Form size (PocketC Architect)

[Aqua32]

Hi there,

Im very new to PocketC so you might see quite a few questions in the future.. For now, though, I have a major one!!

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@app myApp
{
   creator = "DBiC";
   name = "My First Application";
   dbname = "MyFirst-DB";
}

@form myForm
{
   id = 1001
   text = "My First Form"
   x = 0, y=0, w=320, h=480
   resizable = true
}

handler myApp.onstart()
{
   myForm.load();
}


Won't work! Says the form has to be 160 x 160 but my TX has a 320x480 display.. Am I doing something wrong? I have read the help file but its still a bit unclear on how I get a form element below the 160th pixel on my screen...

Thanks in advance!

Christopher

[dewey]

On the Palm OS, you must lay out your forms based on a 160x160 screen. The form is automatically expanded to 320x320 on high-res devices. To use the area below 320, you must mark your form as resizable. When your app starts, the form will expand to full size. You can either respond to the onresize event, or just set resize properties to move your controls into the bottom area.

[Aqua32]

Thanks for getting back to me..

I went ahead and set the vresize = 2 but it's somewhat confusing..

the manual says "then define the form's resize behavior by setting the hresize and vresize properties (generally use stretch for horizontal and vertical)."

Im assuming the 2 is some sort of property value but I couldn't find a constant to reference this... In other words, does 2 mean stretch? what is 1? or 0? is there a 3?

Thanks!

[Aqua32]

run this on a TX and tell me what you see [:(!]

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@app myApp
{
   creator = "DBiC";
   name = "My First Application";
   dbname = "MyFirst-DB";
}

@form myForm
{
   id = 1001
   text = "My First Form"
   x = 0, y=0, w=160, h=160
   resizable = true
   vresize = 2, hresize = 2

   label hLabel
   {
      x = 10,y=150,w=160,h=20
      text = "HHH"
   }
   
   label wLabel
   {
      x = 10,y=30,w=160,h=20
      text = "WWW"
   }
}

handler myApp.onstart()
{
   myForm.load();
}

handler myForm.onresize()
{
   hLabel.text = "H WHAT";//"h "+myForm.h;
   hLabel.y = myForm.h - hLabel.h;

   wLabel.text = "w WHAT";//+myForm.w;
   wLabel.y = hLabel.y - hLabel.h;
}


[dewey]

I don't have a TX. What's the problem?

2 means stretch. See the table called "enumerated properties" in the OrbC resource langague doc page.

[Aqua32]

What the previous code does is this:

Shows the WWW where its supposed to be.
Shows the HHH where it supposed to be.

Now for the kicker..

When I "minimize" the graffiti2, the WWW stays where its at and the HHH turns to "w W".. Also, no matter what I change the label to, it will make it the width of 3 characters.

I have tried changing the labels to buttons and changing the text of the button works like it should (except for showing the correct form height (it always shows 160)).

Wish I could find a freeware screen capture utility for Palm tx.

BTW: They're a cool $300 but it's a nice little handheld..

Before collapsing graffiti2 (startup):

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+-----------------+
|My First App     |
|-----------------|
|WWW              |
|                 |
|                 |
|                 |
|                 |
|HHH              |
|                 |
+-----------------+
|Graffiti         |
|                 |
+-----------------|



After collapsing graffiti:

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+-----------------+
|My First App     |
|-----------------|
|WWW              |
|                 |
|                 |
|                 |
|                 |
|                 |
|                 |
|                 |
|w W              |
+-----------------+
+-----------------+



[Aqua32]

I have also tried using buttons but get a strange result!

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@app myApp
{
   creator = "DBiC";
   name = "My First Application";
   dbname = "MyFirst-DB";
}

@form myForm
{
   id = 1001
   text = "My First Form"
   x = 0, y=0, w=160, h=160
   resizable = true
   vresize = 2, hresize = 0

   button hButton
   {
      x = 10,y=150,w=100,h=20
      text = "HHH"
   }
   
   button wButton
   {
      x = 10,y=30,w=100,h=20
      text = "WWW"
   }
}

handler myApp.onstart()
{
   myForm.load();
}

handler myForm.onresize()
{
   hButton.text = "H WHAT"+myForm.h;
   hButton.y = myForm.h - hButton.h;

   wButton.text = "w WHAT"+myForm.w;
   wButton.y = hButton.y - hButton.h;
}

handler hButton.onselect()
{
   alert("hButton Pressed");
}

handler wButton.onselect()
{
   alert("wButton Pressed");
}



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+-----------------+
|My First App     |
|-----------------|
|WWW              |
|                 |
|                 |
|                 |
|                 |
|HHH              |
|                 |
+-----------------+
|Graffiti         |
|                 |
+-----------------+


Firstly, wButton never gets the event when clicked.. It simply doesn't do anything.. But hButton does.. HOWEVER! The Text is changed for hButton to what wButton is supposed to!

EDIT: nevermind about the button example.. I got them to work by adding id's

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@app myApp
{
   creator = "DBiC";
   name = "My First App";
   dbname = "MyFirst-DB";
}

@form myForm
{
   id = 1001
   text = "My First Form"
   x = 0, y=0, w=160, h=160
   resizable = true
   vresize = 2, hresize = 2

   button aButton
   {
      id = 110
      x = 10,y=30,w=100,h=20
      text = "aButton"
   }
   
   button bButton
   {
      id = 111
      x = 10,y=60,w=100,h=20
      text = "bButton"
   }
}

handler myApp.onstart()
{
   myForm.load();
}

handler myForm.onresize()
{
   bButton.y = myForm.h - bButton.h;
   aButton.w = myForm.w - 15;
   
   aButton.text = "width: "+myForm.w;
}

handler aButton.onselect()
{
   alert("aButton Pressed");
}

handler bButton.onselect()
{
   alert("bButton Pressed");
}