oh yes, very true. forgot that. need to make those double instead of Int32
On 12/19/06, John Sutton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Doesn't he have to change the return types and parameter types in these
> functions also?
> I don't know what to, because I don't use floats much myself.
> But at the moment they're both Int32, you can't pass a float in an Int32
> can you?
>
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> *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Dmitry Grinberg
> *Sent:* 19 December 2006 19:02
> *To:* Palm Developer Forum
> *Subject:* Re: How do I get the value of a numeic form field
>
> Flp* functions deal with floating point numbers, previous code was for
> integers, if you swap it for Flp values as i said it will deal with floats
>
> On 12/19/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > thanks again... I am a newbie to palm coding... I don't see where I am
> > getting the decimal value from the code you offered... doesn't this still
> > just get the integer value from the form field? I need to get the decimal
> > value, the float or double value. Even if I swap the things you referenced,
> > isn't this still just getting the integer value from the fields they entered
> > decimal values in?
> >
> >
> >
> > Int32 getFieldInteger(FormPtr fp,UInt16 fieldId){
> > return
> >
> > StrAToI(FldGetTextPtr(FrmGetObjectPtr(fp,FrmGetObjectIndex(fp,fieldId))));
> > }
> >
> > void setFieldInteger(FormPtr fp,UInt16 fieldId,Int32 value){
> > MemHandle mh;
> > FieldPtr fi;
> >
> > fi=FrmGetObjectPtr(fp,FrmGetObjectIndex(fp,fieldId));
> >
> > mh=FldGetTextHandle(fi);
> > FldSetTextHandle(fi,NULL);
> > if(mh){
> > MemHandleResize(mh,16); //no int is bigger then 12 chars long so this
> > is fine
> > }
> > else{
> > mh=MemHandleNew(16); //no need to check for errors here, if this
> > fails, you've got bigger problems...
> > }
> > StrIToA(MemHandleLock(mh),value);
> > MemHandleUnlock(mh);
> > FldSetTextHandle(fi,mh);
> > FldDrawField(fi);
> > }
> >
> >
> > //if you have fields 1000 and 1001 and you want to add them, place
> > result to
> > field 1002, you'd do something like this:
> >
> >
> > void doIt(FormPtr myForm){
> >
> > setFieldInteger(myForm,1002,getFieldInteger(myForm,1000)+getFieldInteger(1001));
> >
> > }
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