Exit Pocket PC Game

[jazz_e_bob]

What is the best way to quit a pocket pc application?

Is there an equivalent of an "escape" key on pocket pc ?

( I don't want to clutter the screen with an exit icon. )

[makslane]

You can use some PocketPC Key to exit your game.
But most games use some exit screen

[Just4Fun]

Hi Jazz,
I've been working on databases again &(*% so I haven't been active here recently, but I was reading through the forum this morning and noticed your PPC "Exit Application" message.

From a book I have that is published by MS Press:
"The second significant recommendation for an application on a Pocket PC is that once started the user should not be able to close it."

When talking about exiting programs on PPC, M$ guidlines state that one should never actually terminate an application using an "OK" button, but when the "X" button is clicked, the application should be minimized instead of being closed. GE probably takes care of this for us, but I decided to mention it-- just in case.

[makslane]

The game designer must decide.
If you really want close the game, use the ExitGame function.

If you use the SuspendGame function, the user can use any other applicantion on the PocketPC.

The system will close the game when in low memory condition.

[jazz_e_bob]

Thanks for the feedback guys. I still don't have my own ppc yet. Hoping to get a Dell Axim soon(ish) maybe. I've never even used one but I like the idea of having one!