Introduction to Windows Application framework

ArcGIS Mobile for Windows application framework allows developers to extend the ready-to-deploy Windows application by modifying existing workflow and functions or introducing new business logic.

A mobile project has tasks and extensions. Each task fulfills a workflow by navigating you through one or more pages, for example, the Collect Features task. An extension is much like a functional component used by the application or tasks; it may or may not have a UI. For example, the Field Crew Logging extension logs GPS locations in the background. The application framework allows you to plug in your own business logic as a new task, or to extend or modify these existing tasks at their extensible points. For example, you could modify the data collection workflow by adding a new way to collect geometry. Also, the application framework exposes application functions and components that you could use in your implementation, for example, UI components such as a message box and map control.

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This section provides walk-through tutorials, documentation for learning about windows application framework, assembly API reference, and samples to help you understand and develop with the application framework.


9/20/2011