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Comparing Web Controls and Mobile
Controls
ASP.NET Mobile Web Forms are based on ASP.NET Web Forms Pages.
ASP.NET mobilecontrols provide a flexible toolset that enables you
to create content sites and Web
applications intended for a wide variety of mobile devices. You
can take advantage of theadaptive rendering of the ASP.NET mobile
controls while having the flexibility to
customize the display for specific devices or types of devices,
such as a handheld computer
or a mobile phone.
The following table provides a side-by-side comparison of the
controls used for ASP.NET
Web server controls and ASP.NET mobile controls.
Web server control Mobile control Comments or differences
AdRotator AdRotator Similar functionality. Mobile control adds
ImageKey andNavigateUrlKey properties.
Button, ImageButton,
LinkButton
Command Mobile control combines the functionality of the Web
Forms Button, ImageButton, and LinkButton controls.
Calendar Calendar Similar functionality. Mobile control does not
provide
HTML-specific properties directly but exposes an
underlying Web Forms Calendar control through theWebCalendar
property.
[no equivalent control] PhoneCall Used to actively drop the data
line and initiate the call on
dial-capable devices. This is similar to the use of the
mailto scheme for electronic mail addresses, which starts
your e-mail client.
CompareValidator CompareValidator Validation is identical.
CustomValidator CustomValidator Validation is
identical.DataList, Repeater List Similar functionality. Mobile
control can apply templates
on a per-device basis.
DataGrid ObjectList Similar functionality. The ObjectList
control provides
multiple views to show the data collections
[no equivalent control] DeviceSpecific Used to enable property
overrides and templates for
mobile controls.
[no equivalent control] Form Similar to a page in an ASP.NET Web
application.Mobile Web Forms pages can contain multiple Form
controls.
Image Image Similar functionality. Mobile control can select an
image
from a set of device-specific images.
Label Label Same functionality.
Hyperlink Link ASP.NET cannot render the mobile control as an
image.
Use the Image control to create an image link (by
specifying theNavigateUrl property on the Image
control).
Panel Panel Mobile panels can be used to provide
device-specific
rendering by using the ContentTemplate device
templates to replace the panels.
RangeValidator RangeValidator Validation is identical.
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RegularExpressionValidator RegularExpression
Validator
Validation is identical.
RequiredFieldValidator RequiredFieldValid
ator
Validation is identical.
CheckBox, CheckBoxList,
DropDown, DropDownList,
ListBox, RadioButton,RadioButtionList
SelectionList Mobile control combines the functionality of
the
corresponding ASP.NET Web server controls. Use the
SelectType property (and the associated
ListSelectTypeenumeration) to define the type of selection list
button torender. For example, setting the SelectionList
control's
SelectType property to the CheckBox enumeration
corresponds to the ASP.NET Web server controlsCheckBox and
CheckBoxList; Dropdown is the same asDropDown and DropDownList. Use
the Rows property
to specify the number of items shown in the list when
theSelectType property is the ListBox or
MultiSelectListBox control.
[no equivalent control] StyleSheet Web Forms use cascading style
sheets rather than
StyleSheet controls.
Table [no equivalent
control]
Use the List, ObjectList, and SelectionList mobile
controlsTextBox TextBox Similar functionality. Mobile control
does not provide
automatic postback, read-only, or multiline functionality.
[no equivalent control] TextView Used to display large blocks of
text. Supports basic text
formatting.
ValidationSummary ValidationSummar
y
Same functionality. Mobile control shows error messages
of validators on a particular form (through the
FormToValidateproperty).
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