Have a look in POL(palm object library) which contains both tutorial and sample code for horizontal and vertical scrollbar with tables.
On 2/14/07, Miguel Angel Sotomayor Hernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The table in the PIM address book doesn't use scrollbars, but arrows > instead. I agree tables are well documented, but tables + scrollbars is > another story (maybe there is something out there, but I didn't find > something useful when I needed to do this). > > Working with tables and scrollbars is a little bit tricky. Basically, you > have to set the maximum value of your scrollbar with the number of elements > your table has (actually, your table doesn't contain more elements than it > can be shown) and when the user moves the scroll car (the vertical one) you > update your table to show the following items (depending on how much the > user has moved the scrollbar). > > For the horizontal scrollbar is a different story. You need to set the > maximum value of the scrollbar to the number of columns your table has and > hide and show different columns according to the movement of the scroll car. > If you scroll to the right, then you have to start hiding the leftmost > column and showing the rightmost and viceversa. > > I'm not sure if you will find sample code, but you can read the examples > of tables (understand how tables work) on any tutorial or book and the API > reference (the section about scrollbars) of the Palm OS. > > Hope this helps to point you in the right direction. > > Miguel > > Hal Mueller wrote: > > The first Google hit for "palm table with scrollbars" is the reference > manual, which has examples. The code for the PIM address book uses a > table. Every PalmOS programming book that I have ever seen has table > examples. There are many things in the PalmOS world that are not well > documented or that don't work as documented, but tables aren't on that > list. RTFM. > > H > > > > > -- > For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to > unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > -- Rajeev Kumar Singh Ideavate Solution Silver Sanchora RNT Marg Indore (MP) 09893246044 -- For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
