Dear Forum, Re: Configuring J2ME toolkit to run Java applications, using the Palm OS Emulator (POSE).
I am trying to develop Java applications for PDAs using the J2ME Wireless Toolkit 2.2, which works through emulators. I hope to test the applications using a PDA based emulator. Now, the only J2ME compatible emulator I could find that seemed appropriate was the Palm OS Emulator which has been tipped by Sun as a third party emulator: http://developers.sun.com/techtopics/mobility/midp/articles/emulators/ http://www.palmos.com/dev/tools/emulator/ http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/java/developers.html This was set as preferrable to the Palm Simulator which does not emulate hardware like the Palm OS Emulator. Further, the Palm OS Simulator does not do nearly as much checking and validating of an application. http://www.palmos.com/dev/tools/simulator/faq.html Furthermore, I was able to ascertain from the documentation that to set up a third party emulator with the J2ME toolkit, you merely need to unpack or install the third party emulator, then copy its directory into the <J2ME toolkit>/wtklib/devices directory. Next time you run KToolbar, the emulator is available. http://java.sun.com/j2me/docs/wtk2.2/docs/UserGuide-html/emulator.html#wp46490 However, this does not seem to be the case for the Palm OS Emulator which comes in the form of an emulator exec. file, together with a seperately installed ROM image file. Neither of these files contain a properties file or clearly included images that can be found in in-built emulator's directory in the <J2ME toolkit>/wtklib/devices directory and that are needed for the emulator files to start when run from the J2ME Wireless Toolkit 2.2. Which leaves me with a PDA based emulator reccommended on the Sun website for J2ME development that I cannot configure to work with the J2ME Wireless Toolkit 2.2 I would appreciate it if anyone out there could help!! Thanks Michael -- For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
