Community Blogs

MVVM Light Toolkit Logo by P. Schutz

2009-11-07T22:03:54Z

I met Philippe Schutz at the TechDays in Geneva early this year, and have been following him on Facebook since then. He does amazing work with logos and icons, and it is only natural that I have thought of him when I decided to get a new logo and icons Read More......(read more)

Silverlight Cream for November 07, 2009 -- #726

2009-11-07T18:40:10Z

In this Issue: XamlNinja , Zoltan Arvai , Alan Mendelevich , Dimitris - Ilias Gkanatsios , Chris Klug , Pete Brown , Fons Sonnemans , Tim Heuer , Jeff Prosise , and Mark Miller Shoutouts: Corey Miller posted a User Experience Review post that's a good Read More......(read more)

MVVM Light Toolkit V3 Alpha 2: EventToCommand behavior

2009-11-05T14:57:43Z

Here is another early release of the MVVM Light Toolkit V3 (Alpha 2). I decided to release gradually and early as soon as a new part of this new version is ready, to allow advanced users to install, test and give feedback about the new features. If you Read More......(read more)

Building N-Tier business applications with .NET RIA Services – Part I

2009-11-05T03:17:00Z

Introduction In this series of articles we will talk about building N-Tier Silverlight business application, why we want to use multiple tiers, what problems we have to face and how .NET RIA Services can help us solve our issues. Going N-Tier If you develop Read More......(read more)

Silverlight Cream for November 04, 2009 -- #725

2009-11-04T22:33:57Z

In this Issue: Michael Palermo , Rishi , Microsoft Expression Blog , Jeremy Likness , David Burela , and Ward Bell . Shoutout: Adam Kinney has a Photosynth linked that you won't believe: A Photosynth of Neil Gaiman’s Library From SilverlightCream.com Read More......(read more)

LiveLabs Thumbtack back from the dead

2009-11-04T22:26:38Z

I don't know by what magic this happened, but not only is Thumbtack back online, but everything appears to be intact. As my young dev friend Brian would say: WOOT! Since I didn't get any warm and fuzzies from anyone I tried to contact about this, I have Read More......(read more)

Creating Custom Easing Functions in WPF 4 (and Silverlight)

2009-11-04T21:59:00Z

In a previous post and video, I went through how to use the stock easing functions in your WPF 4 applications. Now, let’s look at how to create your own easing functions. Once you know the formula you want to use, the mechanics of creating custom Read More......(read more)

Silverlight Cream for November 03, 2009 - 2 -- #724

2009-11-04T04:31:04Z

In this Issue: Damian Schenkelman , Jonathan van de Veen , Stephen Forte , Laurent Duveau ( 2 ), Alan Mendelevich , and nmarun . From SilverlightCream.com : Why Silverlight 3 Navigation cannot be fully leveraged when loading modules remotely with Prism Read More......(read more)

Silverlight and Internet Download Manager

2009-11-04T01:58:20Z

I am a big fan of the Internet Download Manager (IDM). It has drastically reduced my download times. A typical installation will “hijack” the download process from any installed browser. Usually I don’t mind. However, my Silverlight Read More......(read more)

Silverlight Tour Quebec in December

2009-11-04T01:51:19Z

The Silverlight Tour is visiting Québec city (Qc) again, so get ready to enlighten your RIA app with this top Silverlight 3 training!! When: December 14-16 Where: Québec, Qc Registration (Fr): http://www.runatserver.com/SilverlightTraining.aspx Read More......(read more)

Silverlight Cream for November 03, 2009 -- #723

2009-11-03T15:33:28Z

In this Issue: Mark Miller , SmartyP ( 2 ), Goncalo Chaves ( 2 ), and David Anson . Shoutouts: Walt Ritscher announced October 2009 version of Composite WPF(Prism) released and has some highlights from the release Damian Schenkelman posted a similar announcement Read More......(read more)

Connecting to the SqlMembership model through Silverlight and WCF

2009-11-03T08:06:00Z

Introduction So what is this about? To those of you who are not familiar with the SqlMembership model, this is basically a Microsoft's default implementation of an authentication and authorization model, in this case storing its information in Sql Server Read More......(read more)

Silverlight Cream for November 02, 2009 -- #722

2009-11-03T05:46:56Z

In this Issue: Bob Thomson/Storm Ideas , Danijel Stulic , René Schulte , Jesse Liberty , Windows Client.NET , Sergey Barskity , Jeff Prosise , Vikram Pendse , Frank La Vigne , and Tim Greenfield . Shoutout: Damian Schenkelman posted that Prism 2.1 (Composite Read More......(read more)

Update Out Of Browser (OOB) Silverlight apps

2009-11-03T01:36:11Z

Once your Silverlight application installed on the local computer what happens if there is an update ? The local application is not updated automatically but you can check that in your code. The CheckAndDownloadUpdateAsync() method downloads the updated Read More......(read more)

Debug Out Of Browser (OOB) Silverlight apps

2009-11-03T00:11:50Z

An installed (OOB) Silverlight application is supposed to run the same as in browser, but sometimes you might want to debug it. First you could attach VS to the sllauncher.exe process, but there is easier: Run your application in the browser and install Read More......(read more)