Any changes an app makes to the system preferences won't take effect until after a reset. There has been several posts recently on this topic that better explain it.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Mitra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: palm-dev-forum To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 6:57 PM Subject: Changing prefAutoLockTime > Hi, > > I have an application which is trying to set the "auto lock" time on the > device: > > PrefSetPreference(prefAutoLockType, afterPresetDelay); > PrefSetPreference(prefAutoLockTime, 600); > PrefSetPreference(prefAutoLockTimeFlag, 0); > > However, these preference changes do not appear to kick in, until you soft > reset the device. For example, if you run this code and then power-off the > device, you will be prompted for a password if you power-on the device > immediately. (It will not wait the 600 seconds.) But if you soft reset and > then power off the device, it will obey the new preference settings. > > Is this a known issue with the built-in Security application? Is there > something that I can be doing to tell the Security app to "reload" its > settings, aside from resetting the device? I've tried sending it a > sysAppLaunchCmdSystemReset launch code, but that doesn't seem to do it. > > thanks! > -- Chris > > > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
