"Philip Sheard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Hey,
> > Does anyone know how to catch when a backspace is entered? I need to be
> > able to trap this somehow... Thanks...
>
> check for a keyDownEvent with chr = 8.
> do not forget to return false (or call SysHandleEvent).
Its probably preferred to check against "chrBackspace" rather than just "8",
since that makes your code more readable. All the various Palm keystrokes
are defined in Chars.h (in the PalmOS 3.5 SDK).
--
Ben Combee
Veriprise Wireless <http://www.veriprise.com>
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