting the device to USB.

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CeRunAppAtEvent on MSDN

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