I don't know if anyone answered you but on Windows mobile if you program a menu with only 2 items then those items will show up as the soft key. So for example if your main menu has options and exit that will be your two options. What most people do is make the first two menu and exit that way youc an get out or open up the menus. then if you hit menu and that menu only has two choices like file and help those again become the soft keys. The menu works just like the menu if your coding it in a desktop application it just displays different on windows mobile 5 if you have only two items. If you ahve more than two items you get the normal menu. Ken -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sean Mealin Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 2:41 PM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: using VS2005 with Smartphone Hi everyone; Can someone please either direct me to a tutorial or explain to me how to program the softkeys on a smartphone using C#? When I choose a Windows Mobile 5 Smartphone project in Visual Studio 2005 professional, I see an object on the forms designer called "Menu 1", but I am not sure how to use it. Thank you for any help anyone can offer. Sean Mealin seanpm@xxxxxxxxxxxx __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind