[sojourner_jdk]

Hi,
I am not sure if this is the right place to post my query.! If not, if someone could guide me, that would be great.

Well, I am developing one App and want it to run on BlackBerry devices. I want to program the MENU KEY available. I am using BlackBerry Storm 9530 for Testing.

Any sample source code would be highly appreciated.

Thanks,
JDK

[JSanders]

**moved the Developer section**

[Dougsg38p]

The menu key is already wired into the makeMenu() method of your screen class, if you are using MainScreen.

If you are doing your own screen, then you'll need to override keyChar() and look for the key Characters.CONTROL_MENU.

[zechariahs]

Dougsg38p is exactly right, here's a code sample for adding your own items to the already existing menu.

protected void makeMenu(Menu menu, int instance)
{
	MenuItem miPreferences = new MenuItem("Preferences", 2, 0)
	{
		public void run()
		{
			// Code that should be executed when the menu item
			// is selected.
		}
	};

	menu.add(miPreferences);
}

MenuItem JavaDoc.

makeMenu JavaDoc.

[sojourner_jdk]

Thanks Dougsg & zechariahs for your response.

I would like to explain a bit about my work environment.

- I use Netbeans 6.5 IDE
- I already developed my app using LWUIT library and my app runs fine on BlackBerry Storm 9530 device.
- Now I want to add my own menu items created for the LWUIT forms to the default one provided by BlackBerry Storm 9530 on MenuKey click.

Issues I have:
- When I add net_rim_api.jar to my existing project, I get the following error

Error preverifying class java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent
java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/util/EventObject

I do not know the solution for this. To avoid this error, I used the whole library path as reference while adding any functionality as below:
item = new net.rim.device.api.ui.MenuItem("Exit", 10000, 10) {

I tried extending from MainScreen and created a LWUIT form in the class. I called super(DEFAULT_MENU | DEFAULT_CLOSE); in the constructor.

But my app never starts... Any guidance on this would be greatly appreciated. This is first time I am into RIM development.

Thanks,
-JDK

[Dougsg38p]

It looks to me like you are importing core Java SE components into your project. These are not supported in the JME environment.

Since you are new to BB Development, and since the NetBeans environment is not really supported by RIM (and not widely used, so you won't find much help with it), I suggest that you either (a) switch to the RIM JDE, or (b) switch to Eclipse.

[sojourner_jdk]

Hi Dougsg,
Thanks for your prompt response.

I do not use any Java SE stuff in my app. I use the below libraries:

import javax.microedition.midlet.*;
import com.sun.lwuit.*;

That's it. I do not understand why I still get the above errors.!

Thanks,
JDK

[Dougsg38p]

java.util.EventObject is not part of the RIM api's - nor is PropertyChangeEvent.

You need to run the preverify tool on that lwuit library.