Wireless Java

PRC Command-Line Conversion

The PRC GUI-based converter tool is easy to use. However, this comes at the expense of functionality. For example, what if you wish to associate a new icon with your application rather than have the default icon? You can use the command-line converter to complete this and other tasks.

The MIDP for Palm OS distribution comes with a command-line tool for converting JAR files to PRC files. The tool is the MakeMIDPApp , which is part of the converter.jar archive. To run this converter, use the command:

C:\mid4palm1.0\converter> java -cp converter.jar com.sun.midp.palm.database.MakeMIDPApp
   [options] JARfile

The options for this command are shown in Table 9-1:

Table 9-1. Command-line PRC converter tool options

Option	Description
-v	Verbose output
-v -v	More information
-verbose	Same as -v
-icon <file>	File containing icon (in bmp, pbm, or bin Palm resource format) for the list viewof the application
-smallicon <file>	File containing a small icon for the Palm OS device’s icon view
-name <name>	Short name for the application, for the Palm OS device’s icon view
-longname <name>	Long name for the application, for Palm OS device list view
-creator <crid>	Creator ID for the application
-type <type>	Type file for the application (default is appl)
-outfile <file>	Name of the PRC file to create
-o <file>	Same as -outfile
-version <string>	Change version
-help	Print help information
-jad <JADfile>	A JAD file ...