At 7:00 PM +1100 on 3/6/99, Darren Beck wrote:
> A while ago I asked the list if it was possible to write a letter
> in the Graffiti area and have that select the first item starting
> with that letter in a sorted Popup list. With a great deal of help
> from people on ths list, here's one way to do it. It's rude crude
> and unedited but it seems to be working so far in CityTime 2.1,
> even though it could use a bit of fixing.
> ...
> // intercept it only if appropritate
> if (event->eType == keyDownEvent && event->data.keyDown.chr > 64 &&
> event->data.keyDown.chr < 123)
> {
> // setup key string - need a string for FindCityByLetter
> keyS = MemPtrNew (2);
> ErrFatalDisplayIf (!keyS, "error allocating memory");
>
> keyS[0] = event->data.keyDown.chr;
> keyS[1] = '\0';
>
> // get the character
> i = FindCityByLetter (keyS);
Have you considered changing the "FindCityByLetter" routine to take a
Char parameter instead of a string?
Alternatively, how about allocating keyS as a stack-based (local)
variable [character array] instead of a CharPtr?
