On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 10:24:12 -0500, Stringer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>Subject: Re: Reducing update flicker? >>From: "Mark Wilden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>From: "Michael Harrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> I'd like to make it so my program will make it through a >>> gremlins run completely clean. Is that an unreasonable goal? >> >>In and of itself, I'd say that was a terrible goal. No customer has ever >>paid money for a clean Gremlins run. :) >> >>I've got a lurking "invalid insertion point" myself in one of my apps. >> It's not real high on my list of priorities to fix. >> >>I would be interested in what others think is the cause and severity >>of this Gremlins report. > >1) Really bad advice! > A clean Gremlin's run is essential to having quality > software, and customers do pay for quality software! > > If Gremlins hiccups, you HAVE BUGS ! > >2) If you'd have checked the archives you'd have seen the > "invalid insertion point" discussed. > > The most likely cause is a field that doesn't have enough > height for the font used. The message is very misleading! > > I was caught by it for some fields where I changed the font > from largeFont to largeBoldFont. The problem is that > largeBoldFont needs an extra pixel in height. As I wrote previously, the cause of the error was that I was resizing the field, not changing the font. I knew the cause of the error, I needed a way to do a flicker-less update. > >Roger Stringer >Marietta Systems, Inc. > > Michael S. Harrison michaelh.dragonseye@com (reverse the dot and at to send email) * The opinions expressed here are those of my iguana * and I never know what he's going to say next. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
