Accessing UI internal structures became taboo with the last couple of OS releases. There should be some routines that you can retrieve/set internal properties without directly modify the structure. If I remember correctly, you're looking for FldGetAttributes and FldSetAttributes.
> My first question is is there a functional necessity of setting this attribute? Sure. Hide a gadget. > And secondly should we notify Palm of there contradicting documents? I'd assume so. To whom, I don't have a clue. Posting the conflict here is a good start. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Streck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 3:50 PM Subject: Gadget question > On page 145 of the Palm OS Programmers Companion V1 there is an example > of a FormGadgetHandlerType in which they set the gadgets visible > attribute to true as shown below: > > case formGadgetDrawCmd: > //Sent to active gadgets any time form is > //drawn or redrawn. > DrawGadget(); > gadgetP->attr.visible = true; > handled = true; > break; > > Then on page 250 of Palm OS Programmers Reference there is the > following statement: > > WARNING! PalmSource, Inc. does not support or provide > backward compatibility for the FormGadgetAttrType structure. > Never access its structure members directly, or your code may > break in future versions. Use the information below for debugging > purposes only. > > My first question is is there a functional necessity of setting this > attribute? > And secondly should we notify Palm of there contradicting documents? > > Thanks, > > Phil > > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
