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----------------------------------------------------------- From: SeeSharp Message 2 in Discussion Hi Balaji, That is quite a vast topic for me even to begin scratching the surface. So what I am going to do is quickly ennumerate the different options that we have ( staying within the Microsoft domain, ofcourse :) ) One single code base targetting many applications and devices - Pervasive computing, in short is supported in the .NET framework in the form of SDKs, IIS server add-ons and Pocket PC (or other mobile devices running win CE ) based applications. One would need the mobile application development toolkit, .NET framework and VS.NET to begin developing a mobile application. For a web application in particular, one would also need VS.NET mobile web forms and mobile internet toolkit. sticking to developing web apps that target mobile devices, the mobile web forms contain the required framework for creating ASPX pages that spew out mobile device specific formats of data which can be viewed on the mobile browsers. WAP,Chtml ( compact HTML ) to quote a few examples. Now, For you to be able to decide which format to send the data to the mobile browser in, the server needs to be able to identify and switch according to the device that is requesting for the resource. The mobile internet toolkit works along with the IIS server ( of course I am assuming that it has to be installed ;) ). This is kind of like an ISAPI filter that decides how to process the request depending on the header of the incoming request. In a nutshell, you would search for the following: VS.NET , VS.NET mobile web forms and mobile application toolkit. I am afraid I will not be able to provide you with any links for the lack of time now....May be later :) Hope this helps Regds, Diwakar ----------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this e-mail, or change how often it arrives, go to your E-mail Settings. http://groups.msn.com/BDOTNET/_emailsettings.msnw Need help? If you've forgotten your password, please go to Passport Member Services. http://groups.msn.com/_passportredir.msnw?ppmprop=help For other questions or feedback, go to our Contact Us page. http://groups.msn.com/contact If you do not want to receive future e-mail from this MSN group, or if you received this message by mistake, please click the "Remove" link below. On the pre-addressed e-mail message that opens, simply click "Send". Your e-mail address will be deleted from this group's mailing list. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
