Smartphone-style ComboBox behavior on PocketPC platform?

Question

I develop applications for the PocketPC platform (.NET Compact Framework 2.0 and higher), and one of the problems I constantly run in to is the drop-down width for ComboBox controls is not wide enough to show very long string values.

I've run across P/Invoke methods to widen the dropdown width, but what I'd really like to have is the Smartphone-style behavior for ComboBoxes. By this, I mean the initial view is that of a Spin Control (left/right arrows that scroll through the option list), and if you click the action button it takes you to a full-screen rendition of all the options that is much easier to read.

I think I could create a custom user control to simulate this behavior on the PocketPC, but I would like to know if it's possible to get at the actual Smartphone functionality and use that. It would definitely be faster to tap into existing functionality if possible.

Answer 1

I don't think this is possible, because that behavior in a ComboBox is just how the PocketPC smartphone OS handles ComboBoxes. If you compile a smartphone app with a ComboBox and run it in regular PocketPC, the ComboBox won't behave that way (I think).