As promised, you can get my decks and demos from www.publicsectordeveloper.com ( direct link ). The demos are "as-is" but feel free to let me know if something doesn't work anymore. A more detailed explanation of the WPF deck and demos can be found here . If you are interested in WPF, then don't forget to check out the WPF Wiki . UPDATE: I received an email from a few folks who were having trouble figuring out what to download for my Introduction to ASP.NET AJAX presentation. The direct link to the deck is here . The code is here . -Marc Read More...
A while back, I blogged about using WPF/E & Virtual Earth together. The post is here . I've also blogged about adding Virtual Earth in a Windows Forms application here (last paragraph). What about WPF? Given that the Virtual Earth v4 Map Control is delivered as a set of JavaScript libraries, the same approach we used in Windows Forms applies to WPF. However, WPF does not ship with a "native" control with the same functionality as the WebBrowser control which ships with the .NET Framework 2.0. The good news is the good folks in "WPF Land" thought about these types of dilemmas and created a really nice interoperability layer for WPF/Windows Forms. There is a class called WindowsFormsHost in the System.Windows.Forms.Integration namespace which...
This is what was formerly known as SQL Server Everywhere. If you need a lightweight database for your Smart Client applications, then you should definitely check out SQLCE. One of the great things about SQLCE is that you can deploy it as a private assembly. This means no admin privs to deploy a local database using ClickOnce! http://blogs.msdn.com/stevelasker/archive/2006/11/07/sql-server-compact-edition-rc1-released.aspx -Marc Read More...
The content for the 2006 Microsoft Federal Architect Forum will be posted on Federaldeveloper.com (link is here: http://tinyurl.com/luawt ) For those who were able to attend, thank you! - Keith Read More...