Tobye: Awesome! That makes me happy :-)

As for the failure, I'm not sure. The error meant that the BAR file wasn't signed. Perhaps the -g flag was missed, or maybe you took the 'simulator' version instead of the 'device' version. Maybe the tools just hiccuped?

Sounds like you followed the steps well though so I wouldn't worry about it too much.

The review process will likely be a few days just based on the volume of apps (in 11.5 hours we've reached over 8000 apps already.) If by chance the application isn't accepted, you would get an email indicating why and there would still be a time period to resubmit and still meet eligibility for rewards.

That's exactly it — Basically, a particular version can only ever be signed once. So if you're going to re-sign, you will need to increment that version manually.

If you're feeling adventurous, check out the Ripple Emulator for Chrome:

developer.blackberry.com/html5/download

It provides a GUI for the command-line and will do that incrementing for you. It may take a bit of playing with but just fire any questions along.

alfred: Lou just mentioned you got in touch in the Port-a-Thon, he should be able to sort you out momentarily with the vendor account.

Tobye: When you ran the bbwp command, did you include the -g STOREPASS section?

Could you try this one more time, and then copy/send me the full console output in an email? (eoros@rim.com) Just so I can verify if any issues occurred?

Tobye: Normally you would need to send the ID through, but if you connect to the Port-a-Thon and send Lou Gazzola a message with your Vendor ID (and just a quick note that Erik Oros sent you), then he can approve your account as-is.

For reference, you can sign up for a BlackBerry App World Vendor account here:

appworld.blackberry.com/isvportal

During the Port-A-Thon, we're approving vendor requests on the spot, so drop on by and ask one of the Presenters for help:

cgs.adobeconnect.com/r8taf15m8rg

That reminds me, I didn't discuss the Vendor Account. Tobye, have you gone that that process already of creating a Vendor Account?

If so, you don't need to do anything special, but your Vendor Account needs to be linked with PayPal (you do that through our system.) All submissions during this time for BB10 are eligible for the rewards.

If you haven't set up a Vendor Account yet, let me know.

For those interested in the Port-a-Thon, we have live support going on right now until Saturday, 11:59PM (EST):

cgs.adobeconnect.com/r8taf15m8rg

This is the third post regarding converting a Construct 2 application to BlackBerry 10.

The first post outlined adding a config.xml document to your project and requesting code signing keys.

http://www.scirra.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61922&PID=381345&title=like-money-rim-is-practically-throwing-it-at-you#381345

The second post outlined downloading the BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK and registering code signing keys.

http://www.scirra.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61922&PID=381364&title=like-money-rim-is-practically-throwing-it-at-you#381364

This third post will detail packaging your HTML5 project into a BlackBerry 10 application; also known as a BAR.

Similar to how we executed a command to register code signing keys, we'll execute another command to package our application. This time, we need to execute our command from this folder:

C:\Program Files\Research In Motion\BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK 1.0.4.7

We can use the same trick in Windows of navigating to that folder in Windows Explorer, then holding Shift and pressing Right-Click to get the Open command window here option.

The command that we want to execute is:

bbwp PATH_TO_PROJECT -g STOREPASS

Where PATH_TO_PROJECT is a path to the root folder of your project. For example:

C:\c2projects\myProject

And STOREPASS is your code signing password that you set when registering your keys.

The resulting log should look similar to this:

[BUILD]   Populating application source

[BUILD]   Parsing config.xml

[BUILD]   Generating output files

[INFO]    Info: Package created: C:\wamp\www\simulator\myProject.bar

[INFO]    Info: Package created: C:\wamp\www\device\myProject.bar

[INFO]    Info: Bar signed.

[BUILD]   BAR packaging complete

The bold output indicates the BAR file in the device folder that has been packaged and signed, and is now a BlackBerry 10 application. This is the BAR file that you would then submit to BlackBerry App World.

For submitting to BlackBerry App World, there is a video tutorial here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMUJyJCo1ds&feature=youtu.be

So all of that being said, it is a fairly simplified look and some developers may run into issues. Again, if you do, do not hesitate to ask here, or directly (eoros@rim.com), or during the Port-a-Thon event (we'll have a number of people online helping at all times.) We'll do our best to help you get your application submitted and ready to go.

Tobye: I generally just use Notepad++ to create a new TXT document to avoid any additional formatting that Word might inject. I then rename .txt to .xml

Creating at the 'Root' of the folder just means that config.xml shouldn't be in any sub-folder of your project. It should be at the highest level (while still being a part of your project.) I'm not sure if that clarifies...

This is the second post in packaging a Construct 2 game as a BlackBerry 10 application. Previously the recommendation was to request Code Signing Keys from this form:

blackberry.com/SignedKeys/codesigning.html

These keys are issued by an automated system, hourly, and when the keys arrive to your email, they should arrive as two (2) separate emails; each with a unique attachment.

* client-RDK-########.csj

* client-PBDT-########.csj

######## simply refers to a unique string of numbers in the filename.

You will also need to download the BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK. This SDK contains the packaging tools to take your HTML files and create a BlackBerry 10 application. These can be downloaded here:

developer.blackberry.com/html5/download

The current version of the BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK is 1.0.4.7. Download the installer and install to the default directory. For this example, we'll be using the following working directory:

C:\Program Files\Research In Motion\BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK 1.0.4.7

The first thing you'll want to do is to copy the two CSJ files you received as Code Signing Keys and save them to the following folder:

C:\Program Files\Research In Motion\BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK 1.0.4.7\dependencies\tools\bin

Once copied there, you will need to open a Command Prompt / terminal to that location. If you are not familiar with the terminal, have no fear, we're only there for a short time and I'll do my best to make it as simple as possible.

In Windows Vista / 7, if you hold Shift and Right-Click within the Explorer Window, you should get a Context Menu pop up. One of those items should be:

Open command window here

By clicking that, you should get a Command Prompt window that is opened to:

C:\Program Files\Research In Motion\BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK 1.0.4.7\dependencies\tools\bin

At this point, we want to execute one command to register our code signing keys. The command looks as follows:

blackberry-signer -register -csjpin CSJPIN -storepass STOREPASS client-RDK-########.csj client-PBDT-########.csj

Where CSJPIN needs to match the PIN you created on the online form, STOREPASS is a NEW password you are creating. You will need to enter the STOREPASS each time you create a BlackBerry 10 application, so make it something you will remember. And finally the ######## would be replaced by the numeric string in your specific code signing files.

Run the command by hitting enter and you should get a message that the code signing keys were successfully registered.

You should now be at the point where:

* You have modified your project with the config.xml

* You have downloaded and installed the BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK.

* You have requested and registered your Code Signing Keys.

All that remains now is to actually package your Construct 2 HTML files into a BlackBerry 10 application. I'll cover that in my next post.

If at any time you have any questions or run into issues, do not hesitate to reach out here or directly at (eoros@rim.com).

I'll try to cover the steps here; feel free to ask any questions.

The starting point that I'm assuming is that you have exported your Construct 2 project such that you have a single folder that houses all of your HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and resource files.

We need to add one file to the root of this project called config.xml.

EDIT: Updated the wording to be more clear. 'root of this project', not 'root of this folder'.

The most basic config.xml looks as follows.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<widget xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets"
          xmlns:rim="http://www.blackberry.com/ns/widgets"
          version="1.0.0.0"
          id="A_UNIQUE_APP_ID">

     <name>Sample App</name>
     <author>Erik Oros</author>
     <content src="index.html" />
</widget>

     <access uri="http://google.com" subdomains="true" />