By Mark Latchey, on February 17th, 2012%
Recently launched Silverlight 5 beta having nice features of XAML binding debugging. To Start with this, as a prerequisites makes sure you have latest version Silverlight Toolkit SDK with Visual Studio 2010 SP1 installed. Once you are done with the setup, first create a simple Silverlight 5 Application with which has some XAL Data Binding.
Now you . . . → Read More: Silverlight 5 Hosting :: How to Debug XAML Data Bindings in Silverlight 5 Beta ?
By Landon Ferguson, on February 13th, 2012%
This post discusses to edit the displayed data in Silverlight page and save the changes back to database. Insert, Update and Delete operations can be done using domain service object context. All the changes you made to this object are collectively submitted to the database when you call the SubmitChanges method.
This post requires to create a . . . → Read More: Silverlight Hosting :: Editing Silverlight page data using Domain Service
By Mark Latchey, on February 6th, 2012%
It has been so painful to write the title above, but I have been asked the question above several times. The reason people are asking the question is simple. They have seen support introduced for Silverlight 4 in MSCRM 2011, they are aware of the upcoming of Silverlight 5 and HTML 5, which on the face . . . → Read More: Silverlight 5 Hosting :: Silverlight 5 vs HTML 5 in the CRM Namespace
By Mark Latchey, on February 3rd, 2012%
HostForLIFE.eu was established to cater to an under served market in the hosting industry; web hosting for customers who want excellent service. HostForLIFE.eu – a cheap, constant uptime, excellent customer service, quality, and also reliable hosting provider in advanced Windows and ASP.NET technology. We proudly announces the availability of the Silverlight 5 hosting in our entire . . . → Read More: Press Release – Premier European HostForLIFE.eu Launches Silverlight 5 Hosting
By Mark Latchey, on January 27th, 2012%
Introduction:
As we know, Silverlight has limitations for accessing files from local drives. In this article, we will see how to read and write files anywhere in local drives.
Creating OOB Silverlight Application:
Fire up VS 2010 and create a Silverlight Application with the name ReadingWritingFiles.
Setting for OOB Silverlight Application:
The settings for OOB application is given here.
First, go to the . . . → Read More: Silverlight 4 Hosting :: How to Read and Write Files in Silverlight 4
By Mark Latchey, on January 10th, 2012%
In this article we are going to explore the WCF Ria Services with Silverlight 5. Lets start with the basics for the first timers .
Create a new SL project as shown below :
Note the DLLs that are added when you enable WCF RIA Service support.
In the web project Add New Item . Add a Data Model . . . → Read More: Silverlight 5 Hosting :: Basic About Silverlight 5
By Landon Ferguson, on November 22nd, 2011%
This article walks through the ‘Enterprise Library: Logging application‘ configuration process to log data to database using WCF service.
Note that regardless of Web service type i.e., SOAP or RESTful the configuration process is same.
Technical environment:-
Visual Studio 2010 with .NET 4.0
Enterprise library 5.0
WCF
ASP.NET Web application on Client end.
Open Service Web.config using Enterprise library configuration tool
Open the Service . . . → Read More: Silverlight WCF Hosting :: Configuring WCF service to utilise Enterprise Library – Logging application to log data to database
By Mark Latchey, on November 16th, 2011%
We can create a custom menu control in Silverlight using the following steps.
Step 1: Create a Custom Menu control in Silverlight.
With the help of ToggleButton and Popup controls in Silverlight, we can create a custom menu control as follows.
<ToggleButton x:Name=”toggleButton” Style=”{StaticResource ColorToggleButtonStyle}” BorderBrush=”{x:Null}” Height=”20″ Width=”90″ Click=”toggleButton_Click”>
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width=”20″ />
<ColumnDefinition Width=”58″ />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBlock Height=”14″ Name=”txtview” . . . → Read More: Silverlight Hosting :: How to Create Custom Control Menu in Silverlight
By Landon Ferguson, on November 7th, 2011%
Service contract means the collective mechanisms by which a service’s capabilities and requirements are specified for its consumers. We must say that it defines the operations that a service will perform when executed. It tells more things about a service, like message data types, operation locations, the protocols the client will need in order to communicate . . . → Read More: WCF Hosting :: WCF Service Contract
By Landon Ferguson, on October 20th, 2011%