J2ME CustomItem

[ComputerJy]

Hi all,

I'm working on a MIDP 2.0 CustomItem, this item holds a Vector of Images to display...

I was wondering "How can I make the Item fit to the Form?" or Fit to what is left of the form after adding other items (Width and Height)

Thanks..

[System_Error]

Not sure. I couldn't find any detailed API documents on the subject. Only thing I found was a method called append. I guess you could try and see if you can use setBounds(int, int) with it, but I doubt you can. The only other alternative I can think of, is just make the images the desired width and height beforehand. I'm sure there's a real way of doing this, but I can't find the documentation on the custom controls.

[ComputerJy]

You didn't get me right!
I'm designing the Item, I don't have a reference to the Form..

What I wanna make is a CustomItem that Docks automatically

[System_Error]

Sorry.
I don't see how you can get it to dock automatically, though. What you want seems like behavior that is left up to the form, not the control.

[ComputerJy]

I know that
but when you create a TextField, it automatically takes the width of the form... I want my Item to do the same plus take the height of the Form....

I thought it's possible to do this without needing a reference to the containing Form

Thanks for your help anyway

[System_Error]

I thought it's possible to do this without needing a reference to the containing Form

See, I don't know anything about the J2ME frame, so I could be wrong about this... Wouldn't the size and positioning of the control depend on the coder of the frame? For instance, you want this control to take the w and h of the form, but isn't that decided by a layout manager or method set in the frame?

I guess you could try taking a reference to the frame as an argument or possibly calling a few super() methods that will alter something, but I just don't see it happening. Again, I don't know much about J2ME so I'm pretty much talking in the wind.

Thanks for your help anyway

No prob buddy, just returning favors.

[ComputerJy]

Some Items have a layout manager but Custom Items don't. I guess I'd have to do more research on it