netbeans; using preprocessor variable

[santoshc]

hi there,

in my app's about box, i want to display the midlet's vendor name, version, etc as defined in the jad attributes. In netbeans, these are defined in the project properties. Now, can I read them through the pre-processor in my code, like:
String version = "";
//#= version = ${MIDlet-Version};
System.out.println ("version: " + version);


This is not working, so there must be some other syntax for this. I am looking for what that is. Thanks.

[jappit]

Hi santoshc,

check out the MIDlet getAppProperty() method:

http://www.forum.nokia.com/document/...va.lang.String)

Pit

[santoshc]

Pit,
I want these parameters hardcoded in the binary at the build time. Note that, in addition to the midlet attributes, I would also be embedding some of the preprocessor variables. For example, if I am building jar files seperately for s40 and s60 platforms, built seperately though preprocessor variables, i would like the midlet to tell me exactly which version I am using.

I can embed these paramters in the jad file, but I would like to consider that as the last option. Is there any other way to embed pre processor variables in the code? for example, j2me polish has this preprocessor directive //#= which embeds whatever follows on the line as is. I dont see this directive in netbeans. Any idea, if I can do it through my build scripts in netbeans? Thanks.

[Tiger79]

j2mepolish can do that because they have their own ant scripts running as preprocessors, or at least thats as far as i understood when i looked at it...
so u might want to implement ur own ant scripts for that purpose, i'd like to help but i wouldnt even know where to start

[jappit]

If you're using NetBeans, then this page should definitely help:

http://www.netbeans.org/kb/55/preprocessor-syntax.html

Pit