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I've come across numerous mobile phones with which ASP.NET pages can be accessed on the Internet. Then why has Microsoft developed a separate programming model to create ASP.NET apps for mobile devices when regular ASP.NET pages can be accessed from mobile devices? Ron >I've come across numerous mobile phones with which ASP.NET pages can >be accessed on the Internet. Then why has Microsoft developed a >separate programming model to create ASP.NET apps for mobile devices >when regular ASP.NET pages can be accessed from mobile devices? > >Ron I believe you are referring to Mobile Web Forms, that can be added to asp.net websites that target mobile devices -- http://bytes.thinkersroom.com > >I've come across numerous mobile phones with which ASP.NET pages can > >be accessed on the Internet. Then why has Microsoft developed a [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > --http://bytes.thinkersroom.com Yes Rad I am referring to Mobile Web Forms only. When the conventional Web Forms can be accessed from mobile devices (for e.g. mobile phones), why has Microsoft developed a separate programming model to create Mobile Web Forms when the usual Web Forms can be accessed from mobile devices? Thanks, Ron >> I believe you are referring to Mobile Web Forms, that can be added to >> asp.net websites that target mobile devices [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Ron True, some mobile devices such as PDAs can access normal web forms, the same assumptions cannot be made for all mobile devices, like WAP phones for instance. These may not support web protocols, or web browsers to the extent of being able to render faithful ASP.NET forms. Mobile Web Forms I imagine are the "least common denominator" -- http://bytes.thinkersroom.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Rad [Visual C# MVP] [mailto:rad@nospam.com] [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > -- > http://bytes.thinkersroom.com So how do you tell that a request has come from a mobile phone ? A user can type any value into a url. They don't know if the website has been setup for Mobile Web Forms. >So how do you tell that a request has come from a mobile phone ? > >A user can type any value into a url. They don't know if the website has >been setup for Mobile Web Forms. Targeting mobile devices is something that you have to design into your solution from the very beginning. Due to the constraints of screen size, supported controls, and so on, a common strategy is to build two completely different sites so for instance your main site would be www.mysite.com and then you have a sub domain for your mobile devices , www.wap.mysite.com For the www.wap.mysite.com you would then build an asp.net site entirely with mobile web forms. However you can share much of the data access logic. If you wanted to you could force a mobile user who inadvertently wanders to the main site back to the WAP, perhaps in the authenticate request method. What you do is query the Request.IsMobileDevice property and redirect as appropriate -- http://bytes.thinkersroom.com Free MagazinesGet these publications absolutely FREE for up to 12 months. There are no hidden fees and no obligation. Simply choose a title, complete the application form and submit it. Read more ...
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