Category: Articles
BlackBerry Simulators Reference Guide for Eclipse 3.5 plugin
February 26th, 2010During development I often want to try using different combinations of simulators and JREs, but couldn't find any quick references relating which simulators are available for which component pack. I have compiled a reference guide to help myself with this, and hope others will find it helpful as well. more »
Adding Style and Color to Blackberry Labels
February 16th, 2010The Blackberry API provides the RichTextField class to allow for different styles, and the ActiveRichTextField to add color. When I first tried using them I found them not very easy to figure out. After playing around for a while, and finding a few examples I was able to figure it out. To help others get started I have put together this little tutorial/example. more »
How to get rid of DAO.msi pop up, after installing Roxio Media Manager
February 12th, 2010I recently installed Blackberry Desktop Manager 5.0, and then as part of that, installed Roxio Media Manager. Ever since I would get sporadic pop-ups looking for DAO.msi to install. more »
Installing Cross-Platform Java Applications on a Budget
January 4th, 2010In this article, I will provide an overview of how I approached this problem, while developing PWMinder, using a combination of open source tools. more »
Simplifying Logging for Blackberry Development, Part 2
December 30th, 2009In Part 1, I talked about how to simplify logging to System.out, by creating a set of convenience methods. In Part 2, I will discuss logging to Blackberry's Event Log. The Event Log is a log on the Blackberry device itself and is the place, as the name… more »
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