ModeZero Releases PocketASP 2.1

[Andy Sjostrom]

<a href="http://www.ModeZero.net/PocketASP">http://www.ModeZero.net/PocketASP</a><br /><br />ModeZero recently released PocketASP 2.1 for Pocket PC. The product enables HTML and ASP applications to work locally and offline. The new version incorporates new features requested by developers as well as speed improvements. PocketASP is free for non-commercial use.<br /><br />Read the entire press release! <!><br />"ModeZero Releases PocketASP Version 2.1 For Pocket PC Devices LONDON, UK -- February 24th, 2003 -- ModeZero today announced the general availability of PocketASP 2.1, the rapid and versatile development platform for devices running Microsoft® Pocket PC® operating systems. <br />Version 2.1 provides a significant performance improvement over its predessor, along with additional features requested by developers over the last twelve months. PocketASP extends Pocket IE, enabling HTML and ASP applications to be executed and viewed locally. No web server, special configuration or plug-ins are required. By creating local browser-based solutions, development times are rapidly reduced and deployment simplified as code is device independant. The product is free for evaluation and non-commercial use. It has 100% functionality and is not time-limited. More information, including the free evaluation download and commercial pricing, can be found on ModeZero's website, <a href="http://www.ModeZero.net/PocketASP">http://www.ModeZero.net/PocketASP</a> About ModeZero Established in 1995, ModeZero is a privately held, independent software vendor. Complete information about ModeZero and its products and services is available on the Internet at http://www.ModeZero.net."

[Kirkaiya]

I've been reading thru the docs on the ModeZero site, and it seems like they've put a lot of work into emulating the ASP environment on the PPC. I like the fact that the ASP apps that you run on the PPC using this (ModeZero) doesn't require the additional overhead of a webserver.

On the desktop, to get around the same situation, there are embedded web-servers, like Cassini, etc., but this is a pretty cool approach also (better, as far as security and performance go, what with not having another layer between code and HTML).

Anyway - for people who are not into using eVB (or the new .NET Compact Framework, or eVC++), this would be a cool way to put out basic data-base driven applications that will work on multiple PPC platforms (ppc 2k and 2k2).

I remember playing with a product that used client-side JScript and ADOCE to enter data into databases (as part of the functionality), but I don't remember the name.

So anyway - for ASP developers out there trying to deploy database apps on their PPC, this seems like a cool idea.