PPC UI Design Questions

Developing app for PocketPC using VB.NET
Want to implement a UI design that presents a list of application's files -
allowing user to specify file folders (option of All Folders or a specific
one) and specify a file's Type (option of All Types or a specific one).

Looking at two native PocketPC apps as examples:
Notes: Top section containing the form objects handling â??All Foldersâ?? and
â??Nameâ??
Contacts: Top section containing the form objects handling â??All Contactsâ??
and the text box

What device controls are used; how are they grouped into that top section;
and, what functionality do they have (what other design considerations
should be taken into account)?

Darren
Mon Oct 10 20:03:57 CDT 2005

the standard OpenFileDialog in the Compact Framework can
do most of this.
--
Darren Shaffer
.NET Compact Framework MVP
Principal Architect
Connected Innovation
www.connectedinnovation.com

"ChrisH" <ChrisH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1836D010-19B6-4E25-9997-5A590C0DF626@microsoft.com...
> Developing app for PocketPC using VB.NET
> Want to implement a UI design that presents a list of application's
> files -
> allowing user to specify file folders (option of All Folders or a specific
> one) and specify a file's Type (option of All Types or a specific one).
>
> Looking at two native PocketPC apps as examples:
> Notes: Top section containing the form objects handling "All Folders" and
> "Name"
> Contacts: Top section containing the form objects handling "All Contacts"
> and the text box
>
> What device controls are used; how are they grouped into that top section;
> and, what functionality do they have (what other design considerations
> should be taken into account)?
>

ChrisH
Tue Oct 11 14:16:02 CDT 2005

Thank you for your post, Darren, but you missed the point completely - I'm
not referring to how to open files - I'm hoping you can help me with my
question related to FORM OBJECTS.

What I'm looking for is which FORM OBJECTS are needed to produce the UI
effect used in common MS Pocket PC applications, such as Contacts and Notes,
as described in my post below. I'm specifically referring to the screen
objects anchored at the top of the screen for those apps that provide drop
down selections, similar to menu options - but they aren't menu objects - for
filtering views or setting parameters, etc. I've tried drawing a panel at
the top of the screen and dropping a menu object and ComboBox onto it, but
the menu object always gets anchored to the bottom of the Pocket PC screen,
and the ComboBox doesn't provide the effect. I've tried numerous
combinations of objects in an attempt to re-create that functionality in
Contacts and Notes (as well as other Pocket PC apps) but I haven't figured it
out!

Please advise!

Thanks!

"Darren Shaffer" wrote:

> the standard OpenFileDialog in the Compact Framework can
> do most of this.
> --
> Darren Shaffer
> ..NET Compact Framework MVP
> Principal Architect
> Connected Innovation
> www.connectedinnovation.com
>
> "ChrisH" <ChrisH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1836D010-19B6-4E25-9997-5A590C0DF626@microsoft.com...
> > Developing app for PocketPC using VB.NET
> > Want to implement a UI design that presents a list of application's
> > files -
> > allowing user to specify file folders (option of All Folders or a specific
> > one) and specify a file's Type (option of All Types or a specific one).
> >
> > Looking at two native PocketPC apps as examples:
> > Notes: Top section containing the form objects handling "All Folders" and
> > "Name"
> > Contacts: Top section containing the form objects handling "All Contacts"
> > and the text box
> >
> > What device controls are used; how are they grouped into that top section;
> > and, what functionality do they have (what other design considerations
> > should be taken into account)?
> >
>
>
>