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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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Silverlight 2 Data Form - Episode 5: "D" is for Delete
In software development, learning the 'easy' stuff is a breeze. Pick up most any book or article, or browse to the online help and blogs. It's the hard stuff that authors and bloggers ignore or gloss over, at least in the first edition. It's not difficult...
Posted 26 January 2009 10:07 PM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 5 comment(s)
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