I hadnt specified any MAXCHARS at all. Ive added 'MAXCHARS 50' to the field definition and it seems to be working now. thanks! I assumed the field would default to some small number of characters. Now I see it defaults to zero :).
Thanks Don Park On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, Gavin Maxwell wrote: > What value have you specified for max characters of the field? Sounds like > it's too small... > > Gavin. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Don Park [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, 28 December 2001 9:12 AM > To: Palm Developer Forum > Subject: Field not allowing input > > > I have a very simple palm app. It opens and draws a form. > In the form I have a few fields defined in a pilrc resource file. > The form displays correctly, but I cannot make any changes to > the fields. Ive set the EDITABLE flag to the fields in the pilrc file. > I am able to programatically set the field text to a string, and I > can erase characters in that string but I cannot add any new characters. > If I try, i get a single 'beep' from the device. > > What am I not doing? > Im using the IBM j9 VM if that makes any difference. > > Don Park > > > -- ** BeeHive Games, Multiplayer Bluetooth PDA Gaming http://beehivegames.com ** irc: irc.openprojects.net nick: don-o channels: #palmchat,#personaltelco ** GPG fingerprint 6381 3955 B9A9 9A93 AF47 906A 105D 4888 4360 5270 -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
