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Palm OS FAQs

Windows XP

Q.  Why can't I enter text in a text field?

A.  By default, the MaxCharacters and MaxVisibleLines is set to zero. Unfortunately, there is no property editor for MaxCharacters using the default graphical editor. To set the MaxCharacters property, close the graphical view and open the form using the XML editor by right clicking while over the form icon of interest. The XML looks like this:

<MAX_CHARS> 256 </MAX_CHARS>
<FONT_ID> STD_FONT </FONT_ID>
<MAX_VISIBLE_LINES> 1 </MAX_VISIBLE_LINES>

Mac OSX

Q.  I want to use the Code Warrior Constructor for Palm OS to create the GUI, but Code Warrior does not support Palm programming under OSX.

A.  You can use the Constructor to graphically create a form and then generate a header file from File--> Generate Header File. You can then use the comments in the header file to create a PIlRC text file that describes the form layout. 

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