cePowerStatus (Function)

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cePowerStatus (Function)

In french: ceEtatAlimentation

Used to get various information about the main or secondary battery of the Mobile Device (Pocket PC). This Mobile Device is connected to the current computer.

Remarks:

To find out the status of the batteries found on the Mobile Device connected to the current computer, a connection must be established between the current computer and the Mobile Device (ceConnect).
Versions 20 and later
This function is available in 64-bit mode.
New in version 20
This function is available in 64-bit mode.
This function is available in 64-bit mode.

Example

// Establish a connection with the Mobile Device
ceConnect()
// Process
...
// Status of main battery?
Info("The battery is loaded at: " + ...
cePowerStatus(ceChargePercentage) + "%")

Syntax

<Result> = cePowerStatus(<Type of information> [, <Battery>])

<Result>: Integer or boolean according to the type of information

Requested information,
Empty string ("") if the requested information is not available on the Mobile Device.

<Type of information>: Integer constant

Specifies the requested type of information:
ceCharging
True if the battery is charging,
False otherwise.
ceChargeLevel Charge level of battery:
0: battery not found.
1: high level.
2: low level.
3: critical level.
ceChargePercentage Percentage of battery load.
ceACLineStatus
True if the Mobile Device is plugged in,
False otherwise.
ceRemainingLife Remaining lifetime (in seconds) of battery.
ceTotalLife Total lifetime (in seconds) of battery.

<Battery>: Optional boolean

True (by default) to get information about the main battery of the Mobile Device,
False to get information about the secondary battery of the Mobile Device.

Remarks

Battery

Depending on the Mobile Device used, some information is not returned.
Some Mobile Devices do not have batteries.

Managing errors

Caution: cePowerStatus returns no error code. To find out if this function has generated an error, use ErrorInfo with the errMessage constant.

Various

To find out the status of the battery in a WINDEV Mobile application, use PowerStatus.

Component: wd260ce.dll