Browser based applications
by YW5vbnltb3Vz » Sun, 23 Oct 2005 02:48:03 GMT
We have a java based application we use for desktop boxes. I know there are
third-party jvm's for windows CE, but they are always catching up with
whatever the latest and greatest PC version is, and they add real cost to a
low-cost system.
I was thinking that .NET CF would be the way forward. MS is unlikely to ever
offer a JVM with windows CE, so wouldn't .NET CF be the replacement.
Reading more about this, it looks like .NET CF doesn't really support web
forms. All logic needs to be on the server at best.
Is this likely to change ? Is there a technology/component I should be
looking at if I don't want to just be a thin client ?
Re: Browser based applications
by Paul G. Tobey [eMVP] » Sun, 23 Oct 2005 03:00:02 GMT
If all of the logic is on the server and the Windows CE device is just a UI
that is always connected, you could just use HTML/JavaScript and have the
browser control, running, maybe, in an application that you write to turn
off access to everything else on the device, be the UI.
Paul T.
Re: Browser based applications
by Clinton D. Britt » Mon, 24 Oct 2005 11:34:07 GMT
As Paul suggested, using a HTML/JavaScript(DHTML) implementation gives you a
good start. I also suggest looking into the CE ASP support, with server side
ActiveX controls you can do some pretty powerful stuff, while staying
portable.
...clint....