Hi I'm trying to generate a custom form help (i.e. the help text is part of my record and depends on the displayed record). I've tryed several things, but without success: 1) use a fixed string resource as the form helpID (the classical stuff) and edit it at runtime. Fails because the application database (my PRC) is in read-only mode. Is there any way to change that attrib when buiding the PRC in CW8? 2) try to generate a 'tSTR' resource at runtime and attach it to my app resource DB. Same problem.
So I'm thinking about another solution: create another form with a non editable text field in it and a done button; set the helpID in the previous form to 0 (this erases the help icon on the form: the rounded 'i' in top right corner), draw the help icon programatically when loading the form, and trap a help icon tap in the form event handler. But I have some questions: 1) how do I draw the help icon to advice the user that some help is available. Is there any caracter in some font that does it, or a bitmap resource with a known ID? 2) Since a tap on the help icon doesn't generate any particular event, I assume i must capture a penDownEvent within the icon area, but what's its position and extent? Or, any other suggestion is welcome. Thanks, Massimo -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
