PocketHAL 1.0.3 Released

[Kzinti]

PocketHAL 1.0.3 is available.

- Nailed down orientation issues with input
- Speeded up initialization on WM2003 SE devices
- More details inside the readme.

You can download PocketHAL here: http://www.droneship.com/downloads.html

Donators can obtain the registered copy (without the logo/banner) by e-mailing us.

[Cardinal]

Oh I was SO hoping you would nail down the button/orientation issue.

You da man!

[hrissan]

Dear Kzinti!
You promised GetShellOrientation() and possibly GetShellResolution() which work correctly on "weird" devices...

Without that functions we cannot get behavior we need - start in the same orientation as shell and then follow it when it changes.

Or start always in portrait (or landscape, depending on product) and ignore shell rotations...

[Kzinti]

The function GetShellOrientation() is actually there, I just forgot to add it to the header file.

Open PocketHAL.h and add the following inside the PHAL namespace:

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1  2  3  4	#if defined(PHAL_PLATFORM_WCE) /// Get the current shell orientation Orientation GetShellOrientation(); #endif
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This will work properly on all devices, including the Morotola Q and pre-WM2003 SE devices.

I've never heard of GetShellResolution(), but you can use GetSystemMetrics() with SM_CXSCREEN and SM_CYSCREEN for that.

[smachado]

I detected a problem running the new PHAL on x51v. It had the stylus problem in the PHAL 0 7 but it emulated for the 640x480 on x51v. The stylus problem got solved in the PHAL 1 0 but now (with no code changes, in my project) it display in a 1/4 screen on the x51v.

[Kzinti]

smachado: just to make sure I understand your problem correctly, are you saying that:

1) The display is 480x640 but the stylus input is 240x320

or:

2) The display is rendering at 240x320, using 25% of the actual screen and the stylus input is 480x680

or:

3) Something else?

I will test 1.0.3 on my Axim x50v and see if I can find a problem.

Also, are you using the device in emulation mode (240x320) or hi-res DPI aware (with the CEUX resource, 480x640)?

[smachado]

Kzinti hi

display 480x640 on x51v

with 0.7 it renders ok (100%)
with 1.0.3 it renders on 25%

With both PHAL Builds:
No resources on the project.
Compiled for WM5, so the subsystem > 4.20

I'll try changing the proj options for Pocket PC 2003 (ARM) (subsystem 4.20) and test, i'll post tomorrow.

[hrissan]

Dear Kzinti!

I have the problem running on Samsung Blackjack!

I set orientation to PHAL::GetShellOrientation() and I expect it to run in Normal orientation 320x240...

But it runs rotated (in 240x320), I have checked and found that PHAL::GetShellOrientation() returns ORIENTATION_ROTATE90CCW...

So GetShellOrientation works wrong on Samsung Blackjack... Or I do not understand something?

[Kzinti]

GetShellOrientation() should return ORIENTATION_NORMAL in 320x240 mode on the Blackjack.

Initializing PocketHAL with ORIENTATION_NORMAL should keep PocketHAL in 320x240.

So is the problem with GetShellOrientation() (that doesn't return ORIENTATION_NORMAL) or initializing PocketHAL with ORIENTATION_NORMAL? Can you narrow it down for me?

[smachado]

Kzinti Hi !

i fixed my problem with x51v and the emulation mode

i lowered the subsystem to 4.20 on my project's linker options:
/subsystem:windowsce,4.20 /machine:THUMB

works fine with PHAL 1.0

[Kzinti]

It's great you found a workaround. I never tested with subsytem > 4.20. I consider this a bug and will fix it.

[Kzinti]

I have done some testing with my Axim x50 and I can't reproduce your problem:

1) If I leave subsystem <= 4.20, I get a 240x320 screen
2) If I use subsystem = 5.00, I get a 480x640 screen

This behaviour is correct.

I have also verified that the input is on the right scale in each case (it is).

[hrissan]

I thought I was clear enough...

PHAL::GetShellOrientation() returns ORIENTATION_ROTATE90CCW on Samsung Blackjack .

[Dan East]

I thought I was clear enough...

PHAL::GetShellOrientation() returns ORIENTATION_ROTATE90CCW on Samsung Blackjack .

I think he was replying to smachado's Axim problem.

Dan East

[Kzinti]

hrissan: sorry, you were clear and I didn't read your post properly. It sounds like the device has the same problem as the Motorola Q with reporting shell orientation. Please try the attached lib and let me know if this fixes your problem.

The attached lib also has logging enabled (it will create a log file in the root of the filesystem).

smachado: if you are still around, can you try this version with subsystem=windowsce,5.0 and send me / post the log? Thanks!