Q:

how to show/hide SIP on Pocket PC

I have the following problem:
I open the dialog, open the SIP keyboard to fill the form and then minimize the SIP. Then when I close the current dialog and return to the main dialog the SIP keyboard appears again. Does anyone know how could I show/hide SIP keyboard programatically or better what could be done to solve the described problem. Once the user minimizes the keyboard it should not appear on the screen on dialog switching.
Thanks!

A:

We use SHSipPreference to control the display of the SIP in our applications.  I know it works with MFC and it sets the state of the SIP for the window so you can set it once and you know the SIP state will be restored to your set state every time the window is shown.
I've never heard of SipShowIM but I did see on the MSDN page linked:

The standard method of showing and
  hiding the SIP (SIPShowIM) exhibits
  some problems in MFC dialogs.

