Windows Mobile

[former_member67937]

Is anyone using Windows Mobile with xMII? I realize JRE isn't natively supported by Windows Mobile, but we did do some testing with Servlets, and we can get data returned back to the device. Does SAP have any tips on working with these devices? The navigation screen in xMII Admin has a mobile theme. Is there a standard theme available for us to use?

[Former Member]

Hi Todd

As Eriks' document lays out, basically you do a browser detect and direct the user to a mobile them and customized MII pages for the mobile device. We just did this exact application for a customer this summer. (Shop floor production data to a mobile device)

Of course what you can do with the mobile device depends on the mobile device. If itu2019s something an iphone you can do a lot (AJAX/Javascript/Flash) But for the most part, like you said, applets aren't going to work, and javascript support is limited, so you are better off to using images for graphics, and more server side scripting technologies such as JSP,PHP or XSL for dynamic content.

[jcgood25]

This might interest you: https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/index?rid=/library/uuid/c004bc2a-013b-2c10-f2ab-a1e2f61e025f

[Former Member]

When doing web development for mobile devices we will only guarantee and develop to a specific hardware/software setup. It is just impossible to get consistent feature support across devices and browsers.

You can use a hidden frame and JavaScript call-backs to the main page to "simulate" ajax.

[Former Member]

Hey Todd,

The biggest issue I ran into while developing for mobile devices (MII or otherwise) is screen real estate. As you found, you'll have a problem getting applets to run in most mobile browsers, but this can be sidestepped with servlets. It helps if you are developing for a known browser resolution. If you have smattering of different screen sizes, you'll either want to develop your pages in a fluid manner [Google for 'fluid css'|http://css-tricks.com/the-perfect-fluid-width-layout/] or develop a version of each page for each screen resolution.