DOCUMENT:Q192459  10-SEP-1998  [vbwin]
TITLE   :INFO: Unsupported Controls, Properties, Methods, and Events
PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:1.0
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 5.0, version 1.0
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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 5.0 (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 5.0 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 5.0 (VBCE alternatives
are listed, where applicable. Update indicates the control was updated with
the ActiveX Control Pack):

Regular VB control     CE equivalent      Notes (See Below)
------------------     -------------      -----

Data                                      3
Directory List Box     CE File control    1,2 (update)
Drive List Box         CE File control    1,2 (update)
File List Box          CE File control    1,2 (update)
Image                  CE Image           2
OLE
PictureBox             CE PictureBox      1

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

Grid                   CE Grid            2
MSComm32               CE Comm            1,2 (update)
TabStrip               CE TabStrip        2
TreeView               CE TreeView        2
Winsock                CE WinSock         1,2 (update)

Notes
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1. Included in VBCE.

2. Included in ActiveX Control Pack. For additional information about the
   ActiveX Control Pack, please see the following article in the Microsoft
   Knowledge Base:

      ARTICLE-ID: Q187986
      TITLE     : INFO: Overview of the Windows CE ActiveX Control Pack

3. There is no VBCE control equivalent to the Data control. However,
   Microsoft has released the ActiveX Data Object 1.0 SDK for Windows CE
   (ADOCE 1.0) which provides advanced database programmability for VBCE
   developers. ADOCE 1.0 can be downloaded from the following location:

      http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/contents/other/
             ceactivexsdk/default.asp

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

   ARTICLE-ID: Q192531
   TITLE     : INFO: Overview of ActiveX Data Objects SDK for Windows CE

General Notes
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ActiveX Controls must be registered in the desired environment with the
Control Manager and added to the project using the Components dialog.

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 5.0:

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.

REFERENCES
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Books Online for Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 5.0.

Additional query words: wince vbce wce kbWinCE100 kbWinCE kbVBp500 kbdss
kbDSupport kbVBp kbToolBox
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Version           : WINDOWS:1.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbinfo

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