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Friday, November 20, 2009 11:06 AM

Silverlight 4 Fluid UI

This is the first of many mini-tutorials on Silverlight 4 features. An enhancement has been made that allows you to add animation when items are added ,or removed from, the list box.  Silverlight 4 adds a new StateGroup to the ListBoxItem class:...
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Sunday, November 15, 2009 12:43 AM

The Silverlight HVP Spec

The Silverlight HyperVideo Player: A Community Project The Silverlight HVP Elevator Pitch : The Silverlight H yper V ideo P layer (HVP) will do for Silverlight How Do I Videos what Hypertext did for the Internet: it will provide simple, fast, and easy...
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Friday, November 06, 2009 2:28 PM

Designer v Xaml v Code

This is the second in my new series on Getting Started With Silverlight (please see the first article for information on the series and where to get the software you need). [updated11/8] Don’t Start with Xaml… Until recently, just about every introduction...
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Monday, November 02, 2009 9:44 AM

Silverlight From Zero

This is the first of a series of blog posts directed at folks who are new to Silverlight and/or want to brush up on the fundamentals. It will consist of mini-tutorials on topics I think need more coverage, and links to existing mini-tutorials , tutorials...
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Friday, September 25, 2009 6:42 PM

RIA: Data Source Control

Turing Project Page : [Novice: 11 | Advanced: 8 ] FAQ | Table of Contents | Definitions What is this and where do I start ? Part 3 of 3 This is the last of a three part sub-series on using Entity Frameworks and RIA Data Services to move data from our...
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Thursday, September 24, 2009 4:48 PM

Project Turing: Beginning RIA Svcs

Turing Project Page : [Novice: 9 | Advanced: 6 ] FAQ | Table of Contents | Definitions What is this and where do I start ? From Database to DataGrid The next step in Project Turing is to create a first iteration of the Silverlight application that will...
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Sunday, September 06, 2009 6:25 PM

Project Turing: Multiple Tables & RIA Services

Turing Project Page : [Novice: 10 | Advanced: 7 ] FAQ | Table of Contents | Definitions What is this and where do I start ? In the previous listing in the Project Turing series, I examined extracting data from a single table and displaying it in the DataGrid...
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Sunday, August 16, 2009 10:48 AM

LinqToSQL A Detailed Review

Turing Project Page : [Novice: 8 | Advanced: 5 ] FAQ | Table of Contents | Definitions What is this and where do I start ? In a previous post I discussed the advantage of separating the Data Access Layer (retrieving data from your data store) from the...
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009 8:39 PM

From DB to DataGrid – So Many Choices!

Turing Project Page : [Novice: 6, Advanced: 4] FAQ Table of Contents What is this and where do I start ? In the previous entry , we created the design for the database. Over the next few postings, we’ll be working with that Data in five distinct ways...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 7:02 PM

DataBase Design & Creation

(click on the image to see other Mini-tutorials ) [Novice: Page 5, Advanced: Page 3] FAQ Table of Contents This project will explore, among other things, getting data into and out of a SQL Database. In fact, we’ll explore a number of ways of doing so...
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Tuesday, August 04, 2009 4:26 PM

Creating A Form – Level 100

(click on the image to see other Mini-tutorials ) Turing Page [Novice: 4] FAQ Table of Contents In Novice Page 3 we were about to create a form. Here is the form we’ll create: Layout Is Easiest In Expression Blend To create this form, I’ll begin by opening...
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Tuesday, August 04, 2009 11:38 AM

Project Turing – Data Entry (a mini-tutorial)

(click on the image to see other Mini-tutorials ) Turing Entry: [Novice: 3] FAQ Table of Contents The Turing Project design calls for a four component system: Data Entry Data Storage Data Service Data Display Eventually Data Entry will be via email or...
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Friday, June 05, 2009 12:21 AM

Silverlight Validation in Detail

  In a previous pos t I mentioned that Silverlight 3 has enhanced support for data entry validation. In this first of two mini-tutorials on the topic,  I will take you through the process of implementing validation in some detail. The key to...
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Monday, May 04, 2009 12:39 AM

Validation. Hey! You’re Done!

div.live { border : blue solid medium; width:550; height:300 } Towards the end of my “ What’s New In Silverlight 3 ” presentation for Tech Ed, I discuss the (much anticipated) enhanced Data Validation in SL3. Now, anyone who has been around the block...
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009 11:16 PM

Animated Visual State Transitions with the Transitioning Content Control

div.live { border : blue solid medium; width:400; height:150 } The Silverlight Toolkit is innovative in many ways, not least of which is that controls are released in one of four quality bands : Mature : ready for release Stable : suitable for most scenarios...
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