Fields are limited to character strings. If you need do a calculation,
based upon the contents of a field, you will need to convert the string to a
float.
Other than writing your own routines to do this, you may want to start with
the PalmOS function FplAToF
http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/docs/palmos/FloatManager.html#924930
Paul...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Farzin Ashraghi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 10:36 AM
Subject: Numeric fields
> Friends:
>
> One component of my application consist on a form where the user
> insert two numbers in two fields and then the program display a
> mathematical operation betwen them in a third field. The problem
> is that I cannot change the "char" type of the fields to "float" type in
> order to perform the operation. I tried casting and then using the
> float manager, but I cannot do it.
>
> Could you help me please?
>
> Thank you,
> Farzin
>
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