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      //in the class
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  amsiddh.

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  TextBoxField revisited

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  import net.rim.device.api.ui.Field;
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  import net.rim.device.api.ui.Graphics;
  import net.rim.device.api.ui.Manager;
  import net.rim.device.api.ui.UiApplication;
  import net.rim.device.api.ui.component.EditField;
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          add(vfm);
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          super.setFont(font);
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      public void setBorderColors(int inactive, int active) {
          inactiveBorderColor = inactive;
          activeBorderColor = active;
          invalidate();
      }
  
      public void setBackgroundColor(int bgColor) {
          backgroundColor = bgColor;
          invalidate();
      }
  
      RoundBorderTextBoxField(int width, int height) {
          this(width, height, 0L);
      }
  
      public String getText() {
          return editField.getText();
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      public void setText(String newText) {
          editField.setText(newText);
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      public void append(String addedText) {
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      public int getPreferredHeight() {
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      protected void sublayout(int w, int h) {
          if (managerWidth == 0) {
              managerWidth = w;
          }
          if (managerHeight == 0) {
              managerHeight = h;
          }
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          int actHeight = Math.min(managerHeight, h);
          layoutChild(vfm, actWidth - arcWidth, actHeight - arcWidth); // Leave room for border
          setPositionChild(vfm, arcWidth / 2, arcWidth / 2);  // again, careful not to stomp over the border
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          g.setDrawingStyle(Graphics.DRAWSTYLE_AAPOLYGONS, true);
          g.drawRoundRect(0, 0, myWidth, myHeight, arcWidth, arcWidth);
          g.drawRoundRect(1, 1, myWidth - 2, myHeight - 2, arcWidth - 2, arcWidth - 2);
          g.setDrawingStyle(Graphics.DRAWSTYLE_AAPOLYGONS, aaLines);
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      public void focusChanged(Field field, int eventType) {
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              case FOCUS_GAINED:
              case FOCUS_LOST:
                  adjustBorderColor();
                  break;
              default:
                  break;
              }
          }
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      private void adjustBorderColor() {
          int nextColor;
          if (editField.isFocus()) {
              nextColor = activeBorderColor;
          } else {
              nextColor = inactiveBorderColor;
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          if (borderColor != nextColor) {
              borderColor = nextColor;
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  Information: Blackberry JDE 7.1.0

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  The title of the topic seems simple, but I'm actually trying to use a X of class A function inside a function Y of class B and the GET, the value returned by X to a variable in B.

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  http://supportforums.BlackBerry.com/T5/Java-development/TextBoxField-revisited/Ta-p/548410

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  import net.rim.device.api.ui.Graphics;
  import net.rim.device.api.ui.Manager;
  import net.rim.device.api.ui.component.EditField;
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       g.setFont(font);
    g.drawRect(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight());
  }
  
  public void sublayout(int width, int height) {
    if (managerWidth == 0) {
      managerWidth = width;
    }
    if (managerHeight == 0) {
      managerHeight = height;
    }
    super.sublayout(managerWidth, managerHeight);
    setExtent(managerWidth,managerHeight);
  }
  
  public String getText() {
      return editField.getText();
    }
    public void setText(String text) {
      editField.setText(text);
    }
  }
  

  Try changing the method object with below:

  public void paint(Graphics g)
  {
      super.paint(g);
      g.drawRect(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight());
  
      Font font = editField.getFont();
      g.setColor(0x999999);
      String text = editField.getText();
  
      int totalWidth = this.getWidth() - 10;
      int fontHeight  = font.getHeight();
      for(int fontSize = fontHeight; fontSize >= 5; --fontSize)
      {
          //length of the text
          int length = Font.getDefault().derive(Font.PLAIN,
                       fontSize).getAdvance(text);
          if(length > totalWidth)
          {
              //derived font for the fontSize
              font = Font.getDefault().derive(Font.PLAIN, fontSize);
              continue;
          }
      }
  
      editField.setText(text);
      editField.setFont(font);
  }
  

  Concerning

  Bika

• Need help with ContextMenu in CustomEditField

  Hello world

  I created a CustomEditField which, when I type beyond the width of the EditField, he's not going to a new line, but rather 'continue' on the same line (and hide the text).

  I'm looking to correctly override makeContextMenu, so that when I click on the Menu OR click on the trackball (with the CustomEditField in short), a ContextMenu will come with just a 'Search' element inside. (Similar to 'Send' in the BBM text field).

  I'd appreciate any help, here is my current code:

  public class CustomEditField extends VerticalFieldManager {
  
   private int managerWidth; private int managerHeight;    private EditField editField;
  
      public CustomEditField(final String label, int width) {
  
       super(Manager.NO_VERTICAL_SCROLL);        managerWidth = width;
  
         VerticalFieldManager vfm = new VerticalFieldManager(              Manager.VERTICAL_SCROLL);
  
         editField = new EditField() {         public void paint(Graphics g) {               getManager().invalidate();                super.paint(g);           }
  
             protected void onFocus(int direction) {               if (getText().equals("") || getText().equals(label)) {                    setText("");              }         }
  
             protected void onUnfocus() {              if (getText().equals(label) || getText().equals("")) {                    setText(label);               }         }     };
  
        editField.setText(label);     vfm.add(editField);       add(vfm); }
  
     public void paint(Graphics g) {       super.paint(g);
  
       int oldColor = Color.GRAY;        // int oldAlpha = g.getGlobalAlpha();
  
         // g.setGlobalAlpha(0x88);        g.setBackgroundColor(0x00EF3825);     g.setColor(Color.BLACK);      g.fillRoundRect(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight(), 8, 8);     g.setColor(oldColor);     // g.setGlobalAlpha(oldAlpha);        super.paint(g);   }
  
     public void sublayout(int width, int height) {
  
        if (managerWidth == 0) {          managerWidth = width;     }     if (managerHeight == 0) {         managerHeight = height;       }     super.sublayout(managerWidth, getPreferredHeight());      setExtent(managerWidth, getPreferredHeight());    }
  
     class ContextMenuItem extends MenuItem {      public ContextMenuItem() {            super("Search", 20, 10);      }
  
         public void run() {           // search();      } }
  
  }
  

  Thank you!

  Solved by the following code to the screen:

   public void makeMenu(Menu menu, int instance) {
          super.makeMenu(menu, instance);
          // add these items to the full menu
          if (instance == Menu.INSTANCE_DEFAULT) {
              menu.add(new SearchMenuItem());
              menu.add(new BrowseMenuItem());
              menu.add(new QueuesMenuItem());
          }
          if (instance == Menu.INSTANCE_CONTEXT) {
              menu.add(new ContextMenuItem());
          }
  
      }
  

• How to get out the address book?

  When I choose a contact, I can return to the editField interface and as SUCH get set to the editField,

  but now if I didn't chosse contact, I want to return to the editField interface, it shows Nullpointer Exception.

  so, how can I get out of address book?

  showAddressBook my code:

  public void showAddressBook() {}
  try {}
  Contact list BlackBerryContactList = (BlackBerryContactList) BlackBerryPIM.getInstance () .openPIMList (BlackBerryPIM.CONTACT_LIST, BlackBerryPIM.READ_WRITE);
  Contact BlackBerryContact = (BlackBerryContact) contactList.choose (null, BlackBerryContactList.AddressTypes.EMAIL, true);
    
  Portable chain = "";
  int numValues = 0;
  numValues = contact.countValues (BlackBerryContact.TEL);
    
  for (int i = 0; i)< numvalues;="" i++)="">
  If (contact.getAttributes (BlackBerryContact.TEL, i) == BlackBerryContact.ATTR_MOBILE) {}
  Cell = contact.getString(BlackBerryContact.TEL, i);
  break;
  }
  }
           
  editField.setText (mobileNumber);
  } catch (PIMException ex) {}
  ex.printStackTrace ();
  }
  }

  If the user decides to not choose a contact, you get null as a return value. your code should check this.

• Problem with EditField?

  Hello

  I created an EditField and iam trying to make a rectangular shape of it, but the problem is while typing cursor comes from new line and it increases the width of the textfield.  Please find the picture below.  I expect that letters should be on the left is not down. For example, in the browser of the Simulator, there are a TextBox it behave like that.  I added the rectangle to textfiled I think it takes the screen.  Please provide a useful for the same code snippet.  Thanks advanced

  edit = new EditField("", "",50, EditField.FILTER_DEFAULT | EditField.NO_NEWLINE)
          {
              protected void layout(int maxWidth, int maxHeight) {
                  super.layout(137, this.getHeight());
                  setExtent(137, this.getHeight());
              }
              public void paint( Graphics graphics ) {
                  graphics.setColor(Color.RED);
                  System.out.println("!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Width :: "+getWidth());
                                  graphics.setColor(Color.BLACK);
                  super.paint(graphics);
              }
          };
  

  

  With the recent restructuring of the site web, Rim have moved the magazines.  Try here:

  http://NA.BlackBerry.com/eng/devjournals/resources/journals/jul_2005/creating_textbox_field.jsp

• EditField problem!

  Hi every1

  I was faced with a problem when adding a text field on screen.

  When I'm trying to add a field for a GridFieldmanager editing, I m getting an EXCEPTION 'ILLEGALARGUMENT' and ending of app.

  Here I m using the object persistent 2 store text in of editfield

  Infact I m error, when I m 2 access the same screen twice, by train, but not in the first attempt. Initially I m 2 can access screen with success, but in my second attempt I m get error at the particular point dat dat

  Help me... Urgent!

  Concerning

  Kiran

  http://www.BlackBerry.com/developers/docs/6.0.0api/NET/rim/device/API/UI/component/BasicEditField.ht...

  Throws:
  IllegalArgumentException - if the text cannot be entered in an edit field.

  My guess would be that you have a filter set on the field and try to define a text that is in conflict with it, but without more information, it is difficult to say.

• problem of return back in EditField

  Hello

  I have an EditField. When I run an editfield.backspace (1) when the cursor position is 1, I get an IndexOutofBounds exception.

  Any ideas on how to solve this problem?

  Thank you

  Hi, please tell me your requirement in terms of what you want to do?, I understand your code, but just tell me what is the feature.