Developing for PDA

[David]

Hi there,

I have to re-write our website to be able to be viewed on PDAs. However, I
am not finding much information about writing for PDA apart from palmpilot.

I have a Xda Exec (Mobile phone device on the O2 network in the UK). This is
currently running Windows Mobile. The UA is...

Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+4.01;+Windows+CE;+PPC;+240x3 20)

The UA string suggests that the screen is 240x320, though I am not quite
sure, as my weblogs suggest 640x480, but it doesn't seem like this either.

I am finding NOT A LOT of info about writing pages to suit.

For example, I need to write for PDA devices in general...

How do I detect the device? Do I rely on the UA string? What would change in
the UA string? (Naturally, I want a consistent method).

What would be the target screen resolution?

Are there any "watch out for..." to do with programming for this?

I have viewed our website on the device and notice quite a few things.
1. Not all CSS styles work. Most of it does, but some, for example, hiding
certain parts of the page using the visibility option of css doesn't work.
2. Javascript appears not to work. However, what is weird, DIV tags set to
hide (as in pop-down menu's) are hidden (in contrast to 1. above)
3. On this device, I can set various view modes. One column, Default,
Desktop. The screen looks VERY different between them all. Is there a way to
detect which mode is viewing?

Any pointers would be very much appreciated.

Best regards,
Dave Colliver.
http://www.AshfieldFOCUS.com
~~
http://www.FOCUSPortals.com - Local franchises available

[Vadym Stetsyak]

Hello, David!

You can ask the same at
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compactframework
microsoft.public.pocketpc.developer

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Regards, Vadym Stetsyak
www: http://vadmyst.blogspot.com

[Simon Hart]

microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet.mobile
May help as Compact Framework is for writing embedded apps.

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Hi there,

I have to re-write our website to be able to be viewed on PDAs. However, I
am not finding much information about writing for PDA apart from
palmpilot.

I have a Xda Exec (Mobile phone device on the O2 network in the UK). This
is currently running Windows Mobile. The UA is...

Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+4.01;+Windows+CE;+PPC;+240x3 20)

The UA string suggests that the screen is 240x320, though I am not quite
sure, as my weblogs suggest 640x480, but it doesn't seem like this either.

I am finding NOT A LOT of info about writing pages to suit.

For example, I need to write for PDA devices in general...

How do I detect the device? Do I rely on the UA string? What would change
in the UA string? (Naturally, I want a consistent method).

What would be the target screen resolution?

Are there any "watch out for..." to do with programming for this?

I have viewed our website on the device and notice quite a few things.
1. Not all CSS styles work. Most of it does, but some, for example, hiding
certain parts of the page using the visibility option of css doesn't work.
2. Javascript appears not to work. However, what is weird, DIV tags set to
hide (as in pop-down menu's) are hidden (in contrast to 1. above)
3. On this device, I can set various view modes. One column, Default,
Desktop. The screen looks VERY different between them all. Is there a way
to detect which mode is viewing?

Any pointers would be very much appreciated.

Best regards,
Dave Colliver.
http://www.AshfieldFOCUS.com
~~
http://www.FOCUSPortals.com - Local franchises available