Today Plugin: Initialization issue error => Hard Reset ... healp much more appreciated

Hi all,

So, here is my problem.
I've done a little Today Plugin using VS2005 Beta 2.

This plugin is working really fine, I can load it, unload it, play with it ... etc.
But if I perform a soft reset while the today plugin is loaded, the pocketpc is not "booting up" anymore.

So I assume the OS has some troubles to initialize my dll ... but I really don't understand why.

I don't try to access to the storage card, even to the storage area.
I just load some files (.bmp and text files) on the InitializeCustomeItem ... and only after having checked that myDll::InitInstance has been performed.

All this plugin is based on the "standard" project: Visual C++ / SmartDevice / MFC Smart Device dll (static link)

OS: Windows Mobile 2003
Hardware: QTek 2020
Dev env: Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2

So, if someone has an idea ... it's really frustrating to have a fully functional today plugin ... and to know that a hard reset will have to be performed if a soft one is made ...

I've juste tried with the August community preview ... same issue.
I'll be happy to send the complete source code to anyone who want to help me. But don't forget to make a full backup before testing the today plugin !
just send an email to NiCkO313 at msn dot com

Thanks in advance,
Nicko.

Edit: After 2 days without answers, let me help you with a piece of my main class
Hope it will help someone to find what is going wrong with this plugin:

Edit 2: Let's try another way: Is there anybody able to write a Today Plugin using VisualStudio 2005 Using the following type of project:
Visual C++ / SmartDevice / MFC Smart Device dll (static link)

Piece of Source Code:

HWND APIENTRY InitializeCustomItem(TODAYLISTITEM *ptli, HWND hwndParent);

LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);

INT InitializeClasses();

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CtodayEphemerideApp, CWinApp)
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

CtodayEphemerideApp::CtodayEphemerideApp()
{
// TODO: add construction code here,
_hWndParent = 0;
_hWnd = 0;
_ephemerideFileLoaded = false;
_initInstancePerformed = true;
_initializeScreenPerformed = false;
_A_lastTime = 0;
}

CtodayEphemerideApp::~CtodayEphemerideApp()
{
}
// The one and only CtodayEphemerideApp object
CtodayEphemerideApp theApp;
// CtodayEphemerideApp initialization
BOOL CtodayEphemerideApp::InitInstance()
{
CWinApp::InitInstance();
HINSTANCE hInstance = AfxGetInstanceHandle();
UnregisterClass((LPCTSTR)LoadString(hInstance, IDS_TODAY_APPNAME,0,0), hInstance);
InitializeClasses();
_initInstancePerformed = true;

return TRUE;
}

void CtodayEphemerideApp::InitializeScreen()
{
HINSTANCE hInstance = AfxGetInstanceHandle();
// BUTTONS
RECT rt;
_initializeScreenPerformed = true;
}

/*************************************************************************/
/* Create and register our window class for the today item */
/*************************************************************************/

INT InitializeClasses()
{
      WNDCLASS          wc;
      memset(&wc, 0, sizeof(wc));
      HINSTANCE hInstance = AfxGetInstanceHandle();

      wc.style          = 0;
      wc.lpfnWndProc    = (WNDPROC) WndProc;
      wc.hInstance      = hInstance;
      wc.hIcon          = 0;
      wc.hCursor        = 0;
      wc.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH) GetStockObject(WHITE_BRUSH);
wc.lpszClassName=(LPCTSTR)LoadString(hInstance,IDS_TODAY_APPNAME,0,0);
      //register our window
      if(!RegisterClass(&wc))
      {
            return 0 ;
      }
      return 1;
}

/*************************************************************************/
/* Initilize the DLL by creating a new window                          */
/*************************************************************************/
HWND APIENTRY InitializeCustomItem(TODAYLISTITEM *ptli,HWND hwndParent)
{
      HINSTANCE hInstance = AfxGetInstanceHandle();
      HWND hWnd = NULL;
      if (ptli->fEnabled==0) return NULL;
      ((CtodayEphemerideApp*)AfxGetApp())->_currentState = L"Coming Soon :o)\0";
LPCTSTR appName =(LPCTSTR)LoadString(hInstance,IDS_TODAY_APPNAME,0,0);

      //create a new window
      hWnd = CreateWindow(appName,appName,WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD,
          CW_USEDEFAULT,CW_USEDEFAULT,240,0,hwndParent, NULL, hInstance, NULL) ;
      // associate the window handle with the App.
      ((CtodayEphemerideApp*)AfxGetApp())->_hWnd = hWnd;
      ((CtodayEphemerideApp*)AfxGetApp())->_hWndParent = hwndParent;
      ((CtodayEphemerideApp*)AfxGetApp())->InitializeScreen();

      return hWnd;
}

/*************************************************************************/
/* Main Window Message processing                                                       */
/*************************************************************************/
LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
      HDC hdc;
      HWND hWndApp = 0;
      PAINTSTRUCT ps;
      TODAYLISTITEM *ptli = (TODAYLISTITEM *)wParam;
      switch (message)
      {
            case WM_TODAYCUSTOM_CLEARCACHE :
                  break;
            case WM_TODAYCUSTOM_QUERYREFRESHCACHE:
            {
                  BOOL bReturn = FALSE;
                  if (NULL == ptli)
                        bReturn = TRUE;
                  if (ptli->cyp == 0)
                  {
                        ptli->cyp = 40;
                        bReturn = TRUE;
                  }
                  // Updating data (will be performed only if necessary)
                 ((CtodayEphemerideApp *) AfxGetApp())->UpdateData();
                  return bReturn;
            }

            case WM_PAINT:
            {
                  RECT rt;
                  hdc = BeginPaint(hWnd, &ps);
                  GetClientRect(hWnd, &rt);
                  SetBkMode(hdc,TRANSPARENT);

                  COLORREF          crText;
                  // determine the theme's current text color
                  // this color will change when the user picks a ne theme,                  // so get it each time the display needs to be painted

                crText = SendMessage(GetParent(hWnd), TODAYM_GETCOLOR, (WPARAM) TODAYCOLOR_TEXT, NULL);
                  // set that color
                  SetTextColor(hdc, crText);
LPCTSTR currentState = ((CtodayEphemerideApp*)AfxGetApp())->_currentState;
                  RECT rt_state = rt;
              DrawText(hdc, currentState, -1, &rt_state, DT_SINGLELINE | DT_CENTER | DT_BOTTOM);

EndPaint(hWnd, &ps);

}
break;

case WM_COMMAND:
break;

      // this fills in the background with the today screen image
            case WM_ERASEBKGND:
                 hWndApp = ((CtodayEphemerideApp*)AfxGetApp())->_hWnd;
                 TODAYDRAWWATERMARKINFO dwi;
                 dwi.hdc = (HDC)wParam;
                 GetClientRect(hWndApp, &dwi.rc);

                 dwi.hwnd = hWndApp;
                 SendMessage(GetParent(hWndApp), TODAYM_DRAWWATERMARK, 0,(LPARAM)&dwi);
                 return TRUE;

            default:
                  return DefWindowProc(hWnd, message, wParam, lParam);
   }
return 0;
}

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