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From: Steven Simpson <ss@domain.invalid>
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Subject: Re: nested class madness
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:17:38 +0100
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On 28/10/11 18:40, bob wrote:
> Can someone explain why I get this error?
>
> ProgressThread cannot be resolved to a type

You should indicate where the error appears too.

>      @Override
>      protected void onPrepareDialog(int id, Dialog dialog) {
>          switch(id) {
>          case PROGRESS_DIALOG:
>              progressDialog.setProgress(0);
>              progressThread = new ProgressThread(handler);
>              progressThread.start();
>      }

This looks like the whole of onPrepareDialog, but it's missing a brace.  
Reformat the entire file, and you'll see that ProgressThread is nested 
within this function, and is not a direct member of the enclosing class.

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