Building Microsoft ASP.NET Applications for Mobile Devices, Second (2nd) Edition

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by: Andy Wigley and Peter Roxburgh

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About the Book

  A comprehensive reference for developing mobile Web applications with ASP.NET Mobile Controls, which ships with Visual Studio .NET 2003

  This update of a popular Microsoft Pressr title shows programmers how to use the Microsoft .NET Framework, ASP.NET, and Microsoft Visual Studior .NET 2003 to create powerful, next-generation applications that are available anywhere, on phones, Pocket PCs, and other mobile devices. With this title, programmers learn how to incorporate dynamic access to data with ADO.NET, plus how to deliver content from a single ASP.NET page to multiple client browsers on devices with limited display and input capabilities.

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Table of Contents

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  Acknowledgments xv

Introduction xvii

1

Introducing Microsoft ASP.NET for the Mobile Web 1

      A Solution for the Wireless Muddle 4

      Developing with Mobile Web Forms 5

              Abstracting the Mobile Device User Interface 5

              Using Mobile Web Forms Controls 6

              Working with Mobile Web Forms Using .NET Tools 7

              Implementing Code 8

              Consuming Events 9

      Building Mobile Solutions with Microsoft .NET 9

      A Powerful Solution for Mobile Web Application Development 12

2

Getting Started 13

      Setting Up Your Development System 13

      Creating Your First Mobile Web Applications 16

              Creating a Mobile Web Project with Visual Studio .NET 17

              Using Solution Explorer and the Properties Dialog Box 19

              Building the User Interface with the Toolbox 20

              Building and Running Your Application 21

      Testing with a Mobile Phone Emulator 22

              Setting Up the Openwave Simulator 23

              Using the Simulator for Testing 24

      Working with the Mobile Internet Designer 26

              The Mobile Web Forms Page and Form Control 27

              Working with Multiple Form Controls 29

              Backward and Forward Navigation in Mobile Web Applications 32

              Device-Specific Rendering of Complex Controls 33

      Basic Design Principles 35

3

Programming ASP.NET Mobile Web Forms

39

      Understanding .aspx Files and Code-Behind Modules 40

              The Code-Behind Technique 40

              Design and HTML Views 42

              The Inline Coding Technique 45

              The MobilePage Class 47

              Properties of the MobilePage Class 48

      Using Events and Event Handlers 49

      Programming State Management in ASP.NET 56

              Persisting Class Members 58

              Building and Testing the Application 61

      Accessing .NET Framework Classes 63

              Building and Testing the Application 66

              Understanding the Application Life Cycle 66

      Writing Applications with a Text Editor 68

              Building the User Interface 68

              Creating the Code-Behind Module 69

              Building and Testing the Application 72

4

Programming the Standard Controls 75

      How to Use the Control Descriptions 75

      Introducing the Controls: Class Hierarchy 76

      Common Mobile Controls Behavior 78

      Container Controls 83

              Containment Rules 84

              Form Controls 85

              Panel Controls 91

      Core Controls 93

              Command Controls 94

              Image Controls 99

              Label Controls 105

              Link Controls 108

              TextBox Controls 111

              TextView Controls 117

5

Special-Purpose Controls and Validation Controls 121

      Special-Purpose Controls 122

              Calendar Control 122

              PhoneCall Control 128

              AdRotator Control 131

      Validation Controls 136

              Common Behavior of the Validation Controls 138

              RequiredFieldValidator Control 140

              CompareValidator Control 144

              RangeValidator Control 148

              RegularExpressionValidator Control 152

              CustomValidator Control 157

              ValidationSummary Control 161

              Validation Controls Example 165

6

Programming the List Controls 169

      Building Static or Data-Bound Lists 171

      The SelectionList Control 175

              Syntax 175

              Properties and Events 176

              Using the SelectionList Control 178

      The List Control 186

              Syntax 186

              Properties and Events 187

              Using the List Control 189

      The ObjectList Control 196

              Syntax 197

              Properties and Events 198

              Using the ObjectList Control 202

7

Using the Downloadable Controls 219

      Using the Custom Controls 219

              Adding the Controls to the Toolbox 220

              Copying the Control Assembly to Your Application 222

              Configuring Your Application to Use Custom Controls 223

      The MobileCheckbox Control 224

              Configuring Your Application 224

              Syntax 225

              Properties 226

              Using the MobileCheckbox Control 227

      The MobileMultiLineInput Control 228

              Installation 230

              Configuring Your Application 230

              Syntax 231

              Properties 231

              Using the MobileMultiLineInput Control 232

      The MobileDynamicImage Control 233

              Installation 235

              Configuring Your Application 235

              Syntax 236

              Properties 237

              Using the MobileDynamicImage Control 238

8

Programming Styles and Style Sheets 241

      Using Mobile Control Style Properties and the StyleSheet Control 241

              Using Style Properties 243

              Using the StyleSheet Control 248

      Pagination and Styles 256

              Using Pager Styles in Style Sheets 258

      Working with Styles in Visual Studio .NET 259

              The Styles Editor 259

      Using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) 260

              Managing Cascading Style Sheets 262

              Programming your own CSS Style Sheet 262

9

Customizing with Property Overrides and Templates 267

      Customization Overview 267

              Property Overrides 268

              Templates 268

      Writing Device Filters 269

      Programming and Elements 282

      Device-Specific Customization with Property Overrides 286

      Using Templated Controls 288

              Using the Form Control's , , and Elements 291

              Using the Panel Control's Element 298

              Working with Controls in Form and Panel Templates 302

              Defining Templates Using Visual Studio .NET Tools 305

              Defining Templates Within Style Sheets 308

10

Advanced List Control Programming 313

      Using the Advanced Data Binding Features of the List Controls 313

              Defining Static List and SelectionList Items 313

              Binding to a Data Collection 314

              Understanding Data Binding and ViewState 317

              Why the DataItem Property Is Sometimes null 320

      Overriding Single-Field Display in the List Controls 321

              Overriding Single-Field Display in SelectionList and List Controls 321

              Overriding Single-Field Display in ObjectList 322

      Using Templates in List and ObjectList Controls 323

              Programming the List Control Templates 324

              Programming the ObjectList Control Templates 332

              Using the ObjectList Control's 336

              Working with Controls in Templates Programmatically 341

              Accessing Controls in List and ObjectList Templates from Code 343

11

Accessing Data 347

      Using ASP.NET Declarative Data Binding 347

      Using ADO.NET 352

              Understanding the ADO.NET Objects 353

              Using a DataReader Object for Read-Only Data Access 355

              Using a DataSet Object for Data Binding 356

              Creating a Mobile Web Application to Update a Database 358

      Building Data Components with Visual Studio .NET 364

              Using Server Explorer 364

              Creating Data Components 365

              Using a Data Component in a Web Application 369

      Learning More About ADO.NET 372

12

State Management 373

      Session State 374

              Using the Session Object 376

              Working with Cookies 378

              Using Munged URLs 379

              To Cookie or Not to Cookie 380

      Hidden Variables 381

      ViewState 384

      Application State 388

              Using Application State in Global.asax 389

              Things to Consider When Using Application State 395

13

Enhancing Application Performance 397

      Programming and Configuration Techniques 397

              Turn Off Debug Support in Your Release Builds 397

              Disable ViewState If It's Not Required 398

              Disable Session State If It's Not Required 398

              Cache Data in the Application Object 399

              Use Custom Pagination with the List Controls 399

              Don't Perform Unnecessary Processing on Postback 400

              Concatenate Strings Using System.Text.StringBuilder 400

              Optimize SQL Server Data Access 400

              Explicitly Declare Object Types in Visual Basic .NET 401

      Caching 401

              Using Output Caching 401

              Using Fragment Caching 410

              Using Data Caching 411

14

Multilingual and Multicultural Web Applications 413

      Building Multilingual and Multicultural Mobile Web Applications 413

      Defining Culture for Formatting Strings, Dates, and Times 414

      Creating and Using Resource Files 418

      Defining Character Set Encodings 424

15

XML Web Services 427

      Introduction to XML Web Services 427

              Using XML Web Services in Web Applications 428

              Managing Session and Application State 429

      Creating an XML Web Service 429

              Creating an XML Web Service Using a Text Editor 429

              Creating an XML Web Service Using Visual Studio .NET 430

      Consuming an XML Web Service 432

              Consuming XML Web Services Using Visual Studio .NET 432

      Defining XML Web Service Behavior 437

      Working with Data Types 440

      Accessing Data 444

      Considerations for Mobile Devices 449

16

Debugging, Testing with Emulators, and Handling Run-Time Errors 451

      Debugging Mobile Web Applications 452

              Configuring Applications to Support Debugging 453

      Using the ASP.NET Trace Facility 455

              Enabling Page-Level Tracing 456

              Enabling Application-Level Tracing 457

              Adding Your Own Trace Statements 459

              Executing Blocks of Code in Trace Mode 460

      Handling Errors 461

              Implementing Custom Error Pages 461

              Handling Errors Programmatically 464

      Testing with Emulators and Real Devices 467

              Using Pocket Internet Explorer for Application Testing 468

              Using a Pocket PC Emulator 469

              Testing with a Microsoft Smartphone Emulator 471

              Testing with Mobile Phone Emulators 472

              Integrating an Emulator into Visual Studio .NET 482

17

Packaging and Configuration 485

      Packaging and Deploying an Application 486

              Copying an Application 486

              Creating a Web Setup Project 490

      Deploying Applications to Servers Running Different Versions of the .NET Framework 494

              Installing .NET Framework Runtime on a Web Server 496

              Device Update Packs 497

      Configuring Applications 497

              Understanding the .NET Configuration Files 498

              Web.config Configuration Example 501

      Building ASP.NET Applications with Integrated Desktop and Mobile Access 502

              Tailoring Functionality to the Client Device 503

              Implementing a Redirect Page for the Mobile Web Site 503

18

ASP.NET Application Security 507

      Encrypting Data Transfers Between Client and Server 507

      Providing Authentication 509

              IIS Authentication 510

              ASP.NET Authentication 513

              Forms Authentication 514

              Passport Authentication 524

              Windows Authentication 529

      User Authorization 530

              Impersonating a User 531

              URL Authorization 532

19

Supporting New Clients 535

      Defining Mobile Devices in Configuration Files 536

              Device Configuration Files in .NET Framework 1.1 538

      Supporting a New Client 539

              Identifying the Device 540

              Identifying Device Capabilities 543

      Configuring Device Adapters 551

              The Role of Device Adapters 551

              Using Device Adapter Sets 553

              Defining a Device Adapter Set 554

20

Building a Reusable User Interface as User Controls 559

      Building a User Control 559

              Creating a Simple User Control 560

              Coding a User Control Module 560

      Using a User Control in a Web Forms Page 561

      User Control Example 561

              Implementing Properties in a User Control 564

              Displaying the Properties of the User Control 566

              Responding to Events in a User Control 570

21

Creating Custom Controls by Inheritance and Composition 575

      Building Controls in Code 575

              Understanding the Control Life Cycle 576

      Building Controls by Inheritance 580

              Using a Compiled Custom Control 584

      Building Controls by Composition 586

              Creating the Child Controls in a Composite Control 587

              Processing Postback Data 591

              Raising Custom Events 592

              Managing ViewState 596

22

Programming Device Adapters and Building Controls from Scratch 601

      Building Controls from Scratch 602

              The Control Life Cycle 602

              The Role of Device Adapters 606

      Building Simple Custom Controls and Device Adapters 612

              A Simple Control with Device Adapters for HTML and WML 613

              Writing Device Markup with the MobileTextWriter Classes 617

              Handling Style Attributes in Device Adapters 617

              Using Custom Controls and Device Adapters 620

      Building a Data Bound Custom Control 623

              Supporting Internal and Custom Pagination 629

              Implementing the OnDataBind Event 632

      Supporting ViewState in a Custom Control 634

              Saving Control Properties to the ViewState Object 635

              Understanding the IStateManager Interface 636

              Using PrivateViewState 640

      Implementing a Custom MobileControlBuilder Class 641

      Enabling Client Postback in a Custom Control 643

              Implementing Postback for the CMTable Control 644

      Processing Postdata 649

              Implementing Postdata Processing in the CMTable Control 649

              Providing Different User Interfaces in the DeviceAdapter Classes 651

              Adding Child Controls in a Device Adapter Class 654

      Developing a Templated Custom Control 658

              Implementing Support for Templates 658

              Implementing Template Support for a Data Bound List Control 660

INDEX 667

  Andy Wigley is a Principal Technologist a technical authoring company Content Master in the UK, focusing on mobile technologies. He has worked with WAP from the early days, and worked with co-author Peter to develop the UK's first operational payments service for WAP clients. He has contributed to MSDN and other publications and regularly appears at conferences, presenting on applications of mobile technology. He has been involved in software engineering for more than 15 years, much of that time at Digital Equipment Corporation, working on projects as diverse as high-performance messaging, electronic document exchange, and laboratory robotics.

  Peter Roxburgh works as a technologist for Content Master Ltd., a technical authoring company based in the United Kingdom. He graduated with a first class degree with honours in business and has since followed a diverse career path. From his home in the medieval town of Conwy, North Wales, he writes training courses for mobile developers. He has also written and contributed to a number of journals and Web sites on cutting-edge mobile technologies.