Re: Refreshing without erasing a form

2000-06-08 Thread Richard Hartman
I was assuming that the bitmaps you were talking about were pictures or icons, not a screen capture. You are correct that capturing a bitmap at various points just to have onhand when an update request comes is a pretty nasty thing to have to do ... but you don't have to do it that way. Generall

Re: Refreshing without erasing a form

2000-06-08 Thread Mike Davis
> To answer your question: you don't. > > To ask one (or two) of my own: What is this about having to save it at > any point which might cause a popup? Why would you need to save the > bitmap more than once? The popups are caused, potentially, at any instruction step, in a user program, that i

Re: Refreshing without erasing a form

2000-06-07 Thread Richard Hartman
To answer your question: you don't. To ask one (or two) of my own: What is this about having to save it at any point which might cause a popup? Why would you need to save the bitmap more than once? -- -Richard M. Hartman [EMAIL PROTECTED] 186,000 mi/sec: not just a good idea, it's the LAW! M

RE: Refreshing without erasing a form

2000-06-07 Thread Mike Davis
Here is my problem. I'm asking this again because I still do not have a solution. I have an application that has the ability to run a user generated program that is part of the application. At any step in the program, it is possible to have a popup form, for errors, input, etc. The problem

RE: Refreshing without erasing a form

2000-06-06 Thread Nesse, Rustin
>-Original Message- >From: Mike Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 12:52 PM >To: Palm Developer Forum >Subject: Re: Refreshing without erasing a form > > >> >> > I am handling the frmUpdateEvent to redraw my form after re

RE: Refreshing without erasing a form

2000-06-02 Thread Mike Davis
> >> > I am handling the frmUpdateEvent to redraw my form after > >> > returning from a dialog form. My problem is the form now blinks > >> > when it is erased and then redrawn. > >> > >> if you don't erase and redraw the whole form in your frmUpdateEvent > >> branch, it shouldn't happen - at l

RE: Refreshing without erasing a form

2000-06-02 Thread Nesse, Rustin
>-Original Message- >From: Mike Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 12:52 PM >To: Palm Developer Forum >Subject: Re: Refreshing without erasing a form > > >> >> > I am handling the frmUpdateEvent to redraw my form after re

Re: Refreshing without erasing a form

2000-06-02 Thread Mike Davis
> > > I am handling the frmUpdateEvent to redraw my form after returning > > from a dialog form. My problem is the form now blinks when it is > > erased and then redrawn. > > if you don't erase and redraw the whole form in your frmUpdateEvent > branch, it shouldn't happen - at least it doesn't

Re: Refreshing without erasing a form

2000-06-02 Thread Holger Klawitter
> I am handling the frmUpdateEvent to redraw my form after returning from > a dialog form. My problem is the form now blinks when it is erased and > then redrawn. if you don't erase and redraw the whole form in your frmUpdateEvent branch, it shouldn't happen - at least it doesn't with me. norma

Refreshing without erasing a form

2000-05-31 Thread Michael S. Davis
I am handling the frmUpdateEvent to redraw my form after returning from a dialog form. My problem is the form now blinks when it is erased and then redrawn. The blinking is anoying. Is there any way to refresh the (a) form, without erasing it first? How? -- For information on using the Pal