Programming for Pocket PC (PPC) and lack of events.

[Sorwen]

So I'm trying to make a few tools to use on PPC devices. The problem I'm running into it the total lack of simple events for some/most controls. With my limited knowledge there did seem a way to add (for example) an on click event. I hate to cobble together some other controls to get this done. I don't know what kind of problems could arise creating a class that inherits from two totally different control types.

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[tperri]

Have you looking into AddHandler?

http://www.thescarms.com/dotnet/EventHandler.asp

 

[Sorwen]

No, I didn't know anything about it. Thank you I'll look into it.

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[tperri]

I really meant to type my response in proper English

 

[Sorwen]

It doesn't work for me or I'm not using it right. I have found the click event in some way does exist for a label for example. The other thing is from the way I understood that code and tried to use it the event has to be fired from another event or it does nothing at all the other way I tried to use it.

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[ThatRickGuy]

The PPC app I worked on last year (

http://www.ringdev.com/images/RedLineSkinListing.bmp)

used picture boxes under the labels and I handled the mouse down and mouse up events on the picture boxes.

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[zarkon4]

I completed a pocket pc app a couple of months ago.

What control are you trying to use? What exactly are you trying to do? I may be able to help.

 

[Sorwen]

ThatRickGuy - Yea if worse comes to worse I was thinking of something with a Panel. I'll look at picture though as it might have other events I might like to use later. Thanks for the idea.

zarkon4 - Right now I'm just trying for click on a Label or Text box, but another I know I'll need soon is click and hold (if that isn't some combo of click and something).


I find it hugely strange it tells me the event exists, but it seems it cannot be used.

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[zarkon4]

Couldn't you use a button...or use the gotfocus event for a textbox?

 

[Sorwen]

Possibly a button, but not likely. I'll have to look to be sure though. The problem with gotfocus is that it never gets focus.

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