Just a suggestion, (and this is a real hack), but you could queue a pen
event to simulate the user tapping on the required area at form start-up...?
Regards,
Alan Ingleby
Systems Developer
ProfitLink Consulting Pty Ltd
309 Burwood Road
Hawthorn
Victoria 3122
Australia
"Justin Felker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:39788@palm-dev-forum...
>
> Hello all, I want to take this opportunity to greet everyone as I am new
to
> the list and new to Palm programming. I also have a question concerning
the
> behavior of the Address Book application.
>
> I want to begin by stating that I have thoroughly searched the mailing
list
> archive AND looked through the Address Book source code. So I have RTFM
> basically, but just need a pointer in the right direction. If I have
missed
> something glaringly obvious, then I apologize.
>
> To the point, a form I am working on creates a two column, eleven row
table.
> The first column contains labels, the second column contains text entries
> (identical in layout to the New/Edit address form in the Address Book
> application). What I would like to happen is for the focus to appear on
the
> first text entry field, along with the label highlighted. This is exactly
> what it does when the user CLICKS in one of the entry fields, but I want
to
> do it programatically when the table is first displayed (ie. the Address
> Book app again).
>
> So far, I have been able to place the focus in the field, but it does not
at
> the same time highlight the label to its left. Part of the problem I
guess
> stems from the fact that I don't have a direct reference to any of these
GUI
> elements because they are created dynamically with the table functions.
>
> Any ideas would be most appreciated and keep in mind that I am new to Palm
> programming so the more detailed you can be, the better (but it's by no
> means a requirement). Thanks in advance!
>
> Justin Felker
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
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