Sorry, forgot a "minor" detail - I am dealing with Palm OS 3.1
sasha
Sasha Avanesov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>
> Hello,
>
> I have a numeric field which is intended to receive integer values, so to
> prevent the user from entering a "float" type number, I catch the
> "keyDownEvent" carrying "data.keyDown.char" 0x2E, which indicates the
> decimal dot. I handle this in the event handler for the form containing
the
> field rather than at the beginning of the "ApplicationEventLoop()" after
the
> event is retrieved from the queue... It seems to me that handling the
> keyDownEvent in the form event handler should not work, since
> "FrmDispatchEvent()" comes last in the loop... It does work, however...
It
> works both ways - in the form event handler and in the
> "ApplicationEventLoop()", so my question is: "'Is this an undocumented
> feature, or something that I have missed in the documentation?" It feels
> like as if "FrmDispatchEvent()" is implementing some callback functions,
but
> only if dealing with "keyDownEvent"s or fields... obviously the same does
> not hold true for the checkboxes or buttons, since there are instances
when
> these are handled, but those involve "ctlSelectEvent"s anyway... any
> ideas?..
>
> Sincerely,
> sasha
>
>
>
>
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