Personal Profile need advice while making software

[melas21]

There are some question concerning the personal profile apps on the Communikators:
1. Can i make a sis installer from the java sources (perhaps from jar file)
2. which software (tutoria if needed) should i use??
3. Curently i am using WebSphere to implement the PP soft is there any kind of free software to do that
4. did someone saw a SWING working on PP ?? I am asking becouse i must consider writing an app wich needs to present data in tables?
5. where can i find the environment restrictions memory and JVM specification for the Personal Profile??

Could someone share his or hers experience working with PP.

Thank YOU in advance
Mariusz

[jprosti]

1. Yes, why not?
2. Nokia S80 PP SDK, I guess.
3. Eclipse etc., just compile against PP libs.
4. PP has AWT, so the "add-on" SWING 1.x might work, not tested though - there are AWT/Java 1.x components available too.
5. Device specs are a bit scattered around Nokia web pages - PP specs can be found on Sun web pages.

We are just porting a PersonalJava app written for N92xx (+PDAs) and it seems to be 'doable' ...though there are some tricky problems as we use CBAs, serial comms and native libs...

What we are missing now is a tutorial on making the 'app launch' stuff for 9500 Java... for development purposes the .j9 file is adequate, but haven't found yet how to make a end-user config...

[zgabor43]

Originally posted by jprosti


What we are missing now is a tutorial on making the 'app launch' stuff for 9500 Java... for development purposes the .j9 file is adequate, but haven't found yet how to make a end-user config...

You can't create SIS installer file (you could do for pJava apps for 9210). Your users get a single .jar file in which there is a manifest.mf file with the proper information (app icon, main class etc.). See the previous posts in this subject. Of course some of your customers won't know what to do with a .jar file and some of them installed jre and it will recognize the .jar file instead of PC Suite so prepare your support team :). And don't expect too much revenue.

[jprosti]

Errm, why not? The docs (S80_DP2_0_PP_SDK_Users_Guide.pdf, chapter 5.7, page 28) say it's possible? Have to see what are the previous posts... this ?

[zgabor43]

Originally posted by jprosti
Errm, why not? The docs (S80_DP2_0_PP_SDK_Users_Guide.pdf, chapter 5.7, page 28) say it's possible? Have to see what are the previous posts... this ?

What are you talking about? That chapter discusses the method of packaging your app into a .jar file. There is no SIS installer file.

[jprosti]

The installation issue continues here...

[zgabor43]

Originally posted by jprosti
The installation issue continues here...

Still no SIS installer option :)