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lansalot
14-02-2006, 01:11 AM
Hi

Keen to get into this, I've installed VS2005, followed by the .net compact framework (version 2) and sdk and also Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone SDK.

I can run forms in the emulator that I've designed, but for some reason, there appear to be lots of controls missing in the IDE.

The controls I have in the toolbox are:

Pointer
BindingSource
Checkbox
Combobox
DataGrid
DateTimePicker
HScrollBar
ImageList
Label
LinkLabel
ListView
MainMenu
MessageQueue
Panel
PictureBox
ProgressBar
SerialPort
TextBox
Timer
TreeView
VScrollBar
WebBrowser.

And that's it. Could someone in perhaps a similar situation please verify that I have all the controls I should? Shouldn't there be stuff like a simple form button, and how come I don't get all the other stuff like FileOpen dialog's?

Remember, this is while developing for Mobile v5 Smartphone - when I picked a Windows CE project, up come a load more controls including those listed above.

They just not available for Smartphone v5 perhaps? Something else I'm missing?

Thanks

edit: update. the controls are there if I create a project for Windows CE 5.0 instead, there's heaps more controls instead of what I mentioned above. And the app runs on my phone, but not in the emulator. When I switch back to the emulator, naturally it barfs on:

Me.Button1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Button

where it's "not supported". Damn.

Should I actually be developing for Windows CE 5.0 instead perhaps for the HTC Wizard ?

lansalot
14-02-2006, 02:34 PM
Well, I'll post my clot-headed mistake here for the benefits of others.

My post above reveals I had installed the SDK for Smartphone - and the HTC Wizard (o2 xda mini) is running Windows Mobile v5 for PocketPC (not Smartphone).

Once I'd retrieved the proper SDK, here (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=83a52af2-f524-4ec5-9155-717cbe5d25ed&displaylang=en) all went well, and I now have the proper complement of controls.

/me slaps head.

Off to a great start then..