Element
Attributes
Description
BlackBerry Desktop Software version 3.6 or later supports this
element.
vendor
—
The
vendor
element provides the name of the company that
created the BlackBerry device application, which appears in the
application loader tool of the BlackBerry Desktop Manager.
version
—
The
version
element provides the version number of the
BlackBerry device application, which appears in the application
loader tool of the BlackBerry Desktop Manager. This version
number is for information purposes only.
Properties of BlackBerry device application .jad files
The BlackBerry® Integrated Development Environment lets you create a dual-purpose .jad file to support the downloading of
MIDlets onto BlackBerry devices and other wireless devices. To do this, create a .jad file that contains both the
RIM-COD-URL
and
RIM-COD-Size
attributes and the
MIDlet-Jar-URL
and
MIDlet-Jar-Size
attributes. On
BlackBerry devices, download the .cod files; on other wireless devices, download the .jar files.
Required RIM attribute
Description
RIM-COD-Creation-Time
creation time of the .cod file
RIM-COD-Module-Dependencies
list of modules that the .cod file requires
RIM-COD-Module-Name
name of the module that the .cod file contains
RIM-COD-SHA1
SHA1 hash of the .cod file
RIM-COD-Size
size (in bytes) of the .cod file
RIM-COD-URL
URL from which the .cod file can be loaded
Optional RIM attribute
Description
RIM-Library-Flags
reserved for use by Research In Motion
RIM-MIDlet-Flags
reserved for use by RIM
RIM-MIDlet-NameResourceBundle
name of the resource bundle on which the BlackBerry device
application depends
RIM-MIDlet-Position
suggested position of the BlackBerry device application icon on the
Home screen might not be the actual position of the icon on the
Home screen
Development Guide
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