The controls
do differ in their capability to paginate themselves, have static information linked to them, and
provide a detailed view of the data they are linked to.
The list controls are very useful for data binding and can provide a master/detail type
of navigation.
The Image, AdRotator, and Calendar Controls
The Image and AdRotator controls support the capability to display an image in the mobile
device browser. The difference between the two controls is whether the choice is static or dynamic
based on who is visiting for advertisement purposes. We have added the Calendar control to
this discussion, because this topic is as good as any to cover it in. It is probably the richest
control in the mobile space outside of ObjectList. Table 10-6 describes these three controls.
In the next section, we move on to cover container controls and pagination. Pagination is
an especially important topic, because most WML mobile phone devices are limited to displaying
four lines of content at a time.
Table 10-5. List Mobile Controls
Name Description Static/Dynamic Pagination
List Renders a list of items Both Yes
SelectionList Renders a list of items Similar to
ListBox or ComboBox
Both No
ObjectList Renders a list of items with multiple
properties and item commands
Dynamic only Yes
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