"Terry Brown" <tthkbw@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.02.28.23.23.53.188538@yahoo.com...
>I have finally managed to get my application to detect and use the
> Hardware Keys when it is running. I use code posted by "Mastermind" at
> http://www.opennetcf.org/Forums/post.asp?method=ReplyQuote&REPLY_ID=1065&TOPIC_ID=283&FORUM_ID=12
> this code uses RegisterHotKey and UnregisterFunc1 from coredll to capture
> the keys.
>
> The problem, however, is that while my app is running it apparently owns
> the keys, so if you press them (even when the app is not in the
> foreground), they are trapped by my app and don't perform the expected
> function (like start email or calendar, for example).
>
> I haven't been able to find any references to a solution for this. I
> understand I am not supposed to really close my application, that it just
> "minimizes" when the user presses the "x" button (boy, is that a user
> interface wart!), but it seems I should be able to "give up" the buttons
> when my app is not in the foreground.
>
> I've noticed at least one other application which I use on my device that
> behaves this way, but it just seems wrong to me.
>
> How do I go about solving this??
>
> Thanks,
>
> Terry Brown
> Stickman Software
> http://www.stickmansoftware.com
>
>

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