Has anyone found a way to render irpt pages onto a windows mobile 5.0 device or discoved a java load for this type of device which will render irpt applets?

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Has anyone found a way to render irpt pages onto a windows mobile 5.0 device or discoved a java load for this type of device which will render irpt applets?

[Former Member]

Rick, It's been a year since you asked this question. Have you found a solution to your question ?

Are you using MI Servlets and XSLT approach to render irpt page data?

[former_member185280]

There is no indication that applets are going to be supported by any of the major mobile os browser vendors ever.

Irpt pages should have no unique ( cross browser quirks, standards adherence etc.. ) issue rendering in an html5 mobile browser that a regular html page wouldn't.

There are some UI design factors to consider however due to the typically reduced screen size and touch interface.

There are some resources out there that can help with this, like Jquery Mobile, JQui, Sencha touch etc, google flot etc.

We use a lot of browser based mobile versions of our apps and while its relatively easy to leverage existing back end objects the front end always requires mobile specific development.

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I'm asking about windows mobile 5.0 - windows mobile 6.5 running on a motorola 9090 or 9190 handheld scanner.  Does your response still apply?

[former_member185280]

oops. I got confused that this was a mobile html 5 question.

Most of my reply still applies, certainly regarding the lack of applet support. You can expect to have some limitations on client side functionality if you are using the default browser on 5, for instance I think there is no support for ajax.

There are 3rd party, so called "industrial" browsers that can provide much more support for modern browser features on older mobile os and you may want to look into alternatives.

The thing is, with mobile web development you just never know till you try it on that particular device.

Those motorola devices are really geared towards traditional applications so trying to implement decent functionality thru the browser can be a pain.