yes, and i had to find the index that i was looking for by trial and error. the following site is listed in the SymScript manaul and explaines all the different functiones of CNTPNL, but it is meant for PPC devices: http://www.spbteam.com/pocketpc/articles/controlpanel.html

Hello Afshin, Forgot about the link in the SymScript manual - that was a few years ago! But what you can do with SymScript/emScript is get the command line used to start the application.  This will give you the correct command line without having to know it in advance.  There is a script ProcessListLoop.spt- run this then start the control panel app - then after 30 seconds pull back the process snapshot it generates (dumps out every 30 seconds) - it will list the command line option used to start the control panel.  So you can ensure you get the correct command line for WM/CE. 

To add to what Ken said, ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,1 - set password ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,2 - set ownerinfo ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,3 - battery status ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,4 - memory status ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,5 - about ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,7 - align ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,8 - keyboard settings ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,9 - sound ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,10- remove programs ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,11- start menu ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,12- button assignments ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,13- today screen ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,15- beam settings ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,16- clock ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,17- network adapters ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,18- regional settings ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,19- connections ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,20- phone settings ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,22- manage certificates ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,23- bluetooth are just some of the things you can launch via a shortcut. Richard LH

Richard, I tried using this list when invoking the date/time applet on a VC5090 and WT4090 (CE 5.0) and the ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,16 for clock didn't work.  Through trial and error I found that it had to be ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,13 instead.  The list you provided appears to be for WM.  I'm not sure why it's different, but I haven't been able to find a similar list for CE. Ken

Yes, the control panel indices will be different for each OS (CE 5.0, WM 5.0, WM 6.0, WM 6.1).  This is due to a different set of control panel applets being included for each OS version.  This can change the order of the control panel applets.

Afshin, I didn't see what you are doing with WM5 on your posting, but I'm using the AppCenter REG settings below to invoke the Date/Time applet on a WT4090 and VC5090: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Symbol\AppCenter\Date/Time] "Description"="Date/Time" "Execute"=" \\windows\\ctlpnl.exe" "Arguments"=" \\windows\\cplmain.cpl,13" "IconFile"=" \\windows\\cplmain.cpl,-5170" "Window1"="Date/Time Properties|Dialog" "ReadOnly"=dword:00000000 "HideFromUser"=dword:00000001 "HideAllTaskBars"=dword:00000000 "HideDoneButton"=dword:00000000 "HideStartMenu"=dword:00000001 "HideSip"=dword:00000001 "AutoStart"=dword:00000000 "StartupDelay"=dword:00000000 "RelaunchInterval"=dword:00000000 This should be "ctlpnl.exe cplmain.cpl,13" from the command line.  You may need to play with the value after the comma (i.e. 13) until you find the one that calls up the applet you're looking for. Ken

Hello Afshin, What I do is get the control panel you want displayed.  Run a script in a loop that dumps out the extended process information to a file.  One parameters logged is the command line used to start start the application. for Symscript you woudl see something like SYMSCRIPTWM.EXE Memory usage for Process 8045e040: 'SYMSCRIPTWM.EXE' Slot 20 PID 0xE6CBFCAA Command Line : /NOWARN /SINGLEINSTANCE /SCRIPT:\Application\SymScript\ResourceMonitorV3.spt Primary Thread TID: 0xE6CBFF56 Level of trust 0x02regards

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