on 8/25/00 3:19 PM, Silverware at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Is there a good tech note on how to support tabbing between fields for
> Palms connected to keyboards. Is this something you have to do manage
> yourself or are there some tricks involved. Also, is it the tab
> character or the vchrNextField character posted when the tab is hit.
Couldn't find an article in the Knowledge Base that specifically addresses
field tabbing, but yes, you have to handle it yourself. I'd take a look at
the Palm OS Sample code that comes with the SDK.
I have always supported both the tab char as well as the vchrNextField char
for tabbing: the tab char makes POSE testing simple (although there is also
a control key for vchrNextField in POSE, the Tab key is easier to remember),
and by supporting both your app will tab properly no matter what kind of
keyboard the customer is using.
The toughest part of handling tabs is if you allow database field editing in
place - there is more work to do to properly set and release each field's
text handle - but the code is pretty straight forward.
-JB
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