[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: SWT on MIDP

["assaf" <assaf@xxxxxxxx>]

The target OS I'm working on is Palm (4.1 and 5).
is there SWT for palm?
Assaf




"Christophe Cornu" <christophe_cornu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi Assaf,
>
> It is possible to use SWT with CLDC. MIDP which is based on CLDC also
> defines its own UI. Some MIDP implementations may internally use a subset
> of SWT, which is maybe why you see these org.eclipse.swt.widget.* classes.
> But a portable midlet should probably be only using the public MIDP api.
>
> If you want to write SWT apps over CLDC (and not just midlets), here are
> some hints.
>
> - get a J2ME/CLDC swt.jar for your platform. You can get one for PocketPC
> under the Eclipse download page. If you need it for other platforms,
> please let us know and I'll provide more details.
> - If you are using the j9 VM with the CLDC class library, you can start
> your CLDC SWT app with something like:
> \j9cldc\bin\j9.exe -jcl:cldc:loadlibrary=swt-win32-2133
> -Djava.home=\j9cldc -cp:\j\swt.jar;\j\myapp.jar myCldcSwtApp
> (instruct the VM to load the swt native library, and set the classpath to
> include the swt.jar and your own jar)
>
> If you are interested and need more info, let us know.
>
> Chris
>
>
>