Shell Samples (Windows CE 5.0)
Sample code for the Advanced Backlight Options dialog box is in the %_WINCEROOT%\Public\Wceshellfe\Oak\Ctlpnl\AdvBacklight directory.
The following table shows some Shell code examples that are provided in the documentation; these are not complete samples.
| Code example | Topic |
|---|---|
| Shows how to retrieve the display name and path for the Favorites folder. | SHGetSpecialFolderLocation |
| Shows how to make a copy of a bitmap. | CreateBitmap |
| Shows how to obtain a device context for the display driver. | CreateDC |
| Shows how to copy the pixels in one bitmap into another bitmap. | BitBlt |
| A window procedure that processes a WM_PAINT message by using BeginPaint to prepare a window for painting, and then draws an icon or bitmap in the window. | BeginPaint |
| Shows how to define a dialog box template. | Creating Dialog Boxes |
| Shows how to create a ToolTip using a window class. | Creating a ToolTip Control |
| Shows how to retrieve the display name from an item's PIDL. | SHBindToParent |
| Shows a simple TTN_GETDISPINFO notification handler. | Creating Multiline ToolTips |
| Shows how to create shapes and lines using the Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, and RoundRect functions. | Creating Shapes and Lines |
| Shows how to create a command bar. | Creating a Command Bar |
| Shows how to obtain and release a device context and get a new object. | Obtaining a Display Device Context |
| Shows how to create an empty menu. | Using Menu Creation Functions |
| Shows how to display a shortcut menu. | Using Menu Creation Functions |
| Shows how to add items to a menu. | Using Menu Creation Functions |
| Shows how to change the state of the check mark attribute. | Setting Menu Item Attributes |
| Shows how to create and display a caret. | Creating a Caret |
| Shows how to create a memory device context, how to use a CreateCompatibleBitmap to create a bitmap, and how to use BitBlt to copy bitmap data from the source device context to the target device context. | Creating Bitmaps |
| Shows how to create color palettes. | Working with Palettes |
| Shows how to sample TimerProc callback function that draws text in a window and makes a sound when the function is called after the timer expires. | Creating Timers |
| Shows how to shows how to use pen functions. | Working with Pens |
| Shows how to use brush functions. | Working with Brushes |
| Shows how to application on the CEPC, the screen will be rotated clockwise by 90 degrees. | Creating a Project for the Screen Rotation Application |
| Shows how to establish the shape of a wait cursor. | Creating a Cursor |
| Shows how to load a bitmap and display it. | Creating Icons, Bitmaps, Images, and Strings |
| Shows how to define a resource for an icon, bitmap, cursor, and string. | Creating Icons, Bitmaps, Images, and Strings |
| Shows how to register and create a command bands control. | Creating a Command Bands Control |
| Shows how to create a rebar control. | Creating a Rebar Control |
| Shows how to create a list view control and an accompanying image list. | Creating Image Lists |
| Shows how to add columns and set the number of items in the list view window. | Adding Columns |
| Shows how to create and register a toolbar. | Creating a Toolbar |
| Shows how to convert the coordinates of a mouse click or stylus tap to screen coordinates and use the new coordinates in a calculation. | ClientToScreen |
| Shows how to create and set an image list for a tree-view control, and then redraw the control by using the new images. | Creating a Tree-View Image List |
| Shows how to create a tree-view control. | Creating a Tree View |
| Shows how to handle drag-and-drop messages. | Handling Drag-and-Drop Messages |
| Shows how to add a control to a normal window. | Working with Window Controls |
| Shows how to create a push button and a static control in a dialog box. | Working with Window Controls |
| Shows how to create an edit control. | Creating an Edit Control |
| Shows how to use the POPUP statement. | POPUP Resource |
| Shows how to load an icon and a cursor and then allocate memory for a buffer. | Adding a Window Property |
| Shows how to enable the high-contrast option and set the color scheme to high-contrast white. | Enabling High Contrast |
| Shows how to define the resources for an application. | Sample Resource-Definition File |
| Shows the window procedure framework that a typical application uses to receive and process keystroke messages. | Processing Keyboard Messages |
| Shows how to enable the sound sentry option and direct the OS to flash the entire screen when an application generates a sound. | Enabling Sound Sentry |
| Shows how to create a scroll bar. | Creating a Scroll Bar |
| Shows how to initialize a list box | Creating a List Box |
| Shows how to create several buttons. | Creating a Button |
| Shows how to enable the mouse keys. | Enabling Mouse Keys |
| Shows how to enable the sticky keys option and direct the OS to play a sound when the user latches, locks, or releases modifier keys when using the sticky keys option. | Enabling Sticky Keys |
| Shows how to set the accessibility time-out period to 10 minutes and how to specify that the OS should play a descending siren sound when the time-out period elapses and the OS turns off the accessibility options. | Setting Accessibility Time-out Periods |
| Shows how to retrieve the status of the show sounds. | Enabling Show Sounds |
| Shows how to use accelerator keys. | ACCELERATORS Resource |
| Shows how to enable the mouse keys option, enable the hot key for that option, and direct the OS to play a siren sound when the user turns the mouse keys option on or off by using the hot key. | Accessibility Hot Keys |
| Shows how to enable the toggle keys. | Enabling Toggle Keys |
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