Windows Mobile 5 SDK Button Control

Question

I\'m a fairly novice programmer working on my first Windows Mobile application. I see that there is no button control available for my program. I\'ve never created a custom co

Answer 1

You are obviously developing with the Smartphone SDK, where no button is available. If you'd use the PocketPC SDK, then you'd have a button. These SDKs have been renamed to Standard and Professional alternatively in Windows Mobile 6.

To be honest, I wouldn't recommend using a button in a Smartphone application. You could explain to your client that it is against the Windows Mobile guidelines to use a button in Smartphone applications and that the menu should be used instead. This is much quicker than having to navigate to the button and then clicking it.

If the client insists on it, create a class that inherits from the Control class and override the OnPaint event.