The lack of a color picker dialog in the .NET CF(yes, the desktop framework has a ColorPicker class – but .NET CF doesn’t contain it) has annoyed hell out of me for quite some time – even the 10yr old Palm OS contains a well-done color picker. Anyways, problems are here to be solved – please allow me to present you my own ColorPicker(running in .NET CF 2.0 on a hp rx4240, blots are due to GIF compression):
Using this is very simple – just download the form file here and integrate it into your project like you would do with any other form.
Then, do the following to make the user pick a color:
Dim colorX as color
colorX = ColorPicker.getcolor()
Feel free to do with this code whatever you feel like. However, no warranties are given on anything….and posting a link to an app that uses it always is appreciated!
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Nice Work
Hi,
it was a pleasure!
Best regards
Tam Hanna
Thanks! You really sped up the dev process for the settings on my most recent project
Drew G
Hi,
it was a pleasure! Hope you enjoy TamsPPC!
Tam Hanna
Hi Tam,
I am one of the deloper of PocketFreemind. Just try out your code (wrapped it as a user control and using it in c# project).
It works nicely, it probably will stick and used on the next release.
Thanks for the code.
Hi rollone,
it was a pleasure!
Please let me know when the thing goes live!
All the best
Tam Hanna
Hi Tam,
Thanks from another user whose work you have made much easier! Similar to Rollone above, I wrapped your code in a C# library and am using it successfully in a (free) program I’m getting ready to release (SharpSword). I’ll definitely credit your work!
Wow, this is great. It is so disappointing MS did not address this in CF directly!
Hi Folks,
it was a pleasure!
All the best
Tam Hanna
PocketFreemind 0.6.0 Beta 1 is out, featuring this colorpicker
. Check it out here :
http://eringal.com/pocketfreemind/
Thanks again for the code.
Hi rollone,
thank you so much – will get reviewing in a jiffy!
All the best
Tam Hanna
Hi… Can you please check the link to the colour picker file, as the download I’m getting says it’s “not a valid zip archive, please redownload”. This little app is just what I’m looking for. Thank you.
Hi,
I just did so and found out that it works. However, I also sent an email to Graham and hope to hear from him soon!
All the best
Tam Hanna
Hello,
I have the same problem with the zip file, in windows vista.
If I open it with windows explorer, I get a message saying it’s an invalid file. If I try with winrar, I get a file with no extension and gibberish in it.
If it’s not a problem, please email me the control. It looks nice, and I would like to use it on my paint app!
Hi,
How can i wrap and be able to use this project in my c# smartdevice project? I can’t seem to make it work.
Thanks a lot!