GPSNOTIFY_COLD_START

The GPS receiver is performing a cold start

Parameters passed to GPSNOTIFYPROC:

lParam1

Not used.

lParam2

A pointer to a NULL-terminated text status message. On Windows CE platforms this will be a Unicode buffer; on all other platforms it is an ASCII buffer.

lParam3

Contains the user-defined parameter lUserParam passed to the GpsSetNotificationCallback function.

Remarks

A cold start refers to the process a GPS receiver goes through when it does not have the current time or has no prior information about where it is. This process can take up to 2 minutes, during which time the GPS fix will have a GPSQUALITY value of GPSQUALITY_INVALID.