Push Message Features

4/8/2010

A push message delivers text, XML, and binary content to Windows Mobile Professional and Windows Mobile Standard devices. Push messages always contain a header and body content. For more detailed information about push messages, see the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) Push Message Specification Version 16-August-1999, available from this Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Web site.

The following table shows the headers and header extensions used for the Push message.

Header Description

MSG-010 Generic message headers

Generic message headers identify different features of the message, as described in "Generic Headers" in the WAP Push Message Specification Version 16-August-1999 and the WAP Push Message Specification Information Note Version 11-December-2001. The device accepts the Content-Type header, Content-Location header, and Content-Length header.

MSG-011 Content-Type message header

The Content-Type header identifies the type of content in the message body, as described in "Generic Headers" in the WAP Push Message Specification Version 16-August-1999 and the WAP Push Message Specification Information Note Version 11-December-2001.

MSG-020 WAP message headers

WAP message headers contain WAP-related features of the message, as described in "WAP Headers" in the WAP Push Message Specification Version 16-August-1999 and the WAP Push Message Specification Information Note Version 11-December-2001.

MSG-030 Message header extensions

Message header extensions identify the type of message header, as described in "Header Extensions" in the WAP Push Message Specification Version 16-August-1999 and the WAP Push Message Specification Information Note Version 11-December-2001.

See Also

Concepts

Microsoft Standards for Provisioning Windows Mobile Devices
Push Router
Setting Push Router Policies