[spottydog]

Hi. Newbie just starting out in blackberry development.

I'm trying to get the application web loader working on our webserver. I've installed the loader on my local machine, and double-clicked on webloader_sample.html (so the url looks like 'c:\programfiles\...'), connected my blackberry and successfully installed the helloWorld sample application.

But when i set this folder up as a virtual directory, and try to run this via either localhost or another webserver, i get the following in Internet Explorer:

Error downloading file. Check your Internet connection and try again.
InternetOpenUrl returned status code 404

Any help would be much appreciated.

[spottydog]

Sorry i should clarify:
- i am using the example html code found in 'A70_How_to_Deploy_and_Distribute_Applications_V1. pdf'

- by "trying to run this via localhost or another webserver", i mean that the .htm page renders, and then i receive a popup message box warning me: "This page is attempting to access the Blackberry connected to this computer. Do you want to allow this?" If i click 'yes', the text 'Load' appears on the screen, but when i click it, i receive the error:

"Error downloading file. Check your Internet connection and try again."
and
"InternetOpenUrl returned status code 404"

[spottydog]

Update - the application now loads onto the blackberry if i use localhost, but not using when i use the webservers external fixed ip.

[Dougsg38p]

That doesn't make much sense. A 404 means that you have successfully connected to the server, but the server cannot locate the specific resource that you are requesting.

Better double-check your URL's.

[spottydog]

Is it a port i need to open?
Honestly - i'm stumped.

[spottydog]

Got it - needed to add a couple of mime types to that virtual directory, and restart IIS.