Alarm Mgr problems

[Colleen Dideles]

Hi again everyone!

Has anyone tried writing programs that set alarms? I try to set the alarm (and I think I do it correctly) but I don't get any triggers when the alarm is supposed to set off. I use TimDateTimeToSeconds() to get the correct time, and when I check if I indeed set the alarm, I do get a registered alarm (see code below). But I never get the sysAppLaunchCmdAlarmTriggered launch cmd. For anyone who's had any experience with the Alarm Manager, please help. Thanks in advance. I'll appreciate any input!

Colleen

UInt32 AlarmGetTrigger (UInt32* refP) {
UInt16 cardNo;
LocalID dbID;
UInt32 alarmTime = 0;
DmSearchStateType searchInfo;

// get the card number & dataBase ID for the app
DmGetNextDatabaseByTypeCreator (true, &searchInfo, appFileType, appFileCreator, true, &cardNo, &dbID);

alarmTime = AlmGetAlarm (cardNo, dbID, refP);
return (alarmTime);
}

void AlarmSetTrigger (UInt32 alarmTime, UInt32 ref) {
UInt16 cardNo;
LocalID dbID;
DmSearchStateType searchInfo;

DmGetNextDatabaseByTypeCreator (true, &searchInfo, appFileType, appFileCreator, true, &cardNo, &dbID);
AlmSetAlarm (cardNo, dbID, ref, alarmTime, true);
}


//code for setting the alarm
DateTimeType startDateTime;
UInt32 startSeconds;

startDateTime.year = 98;
startDateTime.month = 11;
startDateTime.day = 13;
startDateTime.hour = 17;
startDateTime.minute = 49;
startDateTime.second = 0;
startSeconds = TimDateTimeToSeconds(&startDateTime);
AlarmSetTrigger (startSeconds, 0);

//verify that the alarm has been set
startSeconds = AlarmGetTrigger (&ref);


//In Pilot Main, check the cmd (this doesn't get executed)
case sysAppLaunchCmdAlarmTriggered:
AlarmTriggered ((SysAlarmTriggeredParamType *)cmdPBP);
paramType = (SysAlarmTriggeredParamType *)cmdPBP;
paramType->purgeAlarm = true;
FrmAlert (AlarmTriggeredAlert);
break;


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