"Mike D Sutton" <EDais@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> I'm calling the GetSystemPowerStatusEx() API in a class from a Timer
> object's Tick event hander about once every 30 seconds. The
> call itself works fine and I get back valid data however it always seems
> to return the same value until opening Start -> Settings ->
> Power, which somehow refreshes the battery status and I start getting that
> value back in my application. Is there some way I can do
> whatever the power screen is doing to refresh the status (I've tried both
> true and false as the last parameter, but no
> difference?..)
> Also is there a more accurate way of establishing the battery level, it
> seems it stays at 100% for a while then 'jumps' to about 80%
> and so on rather than being a smooth progression, or is this a 'feature'
> of the memory/OS?
> This is being written in C# 2003 for a Pocket PC.
> Cheers,
>
> Mike
>
>

> I've never seen that sort of problem on any of our devices. You should be
> setting the last parameter to TRUE. When you make the call, it should be
> forwarded to the battery driver. At that point, you should get the same
> information as is used to display the power status via the standard shell.
> Are you checking the return value of the call? Is it always TRUE?