Gabriel Minárik .Net CF Developer's Blog

Themes in Resco controls

2009-12-14T05:01:00.000-08:00

How to insert predefined designs (themes) into Resco controls?

Next controls have this feature:
CustomKeyboard, TabControl, ToolbarControl, DetailView, AdvancedList and AdvancedComboBox.

Detect High Resolution Display

2009-12-08T05:40:00.000-08:00

You have to use larger images for VGA or WVGA, or scale your UserControl, and you don't know where is your code running?

For dealing with high DPI (Dots Per Inch) VGA devices, we used to detect the high resolution this way:

private float DetectResolution1()
{
float scaleFactor = 1.0f;

using (Graphics gr = this.CreateGraphics())
{
scaleFactor = (gr.DpiX == 192.0f) ? 2.0f : 1.0f;
}

return scaleFactor;
}

But never use this code if you want to save CPU time.

Ten times faster way is here:

private float DetectResolution2()
{
return this.CurrentAutoScaleDimensions.Height / 96.0F;
}

My code is available here: http://winmobile.euweb.cz/#Post14

If you are developing your custom control, I advise you to read more about UserControl.ScaleControl(..) method, which is called often by the system, so take care with method.

protected override void ScaleControl(SizeF factor, BoundsSpecified specified)
{
m_ScaleFactor = factor;

base.ScaleControl(factor, specified);
}

Smart Device Development Forums

2009-10-21T03:25:00.000-07:00

A great Forum to ask your questions around Windows Mobile Development:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/smartdevicedevelopment

Meet Resco at PDC 09

2009-10-13T05:10:00.000-07:00

We will be there at a booth with number: 1110.
Hope you will visit us personally and talk to us about your mobile development experience, feature requests and opinions. Your feedback is very important.

Feel free to write a comment if you will be there too.
Thanks in advance!

T9 again

2009-09-24T05:31:00.000-07:00

I wrote about T9 implementation on last year:
http://winmobiledeveloper.blogspot.com/2008/06/how-can-i-add-t9-to-textbox.html

And I found a little different way to enable T9 on your textbox.
There are more special feature, e.g. you can associate PIM Contacts with the TextBox.

Here is blog post from Christopher Fairbairn with sample code:
Making auto suggestions more appropriate for your textbox

Similar icons with ImageButton

2009-09-08T07:02:00.000-07:00

Sometimes you need the same background image for your image buttons to keep your style in your mobile application, and you just want to change the icon of your buttons.

This sample shows you how to do it with Resco's ImageButton control.

Source Code:
http://winmobile.euweb.cz/#Post13

Form.Owner

2009-08-26T05:12:00.000-07:00

If you simply use ShowDialog to display another form:
a) The new form (specifically its caption/text) appears in the "running programs list"
b) The original form also appears in the list, which means you can navigate to it (although it appears disabled once activated)
c) There is potential for closing the second form and returning to another window on the PPC (the original form has moved back in the z-order)

With CF 2.0 you can use the Owner property of the Form and hence get rid of every problem from the above list. Do not confuse the Owner property with the Parent property, which is inherited from Control and is not intended to be used with forms

Run the following snippet:

using (Form2 form2 = new Form2())
{
form2.Owner = this;
form2.ShowDialog();
}

...you'll notice that only one entry for your application exists in the running list. The only potentially strange thing is that it has the caption of the first form (while the body of the form is clearly that of Form2)! This is easily rectified with the following modification:

using (Form2 form2 = new Form2())
{
form2.Owner = this;

string title = this.Text; //make a copy of the original caption
this.Text = form2.Text; //set our caption to the form

form2.ShowDialog();

this.Text = title; //restore the original caption
}

Sample Project:
http://winmobile.euweb.cz/#Post12

Resco CustomKeyboard Designer

2009-08-18T06:46:00.000-07:00

Currently I'm developing a new CustomKeyboard Designer, which should prevent your headache. :)
With this designer you won't calculate the Bounds of a Key on your custom keyboard, but simple you would be able to resize and move the keys with the mouse.

You could also cut, copy, paste KeyDescriptor from one Layout to another.

This application saves your design into XML file, so you can load it back in Visual Studio or during the run-time.

Drawing is slower in Landscape mode

2009-07-30T01:50:00.000-07:00

I found a strange drawing on Windows Mobile. If you draw a Bitmap it takes:
- 3 ms in Portrait mode and
- 65 ms in Landscape mode.
(Tested on VGA emulator)

Method:
e.Graphics.DrawImage(m_Bmp, 0, 0);

It seems the Landscape drawing is emulated only, and the bitmap rotation takes so many time.

It can make problems when you want to animate, or e.g. when you have double buffering and you need repaint some areas on mouse move event.

If you know a faster way of drawing Bitmap, feel free to comment this post.

You can try out my sample here:
http://winmobile.euweb.cz/#Post11

Update:
On QVGA device:
- Portrait: 2 ms (average)
- Landscape: 6 ms (average)
On VGA device:
- Portrait: 6 ms (average)
- Landscape: 47 ms (average)

Speed Up Your Windows Mobile Builds

2009-07-24T02:29:00.000-07:00

I found this useful trick on Nick Randolph's blog:

"One of the things that continually frustrates me about building Windows Mobile applications in Visual Studio is that for some reason it takes so long to do a build. Behind the scenes there is a lot that goes on and I always forget that there is one part of the build that you can mostly do without, the platform verification. As pointed out by the now quite old post by the Visual Studio for Devices team you can disable this part of the build quite easily:

1) Open the file %windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Microsoft.CompactFramework.Common.Targets for editing.

2) Go to the line which reads:
Name="PlatformVerificationTask">
and change it to:
Name="PlatformVerificationTask" Condition="'$(SkipPlatformVerification)' != 'true'">

3) Add the SkipPlatformVerification environment variable to the system and set it to "true" (To re-enable Platform Verification set the environment variable to "false")

4) Restart Visual Studio for the changes to take effect (If building from the command line using MSBuild, add /p:SkipPlatformVerification=true to your command line to turn off the task. You can specify the variable in the project file also, so that this information is persisted across sessions).

As noted by Thomas you may just want to disable this functionality, instead of having it contingent on an environment variable. In this case just change the PlatformVerificationTask line to:

Name="PlatformVerificationTask" Condition="false">

Doing this you should notice that your mobile projects build just as fast as other projects within Visual Studio. Note: This is still relevant in Visual Studio 2008 with SP1."

I tried it out, and it really decreased the time for building my projects.

Source:
http://community.softteq.com/blogs/nick/archive/2009/07/22/speed-up-your-windows-mobile-builds.aspx

Freeware obfuscator for .NET CF and .NET

2009-07-01T06:15:00.000-07:00

Eazfuscator.NET is a free obfuscator for both .Net Framework and .Net Compact Framework with a simple and nice GUI.

The main purpose of obfuscator is to protect intellectual property of the software.

If you have a good experience with another obfuscator for windows mobile applications, feel free to comment this post.

How to serialize Resco controls into XML

2009-06-05T01:42:00.000-07:00

Some Resco Controls (e.g.CustomKeyboard, AdvancedList, DetailView, ToolBarControl, etc.) allow you to save the control's property into an XML file.

Here is a screenshot from the VS designer:

Here is a sample for AdvancedList, which demonstrates you the usage in your code during the run-time:
http://www.resco.net/developer/support/samples_advancedlist.aspx (XML sample)

It is useful to make different design for Portrait and Landscape mode, for QVGA or VGA or for square displays.
You can also use the XML serialization, when you need to export and import settings of control.

Windows Mobile 6.5 Developer Tool Kit

2009-06-04T02:54:00.000-07:00

The Windows Mobile 6.5 Developer Tool Kit is available for download. It includes the Emulator images as well as the documentation and the samples on Gesture APIs.

TouchDateTimePicker sample

2009-06-02T08:04:00.000-07:00

This sample demonstrates the new Resco control, and its features.
To run it you need at least the v5.7.0.1/6.7.0.1.

If you want to change the order of rollers just adjust this property:
this.touchDateTimePicker1. RollersCustomDateFormat = "yyyy MMMM d";

You should use a SPACE as a separator in your mask.

If you set an unsupported format, you will receive an exception.
Here is a piece of code to see what is allowed:

private void SetCustomDateFormat(string aStrDateFormat)
{
if (aStrDateFormat == null || String.Empty.Equals(aStrDateFormat)) return;

string[] subDateMask = aStrDateFormat.Split(' ');

// change the rollers order according to the date mask
SetRollersOrder(subDateMask);

for ( int i = 0; i < subDateMask.Length; ++i)
{
string strMask = subDateMask[i];

switch(strMask)
{
case "y":
case "yy":
case "yyy":
case "yyyy":
SetDateFormat_Year(strMask);
break;

case "M":
case "MM":
case "MMM":
case "MMMM":
SetDateFormat_Month(strMask);
break;

case "d":
case "dd":
SetDateFormat_Day(strMask);
break;

default:
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}

Source Code: http://winmobile.euweb.cz/#Post10

Enjoy the new touch control :)

Resco releases Resco MobileForms Toolkit 2009 Volume 2

2009-05-26T08:55:00.000-07:00

The new MFT includes 3 new controls, which helps you to make better GUI and easier way of data input on windows mobile.

1. Resco AdvancedCombo for .NET CF

2. Resco NumericUpDown for .NET CF

3. Resco TouchDateTimePicker for .NET CF

Converting a VS2008 csproj to VS2005

2009-05-18T05:09:00.000-07:00

I discovered a few easy steps that can allow you to do this. Note: I had already converted (most) of the project files to use .NET 2.0. If you are using Ajax extensions you will have to make your web.config align with this as well. Do this first in VS2008. Obviously if you are using any .NET 3.0 or .NET 3.5 features, this isn't going to work for you...

Next open the csproj file you want to change in Notepad.

Near the top is the Project node. If this contains ToolsVersion="3.5" remove this attribute:

<Project ToolsVersion="3.5" DefaultTargets=...

becomes

<Project DefaultTargets=...

A few lines down there is a <ProductVersion> node, change the value:

<ProductVersion> 9.0.21022 </ ProductVersion>

becomes

<ProductVersion >8.0.50727 </ ProductVersion>

Near the bottom of the file, look for the

<Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />

becomes

<Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />

If there is another <Import node with an MSBuildExtensionsPath, delete this entire line.

Save the file and you should then be able to to open the file in VS2005. Don't double click on the file if you have both versions of Visual Studio installed, you will likely get the default VS2008 to load it.

G-Sensor, Light sensor

2009-05-05T04:14:00.000-07:00

The Windows Mobile Unified Sensor API allows developers to easily access the hardware sensors that are available on various phones.

http://sensorapi.codeplex.com/

Call Firewall + SMS Blocker (FREE)

2009-04-27T00:57:00.000-07:00

I found a free application to block your unwanted incoming calls:
http://www.logic-unlimited.in/callfirewall.php

Features:
a. Accecpt all calls
b. Accept call from My Contacts only.
c. Reject all calls
d. White List - accepts calls only from the white listed.
e. Black List - accepts all calls except from the black listed.
f. There is also an option to reply with an SMS.

New Enterprise Solution Prototype

2009-04-23T10:16:00.000-07:00

We released the Mobile Business ESP. This project shows you the real power of Mobile Forms Toolkit (MFT).
The solution includes the source code as well.
You will learn how to create cool business applications for Windows Mobile devices.

Press Release:
http://www.resco.net/developer/company/news.aspx?file=2009-04-21

Mobile Business ESP:
http://www.resco.net/developer/mobilebusiness/overview.aspx

Try out the application for FREE:
http://www.resco.net/developer/mobilebusiness/download_ppc.aspx

Presentation Zoom Tool

2009-03-31T04:31:00.000-07:00

Microsoft has a great Zoom tool specifically for presentations. It would be very useful for technical presentations where the code is hard to see on the projector.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/zoomit.mspx

CustomKeyboard - Cut, Copy, Paste, Shift, Backspace

2009-03-30T04:27:00.000-07:00

I created a sample about how can you define Cut, Copy, Paste, Backspace and Shift keys in your CustomKeyboard.

Source Code:
http://winmobile.euweb.cz/index.html#Post09

Resco Samples in VB .Net as well

2009-03-18T09:46:00.000-07:00

Our main language is C#, but now we converted plenty of samples into VB .Net. Enjoy them! :)

New samples of CustomKeyboard:
http://www.resco.net/developer/support/samples_customkeyboard.aspx

Download other samples:
http://www.resco.net/developer/support/samples.aspx

Hope it helps!

Toolbar sample

2009-02-26T11:45:00.000-08:00

Resco Toolbar control can you use as a navigation bar.
Here is a sample code how to design it:
http://winmobile.euweb.cz/#Post08

New ImageButton sample

2009-02-23T18:44:00.000-08:00

There is a new simple sample project on Resco's web site.

Here is the source code:
http://www.resco.net/developer/support/samples_imagebutton.aspx
(under Main Form title)

PInvoke.Net

2009-01-19T17:43:00.000-08:00

PInvoke.net is allowing developers to find PInvoke signatures, and any other information related to calling unmanaged APIs from managed code (written in C# or VB.NET).
E.g.:
[DllImport("coredll", EntryPoint="GetDC", SetLastError=true)]
private static extern IntPtr GetDCCE(IntPtr hWnd);

http://www.pinvoke.net/

They have an Add-in to Visual Studio 2003 and 2005, to make the insertion of PInvoke signatures an easy and fast operation.

You can download it from their page. It's FREE :)

Best regards,
Gabriel Minárik

New Resco Control (Coming soon...)

2009-01-19T05:44:00.000-08:00

Here are two screenshots about the Resco Toolbar Control.
The BETA version comes in February.

Included features:
- Touchscrolling
- Transparent scrollbar indicators
- XML serialization
- Designer support

This control will be a part of Mobile Forms Toolkit.
Our customers with active subscription of MFT will get this control automatically.

Feel free to comment this new control. :)

I love this Add-in (SlickEdit Gadgets)

2008-12-04T13:42:00.000-08:00

I think SlickEdit's ruler is very nice tool in Visual Studio.
The ruler indicates where your cursor is, and you haven't looking for it. 8)

Here is a screenshot from my IDE:

Of course it is FREE Add-in :) Thanks for the developers! ;)

Download page:
http://www.slickedit.com/content/view/441

WM 6.1 Emulator Images

2008-11-24T05:42:00.000-08:00

Where can you download WM 6.1 Emulator Images?
here

New emulator image resolutions:

Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard
DPI: 131 - Resolution: 320 x 320 pixels
DPI: 131 - Resolution: 400 x 240 pixels
DPI: 131 - Resolution: 440 x 240 pixels
Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
DPI: 96 - Resolution: 240 x 400 pixels
DPI: 192 - Resolution 480 x 800 pixels

TechEd 2008 EMEA

2008-11-20T14:40:00.000-08:00

Hi Mobile Developers!

Last week I was in Barcelona on TechEd 2008 EMEA.

Resco has a survey, which was created with Resco AdvancedList control.

By tilting the Diamond device, they could answer questions, because it contains G-sensor (Accelerator).

One of the respondents could win an HTC Touch Dual device, and here is the happy winner from Spain:

Congratulations!

I enjoyed a lot of great presentations about new technologies, tricks and tips.

Some of our customer met us by Resco’s stand, and they give us lot of ideas and feature requests.

Your feedback is very important to us, so if you weren't on TechEd you can still write me your ideas.

I'll try to do my best :)

CustomKeyboard instead of SIP

2008-10-29T17:38:00.000-07:00

On 27 of October Resco released the CustomKeyboard control which is a part of Mobile Forms Toolkit vol.3.

I want to show you how you can use CustomKeyboard to get input, and disable the InputPanel (SIP) on your device.

Add InputPanel to your Form and handle the EnabledChanged event:

private void inputPanel1_EnabledChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
 // Hide SIP keyboard
 this.customKeyboard1.HideSipKeyboard(this);
}

There is a little bug or perhaps a feature :) on devices: when the user clicks on the place where the icon of SIP in is generally, then the system will show the SIP. But when the user clicks on that place we can hide the SIP immediately.

Source code:
http://www.winmobile.euweb.cz/#Post07

This trick disables the SIP, but doesn't filter the input from hardware keys.
To read more about the filtering please read my post below:
http://winmobiledeveloper.blogspot.com/2008/09/special-textbox-control.html

A screen capture tool for WM 5

2008-10-06T17:33:00.000-07:00

Here is a very simple source code to make a screenshot on your device:

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/mobile/screen_capture_pocketPC.aspx

Remote device control

2008-10-06T05:37:00.000-07:00

You must know this application, if you are a WM developer.
MyMobiler is a Freeware application, and I like it! :)

Features:

View your mobile screen on your desktop.
Control your mobile by using desktop keyboard and mouse.
Copy/Cut/Paste text between mobile and desktop.
Capture mobile screen.
Drag and drop files to your mobile.
Support ActiveSync / IP Connection
Support Mobile Explorer (File Browse)

Link: http://www.mymobiler.com/

Special TextBox Control

2008-09-12T17:31:00.000-07:00

When you have a Resco CustomKeyboard in your application, maybe you need a custom TextBox too, which filters the pressed key.
In my sample code, the SpecialTextBox control overrides the TextBox control, and allows only these keys:
Space, 0-9, Enter.

SpecialTextBox overrides these 3 methods:
OnKeyDown, OnKeyUp and OnKeyPress.

Here is a piece of code to see how it works:

protected override void OnKeyUp(KeyEventArgs e)
{
  if (e.KeyCode == Keys.Space ||
    e.KeyCode >= Keys.D0 && e.KeyCode <= Keys.D9 ||
    e.KeyCode == Keys.Enter)
    {
        base.OnKeyUp(e);
    }
    else
    {
        e.Handled = true;
    }
}

When you want to import this control to your project with the source code, don't forget the DesignTimeAttributes.xmta, which allows the designer support for this control:

 <Class Name="MyControls.SpecialTextBox">
   <DesktopCompatible>trueDesktopCompatible>
 <Class>

Sorce Code:
http://www.winmobile.euweb.cz/#Post06

How to: Reset the Device

2008-09-09T15:29:00.000-07:00

There is a piece of code written in C# and VB .Net to restart your device:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms172519.aspx

How to add Resco controls manually into the toolbox

2008-09-05T17:28:00.000-07:00

If you have an older version of Resco control in Toolbox, please remove it.

Then right click on Toolbox -> “Choose Items…”

Click on “Browse” button, and open the *.dll files from:
e.g.: C:Program FilesResco MobileForms Toolkit for .NET CF 2.0CF

Hope it helps!

CustomKeyboard BETA Released

2008-09-03T17:26:00.000-07:00

Now, all developers can try the new Resco control.
It helps to create your own keyboard, with more than one layout.

Product's web page:
www.resco.net/developer/mobileformstoolkit/customkeyboard.aspx

Sample Code:
http://www.winmobile.euweb.cz/#Post05

Best regards,
Gabriel Minárik

TechEd 2008

2008-08-29T14:23:00.000-07:00

Where can you meet Resco developers including me?
We will at TechEd between 10 and 14 of November in Barcelona.
I hope you will be there too. Feel free to visit our stand; maybe we will have a precious surprise for you :)

Best regards,
Ing. Gabriel Minárik

Which icon sizes should I use in my application?

2008-08-21T17:22:00.000-07:00

I find an article to answer the question: here
Summary of the article:

If you are creating a single .exe that is designed to run on all Windows Mobile devices, use an application icon with these sizes:

16x16
22x22
32x32
44x44
64x64

If your .exe is only designed for "Pocket PC" devices, use an application icon with these sizes:

16x16
32x32
64x64

If your .exe is only designed for "Smartphone" devices, use an application icon with these sizes:

16x16
22x22
32x32
44x44

I advise a FREE icon editor, which can generate all needed sizes from one picture:
http://icofx.ro/

Volume control on devices

2008-08-05T17:11:00.000-07:00

Do you want to mute the device, or change the volume in managed code?
Then you can use the following property:

public enum Volumes : int 
   { 
     OFF = 0, 
     LOW = 858993459, 
     NORMAL = 1717986918, 
     MEDIUM = -1717986919, 
     HIGH = -858993460, 
     VERY_HIGH = -1 
   } 

   [DllImport("coredll.dll", SetLastError = true)] 
   public static extern int waveOutSetVolume(IntPtr device, int volume); 

   [DllImport("coredll.dll", SetLastError = true)] 
   public static extern int waveOutGetVolume(IntPtr device, ref int volume); 

   public static Volumes Volume 
   { 
     get 
     { 
       int v = (int)0; 

       waveOutGetVolume(IntPtr.Zero, ref v); 

       switch (v) 
       { 

         case (int)Volumes.OFF:  
            return Volumes.OFF; 

         case (int)Volumes.LOW:  
            return Volumes.LOW; 

         case (int)Volumes.NORMAL:  
            return Volumes.NORMAL; 

         case (int)Volumes.MEDIUM:  
            return Volumes.MEDIUM; 

         case (int)Volumes.HIGH:  
            return Volumes.HIGH; 

         case (int)Volumes.VERY_HIGH:  
            return Volumes.VERY_HIGH; 

         default:  
            return Volumes.OFF; 
       } 
     } 
set {         waveOutSetVolume(IntPtr.Zero, (int)value); } 
   } 

The change will appear in 3 or 5 seconds.
So it means, it isn't a fast operation. :(

You can download the source code from:
http://www.winmobile.euweb.cz/#Post04

CustomKeyboard Control for .Net CF

2008-07-31T18:10:00.000-07:00

What's new in Resco?
We're preparing Resco CustomKeyboard for .NET CF, a new control which allows developers to design and create their own keyboards. Here is a screenshot with special custom keys:

Announcement:
www.resco.net/developer/company/news.aspx?file=2008-07-29

Product's web page with Screenshots:
www.resco.net/developer/mobileformstoolkit/customkeyboard.aspx

How to get the screen resolution

2008-07-29T17:07:00.000-07:00

Sometimes developers need to know the resolution of device, where the application's running.

Here is the code:

  
  using System.Windows.Forms; 
 
   int width =  Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width;     
 int height = Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height; 
   
 MessageBox.Show("The device's resolution: Width = " + width +                 " Height = " +                 height);

It's very easy ;)

A sample of new controls

2008-07-14T15:04:00.000-07:00

My colleague, Vladimír Gregor, made a very interesting sample of a business project to show to developers how they can use the new controls from Resco MobileForms Toolkit Volume 2.

In his article, he will demonstrate how to create a PocketPC application, which uses a camera and built-in microphone.

The article is available: here

Cut, Copy, Paste features in a TextBox

2008-07-09T17:01:00.000-07:00

PocketPC users like these features, and I hope you will add them to your applications.

What you need to add Cut, Copy etc. functionality to your TextBox:
- Add this reference, there is the Clipboard class.

using System.Windows.Forms;

- Add these methods:

private void CopySelectedText(TextBox aTextBox)
{
DataObject m_data = new DataObject();
m_data.SetData(DataFormats.Text, true, aTextBox.SelectedText);
Clipboard.SetDataObject(m_data);
}

private void PasteSelectedText(TextBox aTextBox)
{
if (Clipboard.GetDataObject().GetDataPresent(DataFormats.Text))
{
int start = aTextBox.SelectionStart;

if (aTextBox.SelectionLength == 0)
{
aTextBox.Text = aTextBox.Text.Insert(aTextBox.SelectionStart,
Clipboard.GetDataObject().GetData(DataFormats.Text).
ToString());
}
else
{
aTextBox.Text = aTextBox.Text.Replace(aTextBox.SelectedText,
Clipboard.GetDataObject().GetData(DataFormats.Text).
ToString());
}

aTextBox.SelectionStart = (aTextBox.Text.Length >= start) ? start : aTextBox.Text.Length;
}
}

private void RemoveSelectedText(TextBox aTextBox)
{
if (aTextBox.SelectionLength > 0)
{
int start = aTextBox.SelectionStart;

//remove selected text
aTextBox.Text = aTextBox.Text.Replace(aTextBox.SelectedText, "");

aTextBox.SelectionStart = (aTextBox.Text.Length >= start) ? start : aTextBox.Text.Length;
}
}

- Then you are ready to handle the menu items:
private void mnuCopy_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
CopySelectedText(this.tbNotes);
}

private void mnuPaste_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
PasteSelectedText(this.tbNotes);
}

private void mnuCut_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
CopySelectedText(this.tbNotes);
RemoveSelectedText(this.tbNotes);
}

I think everybody know how to add the menu items Cut, Copy, Paste etc. into a ContextMenu. :)

You can download the source code from:
http://www.winmobile.euweb.cz/#Post03

Resco ImageButton Sample

2008-07-02T17:00:00.000-07:00

When I developed the Mobile Business Toolkit, I needed a button control which is able to display Image as the button, receive the focus, and it will support the key navigation on Smartphone too. This is the story how was born this control.

I created a sample to see what we can do whit this control.

You’re able to create Image based button, custom checkbox and vista style button.

Here is a screenshot from QVGA device, but I advice to test it on VGA device too.

Hope it helps create buttons easier!

You can download the source code from: http://www.winmobile.euweb.cz/#Post02

How can I add T9 to the TextBox?

2008-06-25T12:57:00.000-07:00

T9 input mode is the predictive text input feature on the devices. To add this feature to your TextBox use this code:

public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();

InputModeEditor.SetInputMode(this.tbNotes, InputMode.AlphaT9);
}

To make this method available, you will need to add this references:

using Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms;

That's all :)

Source code: http://www.winmobile.euweb.cz/#Post01

2008-06-13T15:05:00.000-07:00

Hi Windows Mobile Developers!

Here I will put some interesting Compact Framework tricks, tips and samples.
I'm a component developer at Resco. You can read more about my colleagues' and my work here: http://www.resco.net/developer/
Sometimes my posts will help to developers who use Resco's Mobile Forms Toolkit.