GIRTAB

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• GIRTAB

GIRTAB
The simple solution for the mobile revolution!
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Creating midlets
It is difficult to program, develop, debug and
optimize a midlet with 2 hundreds of screens. For
example it can be a dictionary or touristic
guidebook. But with Girtab you can concentrate on
contents not a programming. Create your own
info-midlet in 15 minuts!
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Examples of use

• You can create example midlets like
• users guides or dictionaries
• touristic guidebook
• educational or information midlets
• short stories
• questionnaires
• systems for accessing remote databases

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What is a midlet?

• Midlets
• are mobile applications
• use Java
• don't need any reader or browser
• use UTF-8 or encoding of your choice
• many mobile phones support Java

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Screens of a midlet

• Girtab uses an idea of screens to construct a
  midlet. There are several screens
• text screen - textual content
• graphic screen - can be scrollable
• list for constructing menu
• splash for first screen of the midlet
• find screen for searching through a midlet

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Other screens

• There are other screens like
• Password - secure the midlet from unauthorized
  use
• Expire - informs the user that the information is
  expired
• Query - allows for making queries
• SendHttp and SendSms - allows for sending
  data/query to server

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A screen list
GIRTAB
A list of screens of a midlet in Girtab
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Splash
A splash screen is the first screen of the
midlet. It works like a plate of book.
GIRTAB
Girtab allows for using of animated splashes.
Animated splash can be used inside of midlet. It
can serve like a illustration for textual content.
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Lists and screens
A list is a menu of the midlet. It contains other
screens.
GIRTAB
A text screen is the containter for textual
content. It can also contains small images.
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A Find screen
A find screen can search the contents of the
midlet.
GIRTAB
After searching it shows a list with a screens
containing the phrase.
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Queries
A Query screen allows for retrieving data from
the user. Or can be employed to build system for
sending data to the server.
GIRTAB
Check boxes, radio buttons, text fields, strings
and date fields can be used like a controls of
the query.
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A SendHttp screen
A SendHttp screen sends data to the server. It
uses http protocol to do that. It is possible to
use GET or POST method of the http.
GIRTAB
The data is formatted like a variables sent
within an internet adres. So it is easy to obtain
them using languages like php or other.
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An Expire screen
An Expire screen limits of using of the midlet.
GIRTAB
Sometimes data are time-critical and after few
days or after some date they has to be renewed.
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A password screen
A user has to enter valid password to pass by the
this screen.
GIRTAB
It is possible to secure the whole midlet or some
parts of it.
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Advantages

• Advantages of Girtab
• simple but powerfull tool
• holistic solution
• Java based - runs on Win, Linux and Mac (with
  JRE)?
• concentrate on contents not programming
• quick and efficient

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