[william_jiang]

How to publish alx & cod file on web site, so user can install it from BlackBerry browser. thanks.

also is BES necessary?

[Spartan115]

In order to do this you must a.) put your corresponding .JAD and .COD files onto your website. You must then update the MIME-type of your server to recognize .JAD and .COD files. That's it.

[rnickel]

If it's a linux server simply add a .htaccess file with the following:

AddType text/vnd.sun.j2me.app-descriptor jad
AddType application/vnd.rim.cod cod
AddType application/java-archive jar
AddType audio/adpcm adp

in the directory that you put all of your .cod, .jad, etc files

[hayabusa]

What if the application that you are trying to allow your users to download only has .cod files and no .jad files. I have reuters for example which has a .jad file. create a link on the main page that points directly to the .jad file and I get the common download page which is great. But I have bloomberg that has a ton of .cod files and no .jad files if I create a link that points to the .cod files it just gives a internal server error 500. I have .cod in my mime file types along with .jar and .jad. Is a jad or a jar what you should be statically pointing to or just the directly that the files are in??

[Spartan115]

Users go to the .jad file with their Blackberry. The .jad file is really an XML file that points the BlackBerry to the place where they can download the .cod file. The advantage of using a .jad file is that it provides other information along with the location of the .cod file such as application name, vendor and version.

[hayabusa]

What if your application doesn't have a jad file. I have a bloomberg app that has nothing but a ton of .cod files. I would like to give my users the option to navigate their internal inttranet browser to my website and download and install the applicaiton but I have no .jad file to point it to.