> I tried what you said and unfortunately found out that for > SrmSetWakeupHandler to work my app has to remain the active app. However, > this is not how it should work. My app will be sending and receiving over > the serial port and it may be that the user would be working in another app. > My app should nevertheless be notified that the serial port is receiving > data and handle the event. The trick here is to have a background process. > Maybe I haven't understood the serial wakeup handler well enough yet. I > would appreciate any pointers. > > One example of what I am aiming for is like the Palm Portable Keyoard where > the app goes into the background and whenever the user types something on > the keyboard the characters are input no matter what application is active.
That uses the background port, which is for input only. Do you have any control over the format of the input data? If so you might be able to use a standard keyboard driver. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
