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Entity Framework Code-First to Provide Replacement for ASP.NET Profile Provider by Ken Cox [MVP]

A while back, I coordinated a project to add support for the SQL Table Profile Provider in ASP.NET 4 Web Applications.  We urged Microsoft to improve ASP.NET’s built-in Profile support so our workaround wouldn’t be necessary. Instead, Microsoft plans...

Doing CRUD Operations in Silverlight 2 Against ADO.NET Data Services by Ken Cox [MVP]

Many of us have been struggling to create business-oriented (LOB) forms using Silverlight 2 and ADO.NET Data Services. There are plenty of community samples on reading data, but a dearth of real-world content on creating and updating records. The Silverlight...

Blocked by the Silverlight ManagedRuntimeError 4004 by Ken Cox [MVP]

For my Silverlight 2 prototype business app, I wanted to try capturing JSON data from a WCF service and caching it in isolated storage. I found a nice example by Tim Heuer that I updated to the RTW version. After setting up the WCF service on a VPC running...

Review: Advanced ASP.NET AJAX Server Controls For .NET 3.5 by Ken Cox [MVP]

Advanced ASP.NET AJAX Server Controls For .NET 3.5 is a fine resource for ASP.NET developers who want to build high performance, data-driven Web applications with a richer user interface. The introduction of ASP.NET AJAX 2.0 extensions caught many of...
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Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Released by Ken Cox [MVP]

Important: Run the Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack Preparation Tool at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=121685&clcid=0x409 . Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (exe)

Converting VB LINQ to C# LINQ by Ken Cox [MVP]

VB.Net to C# Converter is one of the few conversion tools that knows about LINQ and lambdas and the other 3.5 stuff. I turned to a trial version of the product after going in circles on this VB code conversion: Dim q = From c In dc.Categories, _ p In...
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IntelliSense Fosters Inattention by Ken Cox [MVP]

I count on IntelliSense a lot when programming - especially in C# which (arrggh!) is case-sensitive. However, I just had a case where IntelliSense led me to make a mistake that cost me half an hour. I was happily working in LINQ and had the following...

My Book Excerpts at the Beginner Developer Learning Centre by Ken Cox [MVP]

Hey folks, Microsoft has licensed four chapters of my book, ASP.NET 3.5 For Dummies ! You can browse the chapters at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/beginner/cc409659.aspx in the Microsoft Visual Studio Express Editions Beginner Developer Learning Centre...

My Energize IT Dynamic Data Talk Resources by Ken Cox [MVP]

Hey folks, I had a blast at Energize IT in Toronto on the weekend. I also found a great way to lighten my bookshelves. My donation of a couple dozen free .NET books caused a minor feeding frenzy in one of the Ask the Experts areas! As promised, here are...

Request for a Better FindControl Method in ASP.NET by Ken Cox [MVP]

<rant> I'm spending hours trying to get a reference to a FileUpload control that's inside an InsertTemplate which is inside a Panel which is inside a Listview which is inside a Panel in an ASP.NET ContentPlaceHolder. It's crazy to have to figure...
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