Re: All .NET Forms showing in Running Programs List

From: Bill Mitchell (bill.mitchell_at_jjindustries.com)
Date: 05/27/04 

Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 16:53:23 -0400

Peter,

Thanks.

I had the Me.Text = "" in the LostFocus event thus even another app was
setting the form caption to blank. The fix should be to put the Me.Text =
"" in each control that calls a child form thus it only gets set to empty by
the application itself.

Bill

"Peter Foot [MVP]" <feedback@nospam-inthehand.com> wrote in message
news:%23Z2uYl9QEHA.3708@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> How are you hiding the form text at runtime? you should only set the text
to
> "" for forms that your own application hides itself. The last open form
> should retain it's text property so when another app takes focus the title
> of your form will remain in the running programs applet.
>
> Peter
>
> --
> Peter Foot
> Windows Embedded MVP
> www.inthehand.com | www.opennetcf.org
>
> "Bill Mitchell" <bill.mitchell@jjindustries.com> wrote in message
> news:%23ODssG1QEHA.2112@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> >I tried the suggestion on the FAQ you added. It does work to prevent
> > multiple forms from showing in the Running Programs list. However, I
> > noticed that if I use the Start button at the top-right of the screen to
> > access another program such as Tasks, the current .NET form title that
was
> > displayed disappears. In other words, the task switcher (or Running
> > Programs) does not indicate that the .NET program is still running in
> > memory. As soon as other application are closed so that the .NET
> > application receives focus, the program shows back up in both the Task
> > Switcher and the Running Programs list. Any ideas as to how to keep the
> > last form displayed showing up even if the user switches to another app?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bill
> >
> > "Bill Mitchell" <bill.mitchell@jjindustries.com> wrote in message
> > news:O3W4PwzQEHA.556@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >> Thanks Chris! I am headed to the FAQ now to check out the info.
> >>
> >> Bill
> >>
> >> "Chris Tacke, eMVP" <ctacke@spamfree-opennetcf.org> wrote in message
> >> news:uGaRolzQEHA.620@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >> > You're correct that this has been asked before. Instead of answering
> >> here,
> >> > I've added it to the FAQ:
> >> >
> >> > http://wiki.opennetcf.org/ow.asp?RunningPrograms
> >> >
> >> > The FAQ is here:
> >> > http://wiki.opennetcf.org/ow.asp?CompactFrameworkFAQ
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Chris Tacke, eMVP
> >> > Co-Founder and Advisory Board Member
> >> > www.OpenNETCF.org
> >> > ---
> >> > ---
> >> > Principal Partner
> >> > OpenNETCF Consulting
> >> > www.OpenNETCF.com
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Bill Mitchell" <bill.mitchell@jjindustries.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:%23kqQUUzQEHA.3660@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >> > > I am sure this has been asked before but I could not find in
previous
> >> > > threads.
> >> > >
> >> > > My vb.net PPC application is showing every form in the control
stack
> > in
> >> > the
> >> > > Pocket PC's "Running Programs" list.
> >> > >
> >> > > My Dell Axim has a custom utility called Switcher Bar which also
> >> > > shows
> >> > > running apps and allows a user to close a selected app or all
running
> >> apps
> >> > > in addition to simply switching between running apps.
> >> > >
> >> > > The problem I foresee is that my users can effectively get around
> >> certain
> >> > > restrictions I have tried to put in my application such as not
> > allowing
> >> a
> >> > > form to be closed when in an "edit" mode. The program itself
behaves
> >> > > correctly in this event but the user can use this Switcher Bar to
> > select
> >> > the
> >> > > form that was displayed before the "edit form".
> >> > >
> >> > > I did find one post that talked about this problem and using custom
> >> > controls
> >> > > (reclassifying a form after it has been visually designed) but this
> > post
> >> > > looked old as it mentioned the version 1 beta of CF and it also
> > appears
> >> to
> >> > > be quite a bit of extra work to fix this apparent bug (according to
> > the
> >> > > post).
> >> > >
> >> > > Does anyone know of an effective workaround or if I am simply not
> > doing
> >> > > something that I should be?
> >> > >
> >> > > Thanks in advance,
> >> > > Bill
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
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