On Monday 17 February 2003 10:07 am, Brian Smith wrote: > On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, David Janssens wrote: > > The string to enter can be very large. The problem is that, to my > > knowledge, fields can't do horizontal scrolling. Anyone has ideas on how > > to input large strings? > > Multi-line field. At least, that's what I've done in the past to get > around that.
To expand on what Brian mentioned, multi-line field. If you restrict a multi-line field to a single visible line, it will in essence be a horizontal scrolling field. This is because when the end of the visible field is reached, it will scroll to a new blank line. The visual clue is not so great, as it looks like it simply blanks out the line, though if you move left & right you can navigate it. Perhaps you can place a visual indicator when it "scrolls" just as you would a larger memo field -- i.e. use code similar to how you would update a scrollbar. -- /* Chris Faherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> */ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
