I previously wrote :

> Doug wrote:
>
> > Luc Le Blanc,
>
> > >A user reported me a list does not show on his Palm III. The
> > > code works
> > > fine with 3.5+, but on older devices, the list draw callback
> > > never gets called.
>
> > Are you using hide / show calls on the list? As I recall, that
> > did not work correctly prior to OS 3.5. So if you list is hidden
> > in the form resource and
> > you are using FrmShowObject(), that may be the culprit. I don't
> > remember the details now -- I switched to supporting OS 3.5 as
> > the minimum some time ago.
>
> > Too many things were unsupported or just plain didn't work right
> > even if the API existed.
>
> Actually, I just found this in the API Ref for FrmShowObject:
>
> Compatibility: On versions of Palm OS prior to 3.5 this function doesn’t 
> affect lists or tables. On Palm OS 3.5 it operates correctly on lists but 
> doesn’t have any effect on tables. On Palm OS 4.0 it operates correctly on 
> both lists and tables.
>
> Alas, there is no proposed workaround - I'd be ready for some OS-specific low 
> level fiddling. At least I'm glad I don't use tables too!

Simple: I'll use a gadget instead. I know this works.


--
Luc Le Blanc


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