Lab-5539: Touch your application! - Building slick, touch-enabled UIs for Java ME

Exercise 0: Install and Configure Lab Environment

In addition to the contents of the lab zip file you should have the following installed on your computer:

• A Java SE software installation, versions 1.5.0_16 or more recent, or version 1.6.0_13 included in the Hands on Lab DVD. The version you have installed can be found by running: java -version
• NetBeans IDE 6.7 Beta or later. The NetBeans 6.7 Beta installer is included on the Hands on Lab DVD. You can also download the installer from netbeans.org.

  Installation tip: to ensure that the Java ME components are properly loaded during the installation take the following steps:

  1. In the NetBeans IDE Installer dialog click Customize...

     

  2. In the Customize Installation dialog uncheck the Features on Demand box then click OK.

     

• The ContactBrowser.zip file should be unzipped into your NetBeans project folder.
• The SVG snippets plugin should be downloaded and installed into NetBeans.
  1. In the IDE go to Tools > Plugins. Click the Downloaded tab and click Add Plugins.
  2. Navigate to the local folder containing the svg-snippets.nbm file, select the file and click Open.
  3. Click Install and the IDE will guide you through the plugin installation. After the plugin is installed, you must restart the IDE.
  4. After restarting the IDE, go to Tools > Options. Click Miscellaneous in the Options dialog window then click the SVG tab.
  5. In the SVG Rich Components Snippets section open the Snippets drop down menu and choose J1 HOL SVG Snippets. Click OK.

     

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