Extending the mobile user interface

enables you to develop and display a custom user interface for mobile devices used in warehouse operations.

The mobile architecture consists of two components: A client and a server.

• Mobile client—Typically a Pocket PC-based handheld device, but it can also be a VT220 emulation terminal. In this documentation, the mobile client is also referred to as a mobile device.
• Application server— running on an application server.

The client and server communicate using the HTTP protocol to transfer HTML according to the request and response model. Each client request is of the type "/console/*.ppc".

The application server directs requests for any.ppc to the controlling servlet (called the Console Servlet) which in turn redirects the request to the pocketpc.jsp file. The pocketpc.jsp file redirects the request to the JSP as specified in the uientity. The JSP renders an HTML response, which is displayed by the mobile client.

The following figure illustrates this architecture.