RIA Services for Silverlight

I downloaded the CTP of RIA Services for Silverlight along with accompanying documentation this morning.  I have read the documentation and wanted to share a few thoughts on this product. The product looks very promising to me.  Here is an overview of the key features.  You can configure RIA Services to use ether Linq to …

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Silverlight 3.0

I read a few notes from Mix 09 about Silverlight 3.0.  It has a lot of great new features.  Read for yourself if you would like.  Here is a link to a free short eBook that covers parts of new functionality. http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/0/5/3055A230-B06F-4A58-AC93-B7CFD2184A70/FirstLookSL3Moroney.pdf

Working with resources in Silverlight

Localizing a Silverlight application is a pretty trivial task if you use resources.  Once you create a resource file you are working with, you can use the code-behind class in XAML and bind to properties from that class that contain localized strings.  First, import the namespace that is used for resx file, typically ApplicationResources xmlns:Localized="clr-namespace:MyApplication.Resources" …

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Atlanta Code Camp 2009

This year’s code camp is upon us.  I have volunteered to speak at this code camp.  My topic is “Building Silverlight Business Applications using CSLA.NET for Silverlight”.  Please check out the Code Camp web site for more details.  As always, I am excited to speak in front of my fellow coders. Download presentation and sample …

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Editing Silverlight’s DataGrid’s templates in Blend

Blend has a small issue when it comes to editing of column templates for DataGrid.  If you define the template in-line as part of column definition, there is no way to edit that in Blend.  There is an easy workaround however.  You need to define DataTemplate as part of user control’s resources.  Once you open …

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SSRS and “Unable to load client print control” issue

I was faced with a new (to me) problem today.  As part of testing of a Silverlight application that has SSRS based reports, the client reported an issue on some machines.  They are able to print a report, but clicking on export or print button was causing issues.  The actual error reported from Silverlight application …

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