INFO: Overview of the Windows CE ActiveX Control Pack

ID: Q187986

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 5.0

SUMMARY

The Microsoft Windows CE ActiveX Control Pack contains several new controls that you can use in the Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 5.0 (VBCE). Some of the controls that shipped with the VBCE are updated in the Control Pack. This article provides an overview of the new controls and what is improved in the previous controls. Please note that it is not necessary to download the Control Pack if you're using the Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 6.0 since these controls are shipped with that product.

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The new controls include:

Grid: The Grid control presents a spreadsheet-style interface that is ideal for displaying columns of text and numeric data.

TabStrip: The TabStrip control helps to organize the user interface into logical groups using folder style tabs. On constrained display surfaces, TabStrips make the most of available space.

TreeView: TreeView controls are typically used in Windows applications to represent hierarchical information such as folders or directories. The TreeView control exposes easy to use programmatic interfaces to display and manage tree views.

ListView: The ListView control allows applications to offer up to four different views of application data: large icons, small icons, list, and report.

ImageList: An ImageList control contains a collection of images, referred to by its index. The ImageList control is not meant to be used alone, but as a central repository to conveniently supply other controls with images.

Common Dialogs: Standard dialog boxes save development time and give users a familiar user interface across applications. Dialogs for opening and saving files, and selecting colors and fonts are exposed through a simple programmatic interface. Applications can also use the CommonDialog control to display context-sensitive Help using the Windows Help Engine.

In addition to the new ActiveX controls, the following updated controls are included in the Microsoft Windows CE ActiveX Control Pack:

MSComm: The MSComm control was updated with enhanced OnComm event handling.

FileSystem: For more information about the bug fixed in this control, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q180887 BUG: File Control's EOF Property Is Always Set to False

Winsock: The Winsock control has been updated to function better with infrared and network services.

An updated PictureBox control is also included in the Control Pack.

The Microsoft Windows CE ActiveX Control Pack can be obtained from the following Microsoft Web site location:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsce/downloads/pccompanions/actxconpak1.asp

Additional query words: VBCE WCE


Keywords          : kbActiveX kbCtrl kbToolkit kbVBp500 kbWinCE100 kbGrpVB 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: June 4, 1999