Custom Points

Custom Points are points provided by external sources, rather than Pocket PC Creations itself. New Custom Points can be created by any developer familiar with COM, and used to extend Pocket PC Creations' built-in functionality with custom user interface and data collection objects.

Custom Points reside in DLL files, typically located in the Pocket PC Creations folder, on both the PC and any Pocket PCs. When Pocket PC Creations starts, it checks for new custom point DLLs in its directory, and registers them with the system. If custom point DLLs are located elsewhere they must be registered manually.

All custom points share a common set of Pocket PC Creations point properties, such as ID Name and caption. In addition, each custom point can provide a specialised properties dialog for point-specific properties.

If a project is created incorporating a custom point, each PC or Pocket PC where it will be used must have the custom point installed. If the point is not installed, the project will open but the custom point will be replaced by a placeholder detailing the name of the missing custom point.

See the Pocket PC Creations web site for information about developing Custom Points.

Note: Due to the different processor architectures employed by mobile devices and PCs, a different DLL file is used to support different platforms. Thus the same DLL is not used on both the PC and Pocket PC.