WMLScript Introduction
What you should already know
Before you continue you should have a basic understanding of the following:
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What is WML?
WML stands for Wireless Markup Language. It is a mark-up
language inherited from HTML, but WML is based on XML, so it is much stricter
than HTML.
WML is used to create pages that can be displayed in a WAP browser.
Pages in WML are called DECKS. Decks are constructed as a set of CARDS.
What is WMLScript?
- WMLScript is the scripting language used in WML pages
- WMLScript is a light version of the JavaScript language
- WML scripts are not embedded into WML pages
- WML pages contains
references to script URLs
- WMLScript is compiled into byte code on the server before it is sent to the
WAP browser
- WMLScript is a part of the WAP specification
What is WMLScript used for?
- WMLScript is used to validate user input
- WMLScript is used to generate message boxes, and to
view errors and confirmations faster
- WMLScript is used to access facilities of the user agent
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