Thank you very, very much David and Bob for your advice. Although I have tons of other questions, at lease I know I am heading to the right direction.
--- Robert McKenzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David is right. In particular, the number of rows > is ALWAYS the maximum number of rows you EVER want > to display on screen. When you wish to have more > rows than fit onto the screen, you actually scroll > the data through your rows (not the rows through the > screen) -- i.e., now your row #1 points to the > second data item, etc. > > -bob mckenzie, palmsource pdx > > p.s. his advice as to custom table items is also > spot-on. > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Eyler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 10:25 AM > To: Palm Developer Forum > Subject: Re: tables - looking for advise > > > Christy, > > 1) it sounds like you should probably give the table > the maximum number of > rows that will ever show on the screen, and set them > to not usable at run > time if you don't need them > > 2) and 3) If the text isn't editable, I think you > would be better off just > using a customTableItem for the text cells. Then > you can draw whatever you > want in each cell dynamically in the callback > routine that you specify with > TblSetCustomDrawProcedure(). > > "christy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > message > news:104730@palm-dev-forum... > > > > Finally, I am "ready" to code the search results. > I am > > glad that I am a lot more proficient in areas > other > > than Palm. Otherwise I'd be fired by now. > > > > Anyhow, this is what I have in mind. For every > match, > > I would display it in 1 row with 3 columns (three > > boxes next to each other). In every cell (each > box), I > > need to display 4 lines. I can only fit 2 rows > without > > scrolling in this case (I have buttons and other > > things). Questions: > > > > 1. How many rows do I set my table at design time? > 1 > > row, 2 rows or the maximum rows anticipated? > > > > 2. Do I create 4 labels for the 4 lines per cell > in > > design time as place holder and update them in the > > code? > > > > 3. All text are displayed from the database (not > > editable). They should be labels but I don't need > the > > : at the end. Should I use textTableItem? > > > > Thank you very much in advance. > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > now. > > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, > or to unsubscribe, please see > http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, > or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
