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Administration Guide Indexing applications on a network drive Add a Java application to a network drive You add a Java® application to a network drive so that the application can be made available to users' BlackBerry® devices. Before you begin: If a third-party developer requires you to add an application to copy the application files, you must complete the instructions that the vendor provides. You can then copy the required application files and module files to a network drive in your organization's environment. 1. If necessary, on the network drive, create the path :\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\Shared \Applications. 2. In the Applications folder, create a subfolder for the application that you want to add. 3. Copy the .alx, .cod, and .dll files to the subfolder. Add the BlackBerry MDS Runtime to a network drive You add the BlackBerry® MDS Runtime to a network drive for users to install on their BlackBerry devices so that they can use BlackBerry MDS Runtime Applications. 1. Visit www.na.blackberry.com/eng/support/downloads to download the most recent version of the BlackBerry MDS Runtime. 2. If necessary, on the network drive, create the path :\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\Shared \Applications. 3. Create a folder for the BlackBerry MDS Runtime. 4. From the .zip file that you downloaded, extract the MdsRuntime.alx file and the .cod files for the applicable BlackBerry® Device Software version to the BlackBerry MDS Runtime folder that you created in step 3. Indexing applications on a network drive To inform the application loader tool and software configurations of the applications that are available to add to BlackBerry® devices, you create a software index for the applications that you add to your organization's network drive. When you create a software index, the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server creates a specification.pkg file and a PkgDBCache.xml index file for each application. Create or update a software index for applications on a network drive Not all software or applications require indexing. If you add BlackBerry® Device Software version 4.0 or later for Java® based BlackBerry devices, it creates the index files automatically. If you change an .alx file for an application that already appears in a software index on your organization's network drive, you must update the software index. 1. At the command prompt, navigate to :\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\Apploader. 2. Perform one of the following actions: • To create a software index, type loader.exe /index. 24

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Add a Java application to a network drive
You add a Java® application to a network drive so that the application can be made available to users' BlackBerry® devices.
Before you begin:
If a third-party developer requires you to add an application to copy the application files, you must complete
the instructions that the vendor provides. You can then copy the required application files and module files to a network drive
in your organization's environment.
1.
If necessary, on the network drive, create the path
<drive>
:\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\Shared
\Applications.
2.
In the
Applications
folder, create a subfolder for the application that you want to add.
3.
Copy the .alx, .cod, and .dll files to the subfolder.
Add the BlackBerry MDS Runtime to a network drive
You add the BlackBerry® MDS Runtime to a network drive for users to install on their BlackBerry devices so that they can use
BlackBerry MDS Runtime Applications.
1.
Visit
www.na.blackberry.com/eng/support/downloads
to download the most recent version of the BlackBerry MDS Runtime.
2.
If necessary, on the network drive, create the path
<drive>
:\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\Shared
\Applications.
3.
Create a folder for the BlackBerry MDS Runtime.
4.
From the .zip file that you downloaded, extract the
MdsRuntime.alx
file and the .cod files for the applicable BlackBerry®
Device Software version to the BlackBerry MDS Runtime folder that you created in step 3.
Indexing applications on a network drive
To inform the application loader tool and software configurations of the applications that are available to add to BlackBerry®
devices, you create a software index for the applications that you add to your organization's network drive. When you create a
software index, the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server creates a specification.pkg file and a PkgDBCache.xml index file for each
application.
Create or update a software index for applications on a network drive
Not all software or applications require indexing. If you add BlackBerry® Device Software version 4.0 or later for Java® based
BlackBerry devices, it creates the index files automatically. If you change an .alx file for an application that already appears in a
software index on your organization's network drive, you must update the software index.
1.
At the command prompt, navigate to
<drive>
:\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\Apploader.
2.
Perform one of the following actions:
•
To create a software index, type
loader.exe /index
.
Administration Guide
Indexing applications on a network drive
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