combo/spinner display issues

[Guest tmorel]

I'm using C# to write a simple app for my C500

One of the controls I need is the combobox - or spinner as it appears.

Functionally it works, I can use the left/right button on my phone to scroll through the item lists.

However, my problem is to do with the visual aspect of this control.

I was expecting to see a <> symbol to the right hand side indicating that it wasn't a standard textbox.

I don't get this, I just get an empty space.

When I hit left or right I get the corresponding '<' or '>' icon flash, but then vanish again.

Has anyone else come accross this and has a solution?

Alternatively, do you know of a (free *g*) custom control which better mimicks a drop down box (such as the guys at ListPro use - ver'pretty)

[Guest mgama]

I threw together a simple C# app using the standard combo box control (or spinner as you referred to it), and it correctly showed the < and > icons on the right hand side of the text box. Even when I had a large enough string such that the text wouldn't all be visible, it still showed the < and > icons.

I haven't seen ListPro and their drop down control. I searched the internet, but didn't see any screen shots that included it.

Is the problem that you are seeing on the emulator, or on the actual phone, or both?

[Guest tmorel]

It appears that it's to do with the theme of the phone - it's a common problem on 220's and not just C500's

Not much can do if the user isn't running anything other than the default colour schemes.

I found mention of oldschool eVC developers using CDDS_ITEMPOSTPAINT to redraw it, but that doesn't mean anything to me.

;)