iPack Samples video

We have created a video which demonstrates all the components found in the current version of Bee Mobile iPack 2011. Check it out at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyLuK0lb7dg

You can download the source code for the whole application as part of Bee Mobile iPack installer. The source code is also part of free trial version.

Bee Mobile releases a new version of iPack 2011

New version of iPack has been released today - iPack 2011. It contains 25 .NET Compact Framework GUI components. We have been focusing on improving the stability of existing components and on extending their portability.

Improvements include:

• ProgressBar component supports transparency - it can be rendered semi-transparent.
• RoundTextBox component has been re-written from the scratch. It is now completely written in managed code and it can be rendered semi-transparent.
• TransparentControls now contain static properties used to assign images to them. This helps to conserve memory.
• TouchList and TouchListLite can load PNG images from byte array - useful when images are loaded from a database or from web.

The GettingStarted application which is automatically installed will help the new users to start using Bee Mobile iPack.

New version of Free Utils released.

We have released a new version of the popular open source project - Bee Mobile Free Utils. As the name suggests - it is completely free of charge and includes the source code. The purpose of this project is to help the developers with some typical programming tasks involved in creation of Windows Mobile applications. Check its features on our web site at:
http://beemobile4.net/?mod=products&action=det&id=3

FactoryMaster blogged about us.

Our partner - FactoryMaster - blogged about our cooperation on their company blog here.

Tab Control

We created a sample application which shows how TabControl can be made of a ToolBar and TPanelVista.

A TabControl can be used as an alternative to a scrollable panel. The contents of a scrollable panel can be distributed among the pages of a TabControl. Also the icons of the ToolBar can be finger-scrolled therefore you can have many more "tabs" using this approach compared to traditional System.Windows.Forms.TabControl.

The sample application can be found here.

Component Suggestions

If you did not find a component you are looking for on Bee Mobile web site, you can suggest a component at the bottom of the products web site at http://beemobile4.net.

You can either suggest a component for .NET Compact Framework or for Windows Phone 7 platform.

Video tutorials

We have released more video tutorials demonstrating the usage and capabilities of Bee Mobile components. Currently you can watch video tutorials for these components:

• ComboBox


• MonthCalendar


• OpenSaveDialog


• TouchList


• TVistaButton

New component - MonthCalendar

We are glad to announce the release of new .NET CF GUI component - MonthCalendar. It is useful for prompting users to choose a date - particularly a day within month. The user can navigate forwards and backwards between the current and next or previous month using his finger. MonthCalendar animates the transition between the months giving the application appealing look. You can also highlight holidays and planned appointments in the calendar. To find out more information and try out the trial version click here.

TouchList supports CheckBoxes

Bee Mobile TouchList component (used to create lists of items or menus) - now contains a new ItemStyle - ItemStyleCheckBox. When added to TouchList's row style it can contain check boxes within the rows thus extending the functionality and usability of this component.

You can download a sample Visual Studio project demonstrating this feature on this link.

Video tutorials

In an effort to decrease the time needed to grasp the behavior of Bee Mobile iPack controls we have started creating video tutorials which are available on You Tube.

The first video tutorial has been released today for TVistaButton control.

You can view it here.