Monthly Archives: April 2010

Is Your Website Up?

Do you know if your website is up and running?  Most people just assume their site is working.  Unfortunately, that is not always a safe assumption. I recently worked with a client who forgot to pay his yearly web hosting … Continue reading

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Using the Tag Property during Silverlight Binding

I attended the DevConnections conference last week in Las Vegas.  Upon my return I immediately wanted to take Silverlight 4 for a test drive.  So, I took my Silverlight 3 application and ran it through an upgrade process.  The upgrade … Continue reading

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Summary of Silverlight at DevConnections

The Spring 2010 DevConnections conference has come to a close and I greatly enjoyed being part of the launch of Visual Studio 2010 and Silverlight 4.  I thought I would share some of my highlights from the Silverlight portion of … Continue reading

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Is Your Business Being Earned?

Last Tuesday a major storm went through Cedar Falls.  Some areas of town were hit with tennis ball size hail.    Apparently when a storm hits, the out-of-town construction companies follow it. Those of you who have had hail damage probably … Continue reading

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Summary of Day 1 at DevConnections

Today was day one of the DevConnections conference in Las Vegas.  This is my first time attending this conference so I was not sure what to expect.  So far I am enjoying the show.  I had a few moments so … Continue reading

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Conditionally Displaying Images when Binding in Silverlight

I have found myself trying to bind records in my XAML code where sometimes I have an image for a record and sometimes I don’t. I really want to display a default image if the record doesn’t have an image. … Continue reading

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