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Use eVB to create a Menubar on your Pocket PC.
Written by Arnold Cota  [author's bio]  [read 43225 times]
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The MenuBar control is used within eVB to add menus to your application. In this tutorial I will cover the creation and use of text menus.

Create a new project

To begin, lets create a new project:

Using the eVB main menu, File->New Project open the New Project Dialog.

Select Windows CE for the Pocket PC project and click OK.

Add the MenuBar control

Next, we need to add the control to the project as it is not available by default. To add a new control to the available controls access the eVB menu Project->Components

This will bring up a list of the install components and allow you to add one or more to your toolbox for use in your application.

Select Microsoft PocketPC MenuBar Control 3.0 and click OK. To display the control toolbox access the eVB menu View->Toolbox. This will display the controls toolbox on the left side of your screen.

Add an instance of MenuBar to your form

To add an instance of the control to your project, you can simply double-click on the MenuBar icon in the toolbox. You should see an instance of MenuBar on your main (only) form now.

I usually try to give all my project, forms, and components meaningful names as it helps when reading the code. To name something, click on it in the editor and access the name property in the property sheet. By default, you should find the property sheet on the lower-right side of the eVB interface.

Go ahead and name your project, etc. at this time.

Save your progress

Now would also be a good time to save your project and form.

To save your work, use the File->Save Project menu item.

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