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Is there a way to programmatically display a simple line of text anywhere on the Today/home screen (in WM5 or WM6)? I'm working on a small program that needs to run in the background and display some status info, updating this once a second or so.
I've seen programs that achieve this effect by adding a plug-in to the home screen, but is this the only solution?
Hi,
sorry - plug in is your only way, and updating once a second is going to have a detrimental effect on battery life
There is an old article here by Jim Wilson that may help.
Thanks for the info - that article on plug-ins looks ideal.
Re. your comment on battery life, does updating the display cause the screen to turn on then? If so I assume it's possible for a program to detect when the screen has gone into standby and so avoid doing any updates?
Updating the screen shouldn't do when the screen is off, but you are going to have a process running, constantly updating something - just something to keep an eye on