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On Being Blow Away by Technology
While watching Scott Guthrie, Scott Hanselman, and Brian Goldfarb demonstrate Silverlight 4, I had a range of reactions: Wow! I’ve got to play with this stuff! I’m feeling overwhelmed by the avalanche of technology How will I find the time to do billable...
Posted 18 November 2009 10:17 AM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 7 comment(s)
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Silverlight 3 Tools Available on Downloads
The MIX 09 avalanche is hitting Microsoft Downloads: Microsoft® Silverlight™ 3 Software Development Kit Beta 1 The Microsoft® Silverlight™ 3 Software Development Kit provides libraries and tools for developing Silverlight applications. Silverlight 3 Tools...
Posted 18 March 2009 08:55 AM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 3 comment(s)
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Predictions for MIX 09 Announcements
Everybody is heading to MIX 09 except me! Poor me. I'm working on a nice ASP.NET 3.5 contract. Microsoft always saves/targets release announcements for big events. As a Microsoft-owned conference MIX warrants major releases. Here are my predictions on...
Posted 15 March 2009 10:53 AM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 9 comment(s)
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Silverlight 2 Update - Get the Developer Version
The latest Silverlight 2 update (Silverlight 2 GDR 1 (2.0.40115.0)) failed to install on my machine because it detected that I already had the developer version. The error message and redirect to the correct file are well engineered, but developers can...
Posted 18 February 2009 10:57 PM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 6 comment(s)
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Source Code for Creating a Silverlight 2 Data Form Released
I've release the source code from my screencast series on Creating a Silverlight 2 Data Form at the MSDN Code Gallery . On the Downloads tab, you'll find several files for VB and C# projects. The basic source code is the same, but the large downloads...
Posted 06 February 2009 12:36 PM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 7 comment(s)
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Silverlight 2 Data Form - Episode 8: Client Storage
In Episode 8 , we continue working with the AutoCompleteBox control that we implemented in Episode 7 . This time, we fetch a long list of country names as XML from a third-party Web service, cache the file on the client using isolated storage, and harness...
Posted 04 February 2009 09:26 PM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 4 comment(s)
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A Better Way to do Silverlight Databinding
The guys at Intersoft Solutions are ahead of the curve again with their Intersoft Data Source control for Silverlight . The CTP includes the AstoriaDataSource that connects cleanly to an ADO.NET Data service. Rather than jumping through hoop after hoop...
Posted 03 February 2009 09:32 PM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 3 comment(s)
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Silverlight 2 Data Form - Episode 7: Adding Some Style
Episode 7 of my series on creating a Silverlight 2 data form concentrates on adding visual appeal. You implement rounded borders, gradient effects, and import professional styles from the Silverlight Control Toolkit . You also learn how to use the AutoCompleteBox...
Posted 01 February 2009 10:49 AM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 3 comment(s)
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Silverlight 2 Data Form - Episode 6: "C" is for Create
In this episode, you build a XAML form that acts like a popup, modal window. The form validates user input with WCF callbacks to ensure that the customer ID is unique. By the end of the episode, you're able to add a customer to the NorthWind database...
Posted 28 January 2009 10:07 PM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 5 comment(s)
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Silverlight Streaming Beta Outage
My apologies to those unable to access my screencasts on building a Silverlight 2 data form. The Silverlight Streaming service has been flakey for the last few days and, as I write this, it is non-existent. Given that the service is free and still in...
Posted 27 January 2009 10:42 AM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 1 comment(s)
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