Friday, April 27, 2007

No, this is not what you think this is. This is a proof of a concept .Net CF v2 program that I've put together during my 2 train rides home and to work. And yes, the button does slide. The code is pretty simple. It just draws the images in the right places with transparency. The transparency is achieved by using AlphaBlend API function that's become available in Windows CE 5.0. I think this proves that the UI's that we can create in CF are not limited to the usage of a standard controls. With enough creativity we can spice up our applications with this kind of eye candy.

You can download the project from here:

AlphaDrawingPOC.zip (696.29 KB)
4/27/2007 2:54:37 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)  #    Comments [3]  | 
5/1/2007 3:02:07 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
This is *very* cool!
6/22/2007 1:51:21 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
very nice, thanks, won't need to buy an iPhone now
10/26/2007 11:57:41 AM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
Hello, i can't get this to work,

running platform builder with an windows CE5.0 image with Alphablend Api.

It runs without errors, but every image that's using Alphablend doesn't show up in the emulator.

Please help! email me
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