[Steve Hempen]

I got my app working on the simulator but no luck on the handheld. It is an app that was created through QuickStart. The web service on the back end is supposed to return a simple string message.

The app is loaded on the device. The error occurs after I get comfirmation that the device sent the request. Here is the error text:

An Error has occured, /blackberrytest/csharp/MyService.asmx

This is the directory where the service was published. The service was created with Visual Studio 2005. I made sure I changed all URL's in the wsdl, discovery file discomap file and web config to point the correct web site, port and directory.

Any clues as to how to fix? Let me know if more info will help.

Thanks,

Steve

[jhoetzl]

When you published it to the MDS server, did it, by any chance, ever have "localhost" as part of the app path? Or in the URI?
I've had to save certain MDS projects with new names to get around this.

Also is the web service url on the same box as the BES/MDS server?

[Steve Hempen]

The web service URL is not on the same box as the BES/MDS server. This has been a big question for myself and a co-worker. Does it need to be on the same machine?

The URI points to our web server, which is different from our BES/MDSS. Is the URI in the project properties used as a path to the service by the app or is that just extra info?

I am not sure what you mean by the app path but the publish source is on my personal machine.

Thanks,

Steve

[jhoetzl]

If you go on the MDS server, can you open up a web browser and get to the page in the web service?

It is not a requirement for it to be on the same box.
That is part of the concept behind MDS and the pseudo firewall it creates between the "public" internet, and the web service and the device itself.

It creates another layer between the device/carrier and the back-end web service.

FWIW, my MDS apps have an "_" in front of the URI...

e.g.
URI: _/contact_lookup

as for app path, I meant:

Bundle URL: http://fqdn/webdav/_/contact_lookup/...kup-2.3.26.jar

That is displayed when you look in BB Manager, at the Application Registry, and select an app...should be in the bottom pane.

[Steve Hempen]

I can get to the service from the BES server. My bundle url looks like this:

http://myBESserver:8080/webdav/mds-a...asmx-1.1.3.jar

ourWebSight.gov/csharp/myService.asmx is the url for the service. Let me know if anything looks problematic.

One more thing. When in the BB manager, the MDS server name shows up as http://myBESserver.domainName.local:7443/mds. Should the bundle url show that exact url? I know our BES uses several ports.

Thanks for the help.

Steve

[jhoetzl]

Originally Posted by Steve Hempen

My bundle url looks like this:
http://myBESserver:8080/webdav/mds-a...asmx-1.1.3.jar

When you did the MDS activation on the device, did you use:
http://myBESserver:8080/

When you go to the app registry in BB Mgr, what is the URI listed there?

I am wondering about the naming convention...
myService.asmx-1.1.3.jar

Can you get to this from a browser on the BES/MDS server:
http://myBESserver:8080/webdav/mds-a...asmx-1.1.3.jar



From you desk, if you goto a browser, and enter:
http://myBESserver:8080/mds

Do you get login prompt, and, after logging in, a MDS stat page?

Originally Posted by Steve Hempen

ourWebSight.gov/csharp/myService.asmx is the url for the service.
Let me know if anything looks problematic.

The web service should not really be visible as part of the bundle and/or URI.
I am wondering if the web server is choking because .asmx might be part of a known mime type and it might be confused???

Originally Posted by Steve Hempen

One more thing. When in the BB manager, the MDS server name shows up as http://myBESserver.domainName.local:7443/mds. Should the bundle url show that exact url? I know our BES uses several ports.

That URL should be fine - that is how BB Mgr is connecting to it.