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Handling Events within Silverlight Control Templates – AutoCompleteBox Example by dwahlin

One of the great features Silverlight offers is the ability to customize controls by using control templates.  If you don’t like how a particular control looks you can modify the template and in many cases be ready to use the new control without...
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Control-Oriented Vs. Data-Oriented Programming in Silverlight by dwahlin

If you build ASP.NET applications then you’re used to working with controls a lot.  Nearly everything you do requires accessing control IDs.  If you need to retrieve data entered by an end user you need to reference the controls that contain...
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Customizing Silverlight 3 DataGrid Headers by dwahlin

We’re currently working on a client application that captures time sheet information and needed the ability to completely customize the look and feel of DataGrid headers.  Fortunately, that’s fairly straightforward to do in Silverlight 3 (or Silverlight...
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Speaking in Southern California on Silverlight 3 and ASP.NET MVC – June 1st, 2nd and 3rd by dwahlin

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Pivots to the Rescue – Providing Flexible SQL Server Queries by dwahlin

One of the projects my company is currently working on has a requirement to be able to store timesheet data in a more flexible manner.  The existing Access forms application is being converted to Silverlight 3 and has a fairly rigid (albeit standard...
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ASP.NET MVC Code and Slides for Best of Mix 09 Presentation by dwahlin

The code and slides from my ASP.NET MVC vs. Web Forms talk at the Best of Mix 09 – Phoenix event can be downloaded below.  The .zip file contains a sample application created by Microsoft Evangelist Daniel Egan as well as a set of ASP.NET MVC samples...

Best of MIX Phoenix Event on May 18th – Speaking with Rob Bagby and Tim Heuer by dwahlin

One of the main reasons I enjoy working in the world of technology is that I’m never bored.  Something new is always coming out which keeps things challenging and fun at the same time.  If you’re interested in keeping up with some of the latest...

Scott Guthrie, Jaime Rodriguez and Glenn Block Speaking in Phoenix on May 26th, 2009 by dwahlin

Once a year the Phoenix, AZ area .NET developers get a special treat as Scott Guthrie (one of the creators of ASP.NET and a corporate Vice President at Microsoft for those who may not know him) comes to Phoenix to speak on the latest and greatest technologies...
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Running Silverlight 2 and Silverlight 3 on the Same Machine by dwahlin

If you’re building Silverlight applications and need to be able to run Silverlight 2 and Silverlight 3 on the same machine (even though Visual Studio 2008 doesn’t support Silverlight multi-targeting) then check out Amy Dullard’s post . I won’t go through...
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DevConnections Orlando Talks on Silverlight and LINQ/Entity Framework by dwahlin

I had a great time speaking at DevConnections in Orlando this year.  A lot of fun people were there and I had the opportunity to talk with several of them about some of the applications they were building.  As promised, here’s the code and slides...
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