HorizontalFieldManager animation in Blackberry - animation

Can I animate the HorizontalFieldManager in Blackberry?
I have a button in the bottom bar of the screen, and there is an array of images which display in a horizontal layout above the button.
When I click on the button, there should be a slide-in slide-out effect and the images appear one after the other.
Can anyone suggest me any tutorial or link for this?

I think the working approach will be in implementing your own custom bitmap field and placing it above the button, you want to press. When button is pressed, then intercept this event and update contents of your custom bitmap field.
Here is an example, how to create a custom field with RIM SDK.

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I have an oversized picture that I want to add to a powerpoint slide. I want the picture to fit within a box and have a vertical scroll bar.
This is probably not the answer you are looking for but you can make a faux scrolling bar with shapes and action buttons. The explanation for this is described in the Office page: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint-help/create-a-scrolling-effect-in-powerpoint-2007-HA010245145.aspx
This will allow you to get the feeling of a scrollbar. You can also add separate sections of the picture which becomes visible/invisible when you click the action button instead of showing the next page. You can alter the action by right-clicking the action button and changing the action or you could use a regular button with the shape of an action button with an added hyperlink.

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Does anybody know how I can tell NSWindow not to intercept the clicks in my minimize box? It works with a standard NSWindow. When a sheet is up, I can still send both of them to the dock, or zoom the window out.
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I'm trying to make my first Cocoa app (previously I was making iOS apps) and what I wish to do for my custom view is make it's title clickable with indicator (accessory) triangle facing down.
Clicking the title would open a popup/menu with my items.
How is that doneable in Cocoa?
Rdelmar's answer is probably the easiest way to go, but may not do exactly what you might want to do (which is replace the actual title with a pop up item, instead of having a popup button under the title in the toolbar area). With respect to functionality your application will probably work just as well using the toolbar.
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NSButton - Gray rectangle whenever the custom button is clicked

Can I just want to replace the appearance by setting a property of NSButton?
I am able to change the appearance by using the "image" property of the button but I got an ugly gray rectangle whenever the custom button is clicked (the image has a transparency). Is there a way to hide that rectangle?
Thanks.
The following call changes the behavior by making image be darkened when clicked:
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How to make image visible in Blackberry when button is pressed?

I want to show image when button is pressed on main screen in blackberry, How can I do this?
Simply I have a button, when I do press it, the data is loading from xml, and I want to show that data is loading, how can I do this, I have image(having text on it).
Help!
You can add that image in a vertical field manageer and add the vertical field manager to the screen on the button click. that's it..

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