Thu, August 11, 2005, 04:33 PM under
MobileAndEmbedded
Most PPC apps use the SIP (see
point 1 here). Now that
resx files are compatible, many developers will try to
share code at the windows forms level.
So rather than try to conditionally compile in or out the
InputPanel do the following: in your desktop project only, simply add a file that provides stubs for the
InputPanel class:
namespace Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms {
public class InputPanel {
public event EventHandler EnabledChanged;
private bool mDummy;
public bool Enabled {
get { return mDummy; }
set { mDummy = value;}
}
}
}Next hurdle will be changing the cursor. On the full framework, every control has a Cursor property and that is what you assign; on the compact framework, there is a single cursor which you access globally through
Cursor.CurrentSo, add a new code file to your project (and share it in both projects) that has the following:
namespace YourNamespace {
public static class TheCursor {
public static void CursorCurrent(Control c, Cursor defaultOrWait) {
#if FULL_FRAME
if (c != null) {
c.Cursor = defaultOrWait;
}
#else
Cursor.Current = defaultOrWait;
#endif
}
}
}Now, through a global find and replace (which I usually advocate against), replace all occurrences of:
Cursor.Current = Cursors.Default and
Cursor.Current = Cursors.WaitCursor to
TheCursor.CursorCurrent(this, Cursors.Default) and
TheCursor.CursorCurrent(this, Cursors.WaitCursor) respectively.
If you get any compile errors it means you were assigning
Cursor.Current from a method of a class that is not a control:
a) Review that design decision
b) If you stick with it, change the
this to
nullNow in your desktop project, wherever you were going to code the following:
someControlOrFormEtc.Current = Cursors.Default and
someControlOrFormEtc.Current = Cursors.WaitCursor instead code:
TheCursor.CursorCurrent(someControlOrFormEtc, Cursors.Default) and
TheCursor.CursorCurrent(someControlOrFormEtc, Cursors.WaitCursor) respectively.