Setting Parameters in the Resource Handler Code

When you code the resource handler for your project, you can add application-specific parameters. Additionally, for each resource you add to the project and to which you assign an ID, an associated parameter is included in the Parameters.java class.

In your resource handler code, to define the parameters, you invoke methods that Mobile Designer provides. The methods are defined in the com.softwareag.mobile.reshandler.AntTaskResourceHandler class. For information about how to use the AntTaskResourceHandler methods in your resource handler, see Methods that Mobile Designer Provides for the Resource Handler.

The naming convention that Mobile Designer uses for the parameter names. In the naming conventions, name is the name assigned to the parameter and id is the identifier assigned to the parameter

Method	Naming convention for added parameter	Description
n/a	PARAM_MD_name	Parameters that Mobile Designer defines. These parameters are for internal use. The Mobile Designer run-time classes use these parameters. For a description of the run-time classes, see Mobile Designer-Provided Run-Time Classes.
setParam	PARAM_name	General application-specific parameters that you define.
setResBlockID	RESBLOCKID_name	Parameters that define the identifiers for resource blocks that you defined in your project. For more information about resource blocks, see Using Resource Blocks and Resource Packs.
setResID	RESID_name	Parameters that define the identifiers for resources (for example, audio files or image files, etc.) that you added to your project.
setTextID	TEXTID_name	Parameters that define the identifiers for lines of text that you added to your project.
setMenuID	MENUID_name	Parameters that define the identifiers for menus that you added to your project.

If you use the setParam method to add the application-specific parameter “DISPLAY_SPLASH_SCREEN”, Mobile Designer includes the parameter PARAM_DISPLAY_SPLASH_SCREEN in the Parameters.java class.