I have no problem doing that. Here's a snipet of code I use. notesPtr is a
global char*.
FormPtr frmP = FrmGetActiveForm();
UInt16 NotesLen;
case frmOpenEvent:
// Copy contents of notesPtr to the screen
NotesLen = StrLen(notesPtr);
FldSetMaxChars ((FieldPtr)GetObjectPtr(frmP, NotepadNotesField),
NotesLen);
SetFieldText(frmP, NotepadNotesField, NotesLen, notesPtr);
FrmDrawForm(frmP);
FrmSetFocus (frmP, FrmGetObjectIndex(frmP, NotepadNotesField));
handled = true;
break;
/***************************************************************************
***********************
* FUNCTION: SetFieldText
*
* DESCRIPTION: Sets the text in a field object
****************************************************************************
**********************/
void SetFieldText(FormPtr frmP, UInt16 objectID, UInt32 fldSize, CharPtr
txtPtr)
{
CharPtr fldPtr;
FieldPtr fldP;
MemHandle oldTxtH, fldHandle;
// This handle will be freed when the form is closed and the field is
destroyed
fldHandle = MemHandleNew(fldSize + 1);
if (fldHandle) {
fldPtr = (CharPtr)MemHandleLock(fldHandle);
StrCopy(fldPtr, txtPtr);
fldP = (FieldPtr)GetObjectPtr(frmP, objectID);
if (fldP) {
oldTxtH = FldGetTextHandle(fldP);
MemHandleUnlock(fldHandle);
FldSetTextHandle(fldP, fldHandle);
if (oldTxtH)
MemHandleFree(oldTxtH);
}
}
}
"Chris Massey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:102112@palm-dev-forum...
>
> I waish to set a text field's contents after the Initform but before
> FrmDrawForm ( the first time it is displayed ). I can't get SetTextHandle
> to work as when I get the handle it's NULL, presumably because it's not
> opened yet...
>
> Chris
>
>
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