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

Thanks for the reply Chris.
You suggested that the Axim's 'video driver'is to blame, but if that were the case, wouldn't the issue have *always* been present in HandyShopper? It was fine up until the most recent HS version. Did something in the HS code to do with interacting with the video driver change recently?


--- In [email protected], "chrisant_wa" <chrisant@...> wrote:
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> The description makes sense, and I think I know the general problem that is occuring.  It is most likely a combination of the video driver on the Axim X3i plus HandyShopper.  For example I've tried the emulator for WM6.1, WM6.5, and WM6.5.3 but none of them exhibit the problem.  Also my Omni II doesn't exhibit the problem.
> 
> Without being able to reproduce the problem I can't track down a fix.  I think you'll have to live with this, sorry.
> 
> 
> --- 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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