Methods You Can Use To Install Blackberry Java Applications On Blackberry Devices - Blackberry PRD-10459-016 - Enterprise Server For MS Exchange Administration Manual

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BlackBerry devices using a user's computer or over the wireless network. Application developers can use the BlackBerry
JDE or the BlackBerry Java Plug-in for Eclipse to generate .cod files that contain the compiled application code for a
BlackBerry Java Application. BlackBerry devices execute .cod files to run BlackBerry Java Applications. The BlackBerry
JDE and the BlackBerry Java Plug-in for Eclipse also include tools to generate .jad files or .alx descriptor files that provide
information about a BlackBerry Java Application that is used when the application is compiled.
MIDlets are Java applications that conform to the MIDP standard and can run on any mobile device that runs Java
applications. Most MIDlets are distributed as .jar files. The BlackBerry JDE and the BlackBerry Java Plug-in for Eclipse
include tools that you can use to convert existing MIDlets that are in .jad and .jar file formats to .cod file formats for use on
BlackBerry devices.
For more information about developing and customizing BlackBerry Java Applications, visit
developers.
Methods you can use to install BlackBerry
Java Applications on BlackBerry devices
If you do not want to use the BlackBerry Administration Service to install or update BlackBerry Java Applications on
BlackBerry devices over the wireless network, you can use any of the following methods:
Method
Install BlackBerry Java Applications
using the BlackBerry Desktop Software
Install BlackBerry Java Applications
using the BlackBerry Application Web
Loader
Install BlackBerry Java Applications
using the standalone application
loader tool
Alternative methods for installing BlackBerry Java Applications on BlackBerry devices
Description
You can install a BlackBerry Java Application on a BlackBerry device by
instructing the user to use the application loader tool that is part of the
BlackBerry Desktop Software. An automated application installer installs the
application files on the user's computer. The user uses the BlackBerry Desktop
Manager to navigate to the application files and install the BlackBerry Java
Application on a BlackBerry device that the user connects to the computer.
You can install a BlackBerry Java Application on a BlackBerry device by
instructing the user to browse to a specific web server that you configured to use
the BlackBerry Application Web Loader. The user must connect the BlackBerry
device to the computer.
You can install a BlackBerry Java Application on a BlackBerry device by
installing the standalone application loader tool in a shared network folder, and
providing users with a link to run the tool. The user must connect the BlackBerry
device to the computer.
This method requires that you install the BlackBerry Device Manager on the
user's computer but does not require a full installation of the BlackBerry
Desktop Software.
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