JScript Support in Windows Mobile

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Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3

4/8/2010

The following list provides information about the JScript 5.5 functionalities supported in Windows Mobile.

  • Widely supported. If your application needs to run on any Internet browser, anywhere, JScript is the scripting language of choice.

  • Loosely typed. There are no explicit data types in JScript and in many cases JScript performs conversions automatically. For example, if you add a number to an item consisting of text (a string), the number is converted to text.

  • Evaluate code at run time. You can redefine your program dynamically, giving scripts greater flexibility, especially on DHTML pages.

  • Prototype-based object orientation provides the benefits of an object-oriented language without statically defined classes.

  • Support for regular expressions.

  • Error handling, using the try-throw-catch exception handler.

  • **Effective with Windows CE .NET 4.2, JScript can support script authoring, although implementation is optional and not all run-time images include this funtionality. For more information, see the manufacturer's SDK documentation. **

    Note

    Windows Mobile does not provide type libraries for script interfaces, and script debugging is not supported.

A complete description of both ECMA and non-ECMA features of JScript 5.5 is available at this Microsoft Web site.

See Also

Other Resources

JScript Application Development