Deploying Applications Using the BlackBerry Desktop Manager

To deploy the application using the BlackBerry Desktop Manager, you need to generate an .alx file, which is an XML-based BlackBerry application descriptor. Select the project FirstApp, then from the Project menu choose Generate ALX file. The resulting file, FirstApp.alx, looks like this:

MyCompany Copyright (c) 2005 MyCompany MyCompany FirstApp.cod

Now you can use the BlackBerry Desktop Manager and a USB cable to load the .alx file, which contains a reference to the .cod file, into a BlackBerry device. Figure 9 shows the BlackBerry Desktop Manager, and Figure 10 shows the application to be installed:

Figure 9: BlackBerry Desktop Manager

Figure 10: Application to Be Installed