December 2009 - Posts

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Architect 1 : Building N-Tier Silverlight Application by StanleyGu

You have a Customer table with fields of LastName and FirstName, and want to use Silverlight DataGrid to display all the records. To implement this, You can use N-tier application architect. 1. The N-Tier Silverlight application consists of following...
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Solution 4 : Export Silverlight DataGrid to Excel XML by StanleyGu

While ASP.NET GridView control supports data export to Excel, Silverlight DataGrid control does not. To implement the data export, you need to retrieve data from the DataGrid and write the data to an Excel XML file (Office Open XML File Format). 1. Use...
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Tip 4 : Microsoft Office Excel XML : Use the Correct DateTime Format to Avoid Error by StanleyGu

The correct format for DateTime data type in an Excel XML cell is yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.fff . Using other formats will give you an error of The file cannot be opened because of errors when you open the Excel xml file. Sample code and value for the correct...
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Tip 3 : Double Quotation Marks in String: Using C# Escape Sequence by StanleyGu

You have the following sentence that has double quotation marks: <? mso-application progid="Excel.Sheet" ?> To assign the above sentence to a string variable, you will need to use a C# escape sequence \" : string myString = "<?mso-application...
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Tip 2 : Silverlight-Enabled WCF Service Deployment: Modify ServiceReferences.ClientConfig by StanleyGu

When deploying Silverlight application, you will need to unzip the xap file, modify ServiceReferences.ClientConfig, and zip back the xap file. While there are other options such as modifying the ServiceReferences.ClientConfig before the last build or...
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Tip 1 : WCF Service Deployment: Leave IIS-Hosted Service Endpoint Address Blank by StanleyGu

In client configuration, it is required to specify an absolute address of endpoint. However, in IIS-hosted service configuration, it is required to specify a relative address. IIS manages the ServiceHost instance, which provides base address for service...
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Solution 3 : Passing Parameters from ASP.NET Page to Silverlight XAML by StanleyGu

You have captured the login name and computer IP address in your ASP.NET page and you want to use the login name and IP address in your Silverlight XAML page for display, logging or access control. To implement this, you will need to pass the user name...
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Solution 2 : Implementing GoToScreen Using Silverlight 3.0 by StanleyGu

You have two xaml pages named Screen1 and Screen2. On Screen1, there is a button named GoToScreen2Button. On Screen2, there is a button named GoToScreen1Button. Clicking on the GoToScreen2Button brings you to Screen2, and clicking on the GoToScreen1Button...
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