MIDletPascal

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MIDletPascal is a Pascal compiler and IDE specifically designed to create software for mobiles. It generates Java bytecode that runs on any J2ME device.

Contents 1 Features 2 Hello World 3 Issues with Anti-virus 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Features

• generates low-level, small and fast Java bytecode
• full Pascal specification support
• parts of code can be written directly in Java
• SMS messaging
• HTTP connectivity
• user-interface (forms) support
• multimedia support
• user-friendly IDE

[edit] Hello World

Because it runs on mobiles that don´t have a console, the hello world of MIDletPascal is quite different from a normal Pascal hello world.

program HelloWorld;

begin
  DrawText('Hello, World!', 0, 0);
  Repaint;
  Delay(2000);
end.

[edit] Issues with Anti-virus

Current versions of certain anti-virus (Norton, McAfee, ...) see any class file generated by MidletPascal as being a virus, "Trojan.Redbrowser.A", and automatically quarantine the suspected file.

This may be a false positive, due to the fact that the RedBrowser trojan was written using the MidletPascal tool (see Notes from McAfee).

[edit] See also

• Midlet
• Pascal Programming Language

[edit] External links

• MIDletPascal homesite
• An alternative forum for discussing programming on MidletPascal
• Sun Wireless Toolkit - A phone emulator that integrates with MIDletPascal IDE