New sample projects for Windows CE

To let people run Bee Mobile components on Windows CE even more easily we created a few sample projects specifically for Windows CE which show how to:

• Display PNG images on Windows CE using TPictureBox
• Create a transparent label on Windows CE using TLabel
• Create a transparent container panel for Windows CE using TPanelVista

The sample projects can be found here, here and here.

iWheel component available for .NET Framework (desktop)

We are happy to announce that we have released a new version of iWheel component for desktop computers (.NET Framework 3.5). The famous wheel control can now be used in the development of desktop applications to provide a uniform look on both - Desktop Windows and Windows Mobile.

New components added into iPack

We have released 3 new components which are also now part of Bee Mobile iPack. The new components are:

• iMenu - use it to create an iPhone-like menu on Compact Framework
• TextViewer - you can finally read long texts by using you finger
• RoundTextBoxMultiline - create attractive looking Forms with stylish input fields made of transparent round TextBox

Bee Mobile iPack now contains 28 components all designed to take GUI of your Windows Mobile or Windows CE application to a completely new level of visual appearance.

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