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The menu bar is a combination toolbar and menu that displays menu items and toolbar commands on Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs. Obtained by calling the SHCreateMenuBar function, the menu bar appears at the bottom of the device screen. Menu commands appear on the leftmost portion of the menu bar, and tool buttons, both standard and application specific, appear to the right of the menus on the menu bar.
The New button, on the leftmost portion menu bar, provides a quick way to add a new global command for a Windows Mobile-based Pocket PC application. Commands included on the default Today screen New button menu are Appointment, Contact, and Note. For more information about programmatically creating commands for the New button, see Creating a Global Command for the New Menu.
An Input Panel button is located on the far right of the menu bar. The button displays and hides the input panel, a user interface element that contains either a keyboard or handwriting recognition display. Users operate the input panel by using a touch screen and a stylus. To switch from one input method to another, users tap the input panel selector button. The icon on the Input Panel button changes to reflect the current input method. For more information about programming applications to use the input panel, see Input Panel.
On the Today screen, the menu bar replaces the Input Panel button with an area that displays system control icons. The icons in this area indicate that a user notification is active, and the area can contain up to six icons at a time.
See Also
Creating a Global Command for the New Menu
How to: Add Application-Level Commands to the New Button Menu
Using Commands on the New Menu to Transfer Data Between Applications
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