[news.eclipse.technology.ercp] Re: eSWT on Win Mobile 5.0

[Matt Lavin <matt_lavin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The j9 console will appear when running j9.exe no matter what
application is used.  To run a J9 instance without the console
appearing, you can execute j9w.exe instead.

Jim Duffy wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I would like to develop a Java app for Windows Mobile 5.0 and want to use 
> eSWT as the GUI toolkit.
> 
> Downloaded the M9 build of eRCP but it only seems to contain a folder for 
> 'win32' and 'wm2003'.
> 
> Just for kicks I tried out the 'wm2003' install in the WM5 emulator.
> 
> 1. Installed IBM J9 PPRO 1.1 to the root of the device e.g: /J9
> 
> 2. Modified the .lnk files in the 'wm2003' folder to reflect changed paths.
> j9foun-demo.lnk now reads:
> 255#"\J9\PPRO11\bin\j9.exe" -jcl:foun11 -cp \eRCP\startup.jar 
> org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main -application 
> org.eclipse.ercp.swt.demo.eSWTDemoApp -console
> 
> 3. Copied entire 'eRCP' folder to the root of WM5 emulator e.g: /eRCP
> 
> 4. Launched the 'j9foun-demo.lnk' file.
> 
> Result::
> 
> The 'J9 Console' application appears instead. I tried to remove the 
> '-console' argument in the .lnk files but still get the same result.
> 
> Can anyone tell me if eSWT is yet compatible with Windows Mobile 5 or is 
> there something wrong with how I'm launching the demo applications..
> 
> Thanks for the help,
> 
> Jim
> 
>