Chris,
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> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Jun 8 11:46:02 1999
> From: "Chris Antos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> you are correct, the frmCloseEvent is not sent by the FrmReturnToForm API.
> if the form is not erased, then in the frmOpenEvent of the popup form, are
> you perchance doing any drawing before calling FrmDrawForm? if so, that's
> your problem. it's FrmDrawForm that saves the contents of the screen behind
> your form, so if you draw anything before calling FrmDrawForm then the
> previous form will not be restored correctly.
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Voila`! Milles mercis!
That's exactly what I was doing "wrong".
I drew a whole bunhc of fields on the screen of the popup form
and then called FrmDrawForm after calling lots of FldDrawField
functions.
I had somehow imagined that the OS would do a save-behind
just before queueing the frmOpenEvent.
I don't find this kind of wisdom in the documentation I use
(the companion and reference from the Palm site and the O'Reilly book).
It makes me wonder if I should start reading the OS source or
something.
But I remember that inthe old days (while typing punchcards
in the program preparation room), I always used to say that the
way people learn about programming is to ask the person sitting next
to them. I guess that's still true.
Cheers, and thanks again,
Alan Kennington.
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