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ID	KIJ000872	Creation date	April 2, 2008
Platform	Series 40	Devices	All Series 40 devices
Category	Java ME	Subcategory	MIDP 1.0 and MIDP 2.0

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Overview

The Series 40 implementation of TextBox does not display Ticker objects at all.

Description

The Series 40 implementation of TextBox does not display Ticker objects. In S60 displaying Ticker in a TextBox is possible.

How to reproduce

 Displayable disp= new TextBox("TextBox",null,20,TextField.ANY);
 Ticker ticker = new Ticker("Ticker text");
 disp.setTicker(ticker);
 ..
 Display.getDisplay(this).setCurrent(disp);

Solution

No solution available with TextBox. Try using Form for displaying Ticker objects.