Porting ASP to support mobile devices

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IM - 15 Dec 2003 00:41 GMT

Hi,

Need some advice !!
I have an application about 900 ASP pages. How can I make my code be
supported on mobile devices :pocket pc or formats like WAP,IMODE etc.

Am I forced to reproduce my sourcecode for every mobile standard or is
there a software/tool what makes it more efficient for me to do.

Let me know .

Waiting for your reply.

best regards,
IM

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Reinhold Schalk - 15 Dec 2003 12:32 GMT

Hi IM,
as far as i know there is only one way to support different markup languages
for different mobile devices: use of ASP.NET mobile controls.
The problem is, ASP.NET mobile controls, represent only a (small) subset of
the full ASP.NET web controls.
I do not know wether there is a porting tool, which helps you to port your
existing ASP.NET web pages to ASP.NET mobile pages.
But if you have a web page consisting of mobile controls, then this page
renders well on dekstop browsers, pocket pc browsers, WAP browsers etc.

HTH
Reinhold

> Hi,
>
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> best regards,
> IM

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George Birbilis - 09 Jan 2004 17:38 GMT

> as far as i know there is only one way to support different markup languages
> for different mobile devices: use of ASP.NET mobile controls.
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> But if you have a web page consisting of mobile controls, then this page
> renders well on dekstop browsers, pocket pc browsers, WAP browsers etc.

so for starters try porting your page from ASP to ASP.net, then try to make
a more lighweight version of your ASP.net page using the ASP.net mobile
controls

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