CE and Pocket PC compatibility

[Romain TAILLANDIER]

Hi group,

I must develop an app, with a User Interface based on TabControl.
My app will be run on PPc or WinCe, on different device with differents
screen size (240x320, 640x240, 800x600)
after fews tests, i remark that :
- TabControl are sometimes with heads in top on WCE or bottom in PPC
- on pocket PC, the Start menu is in the top on PPC in bottom in WCE

so how can i know where the heads of TabControls and start menu will be...
for design purpose.

I suppose it will be lots of other thin differences, where can i get the
list ?
how can i manage with that differences ?

thanks for any help
ROM

 

[Chris Tacke, eMVP]

As you found, the TabControl has the tabs at the bottom on PPC and the top
on CE. There's no changing that short of writing your own control. Same
thing with the Start button. There is no way to get the designer to show
the PPC-versions, so you'll have to rely on emulator or device testing.

 

[Ginny Caughey [MVP]]

ROM,

The Compact Framework just uses the underlying controls, so the difference
in appearance between CE and PPC is by design. Does it really matter which
way the tabs and Start menu are displayed? I think a bigger problem for
design purposes might be the variable screen sizes and how you want to
handle that. PPC apps will also want to always run full screen (unless you
remove the title bar) while CE apps should display at the size you specify,
but this might not matter to you since the PPC screens will be at the
smaller end of the scale. Other subtle differences include the Running
Programs list, which is on PPC but not on CE, but hiding forms from Running
Programs may not be an issue for you.