Your guide to building mobile applications with Visual Studio .NET 2003 that run anytime any place on any device.

Extend your programming expertise across the widest range of mobile devices with this incisive guide to Microsoft ASP.NET mobile controls. Now integrated into Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 ASP.NET mobile controls enable you to build applications that render intelligently on different devices regardless of markup language browser or form factor. The authors expertly guide you through the mobile Web application development process explaining how to fully exploit Visual Studio .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 for rapid and more flexible development. Discover how to create innovative intuitive solutions instead of wrestling with interoperability issues.

Learn how to:
Build mobile Web Forms pages with device-independent properties methods and events
Use "code-behind" techniques to separate programming logic from the UI
Employ the standard controls or download new custom controls
Build controls from scratch and program device adapters
Create styles and style sheets
Customize applications for specific devices with templates
Access data using Microsoft ADO.NET and the Visual Database Tools
Know when to use application vs. session state
Apply best practices for using XML Web services in mobile applications
Help secure applications with ASP.NET authentication services
Develop multilingual and multicultural applications
Debug code trap runtime errors and use software emulators to test applications
Configure package and deploy applications