At 12:00am -0700 00-05-17, Palm Developer Forum digest wrote:
>Subject: Re: Detecting a Graffiti tap
>From: Dave Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 14:51:30 -0700
>X-Message-Number: 105
>
>Ken Krugler wrote:
>
> >You'll get a penDownEvent in your event loop when the user taps in
> >the Graffiti area...so (unless I'm missing something) the problem is
> >how to determine the location of the tap, before calling
> >SysHandleEvent.
>Ah, that's what I had overlooked: there is a penDown event, I just wasn't
>seeing it in my form handler, because SysHandleEvent swallowed it.
>
>The location of the tap is in the event data, so I think I can just call
>WinGetDisplayExtent and see if the tap is outside that. Anyone see a
>problem with that?
Yes, as long as you want any tap in a non-screen area (e.g. a tap in
the menu silkscreen button vs. a tap in the Graffiti area) to behave
the same way. Also this technique won't work if somebody makes a
device with the Graffiti area in a different location relative to the
display.
-- Ken
Ken Krugler
TransPac Software, Inc.
<http://www.transpac.com>
+1 530-470-9200
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