Craig,
You app could handle the vchrHardCradle and vchrHardCradle2 keys to prevent the
HotSync app from running. You can't do this from a
virtual driver however.
Regards,
Peter Easton
Palm Developer Support
Craig Allan Jeffree wrote:
> Peter Easton wrote:
>
> > Hi Craig,
> >
> > The HotSync interrupt interrupts the DragonBall processor directly - with no
> > involvement
> > from the virtual serial driver. The virtual serial driver has full access
> > to the OS, so it could
> > set the System prefs to launch a "preferred" app when the HotSync interrupt
> > happens.
> >
> > As far as I know, there is no way to mask this interrupt.
>
> Is there a way to set the "preferred" app to nothing? I really want to be able to
>detect the hotsync interrupt but at the same
> time not interrupt the currently running process. My understanding of the situation
>is that I can set my own app as the preferred
> app, but then when the app gets run it will cause the app that was running to
>receive an appStopEvent and shutdown. This is
> undesirable as it will cause the app to lose data - or if it stores that data before
>exiting it will at least cause it to require a
> restart by the user.
>
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Peter Easton
> > Pam Developer Support
> >
> > Craig Allan Jeffree wrote:
> >
> > > Hello all,
> > > I'm writing a virtual driver for the palm.
> > >
> > > I would like to find a way to capture the hotsync signal from the
> > > driver. The only way I have been able to get this notification is
> > > through the application launch available through the preferences -
> > > buttons menu. This is not able to do what I want because it will cause
> > > the current application to be stopped. I would like to find a way that
> > > will let the virtual driver trap the hotsync signal - determine whether
> > > it was a modem hotsync or a cradle hotsync and then take the appropriate
> > > actions, all without interrupting the currently running application.
> > > This would involve stopping the system from launching the application
> > > which is selected in the preferences program.
> > >
> > > I would love to hear from anyone who has any ideas on this!
> > >
> > > Thanks for your help
> > >
> > > Craig Jeffree
> >
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