I helped out with a project a while ago to scroll text in a PalmOS application.
Here is some of the feedback for what it is worth.
* The regular list control up / down arrows were not considered adequate since
most users are used to the scroll bar on the side as in the Palm desktop.
* All we wanted to do is display text for read only. Instead of diving into the
table control, two controls, a gadget and vertical scroll bar, was placed in the
resources.
* A C++ object was written that draw text in the gadget area from a database.
The records shown were controlled by the scroll bar events.
* Users expected the page down / up hardware buttons to control the field.
Ariel Barreiro wrote:
> I was to add a scrolling text feature to my app.
>
> I thought to do it with a field and playing with deleting the first char and
> adding another in the end.
>
> But somebody around here told me that in the list appeared some info about
> this but unluckily I missed them. Then, I would like if somebody that used
> something like, that I am sure are a lot, could send me some examples or
> help in order to do it.
>
> Thanks a lot!
