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Multiple Applet Views

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Screen Allocation

The amount of screen space available for applets is determined by the handheld device's operating system and the type of applets in the view.

Pocket PC

For handheld devices using the Pocket PC operating system, the two applets are stacked one above the other. A parent form applet in a two-applet view displays up to five fields on the screen. The form applet dynamically resizes if there are fewer than five fields and, therefore, does not waste screen display space with empty lines. The maximum number of fields that are displayed at one time is configurable by setting the Max Parent Applet Size preference in the User Preferences dialog. See Setting User Preferences for more information on this user preference.

Handheld PC

For handheld devices using the HPC 2000 operating system, additional screen space is provided for list applets. The following examples illustrate how the screen space is allocated depending upon the type of applets in the view.

For views containing a form applet (on the left) and a list applet (on the right), the form applet receives 3/8 of the screen space and the list applet receives the remaining 5/8 of the screen space.
For views containing two form applets or two list applets, the screen space is allocated equally between the two applets.
For views containing a list applet (on the left) and a form applet (on the
right), the list applet receives 5/8 of the screen space and the form applet receives the remaining 3/8 of the screen space.

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