MessageBox has been released

We have just released a brand new control - stylish MessageBox with transparency.

Find out more here.

TVistaButton released

New button was added to transparent controls.
With this control you can easily create a gradient-filled or double gradient-filled button, and you can achieve a vista-style look of the button.

Developers can change the Opacity and the radius of the button as well.

We also added support for a static icon based on the customers' suggestions. This feature was added to TImageButton too.

You can download the trial version from the products web page:

http://beemobile4.net/?sitecateg=products&productID=5

TImageButton's new feature

Some developers wished to display the Transparent ImageButton with additional information e.g. number of unread e-mails or SMS just like you can see on the screenshot above.

(1.) Default ImageButton's text (you can change it by Text property)
(2.) Additional text

With the new event called "Painted" you can do that with ease.
Here is the code:

private void tImageButton1_Painted(object sender, PaintEventArgs e)
{
float x = (float)(e.ClipRectangle.X + e.ClipRectangle.Width);
float y = (float)(e.ClipRectangle.Y + 4);

Font font= new Font(FontFamily.GenericSerif, 8.0F, FontStyle.Regular);
using (SolidBrush brush = new SolidBrush(Color.White))
{
string text = "(1)";

// Adjust position
SizeF textSize = e.Graphics.MeasureString(text, font);
x -= (textSize.Width + 4);

e.Graphics.DrawString(text, font, brush, x, y);
}

font.Dispose();
font = null;
}

Don't forget to use the right location:
float x = (float)(e.ClipRectangle.X + e.ClipRectangle.Width);
float y = (float)(e.ClipRectangle.Y + 4);

This event is available with the latest version of TControls: v.2.0.3.14.

Product's page:
http://beemobile4.net/?sitecateg=products&productID=5

SearchBox Control for Compact Framework

According a customer's control suggestion we created the SearchBox control.
It's very easy to use, and I think it is a required control in every applications where you have a lot of data.

Product's page: http://beemobile4.net/?sitecateg=products&productID=9

RegionControl as a Toolbar sample updated

We updated the Toolbar Sample to support the VGA resolution.
You will need different images for VGA if you need to preserv the nice looking of your application.
And here is the added code:

public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
InitItems();

LoadVgaImages();
}

private void LoadVgaImages()
{
SizeF currentScreen = this.CurrentAutoScaleDimensions;
if (currentScreen.Height == 192)
{
// VGA device
regionControl1.BmpNormal = Properties.Resources.TabBar2_VGA_Normal;
regionControl1.BmpSelected = Properties.Resources.TabBar2_VGA_Selected;
regionControl1.FilePathBmpMask = @"Images\TabBar2_VGA Mask.bmp";
}
}

Source Code is available here: http://beemobile4.net/?sitecateg=samples&productID=6

Create your Keyboard on Compact Framework

Another sample released for RegionControl which shows you the way to create your custom keyboard control on Compact Framework.
Download sample at: http://beemobile4.net/?sitecateg=samples&productID=6

USA State Picker

We have released a sample for RegionControl which shows how to create a USA State Picker. Go to RegionControl samples page to find out more.

EU Country Picker

We have released a sample for RegionControl which shows how to create a country picker. Go to RegionControl samples page to find out more.

Transparent Controls Tutorial

We published a step-by-step tutorial about Transparent Controls.
There are many screenshots, and you can download the sample code as well.
Hope it helps!

Link:
http://beemobile4.net/index.php?sitecateg=tutorials&tutID=2

Region Control as a Toolbar

This sample shows you the way of handling mouse clicks on region control.

You can download the sample code:
http://www.beemobile4.net/index.php?sitecateg=samples&productID=6

New TCheckBox sample released

This sample code demonstrates how to adjust the TCheckBox control in your application.

Transparent control samples:
http://www.beemobile4.net/index.php?sitecateg=samples&productID=5

RegionControl has been released!

RegionControl is a universal and powerful control for creating attractive GUI for .NET Compact Framework. It allows the developer to design various kinds of menus, buttons, toolbars, buttonbars which all may have arbitrary shapes and appearance. Get a free evaluation version here and see it yourself!

WaitingBar control has been released!

bee Mobile has released another control which aim is to help developers to create cool and attractive Windows Mobile applications - WaitingBar. It is a visual indicator informing the user of a background task being performed. With its charming laser-like appearance it gives applications professional modern look. More information can be found here.

Transparent ImageButton now exists on .NET CF

Transparent ImageButton has been released as a part of TransparentControls. It allows the developers to create even more attractive applications as the surface of the button is made of an image. See it for yourself here.

Tutorial for iWheel

In an attempt for the developers to easily overcome the first steps in using the iWheel we published the tutorial which makes you understand all the features of the product in an easy-to-comprehend way.

Take a look at it here.

TransparentControls are released!

A new product called TransparentControls has been released. It is a pack of 3 controls:

• TPictureBox - a transparent PictureBox control
• TCheckBox - a transparent CheckBox control
• TLabel - a transparent Label control

The TPictureBox is able to make use of an alpha channel and thus paint a transparent image. The standard PictureBox does not paint images with transparent pixels correctly. With the TPictureBox you can show the image properly, and you will get what you see on your desktop.

The BackColor of TLabel if set to Transparent, causes the background underneath the TLabel to be visible.

TCheckBox is not only able to paint itself so that its BackColor is transparent, but also custom images can be used as graphical representations of checked and unchecked state. That means your CheckBox is no longer limited to a tick, but can be changed to a cross or any other representation.

Find out more here.

iWheel control has been released!

bee Mobile iWheel is a control which can display several lists of items as if these lists were painted on surface of cylinders (each cylinder containing one list). The user can choose an item using his finger (no stylus is needed, if the designer creates the cylinders wide enough) and get a feeling that he is rotating the cylinder.

iWheel control uses attractive graphical effects which makes it look like the date and time picker on iPhone. However, serving as a date and time picker is just one possible scenario of usage of iWheel. For more information click here.

Are you an MVP?

If you are a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional, do not miss this big opportunity to get a full version of our products free of charge for you and your company. Please send us an email together with a link to your MVP profile to beemobile@beemobile4.net.