[JetSetter]

OK. I'm new at this Blackberry stuff, but experienced as a Software Developer. I need to get data from the screen into my application -- a series of questions and responses. The details about how you get data from the screen into the application seem to have been left out of the 4.0.2 documentation. They mention KeyboardListener (undocumented); I found KeyListener but can't figure out how to make it do what I want. I want to have the data presented to the application when the user hits the NewLine key, without requiring any trackwheel involvement. Could someone out there tell me how you do this?

Thanks in advance.

[sacramentojoe]

You need to create a java file that extends KeyListener then you have to override the
keyChar method.

public class MyGui implements KeyListener{

public boolean keyChar(char key, int status, int time){
switch(key){
case Characters.ENTER:
//do whatever when they hit enter
return true;
}
return super.keyChar(key,status,time);

}

}


Something like this should get you started.

[JetSetter]

Thanks, Joe. I'll try it out soon.
Two additional questions: Where / How did you find this out? It's not in any manuals I've been able to find.
Second, and more importantly, where does the data show up? Is a string built, character by character, for the field on the screen? How is the data accessed? A good example in the manual (rather than examples of drawing different shaped buttons) would have saved much frustration.

[sacramentojoe]

Originally Posted by JetSetter

Thanks, Joe. I'll try it out soon.
Two additional questions: Where / How did you find this out? It's not in any manuals I've been able to find.
Second, and more importantly, where does the data show up? Is a string built, character by character, for the field on the screen? How is the data accessed? A good example in the manual (rather than examples of drawing different shaped buttons) would have saved much frustration.

I found it out from the JavaDocs. Everything you'll need to know is there.

What do you mean where does the Data show up?

Lets say you have an AutoTextEditField
AutoTextEditField userName = new AutoTextEditField("UserName: ","");
then, you have to create a String:
String userNameValue = userName.getText();

[JetSetter]

Thanks for the pointers, Joe. I figured out how to make it work. I'm sure there must be a simpler and more clever way that what I came up with, but what I have works, and it's only a temporary measure (I hope).

[timinator]

I figured I would post here since this is related. I'm trying to do something similar. I put this together by looking at some of the examples in the Developers Guide. But I'm getting a java:16 error, "MyTextInput is not abstract and does not override abstract method keyStatus(int,int) in net.rim.device.api.system.KeyListener"
Here's my sample code:

import net.rim.device.api.ui.*;
import net.rim.device.api.ui.component.*;
import net.rim.device.api.ui.container.*;
import net.rim.device.api.system.*;
import net.rim.device.api.util.*;
import java.util.*;

// MyTextInput.java Class --------------------------------------------------------------------------
public class MyTextInput extends net.rim.device.api.ui.UiApplication implements KeyListener
{
    private AutoTextEditField inputField;
    private LabelField appTitle;
    
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        MyTextInput TIinstance = new MyTextInput(); 
        TIinstance.enterEventDispatcher();      
    }
    
    public MyTextInput()
    {
        MainScreen inputScreen = new MainScreen();
        appTitle = new LabelField("Input Test");
        inputField = new AutoTextEditField("Input:","");
        inputScreen.setTitle(appTitle);
        inputScreen.add(inputField);
        inputScreen.addKeyListener(this);
        pushScreen(inputScreen);
    }

    public void onExit()
    {
        Dialog.alert("Exiting.");
    }
}

What am I missing here?

[timinator]

I just figured it out. Seems that the KeyListener is not needed for the AutoTextEditField.
Here's the working code (for those who are also just getting started):

import net.rim.device.api.ui.*;
import net.rim.device.api.ui.component.*;
import net.rim.device.api.ui.container.*;
import net.rim.device.api.system.*;
import net.rim.device.api.util.*;
import java.util.*;

// MyTextInput.java Class --------------------------------------------------------------------------
public class MyTextInput extends net.rim.device.api.ui.UiApplication
{
    private AutoTextEditField inputField;
    private LabelField appTitle;
    
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        MyTextInput TIinstance = new MyTextInput(); 
        TIinstance.enterEventDispatcher();      
    }
    
    public MyTextInput()
    {
        MainScreen inputScreen = new MainScreen();
        appTitle = new LabelField("Input Test");
        inputField = new AutoTextEditField("Input:","");
        inputScreen.setTitle(appTitle);
        inputScreen.add(inputField);
        pushScreen(inputScreen);
    }

    public void onExit()
    {
        Dialog.alert("Exiting.");
    }
}

Now my next step is to add another edit field, and store the results.