Mirrored forms - RTL for Arabic/Hebrew

[raiderdav]

I'm trying to make some software that is Right-To-Left capable for use
in Arabic and Hebrew. I'm running CE 6.0 and Compact Framework 2.0.
The Window Layout and Mirroring page on MSDN makes it sound as though
I can just call SetLayout and SetWindowLong and the whole form will
mirror: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa913269.aspx

I can get the ControlBox and Form title text to flip to the other side
(maximize button in top left), but that's about it. I was assuming all
of the X,Y locations of the form controls would change when the origin
moved. Shouldn't a button that is on the left of a form move to the
right due to the Near / Far location?

Am I missing something obvious?

 

[Daniel Moth]

These are still valid
http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/2005/03/rtl-problem.html
http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/2005/03/progress-on-rtl.html
so there is no official support for RTL in NETCF.

Cheers
Daniel

 

[raiderdav]

Thanks Daniel. I found your pages when searching on this subject, but
mistakenly assumed since they were from 2005 that things had changed -
especially with the MSDN page on Window Mirroring and the big green
check mark next to Embedded CE.