The subtitle of this book includes the term smart client, and it's that kind of application that I had in mind for most of the scenarios used in the examples throughout the book. As such, I think it is worthwhile to quickly define what constitutes a smart client application. A smart client applicat... [More]

Download code   Publishing one’s APIs to developers and geeks has gained momentum over the Internet as a way to foster innovation and drive use for services. All Web players, including icons such as Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, Amazon and eBay, now offer wide arrays of APIs. APIs have mu... [More]

User Input on a Mobile Web Form A number of ASP.NET mobile Web Forms controls support user input, including the TextBox and List controls. When constructing a form that allows user input, you can place one or more user input controls, along with other mobile controls such as labels, on the form. L... [More]

Microsoft ASP.NET enables you to easily build powerful Web applications that target mobile devices, from cell phones to personal digital assistants. With ASP.NET, designing and writing mobile Web Forms is quick and efficient. ASP.NET mobile controls are built on the Microsoft .NET Framework, and br... [More]

  Recently, I got a chance to do some analysis on the ASP.NET 2.0 Mobile Controls. I was doing some R&D on the rendering behavior of the mobile controls, trying to generate a similar user interface with the same page for WML as well as HTML specific devices. For example: I designed a page ... [More]