Hi, everyone,

I have a CE .NET device without any keyboard/mouse input. I can use the
Remote Display Control to connect to this device. But I have problem
starting the cerdisp program on the target since I will not have KITL in a
ship product. I tried starting cerdisp at windows startup but it failed
because cerdisp starts too early. Neither activesync or the CF ethernet
connection has been initialized at that moment. So
1) Is the Remote Display Control capable of sitting as a server and wait for
connection?
2) Is there an easy way to start a progam with some delay like 5 seconds?

Thank you.
Derek

Re: auto starting Remote Display application by Paul

Paul
Thu Oct 16 11:48:52 CDT 2003

Write a program which runs on startup, waits until the OS is ready, then
calls the remote display application. Annoying, but pretty simple. Are you
sure that you can't set the parameters of the Init registry key for the
remote display application to get it started late enough in the process?

Paul T.

"Derek Ou" <dereknospam@siconixnospam.com> wrote in message
news:uJRDuMAlDHA.964@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hi, everyone,
>
> I have a CE .NET device without any keyboard/mouse input. I can use the
> Remote Display Control to connect to this device. But I have problem
> starting the cerdisp program on the target since I will not have KITL in a
> ship product. I tried starting cerdisp at windows startup but it failed
> because cerdisp starts too early. Neither activesync or the CF ethernet
> connection has been initialized at that moment. So
> 1) Is the Remote Display Control capable of sitting as a server and wait
for
> connection?
> 2) Is there an easy way to start a progam with some delay like 5 seconds?
>
> Thank you.
> Derek
>
>



Re: auto starting Remote Display application by Derek

Derek
Thu Oct 16 12:09:47 CDT 2003

Sorry, I should have said it clearer. I just put a shortcut at the windows
startup
folder to start cerdisp.exe. I didn't use the Init registry key.

"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <ptobey_no_spam@instrument.com> wrote in message
news:O#nDcVAlDHA.2404@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Write a program which runs on startup, waits until the OS is ready, then
> calls the remote display application. Annoying, but pretty simple. Are
you
> sure that you can't set the parameters of the Init registry key for the
> remote display application to get it started late enough in the process?
>
> Paul T.
>
> "Derek Ou" <dereknospam@siconixnospam.com> wrote in message
> news:uJRDuMAlDHA.964@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Hi, everyone,
> >
> > I have a CE .NET device without any keyboard/mouse input. I can use the
> > Remote Display Control to connect to this device. But I have problem
> > starting the cerdisp program on the target since I will not have KITL in
a
> > ship product. I tried starting cerdisp at windows startup but it failed
> > because cerdisp starts too early. Neither activesync or the CF ethernet
> > connection has been initialized at that moment. So
> > 1) Is the Remote Display Control capable of sitting as a server and wait
> for
> > connection?
> > 2) Is there an easy way to start a progam with some delay like 5
seconds?
> >
> > Thank you.
> > Derek
> >
> >
>
>



Re: auto starting Remote Display application by Paul

Paul
Thu Oct 16 12:17:04 CDT 2003

And that was too soon? Hmmm. Well, you can still write your own program to
wait and then do the launch, I guess.

Paul T.

"Derek Ou" <dereknospam@siconixnospam.com> wrote in message
news:eKiBPhAlDHA.2616@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Sorry, I should have said it clearer. I just put a shortcut at the
windows
> startup
> folder to start cerdisp.exe. I didn't use the Init registry key.
>
> "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <ptobey_no_spam@instrument.com> wrote in message
> news:O#nDcVAlDHA.2404@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > Write a program which runs on startup, waits until the OS is ready, then
> > calls the remote display application. Annoying, but pretty simple. Are
> you
> > sure that you can't set the parameters of the Init registry key for the
> > remote display application to get it started late enough in the process?
> >
> > Paul T.
> >
> > "Derek Ou" <dereknospam@siconixnospam.com> wrote in message
> > news:uJRDuMAlDHA.964@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > Hi, everyone,
> > >
> > > I have a CE .NET device without any keyboard/mouse input. I can use
the
> > > Remote Display Control to connect to this device. But I have problem
> > > starting the cerdisp program on the target since I will not have KITL
in
> a
> > > ship product. I tried starting cerdisp at windows startup but it
failed
> > > because cerdisp starts too early. Neither activesync or the CF
ethernet
> > > connection has been initialized at that moment. So
> > > 1) Is the Remote Display Control capable of sitting as a server and
wait
> > for
> > > connection?
> > > 2) Is there an easy way to start a progam with some delay like 5
> seconds?
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > > Derek
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>



Re: auto starting Remote Display application by Steve

Steve
Thu Oct 16 15:16:16 CDT 2003

That should have been plenty late enough.
>> tried starting cerdisp at windows startup but it failed because cerdisp
starts too early
How is it you have come to the conclusion it starts too early. What exactly
is the error messages you get etc...

--
Steve Maillet (eMVP)
Entelechy Consulting
smaillet_AT_EntelechyConsulting_DOT_com



Re: auto starting Remote Display application by Derek

Derek
Thu Oct 16 15:38:35 CDT 2003

If I put the the shortcut at the startup folder, cerdisp starts and display
an error
messge "can't find HOST_NAME". Also, the network icon "_|_" shows not
connected at that moment. (socket CF ethernet card)

After the network becomes connected after about 3 seconds, I click the
shortcut and cerdisp connects to the host.

"Steve Maillet (eMVP)" <nospam1@EntelechyConsulting.com> wrote in message
news:#aCHcLClDHA.3732@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> That should have been plenty late enough.
> >> tried starting cerdisp at windows startup but it failed because cerdisp
> starts too early
> How is it you have come to the conclusion it starts too early. What
exactly
> is the error messages you get etc...
>
> --
> Steve Maillet (eMVP)
> Entelechy Consulting
> smaillet_AT_EntelechyConsulting_DOT_com



Re: auto starting Remote Display application by Steve

Steve
Thu Oct 16 15:50:07 CDT 2003

OK, so you need to have a loader app as Paul suggested that waits for
notification of the available network before trying to launch cerdisp.

--
Steve Maillet (eMVP)
Entelechy Consulting
smaillet_AT_EntelechyConsulting_DOT_com



Re: auto starting Remote Display application by Derek

Derek
Thu Oct 16 17:18:25 CDT 2003

Also, there is Remote Display Utility coming with the Remote Display
Control. The source code is available for this cerhost program. But
it's not built by default. Is this the same like the cerhost.exe on a
host PC? Has anyone tried it before?

"Derek Ou" <dereknospam@siconixnospam.com> wrote in message
news:uJRDuMAlDHA.964@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hi, everyone,
>
> I have a CE .NET device without any keyboard/mouse input. I can use the
> Remote Display Control to connect to this device. But I have problem
> starting the cerdisp program on the target since I will not have KITL in a
> ship product. I tried starting cerdisp at windows startup but it failed
> because cerdisp starts too early. Neither activesync or the CF ethernet
> connection has been initialized at that moment. So
> 1) Is the Remote Display Control capable of sitting as a server and wait
for
> connection?
> 2) Is there an easy way to start a progam with some delay like 5 seconds?
>
> Thank you.
> Derek