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DevConnections Conference Code and Slides by dwahlin

I’m in Las Vegas this week for the DevConnections conference and wanted to get the slides and code posted for the talks as I give them. This time around I’m talking about Silverlight (including a full-day workshop), the new Microsoft Ajax Library script...

Passing Multiple Records to a Stored Procedure in SQL Server by dwahlin

There are so many different ways to work with data that it can make your head spin.  Regardless of the technology, one thing I always try to do when working with databases is minimize the number of calls that are made.  I use ORM frameworks...
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Cleaning Up the Disabled State of a Silverlight Control using Expression Blend by dwahlin

Silverlight provides the ultimate in flexibility when it comes to styling controls.  If you don’t like how something looks you can tweak the template in a tool like Expression Blend quickly and easily and get something completely different. ...
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Requiring SSL For ASP.NET MVC Controllers by dwahlin

There are quite a few posts out there about switching to SSL when a user visits specific areas of a website but I figure the more the merrier so here’s yet another one. My company is in the process of rolling out an ASP.NET MVC site for a client and specific...
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Creating a Silverlight DataContext Proxy to Simplify Data Binding in Nested Controls by dwahlin

Data binding is one of my favorite features and something that I use a lot while building Silverlight applications.  Silverlight makes it really easy to bind data to different controls and move data from controls back into the original bound object...
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Building Line of Business Applications with Silverlight 3 – Pros and Cons by dwahlin

I’ve been hearing a lot of people talk about how Silverlight 3 can or can’t do various things lately throughout the blogosphere and Twitter . The sad part is that some of the people giving their two cents about what Silverlight can’t do haven’t built...
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So What’s a Silverlight Value Converter Anyway? by dwahlin

Silverlight has an excellent data binding engine that allows data to be bound through XAML or programmatically with code. My number one reason for using Silverlight on client projects is the data binding support. Once you get into it and understand how...
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Making Silverlight 3 Application Code More Compatible with Blend by dwahlin

Expression Blend 3 is a great tool for creating Silverlight or WPF user interfaces using design time tools and controls. If you haven’t tried version 3 you’re really missing out since it adds a ton of new time-saving features. While I really enjoy working...

Previewing Websites in Multiple Browsers with Expression Web 3’s SuperPreview by dwahlin

Expression Studio 3 has a great new feature that was announced and demonstrated back at the Mix 09 conference called SuperPreview.  It allows you to compare how a page looks across multiple browsers including IE6, IE7, IE8 and FireFox (with more...
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Running a WCF Service on IIS 7 by dwahlin

I was trying to get a WCF service going on my Windows 7 machine tonight that I call from a Silverlight 3 application and ran into the following error when trying to view the .svc file in the browser: HTTP Error 404.3 - Not Found The page you are requesting...
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