[brendanmc25]

Hi, sorry about a very stupid question but can only find a textfield class in rim api and i want to have a textbox, i have tried to add the j2me textbox to my screen but am getting add errors, be it a screen or manager class i try to add to.

How would i get a textbox on screen, so the user can see the box, unlike a textfield?

Thanks in advance

Brendan

[Dougsg38p]

There is no "off the shelf" API for creating a text box like this - you'll have to invent it.

[brendanmc25]

I have a class which shows the gaugefield whilst loading but i don't think this is the best way to do it as i don't know the time it'll take to retrieve the data. How would i go about putting the clock on screen that blackberry uses?

[Dougsg38p]

Again, you'll have to "invent" it. RIM does not provide a "wait cursor" class.

[brendanmc25]

sorry, that was meant for a new thread, I ve got so may windows open i'm lost!

What do you mean by invent one? I'm thinking extend text field and then over-ride the paint method to have a line at x, y - could it be done this way?

How would i access the image (if you like) that bb displays when they are loading something?

I really hope one day i'll be in a position to answer new bb programmers questions but right now i need to ask a few. Hope people don't mind.

Regards

Brendan

[kelumkps]

As you said, you can extend TextField and draw a rectangle by overriding paint method. But this article provide another way to create textboxes having scrollable ability.

na.blackberry.com/eng/devjournals/resources/journals/jul_2005/creating_textbox_field.jsp

[brendanmc25]

cheers for the link.

It's just what i was looking for,

Regards

Brendan