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  1. Dec 25th, 2003, 10:57 PM #1
    britt13
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    Question Timers in Windows CE

    I'm developing an app for Windows CE using VB.NET. I'm having problems with timers running under Windows CE (I'm using a Dell Axim for testing), as they are much slower than real time...about 3-4 times slower.

    Can anyone shed some light on why this would be happening?

    Are there programming issues/considerations that I'm not aware of when using timers for CE?

    Thanks!
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  2. Dec 26th, 2003, 11:20 AM #2
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    What do you mean "much slower than real time"? Does that mean the Tick event doesn't fire when you expect it to ?

    I've used timers (System.Windows.Forms.Timer) in VB.NET running on PocketPC 2002/2003 with no troubles at all.
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  3. Dec 26th, 2003, 12:06 PM #3
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    Exactly. I use essentially the same code running in Windows XP and the timed event that is supposed to take 6 seconds actually takes 6 seconds (i.e., the Tick event occurs when expected.)

    However, when I rebuilt the app to run in Windows CE, the timed (Tick) event happens much later than it should.
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  4. Dec 26th, 2003, 12:53 PM #4
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    Wish I could help - sorry. Have not actually made a project targeting CE - just Pocket PC. Don't know if that's an issue.
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