I wonder why they are so tricky? It seems so straightforward! With every other environment I've programmed for this has been so trivial to do.
Ugh. I might just do what you said. I just hate to give up on something that seems like it should work just fine. I hate not having an explanation! Thanks! Mike "Dave Lippincott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > You are better off using a field and setting it to read only, its safer. > Altering labels at run time can be tricky. I may be able to dig up some > code but I'd try first changing it to a field and use the field text update > routines. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Newsgroups: palm-dev-forum > To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 3:03 PM > Subject: Dynamically updating a label on a form - problem > > > > I'm trying to dynamically update a label on a form. > > > > Here's the code snippet occuring during the nilEvent of the > > HandleEvent method for this form: > > > > // then change the label text > > index = FrmGetObjectIndex(form, lblSessionTime); > > FrmHideObject(form, index); > > FrmCopyLabel(form, index, sessionTimeText); > > FrmShowObject(form, index); > > > > I get the following error message in the Palm Emulator when > > debugging: > > > > New Application (unknown version) called SysFatalAlert with the > > message: "Form.c, Line: 1272, Object not in form." > > > > When stepping through the debugger, this error is triggered by the > > FrmCopyLabel line above. I can not understand for the life of me > > why the FrmHideObject which uses the same object index is fine but > > the next line fails. If I comment out the FrmCopyLabel line, all is > > well - except my label remains unchanged. > > > > Any pointers? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > -- > > 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/
