Create Menusystem using ListView in WinCE

Hi,

I would like to create a menu-system using ListView-Controls for a WinCE 4.2 - Device. Just like
we see it everytime in many Phones and PDA's

The Idea is that I have a ListView for each Menulevel that shows Icons and Text. Clicking on an
Item either opens a lower (or upper) menulevel or launches a task.

I would like to select (and fire) an Item with a single click (touch-screen) as well as with arrow-keys and ENTER
or even with a digit (1-9).

A menuhandler takes care of the different menu-levels (and ListViews) etc.

I thought this could best be done using ListViews as they have the Icon and Text -capabilities and
do by themselves take care of aligning, scrollbars, navigation etc.

However I found (and read here) that simple things like a Click() are not supported and SelectedIndexChanged()
fires everytime the Item changes, even If I simply press "RightArrow".


I have realized the menu using panels and the OpenNETCF-ButtonEx. Works great with the mouse but I navigation with keys does not
work and ButtonEx has an issue with the focus after it has been clicked on (also I have no Scrollbars etc.)

Can anyone give me a hand on this? I think this must have been done a thousand times.

Thanks a lot in advance

Oh, C#, Win CE.NET, and of course .Net 2003



Regards from Berlin

Frank

Dietrich Datentechnik (Berlin)
Softwarekombinat Teltow (Teltow)

Frank.Dietrich@dd-tech.de
DFPUG # 327

Maybe the Activation property and the ItemActivate event (both on listview)
can help your scenario...

Cheers
Daniel
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http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/


"Frank Dietrich" <Frank.Dietrich@dd-tech.de> wrote in message
newsg95t05mverrsp65mi6qmnkbqs9ck1vblu@4ax.com...
> Hi,
>
> I would like to create a menu-system using ListView-Controls for a WinCE
> 4.2 - Device. Just like
> we see it everytime in many Phones and PDA's
>
> The Idea is that I have a ListView for each Menulevel that shows Icons and
> Text. Clicking on an
> Item either opens a lower (or upper) menulevel or launches a task.
>
> I would like to select (and fire) an Item with a single click
> (touch-screen) as well as with arrow-keys and ENTER
> or even with a digit (1-9).
>
> A menuhandler takes care of the different menu-levels (and ListViews) etc.
>
> I thought this could best be done using ListViews as they have the Icon
> and Text -capabilities and
> do by themselves take care of aligning, scrollbars, navigation etc.
>
> However I found (and read here) that simple things like a Click() are not
> supported and SelectedIndexChanged()
> fires everytime the Item changes, even If I simply press "RightArrow".
>
>
> I have realized the menu using panels and the OpenNETCF-ButtonEx. Works
> great with the mouse but I navigation with keys does not
> work and ButtonEx has an issue with the focus after it has been clicked on
> (also I have no Scrollbars etc.)
>
> Can anyone give me a hand on this? I think this must have been done a
> thousand times.
>
> Thanks a lot in advance
>
> Oh, C#, Win CE.NET, and of course .Net 2003
>
>
>
> Regards from Berlin
>
> Frank
>
> Dietrich Datentechnik (Berlin)
> Softwarekombinat Teltow (Teltow)
>
> Frank.Dietrich@dd-tech.de
> DFPUG # 327

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 13:07:08 -0000, "Daniel Moth" <dmoth74@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>Maybe the Activation property and the ItemActivate event (both on listview)
>can help your scenario...
>

Sorry took me a while... Yes that helped me, thanks for the hint

Regards from Berlin

Frank

Dietrich Datentechnik (Berlin)
Softwarekombinat Teltow (Teltow)

Frank.Dietrich@dd-tech.de
DFPUG # 327