Hi, > The reason we discourage that is because it isn't just menus which > might obscure you. Today, yes, they're the #1 thing, but sometimes > we know what's coming in the future. Therefore to save you time, we > tell you to do something slightly more general.
I didn't mean to imply that I thought Palmsource shouldn't discourage accessing structure internals. I hope it didn't come across that way. :) > In other words, the question shouldn't be "is a menu visible" but > nearly always ought to be "should I stop drawing because I'm > obscured". The window events and active window status are probably > what you really want to rely on. Thinking about it that way does help. :) Tom Cain -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
