Cheddar

I am working on an app I intend to release as freeware for the pocket pc but I have hit a snag. The app runs mostly in the tray and should display a menu on a tap and hold. I can trap the event in a message sink and raise an event. I then use this event to open a form for settings. This works fine but I would rather the settings be on a menu and there not be a form at all(the form will probably exist but the user would never see it).

Does anybody have a snippet that shows this (C# or vb.net would be fine)?

I appreciate any help I could get.

Thanks

BradleyUffner

Originally Posted by Cheddar

I am working on an app I intend to release as freeware for the pocket pc but I have hit a snag. The app runs mostly in the tray and should display a menu on a tap and hold. I can trap the event in a message sink and raise an event. I then use this event to open a form for settings. This works fine but I would rather the settings be on a menu and there not be a form at all(the form will probably exist but the user would never see it). Does anybody have a snippet that shows this (C# or vb.net would be fine)? I appreciate any help I could get. Thanks

The tray control should have a ContextMenu property, just set that to your menu. Use a contextmenu control instead of a main menu. You still design the menu as if it were a regular menu, but it's hidden, and shows up on the right click on the tray icon.

Cheddar

I'm not using a tray control (although it sounds like I should). Where can I find this?

Noisy Crow

You could use a transparent form, and paint the menu on that... a tap anywhere but the menu uloads the form... I've done something similar on desktop apps...

BradleyUffner

Originally Posted by Cheddar

I'm not using a tray control (although it sounds like I should). Where can I find this?

Check out the Open .NET Compact Framework www.opennetcf.org

Cheddar

I did not see the tray control. I saw the notifyicon class but it does not support the tap and hold. I will look again. For some reason I have been unable to get the search working on that site so I will have to look manually.