PRB: Cannot Clear Check Box on Palm Vx (309605)

SYMPTOMS

When you develop a mobile Web Form that contains a mobile SelectionList control, you can set the SelectType property to CheckBox so that a set of check boxes appears for items that are defined within the control. You can also set the Selected property to True on these items so that the check box is selected when the page is browsed.

However, when you browse to a mobile Web Form that contains a check box with the Selected property set to True, the Selected property is not applied on the Palm Vx handheld device with the Go.Web service from GoAmerica.

CAUSE

The Selected property generates a Checked property within an input tag on an HTML device. When you use Palm Vx with the Go.Web service, you cannot clear the check box when this property is set. Because you cannot clear the check box, the Microsoft Mobile Internet Toolkit run time does not send the Checked property to this device or browser configuration.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce the Behavior

Add a mobile Web Form to a mobile Web Application project.
In Mobile Designer, switch to HTML view.

Add the following code between the <mobile form> tags:

   <mobile:SelectionList id="SelectionList1" runat="server" SelectType="CheckBox">
      <Item Value="A" Text="Item A"></Item>
      <Item Value="B" Text="Item B" Selected="True"></Item>
   </mobile:SelectionList>

Compile and view the page in the GoAmerica browser on Palm Vx. Notice that the second check box is not selected.

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