I've installed several Blackberry simulators on my XP box (9630,8300,8310,8320 and the Default Blackberry Widget Simulator 9500).
I'm trying to develop a website for a client who insists on using the Curve Blackberrys, which apparently the 8300 series.(?).
In Visual Studio 2008, in the Tools/Options/Blackberry section, I can only choose the Blackberry Widget Simulator 9500 as a browser. If I click on the link to see a list of installed simulators I see all the others that are installed, but apparently the others do not have Browser Web Page debugging capability..?
The obvious workaround is to debug my website using a real browser and then manually light off one of the simulators and browse to the page (specifying the port # for the ASP.NET development server).
Doesn't work. When I try to browse to the page in the simulator (such as http://localhost:4229/Blackberry_Web/Default.aspx) I get an "HTTP Error 403: Forbidden error. You are not authorized to view this page. Please try loading a different page" message. I've tried substituting localhost with IP address and machine name.
I have to test from my development environment.
Real browsers have no problem with this.
I am running MDS Services simulator 4.1.2 since apparently that is needed for internet access.
Is there a way for me to test web apps with an 8300 series Blackberry? I need to let my customer know whether we proceed with Blackberry or move to a Windows smartphone.
