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Disabling Start Menu in Windows CE 5.0 App Anand Kale 10-31-2007
Posted by Anand Kale on October 31, 2007, 6:37 am
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Hi,
I need to disable the start menu on WinCE 5.0 pocketpc device app
screens.
IS there way to programmatically do that ?

Thx,
Anand



Posted by Robert Wachtel on October 31, 2007, 8:31 am
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http://www.opennetcf.org/Forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3D1813

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> Hi,
> I need to disable the start menu on WinCE 5.0 pocketpc device =
app=20
> screens.
> IS there way to programmatically do that ?
>=20
> Thx,
> Anand=20
>=20
>

Posted by r_z_aret on October 31, 2007, 2:22 pm
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On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:07:55 +0530, "Anand Kale"

>Hi,
> I need to disable the start menu on WinCE 5.0 pocketpc device app
>screens.
> IS there way to programmatically do that ?

A previous post pointed to a specific answer to your question. If you
are disabling the Start menu as part of an effort to lock down the
device, then you will find it helpful to know that is often called
"kiosk mode". And that means you will find useful info if you use
google (http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search) to look up
kiosk
in one of these newsgroups. I generally use a brute-force approach to
hide the task bar:

HWND hWnd = ::FindWindow( _T( "HHTaskBar" ), NULL );
::ShowWindow( hWnd, SW_HIDE );

But you need to make sure your app shows it before closing, or it will
remain hidden.


>
>Thx,
>Anand
>

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Posted by Paul G. Tobey [eMVP] on October 31, 2007, 3:05 pm
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Also, hiding it doesn't prevent it from becoming visible again in certain
circumstances, so you'll probably want to disable it, too (EnableWindow).

Paul T.

> On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:07:55 +0530, "Anand Kale"
>
>>Hi,
>> I need to disable the start menu on WinCE 5.0 pocketpc device app
>>screens.
>> IS there way to programmatically do that ?
>
> A previous post pointed to a specific answer to your question. If you
> are disabling the Start menu as part of an effort to lock down the
> device, then you will find it helpful to know that is often called
> "kiosk mode". And that means you will find useful info if you use
> google (http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search) to look up
> kiosk
> in one of these newsgroups. I generally use a brute-force approach to
> hide the task bar:
>
> HWND hWnd = ::FindWindow( _T( "HHTaskBar" ), NULL );
> ::ShowWindow( hWnd, SW_HIDE );
>
> But you need to make sure your app shows it before closing, or it will
> remain hidden.
>
>
>>
>>Thx,
>>Anand
>>
>
> -----------------------------------------
> To reply to me, remove the underscores (_) from my email address (and
> please indicate which newsgroup and message).
>
> Robert E. Zaret, eMVP
> PenFact, Inc.
> 20 Park Plaza, Suite 478
> Boston, MA 02116
> www.penfact.com



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