Deploying to BlackBerry (online and offline modes)

This section describes how to set up applications to be accessible on the BlackBerry device, in offline mode and online mode. To make a mobile application available for BlackBerry devices, the “Offline BlackBerry” property must be set.

See “Using the BlackBerry device”, the Quick Start Guide, and the Mobile Application Development Tutorial for information about using mobile applications on BlackBerry devices.

Setting up applications for BlackBerry (offline mode)

In Mobile Web Studio, select Applications from the Build menu in the left pane, select Approved under Application Manager, and select an existing application to make available on the BlackBerry device.

Click Edit.

In the Application Builder, select Properties. The Properties Editor displays.

In Properties Editor, click the Mobile tab, and select “Offline BlackBerry,” which makes this application viewable on a BlackBerry device during synchronization.

You need to select “Offline BlackBerry” only for the master application, not its linked applications.

You can set the “Offline BlackBerry” property when you first create the application, or after it has been created and approved.

Click OK and save the application.

In the Application Builder, click Preview. The application displays in the Preview panel.

Click Close to exit Application builder.

Setting up applications for BlackBerry (online mode)

In Mobile Web Studio, create a page for the application:

Select Pages in the left pane, and click the New button.
Click Add.
Click Search.
Select the application, and click Add.
Click Save.
For Name, enter the application name, and select one or more roles, or click Add All to select all roles.
Click OK to save, and OK to confirm.
Click Close to exit the Page Builder window.
Approve the page (click New under Page Manager, right-click the page, select Status | Approved, and click OK to confirm).

Create a page group using the page:

Select Page Groups in the left pane, and click the New button.
Click Add.
Click Search.
Select the page, and click Add.
Click Save.
Enter the page group name, and select one or more Navigation Styles and Roles.
Click OK to save, OK to confirm.
Click Close to exit the Page Group Builder window.
Approve the Page Group (click New under Page Group Manager, right-click the page group; select Status | Approved; and click OK to confirm).

Deploy the page group:

Select Page Groups, and Approved.
Select the page group in the detail pane.
Click the Update button, and click OK twice to confirm.

If you have not already done so, set up a Portal Interface user account for the page group:

Open a second Internet Explorer window, and enter the following in the Location field:

http://hostname.domain.com:port/onepage/mpindex.jsp

For example:

http://lab2k.sybase.com:4040/onepage/mpindex.jsp
Click Join Now, and set up the account using your initials for the member name and password, and PortalUser for the role.