DOCUMENT:Q192459  16-NOV-2001  [vbwin]
TITLE   :INFO: VBCE Unsupported Controls, Properties, Methods, and Events
PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
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KEYWORDS:kbToolkit kbVBp500 kbVBp600 kbOSWinCEsearch kbGrpDSVB

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 6.0 
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SUMMARY
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This article provides a list of controls, properties, methods, and events not
supported in applications made with the Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 6.0
(VBCE).

MORE INFORMATION
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The Toolbox in the Visual Basic integrated design environment (IDE) displays the
intrinsic controls built into Visual Basic and those added to individual
projects.

Some of the intrinsic controls are not supported in VBCE applications, but,
because VBCE is an add-in, they cannot be removed from the Toolbox.

The following intrinsic controls are usable in VBCE projects without any other
action by the developer:

 - CheckBox
 - ComboBox
 - CommandButton
 - Frame
 - Label
 - Line
 - ListBox
 - OptionButton
 - Scrollbars (Horizontal and Vertical)
 - Shape
 - TextBox
 - Timer

The following intrinsic controls in the default Toolbox are not directly
supported by the Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic (VBCE alternatives are
listed, where applicable):

Regular VB control     CE equivalent      
----------------------------------------     
Data*                                      
Directory List Box     CE File control    
Drive List Box         CE File control    
File List Box          CE File control    
Image                  CE Image           
OLE Container          none
PictureBox             CE PictureBox      

The following controls have Windows CE versions that can be added to VBCE
projects:

Regular VB control     CE equivalent      
----------------------------------------  
Grid                   CE Grid            
MSComm32               CE Comm            
TabStrip               CE TabStrip        
TreeView               CE TreeView        
Winsock                CE WinSock         

Notes
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There is no VBCE control equivalent to the Data control. However, Microsoft has
released the ActiveX Data Object SDK for Windows CE (ADOCE) which provides
advanced database programmability for VBCE developers. You can download ADOCE
from the Microsoft Download Center:

   Msadoce2.exe

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

   Q238947 FILE: Msadoce2.exe Installs ADO for Windows CE SDK

General Notes
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ActiveX Controls must added to the project using the Components dialog box.

Attempting to add a control to a form not supported in Windows CE will generate
an error message.

Additionally, for the intrinsic controls that are supported in VBCE, there are
some properties and methods that are not supported.

The following table summarizes unsupported properties, methods, and events in
Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic:
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Properties        | Methods       | Events               | 
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| DataChanged       | Drag          | DragDrop             | 
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| DataField         | GetData       | DragOver             | 
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| DataSource        | OLEDrag       | GetFocus*%           | 
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| DisabledPicture   | PopupMenu     | KeyDown, KeyUp*%     | 
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| DownPicture       | SetData       | KeyPress*%           | 
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| DragIcon          | ShowWhatsThis | LinkClose            | 
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| DragMode          | WhatsThisMode | LinkError            | 
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Enabled*          |               | LinkNotify           | 
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| HelpContextID     |               | LinkEvent            | 
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Index             |               | LostFocus*%          | 
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| LastDLLError      |               | LogEvent             | 
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| LinkItem          |               | MouseDown, MouseUp*% | 
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| LinkMode          |               | MouseMove*%          | 
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| LinkTimeout       |               | OLECompleteDrag      | 
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| LinkTopic         |               | OLEDragDrop          | 
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| MaxButton         |               | OLEDragOver          | 
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| MinButton         |               | OLEGiveFeedBack      | 
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| MouseIcon         |               | OLESetData           | 
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| MousePointer      |               | OLEStartDrag         | 
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| OLEDrag           |               | StartLogging         | 
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| OLEDragMode       |               |                      | 
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| OLEDropMode       |               |                      | 
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Picture           |               |                      | 
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| RightToLeft       |               |                      | 
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| SelText (ActiveX) |               |                      | 
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Tag*              |               |                      | 
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| ToolTipText       |               |                      | 
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| WhatsThisHelp     |               |                      | 
+----------------------------------------------------------+
| WhatsThisHelpID   |               |                      | 
+----------------------------------------------------------+

* These properties and events are not supported for the TabStrip, ListView, and
TreeView controls.
% These properties and events are not supported for the Toolbar control.

REFERENCES
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Windows CE Toolkit Help for Visual Basic 6.0

Additional query words: wince vbce vbce6 wce

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Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbWinCETKVBSearch kbWinCESearch
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