On Sun, 30 Jul 2000 20:56:42 -0400, John Prinos said:
> Now, here's the problem: When I try to type text into it, or use
> graffiti or the palm keyboard, all I get is beeps with no text showing
> up. What needs to be done to be able to get text to show up? According
> to the 'dummies' book, the system allocates memory itself, so little
> needs to be done by the programmer.
>
I don't think this is correct. A long time ago I believe when I started out I
tried just creating a field with out calling FldSetTextHandle and it did not do
anything too. Anyway, I always give it a handle to a record or allocate memory
for fields. So, I suggest trying this and ignore what the 'dummies' book said.
> I've looked around for examples as to how to get text entered into a
> field. Is it supposed to happen automagically or do I have to be VERY
> explicit in the forms event handler? There seems to be nothing stated
> explicitly as to how this is to be done.
Do you have an event loop? If not, copy the event loop from one of the examples
since the event loop calls some functions that handle the events for text entry
into a field. Nothing is automatic in programming you have to tell the stupid
computer what to do :>) If another function handles something for you that is
what you have to find out.
Brian Smith
Brain Kiosk Software
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