Field object bug on Android?

[Mark Schonewille]

Hi Terry,

I would never set the height of a field to such a high number. Not only 
fields, but groups too cause problems if they get that big. Similar 
problems occur on all platforms, including Windows and OSX operating 
systems.

A good alternative is to set the field to a reasonable size and increase 
and decrease the scroll of the field, instead of setting it to a fixed 
number, i.e.

set the scroll of fld x to the scroll of fld x + 10 // (or - 10)

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On 9/5/2013 09:16, Terry Judd wrote:
> I'm running into what seems like a bug on Android. I have a bunch of formatted text that I'm displaying in an LC field on Android. The field's height is set to its formattedHeight in a locked group (it's the only control) and is scrolled using a native scroller control.
>
> It all works well until I throw a fairly big chunk of text at it (e.g. enough to give formattedHeight of greater than 40000). Setting the htmlText of the field seems to work OK but once I set the height of the field to its formattedHeight value the app locks up. It appears to be an Android only problem because the same field displays fine at its full height on an iOS device.
>
> Has anyone else seen this?
>
> Terry...
>
> Dr Terry Judd
> Senior Lecturer in Medical Education
> Medical Education Unit
> Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences
> The University of Melbourne
>