The mobile controls provided with ASP.NET are often insufficient. When that happens, a custom, from-scratch direct control is what you need. This article explains the ASP.NET mobile rendering model and guides you through the process of building your own custom mobile control.
by Sanjay Shetty
February 4, 2004
hat was once known as the Mobile Internet Toolkit is now ASP.NET mobile controls. It's the only Microsoft technology that enables you to target multiple devicesѿincluding Palm devices, Pocket PCs, WAP phones, etc. More than 200 devices and emulators are supported.
Here's how it works: A single application or Web page with multiple controls renders itself automatically based on the client device. As a developer you only need to write one code base. ASP.NET's mobile technology, called the Adaptive Rendering Model, manages the complexity of device proliferation for you.
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hat was once known as the Mobile Internet Toolkit is now ASP.NET mobile controls. It's the only Microsoft technology that enables you to target multiple devicesѿincluding Palm devices, Pocket PCs, WAP phones, etc. More than 200 devices and emulators are supported.
