How we can pass command line argument in j2me application? - java-me

How we can pass command line argument in j2me application ?

There is no "command line" to pass the arguments from. You need to design your program differently; ask the user at the start of the program for the information you need.
In general, J2ME is not used for the same kinds of things you would do with J2SE command-line programs. There is also no way (normally) for the user to view the standard output or to supply standard input. Study the MIDlet API carefully.

As it is already answered that there is no way of passing 'command line' arguments for a MIDlet, there is a way in which you could do something similar using user defined attributes in JAD file. For example, if you are wanting to use values of ServerURL,UpdateURL in your application, then simply define the following in JAD file:
ServerURL: http://<somehost>:port/webcontext
UpdateURL: http://<somehost>:port/webcontext
And these properties can be accessed from the application by
String url = midlet.getAppProperty("ServerURL");
Now, these user defined attributes can be changed to your desired values whenever you want to, with no changes to your application. This is in a way equivalent to passing command line arguments.
However, it must be noted that if the application is signed, then make sure that the JAD properties that need to be modified after signing are excluded from the MANIFEST file. Otherwise, verification fails because properties in MANIFEST don't match with the ones found in JAD file.
Hope this answers your query.

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Storing and retrieving files in Blockly Web

I want to use Blockly to do some calculations, and then generate text files (as opposed to exporting code to JavaScript, Python, PHP, etc.)
I can’t see an obvious way to create my own blocks to do this in Blockly, so using AppInventor (Version: nb168), I got storing and retrieving files to work, in a crude test app on my Android tablet.
In AppInventor/Designer mode, clicking Storage/File creates a “Non-visible component for storing and retrieving files. Use this component to write or read files on your device.”
Then, in AppInventor/Blocks mode, clicking the “File1” icon gives access to 7 “file type blocks”, e.g. AppendToFile, Delete, ReadFrom, SaveFile, etc.
Is it possible to create similar “file type blocks” to use in Blockly Web?
I have limited programming knowledge, so would appreciate simple answers, please.
Thanks, Pete.
Andrew N Marshall from Google/Blockly has told me this:
"This is absolutely possible ...as long as you willing to work within the browser's security restrictions. The resulting files will be need to be manually "downloaded" one at a time, rather than written directly to the user's file system.
... I would start understanding what JavaScript functions are available to you. Attempt to construct a string and save it via a download dialog...
That means the "file" contents are really just a string in memory, a JavaScript variable. We have lots of "Text" blocks that can do a variety of operations on strings. If those are enough, you'll only need one new block to identify the string variable and initiate the download process.
Otherwise, you'll need to think about what blocks you want, and how they operate. They may operate on a specific variable in the JavaScript VM, not necessary exposed as a variable to Blockly.
Either way, you'll need to learn how to create a block and a Blockly app. We have a code lab that will walk you through all the steps. You'll learn how each block generates a string of code, and in your case, that code will be related to the download code I mentioned earlier."
So I'll press on - I just wanted to be sure my goal is actually achievable before I started.
Thanks, Pete.

Does Blockly have a file selector?

I am looking to use Blockly to allow non-techie users to specify test scripts.
One part of it will require a File Selector, however, I can't see that Blockly has one. Does it?
Actually, I can't find a complete list of standard blocks. Does anyone have a URL?
If there is no standard Blockly File Selector, (how) can I access the Windows File Selector? (and how, in general, can I execute DOS commands?)
As far as I know, I think that you cannot get a File Selector from Blockly but maybe this post is useful for you in which a man creates a custom Block for this purpose.
Also, I could not find a list with only the names of all the standard blocks but I saw that on the playground of Blockly you can see all the standard blocks that Google provides to you. If you want to see the code of all of them you can see it on Blockly GitHub.
I suppose that if Blockly does not have a File Selector it will not also has access to the Windows File Selector but maybe you can create a custom Block for that purpose via Javascript (I do not know what programming language are you using for). This link can help with Javascript Windows File Selector.
I expect it will be useful for you!
You can override the showEditor_ function on a blockly input - this works quite well with FieldTextInput. See https://youtu.be/eYHo0VeSLCI for an example of an 'intercepted' click opening a jquery mobile dialog, that then fills in the text value. The text value is then retrieved by the javascript generator to load the selected file at 'runtime'.
I've pasted below some cut down code:
Show a standard text input
let fileInput = new Blockly.FieldTextInput('** CHOOSE A FILE **')
Then you can attach a click handler which would show your file selector - so the standard browser file selector may do...
fileInput.showEditor_=(()=>alert("Intercepted"))
You'll need to replace the alert with your file selector code. Your code will also need to set the value of the text input - with something like this:
let block = Blockly.mainWorkspace.getBlockById(block_id)
block.setFieldValue(filename, widget_id)
Where widget_id identifies the text input and block_id the actual containing block.

How to fetch the text spoken to cortana while the SpeechRecognitionResult.Text is returning "..." - Windows UWP

While deep linking Windows UWP apps with cortana, I'm unable to fetch the text spoken. In the Voice Command Definition file I'm using a <ListenFor> element with {*} in order to allow user to speak anything, but I'm unable to fetch it.
If you're trying to set up a VCD to accept freeform dictated text, you'll need to use a PhraseTopic field. See the 1.2 VCD spec for details.
For example, if you've got a Command block containing
<ListenFor> Take a note to {noteTopic} </ListenFor>
You'd want a corresponding PhraseTopic
<PhraseTopic Label="noteTopic" Scenario="Dictation">
</PhraseTopic>
There's various options (Subjects and Scenarios) you can use to refine the dictation service's behavior.
You could also use Scenario="Search" and have you VCD look something like this:
<ListenFor> Take a note to {noteTopic} </ListenFor>
<PhraseTopic Label="noteTopic" Scenario="Search"/>

Javascript override Request.Form("foo") for security (XSS)

I've got some source code that has some cross site scripting vulnerabilities in it. There is no input validation that happens when the browser sends data over to the server which is executing server-side Javascript and classic ASP (IIS 7.0).
My question is, is there a way to override the Request.Form("foo") object/method so that I can call a sanitization function too and get rid of prohibited JS/HTML? I don't want to do a find and replace on every single file everywhere Request.Form is called. I was hoping for something more elegant.
Any suggestions are appreciated.
I don't think you can change Request.Form members.
What you can do, as a partial solution, is to create a code that will run first on every page (for example, using an include directive) which loops over Request.Form, Request.QueryString etc., and if it finds suspected code, it terminates the code execution (Response.End). This solution is partial because it doesn't really sanitize input, it just drops execution when it finds suspected text.
Another option: Create an array, parallel to Request.Form. Populate this array with the same members as in Request.Form, but this time sanitized. Then, quickly do a Find-and-Replace over your whole code base, and change Request.Form to your custom array variable.
There is a way to replace the whole Request object with another COM object but its an insane solution and it would still require that all ASP files that use Form contain a common top include file. Its not possible to replace the Request object or one of its members globally at the application level.
The correct solution to the problem, your statement "don't want to do a find and replace on every single file everywhere" notwithstanding, is to perform such global replace.
Despite the number of .asp files that exist the cost is no more than knocking up a simple program to open each ASP file in a folder tree, adding an include line and replacing Request.Form.

Website Input/Output using a premade .exe (Need direction)

I am trying to build a part of a website which takes in a text passage as input, and outputs the same text passage, except with the definition of each word appearing when the user rolls over (or clicks) any given word. I have a pre-made .exe file which maps input words to their definitions (takes in words from standard input and outputs the definition to standard output).
My problem, then, is to run user input through the .exe file on the website's server, then put the output back onto the page. It seems like a fairly trivial problem, but I have no idea where to start.
So my questions are: is this project even possible? If so, what languages/tools do I need to be able to use in order to implement it? Are there keywords that describe what I'm talking about that I could use to look up tutorials/solutions on the Web?
I have rudimentary knowledge of PHP, HTML, and Javascript, but so little experience that I can't judge whether (and how) they can be used to approach this problem.
Note: I do not have access to the .exe source, so I must use the .exe itself as my input-output mechanism.
With AJAX and PHP, you can do accomplish this with minimal effort.
JavaScript's AJAX features would send the word you input to the PHP page, and from the PHP page, you can run the external exe file with the sent word as an argument (sanitize it, please. People can inject code which will explode your servers!):
<?php
$word = $_POST['input_word']; // MAKE SURE YOU SANITIZE THIS. If you don't, system security goes down the toilet.
exec('myprogram.exe ' + $word, $output_array);
print_r($output_array);
?>

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