Where have all the Mobile Webforms gone?

Question

Hello,

I am making an application to be targetted to mobile phone browsers in Japan.
Just installed Visual Studio 2008, and the Mobile Web Application templates have all disappeared.
I have seen this blog entry which sounded promissing...
http://blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/archive/2007/09/17/tip-trick-asp-net-mobile-development-with-visual-studio-2008.aspx
But the attachment is gone!

Anybody know what's happening with mobile web development in Visual Studio 2008? Is there anywhere I can get any sort of starter-kit/templates ?
I've looked long and hard for hints, but nobody seems to be talking about this. There must be something I'm missing.

Any pointers at all would be very appreciated.

Cheers,

piv

piv nik · Answer

Well, It looks like nobody has any answers. Microsoft has apparently taken the view that removing functionality from their products is how to move forward. I suppose any mobile web development will have to be 100% coded, rather than using the handy controls. :p

theo philus · Answer

Help me with how to develop mobile applications

theo philus · Answer

Help me with how to develop mobile applications

piv nik · Answer

Thanks Vijaya, But I had that link in my question. The Zip attachment on Omar's page is missing. Does anyone have a copy of his zip file? Cheers, piv

Vijaya Kadiyala · Answer

Hi yes it is missing. Well, it is not shipped by default in Visual Studio 2008, but Omar Khan from the Web Development Tools Team has put up a few templates that can be downloaded and brings in those Mobile Templates required for creating mobile web applications. Check out the below link http://geekswithblogs.net/ranganh/archive/2008/04/01/mobile-web-forms-in-visual-studio-2008.aspx Thanks Vijaya Kadiyala http :// dotnetvj . blogspot . com

Where have all the Mobile Webforms gone?

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