D, I assigned a handle that's large enough for the text, but only contains a single NULL character at application launch.
at the top of mainFormInit(): [snip] MemHandle fld = MemHandleNew(128); char* fldT = MemHandleLock(fld); (*fldT)=0; MemHandleUnlock(fld) FldSetTextHandle(getObjectPointer(pForm, mainField), fld); [/snip] Ryan On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Dmitry Grinberg <dmitr...@gmail.com> wrote: > do you assign any text to the field before this? Do you do it using a > handle? [or incorrectly using a pointer] > ---- > Best Regards, > Dmitry Grinberg > (847) 226 9295 > > > > On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Ryan Rix <phrkonale...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > An application I am developing consists simply of a Field in which a user > is > > able to launch applications and do various other things. > > > > Due to the dynamic nature of the field I have encountered some issues > with > > SysHandleEvent fighting with my field handling code and as a result I > have > > set up my application to call SysHandleEvent AFTER my application does > its > > field handling. To make sure that everything works okay, and to make sure > > that the field is updated before the mainFormHandler kicks in, I call > > FldHandleEvent( fieldP, &event ); at the top of my keyDownEvent handler. > > This works, for the most part, much more reliably than having > SysHandleEvent > > at the top of my event handling. I am able to enter 10 characters into my > > field, counting backspaces, until my application dies with a > MemoryManager.c > > "Chunk under locked" crash. > > > > Does anyone know why this happens or how to get around it? I am not able > to > > use SysHandleEvent before my keyDownEvent handler due to stability > issues, > > for whatever reason. > > > > Ryan > > > > -- > > Thanks and best regards, > > Ryan Rix > > TamsPalm - The PalmOS Blog > > (623)-239-1103 <-- Grand Central, baby! > > > > Jasmine Bowden - Class of 2009, Marc Rasmussen - Class of 2008, Erica > > Sheffey - Class of 2009, Rest in peace. > > > > -- > > For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, > > please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/ > > -- > For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, > please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/ > -- Thanks and best regards, Ryan Rix TamsPalm - The PalmOS Blog (623)-239-1103 <-- Grand Central, baby! Jasmine Bowden - Class of 2009, Marc Rasmussen - Class of 2008, Erica Sheffey - Class of 2009, Rest in peace. -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/