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In this month's issue, get the low down on Loading BlackBerry Applications.

There are three ways to load applications onto a BlackBerry handheld:

  1. BlackBerry Desktop Manager

  2. Over-the-air download*

  3. JavaLoader.exe utility

Using the Application Loader found under the BlackBerry Desktop Manager is the preferred method. The application loader uses an .alx file to load the .cod file to the handheld.

A newly introduced method of loading applications to the BlackBerry is over-the-air. Simply browse to a page that has you application compiled as a .jad file, select the link, download and installation of the application will begin.

*Note: Over-the-air download was first introduced with BlackBerry Enterprise Server v3.6 , requiring BlackBerry Handheld Software v3.6.

For development and testing purposes, applications can also be loaded directly onto the handheld using the JavaLoader.exe utility provided with the BlackBerry JDE (example: javaloader.exe load myapp.cod).

 

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