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Emulating the BlackBerry Phone Call Log Field

By ⋅ December 8, 2009 ⋅ One comment

While writing an application for the BlackBerry, I wanted to emulate the layout of the Phone Log.  Typically, this looks like a set of rows laid out in a two-column or multi-column format.  Since there was no available field to achieve this, I had to write my own.  The way I did it was to [...]

Mice, Permissions and a Solution?

By ⋅ November 28, 2009 ⋅ One comment

The BlackBerry default application permissions should be one of the most important things to a BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) user. But how can these application permissions be monitored and checked for those times when they are changed (creating a potentially risky situation) and the user forgets to revert to its original setting? This post will highlight a possible mechanism of checking for the most critical permissions. There’s also some sample program source code that users can download and play with.

Installing the JDE Plugin 5.0.0 for Eclipse

By ⋅ November 4, 2009 ⋅ One comment

I wanted to try out the new Eclipse JDE plugin with OS 5.0.0 so I downloaded the ZIP file from the BlackBerry developer website and tried to install it on my Eclipse. Towards the very end of the installation, I received some error messages. They looked something like this: An error occurred while collecting items [...]

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