Author: Peter Foot

There may be times in your application you need to generate a new unique Guid. The System.Guid class in .NETCF v1.0 doesn’t have the NewGuid method which is what you would normally use on the desktop. There are a couple of proposed alternatives, either generating one yourself by following the standards for Guids – using a […]

The following code can be used to force your form to the top of the z-order. Use this functionality with care since it’s bad practice to hog the topmost position which could obscure other important functionality. private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {       //get handle       this.Capture = true;       IntPtr hwnd = OpenNETCF.Win32.Win32Window.GetCapture(); […]

Sometimes calling BringToFront for your form is not enough to bring your app to the foreground. You can P/Invoke SetForegroundWindow which will activate your app and bring the window to the front of the Z-Order:- C#public void SetForegroundWindow(){    this.Capture = true;    IntPtr hwnd = OpenNETCF.Win32.Win32Window.GetCapture();    this.Capture = false;    OpenNETCF.Win32.Win32Window.SetForegroundWindow(hwnd);}or VBPublic Sub SetForegroundWindow    Me.Capture = True    […]

The standard ComboBox in NETCF has a couple of “issues”, however it’s possible to workaround them with a bit of tweaking. I rolled together a number of these fixes into a ComboBoxEx class. Heres the code (C#), I hope this (with a few more missing features) will be in the next SDF build with designer […]

I’ve uploaded to our online source browser some of the new code which will feature in the next Smart Device Framework release. This includes a new library for WindowsCE specific functionality, designed to match the new functionality available in the Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms assembly in the .NET Compact Framework v2.0 which is currently in Beta with Visual […]