Re: JFileChooser in J2ME

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From: Darryl L. Pierce
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 01:35

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- HAL9000 wrote:

> I am writing a J2ME application and need to choose/select files on a
> network drive.  My understanding is that I cannot use JFileChooser
> since J2ME doesn't support Swing.  Is my understanding correct?

Correct. 

> Also if the above is true, can anyone recommend a web page to guide me
> in implementing the equivalent of JFileChooser using awt components?

You can't. Since there's no such thing as a file system on most MIDs 
(Mobile Internet Devices) there's no way to browse a file system. However, 
on devices that *do* support the concept of a file system, Sun already has 
available the optional PIM APIs which includes the File System API set.

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