Image select

[pradeep u nair]

hi friends
Could anyone tell me how can i get which image has been selected by the user from a list of images.???
i know this one is a piece of cake for all the experienced guys in here!!!

Pradeep

[Syam Sathyan George]

Hey Nair Can u Tell me Where are the images placed - drawn over a ccanvas or a Form

[pradeep u nair]

hey shyam
the images are placed on a form.they are being generated after being downloaded. got any way i can select them.or atleast know their index?

i tried to put all of them in a list but you cant add generated images to your list unless you save them to the apt folder is it not?

Pradeep

[Punit Raizada]

I am assuming that you are downloading the images from a server and creating Image Objects. You then add these images to a Form as ImageItem(s). Now you would like to get which image the user has selected when the user navigates through the Form and activates the Select command ?

I hope I got that right. In this case I am not sure if you want to be dumping the downloaded images on a Form would be a good idea. The MIDP Form class does not have a getSelected method.

Alternatives
1) Dump the Images on a Canvas and implment your own logic to keep track of the current selection. You will need to handle the keypresses for UP,DOWN etc to move the nagivation on the screen. This should work but requires some work.

2) The list control is an obvious easy solution but am not sure why you are not able to use it. Does it throw a exception when you try to create a list object ?

[pradeep u nair]

thnx for the reply friend
i tried your suggestion no.2. i placed all the images on the form in a list. but they seem to be very small.then abt the imageitem.i am trying abt it.i did not place them on a canvas.could you please help me with the methods in a canvas.
Thanx

[Syam Sathyan George]

See da what puneet told as solution 1 is what i prefer.Its the best, go see the other thread u created abt Canvas and Events i have put there how to do this in a canvas.
Its tough to Implement but it will be easy to Control the way its selected or
moved or positioned, because its the lowest level of implementing.As u go higher to top level GUI's like form or list,the programmers needs are not met.
Most of the things in swing or awt is already missing.So Stick to Canvas(No Reksha).

And I dont know why did they make form and list so plain -no background colour,no good GUI elements no scrollable planes no panels.

[ May 06, 2006: Message edited by: Syam Sathyan ]
[ May 06, 2006: Message edited by: Syam Sathyan ]