Mobile

Re: Top-level, non-pop-up Menuitems

4-Jun-03 11:21

Due to the very nature of how menu items are inserted in the command bar, you cannot do that using straight MFC.

First, read this:
Disabling top-level popup menus in the PocketPC 2002[^]

Now, read this:
QA: How do I get the command bar menu handle?[^]

By now, you should be sick of my articles and wondering how did they helped you getting near to your goal. It's simple: you have to fake the menu yourself. For some guidance, look in wcebar.cpp (MFC sources) on line 631. It's all there!

Atlantys5-Jun-03 16:54

Atlantys

5-Jun-03 16:54

João Paulo Figueira wrote:
you should be sick of my articles

Never! You're "The One" when it comes to working on PocketPC code, especially the article on multi-toolbars. Rose | [Rose]

João Paulo Figueira wrote:
It's all there!

Well, a few sleepless nights later (been working on this for a while), I've accomplished nothing. Oh well, maybe it's time to redesign my dialog-app to just use a toolbar (bitmap) button instead of a menu (string) item. Cry | :((

Or maybe I should get back to doing my schoolwork instead. Big Grin | :-D

Do you know if it's possible to have a text-only toolbar? ie: load a bitmap toolbar with a single button, then somehow change it from a bitmap to a string?

Thanks! You rule! Big Grin | :-D

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Re: Top-level, non-pop-up Menuitems

João Paulo Figueira5-Jun-03 21:57

5-Jun-03 21:57

Well, I was not fishing for compliments but, anyway, thanks!

Atlantys wrote:
Do you know if it's possible to have a text-only toolbar?

Yes, you can do that. If you look into eVC's help file, go to 'Microsoft Windows CE / User Interface Services / Creating Controls / Working with Common Controls'. Read the entries on 'Creating a Command Bar' and 'Creating a ToolBar'. You will see that these controls may accept bitmaps, text, or both.

Atlantys wrote:
load a bitmap toolbar with a single button, then somehow change it from a bitmap to a string?

I think that you may be able to this using the TBSTYLE_LIST.

ActiveX - continued :)

Cedric Moonen4-Jun-03 2:19

4-Jun-03 2:19

Seems that nobody could answer my previous post!
Is there somebody here who has worked with ActiveX in embedded visual C++ ? Please, let me know how you do this! (Do I have to register it on the emulation/Pocket PC, and how, ... ??) !!

I go crazy Smile | :)

Thanks!

João Paulo Figueira4-Jun-03 11:11

4-Jun-03 11:11

To register an ActiveX, use regsvrce.exe (look in the target\arm directory of your SDK). You must copy it to the device and then execute it against the ActiveX DLL.

Cedric Moonen4-Jun-03 20:30

4-Jun-03 20:30

Thanks but it doesn't work neither.
My question will be perhaps a little bit stupid but it's the first time I develop for an embedded device: what I have done is use an ActiveX that was developped for a normal Win32 platform (say for example the MSFlexGrid that is included in Visual studio). I tried to use it on the pocket PC ! Is it possible to do such a thing ?? Sorry if I didn't say it before Smile | :)

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I copied the executable and the ActiveX (.ocx file) to the mobile device and then try to register it but I have an error: isn't a valid Win32 application.

João Paulo Figueira4-Jun-03 22:05

4-Jun-03 22:05

Oh boy! That can never work! You see, your mobile platform does not have an Intel x86 processor. Most likely, it will be a StrongARM or an Intel PXA250. These processors are not compatible with the desktop x86 couterparts. So, if you want to use an ActiveX control in your mobile (and you can do it), it must be targeted to the device's CPU. You cannot copy a desktop ActiveX DLL or EXE into the mobile and expect it to work...

Cedric Moonen4-Jun-03 22:19

4-Jun-03 22:19

Ooooops, that's right !! I feel a little bit ashamed of such a stupid question Blush | :O

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In fact, I was thinking of COM portability in means of language, but I didn't think that the processor where completely different... Dead | X|

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Thanks Smile | :)

João Paulo Figueira4-Jun-03 22:22

4-Jun-03 22:22

cedric moonen wrote:
I feel a little bit ashamed of such a stupid question

Don't be. If you are never wrong, you never learn anything. The stupid thing would be not to ask!

Wink | ;)

ActiveX registration

Cedric Moonen3-Jun-03 22:10