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18: Packaging and distributing applications

Distributing applications with the BlackBerry Desktop

Software

Create an application loader file

1. Create an .alx file for each application, and then distribute the .alx file with the .cod files to BlackBerry®

device users. See the

Application Loader Online Help for more information about .alx files.

2. In the BlackBerry Integrated Development Environment, select a project.

3. On the Project menu, click Generate .alx file.

Load an application on a specific BlackBerry device

1. Open a text editor.

2. Locate the .alx file for the application.

3. In the .alx file, make sure the series attribute in the fileset opening tag refers to the BlackBerry® device you

want the application to load on.

For more information about the series attribute, see Platform.alx located in the simulator directory of your

BlackBerry Java™ Development Environment installation directory:

Program Files\Research In Motion\BlackBerry JDE 4.2.0\simulator.

4. Make sure the files tag contains a reference to the .cod file for your application.

<files>

Deployment method Description

Application Loader tool of the BlackBerry®

Desktop Manager

The Application Loader tool of the BlackBerry Desktop Manager lets you install third-party

applications as well as updated system software for the BlackBerry device. It lets BlackBerry

device users download applications on their computers and install them on their BlackBerry

devices.

BlackBerry Application Web Loader With the BlackBerry Application Web Loader, you can post your compiled application on a

central web site and BlackBerry device users can install the application by using Microsoft®

Internet Explorer® on their computers to visit the URL. When BlackBerry device users visit the

web page, they are asked to connect their devices to their USB ports. The application is then

installed using an ActiveX® control. The BlackBerry Application Web Loader provides a simple

approach for installing applications from your desktop and does not require the BlackBerry

device user to run the BlackBerry Desktop Manager.

Javaloader Command Line Tool The BlackBerry Java™ Development Environment includes a command line tool called

Javaloader.exe. The executable file exists in the BIN directory under the JDE installation.

Javaloader can be used to quickly install and remove compiled application files on the

BlackBerry device directly over the USB port and does not require any descriptor files or web

pages. Javaloader can be useful when you are installing and removing your application

frequently during testing and development;. however, Javaloader is not a tool that BlackBerry

device users would use.