[HS] Re: Text-editing bug on Axim - text overlap

Strange, my first reply to this message didn't go through.

I see the same behavior on my copy with an HP iPaq 2215 using PocketPC 2002.  When inserting text I see the same ghosting behavior on the line of text inside HandyShopper.

--- In [email protected], "dboicu812" <yahoogroups@...> wrote:
>
> -using HandyShopper v3.2 build 6516 on a Dell Axim X3i
> 
> I've been experiencing a text bug for a while (since upgrade to build
> 6516), but haven't seen anyone else ever mention it before.
> 
> If I'm entering some text (typically on the 'Notes' tab, but could also
> be an item's Description or Custom Text or anywhere else in H.S.) and
> try to insert text before some already-existing text, the new text that
> I add 'overlaps' the existing text on the same current line, making it
> unreadable.
> 
> To be more accurate, the existing text to the right of the insertion
> point *is* shifted to the right, it's just that each character-space
> from the insertion-point onwards does not 'refresh' automatically. New
> text overlaps existing text, and text to the right overlaps the existing
> text to the right as it is shifted with each new text character added.
> - Only the current line is affected (text doesn't 'wrap' while it's
> overwriting itself).
> - Selecting(highlighting by dragging over) the block of text 'fixes' the
> overlap issue and makes the selected text legible, as each
> character-space is 'refreshed' properly upon selection.
> 
> I've uploaded a photo of my screen showing an occurrence of the issue:
> http://easycaptures.com/fs/uploaded/302/5170708815.jpg
> <http://easycaptures.com/fs/uploaded/302/5170708815.jpg>
> 
> In the above example, my existing text in the Note was "5kg @ Walmart -
> $6.97 March 26, 2010" and I'd just inserted the word "was"  prior to the
> date, as I wanted to record the fact that the price had changed
> considerably. The letters 'w','a','s' overlapped the space occupied by
> the three characters "$6." and at the same time the "$" and everything
> to the right of it shifted to the right overlapping what was already
> there.
> 
> This issue ONLY happens in HandyShopper - I have tested other apps and
> text-insertion works normally.
> 
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