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| <h1>NetBeans Mobility Pack for CLDC/MIDP 5.5 Release Notes</h1> |
| <blockquote>Welcome to the NetBeans Mobility Pack for CLDC/MIDP 5.5, an add-on |
| pack that provides the tools for creating Java Micro Edition (Java ME) applications |
| that support the Connected, Limited Device Configuration (CLDC)/Mobile Information |
| Device Profile (MIDP) technologies.</blockquote> |
| <h2>System Requirements</h2> |
| <blockquote> |
| <p>The NetBeans Mobility Pack 5.5 runs on the J2SE JDK 5.0 (Java 2 JDK, Standard |
| Edition), which consists of the Java Runtime Environment plus developer tools |
| for compiling, debugging, and running applications written in the Java language.</p> |
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| The NetBeans Mobility Pack 5.5 runs on operating systems that support the Java |
| VM. Below is a list of platforms that the Mobility Pack has been tested on. </p> |
| <ul> |
| <li> Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP4</li> |
| <li>Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2</li> |
| <li>Red Hat Fedora Core 3</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <p>The Mobility Pack includes the <a href="http://java.sun.com/products/sjwtoolkit/download-2_2.html">J2ME |
| Wireless Toolkit, version 2.2</a>. </p> |
| <p><b>Note:</b> The platforms supported by the NetBeans Mobility Pack might |
| differ from those supported by the emulator you plan to use. You should verify |
| that both the Mobility Pack and the emulator you plan to use are supported |
| on your particular platform.</p> |
| </blockquote> |
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| <h2><a name="BugsIssues">Bugs and Issues</a></h2> |
| <blockquote> |
| <p>To file a new bug, request a new feature or feature enhancement, or check |
| on the status of an existing bug, use the Issuezilla bugtracking system:<a href="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?component=mobility&version=5.5"> |
| https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?component=mobility&version=5.5</a> |
| </p> |
| <p><strong>Note:</strong> Projects created with the Visual Mobile Designer in |
| earlier versions of the Mobility Pack will be upgraded to a new format when |
| opened in version 5.5. Once saved, they can not be opened in earlier versions |
| of the Mobility Pack. For specific details, see <a href="http://wiki.netbeans.org/wiki/view/MobilityVisualDesignerVersions">http://wiki.netbeans.org/wiki/view/MobilityVisualDesignerVersions</a>.</p> |
| <p>The major unresolved issues for this release are as follows: |
| </p> |
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| <ul> |
| <li>The NetBeans Mobility Pack will not run if the name of, or path to, the |
| installation directory or user directory <br> |
| contains non-ASCII characters.<br> |
| </li> |
| <li> The J2ME Wireless Toolkit will not run if the name of, or path to, the |
| Toolkit installation directory or user directory contains non-ASCII characters.<br> |
| </li> |
| <li>The J2ME Wireless Toolkit 2.2 emulator does not support multibyte characters |
| in a Mobility project name or in a Java class that will become the name |
| of a MIDlet or MIDlet suite. You can develop such a project using the IDE, |
| but you will not be able build or run the application if you are using the |
| J2ME Wireless Toolkit 2.2 as your target platform.<br> |
| <blockquote> <strong>Workaround:</strong> Use ASCII characters only in the |
| name of the project and program class names, or configure the project |
| to use an emulator that supports multibyte characters.</blockquote> |
| </li> |
| <li>You cannot add external J2ME Wireless Toolkit emulators in the Linux distribution |
| under certain permissions.<br> |
| <br> |
| When adding the platform using the Java Platform Manager (JPM), the tool's |
| browser recognizes any J2ME Wireless Toolkit directories and marks them |
| with the appropriate icon in the file dialog. If you attempt to add an external |
| Wireless Toolkit on Linux installed under root or a different user account, |
| however, the process fails even though the Wireless Toolkit installation |
| appears valid. This is a known issue and is caused by wrong permissions |
| set on the Wireless Toolkit executables. As a result the JPM cannot execute |
| the emulator executable and get the detailed information it needs about |
| the platform. |
| <blockquote> |
| <p><strong>Workaround:</strong> Install the external J2ME Wireless Toolkit |
| under the same user account as the one you use to run the NetBeans IDE. |
| Optionally, if you have root access you can change the permissions on |
| the Wireless Toolkit directories and executables but that is not advisable |
| as it can cause major problems for other users using that Wireless Toolkit |
| installation.</p> |
| </blockquote> |
| </li> |
| <li>Visual Mobile Designer projects saved in Mobility Pack 5.0 or Mobility |
| Pack 5.5 Beta 2 are not backwards-compatible with Mobility Pack 4.1 projects. |
| Once you save a project in version 5.0 or the 5.5 Beta, it cannot be reopened |
| in version 4.1.<br> |
| </li> |
| <li><a href="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=79039">Issue #79039: |
| Cannot Generate Mobile Client To Web Application for J2EE 5 Web service |
| clients<br> |
| <br> |
| </a>The Mobile Client to Web Application wizard doesn't work with Web services |
| client created in J2EE 5 format. The wizard doesn't show these Web service |
| clients in the combo box on the first panel. </li> |
| <blockquote><strong>Workaround:</strong> Create a new J2EE 1.4 Web project |
| and add Web service client to your desired service. From the Mobility project |
| just select web service client added to this new project. </blockquote> |
| <li>Run through OTA can be very slow.<br> |
| </li> |
| <li>If you add multiple custom components to the MIDP Visual Designer Component |
| Palette, the last custom component added occasionally becomes unusable. |
| </li> |
| <blockquote> |
| <p><strong>Workaround:</strong> Remove the custom component and add it again |
| using the Component Palette Manager.<br> |
| </p> |
| </blockquote> |
| <li>Emulator opens, but no MIDlet is shown when debugging a multi-threaded |
| application, or when an application is being debugged on dual machines. |
| This is due to a bug in the J2ME Wireless Toolkit 2.2. |
| <blockquote> |
| <p><strong>Workaround:</strong> Turn off hyperthreading while debugging.</p> |
| </blockquote> |
| </li> |
| <li>When you create a new Mobile Client to Web Application, a sample MIDlet |
| can not be generated if the parameter of the Web service is a type that |
| can not be easily represented in the Visual Mobile Developer, such as an |
| array. </li> |
| </ul> |
| </blockquote> |
| <h2><a name="Documentation">Documentation</a></h2> |
| <blockquote> Documentation is provided for the NetBeans Mobility Pack in the |
| form of web-based guides and the IDE's help system. You can use the following |
| documents to get started: |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="../../../kb/55/mobility.html">NetBeans Mobility Pack 5.5 for |
| CLDC/MIDP Features and Download Page</a></li> |
| <li><a href="../../../kb/55/quickstart-mobility.html">NetBeans Mobility Pack |
| 5.5 for CLDC/MIDP Quick Start Guide</a></li> |
| <li><a href="../../../kb/55/import-mobility.html"> Importing Existing Java |
| ME MIDP Source Code into NetBeans IDE 5.5</a></li> |
| <!-- <li><a href="https://netbeans.org/kb/articles/tutorial-currencyconverter-40.html"> |
| J2ME MIDP Currency Converter Tutorial</a></li> |
| <li><a href="https://netbeans.org/kb/articles/tutorial-j2mefragmentation-50.html"> |
| J2ME MIDP Device Fragmentation Tutorial</a></li> --> |
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