Well, the software I'm doing is for enterprise customers.. The PDA's used 
run only my software and the user base are mainly mechanical engineers who 
barely know what a PDA is.


"P. Douglas Reeder, aka Skapti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 
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> Jim Duffy wrote:
>> I want the icon to show if a field in my DB has a string within it. One 
>> the user taps it, I want to take them to a custom dialog to show the 
>> record contents instead of popping up the standard "Tips" dialog.
>>
> Since the "i" icon normally brings up help, rather than details, you may 
> confuse your users.  I'd suggest a different icon or a text button.  Also, 
> Palm users are not accustomed to UI elements appearing and disappearing, 
> so you're sure to get support calls from people who can't find this 
> button, because they haven't filled in the field yet.
>
>
> 



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