Thursday, February 26, 2004
Spb Publishes Article, Tools To Circumvent 32 Process Limitation
Posted by Janak Parekh in "DEVELOPER" @ 03:00 PM
"Spb Software House is pleased to announce the release of a free solution for developers to the Windows Mobile 32 process limitation problem. The most common methodology used by Pocket PC developers for implementing background tasks is to create executable files which are stored in the Windows/Startup folder in order to ensure that the program is automatically started following a reset, and continues to run in the background. The problem comes in that the Windows CE operating system limits the number of processes running to 32. For example, in XDA II Pocket PC devices, 28 processes automatically start running immediately after a soft-reset, thus leaving you with only four possibilities for new processes, which limits the number of programs you can run. The Spb Software House solution counteracts this limitation, and developers can implement this solution free of charge within their applications."
The fundamental aspect of this approach is to lump all of the background startup tasks under one process called SERVICES.EXE. This functionality is built into WM2003, but not under Pocket PC 2000 or 2002, so they've also built a solution for those two platforms. If you're a developer on any of the three, and writing some of these applications, you might want to give this article a serious look.
The fundamental aspect of this approach is to lump all of the background startup tasks under one process called SERVICES.EXE. This functionality is built into WM2003, but not under Pocket PC 2000 or 2002, so they've also built a solution for those two platforms. If you're a developer on any of the three, and writing some of these applications, you might want to give this article a serious look.
