Author Archives: Chris

Silverlight 5 Supported Through 2021

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Chris

We’ve written in the past about Microsoft® SilverlightTM as a viable and essential platform for building line of business applications.  After promising a new version by the end of the year, Microsoft released Silverlight 5 on December 9.   There are a … Continue reading →

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Storing Files in SQL Server using WCF RIA Services and Silverlight – Wrap up

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Chris

I recently completed a three part series which described how you can create a Silverlight LOB application that stores and displays documents using FILESTREAM Storage in SQL Server 2008. Here are the articles for your reference. Configuring FILESTREAM in your … Continue reading →

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Storing Files in SQL Server using WCF RIA Services and Silverlight – Part 3

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Chris

This is the third of three articles which will describe how you can create a Silverlight LOB application that stores and displays documents using FILESTREAM Storage in SQL Server 2008. Configuring FILESTREAM in your database and WCF RIA Services setup. Uploading … Continue reading →

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Storing Files in SQL Server using WCF RIA Services and Silverlight – Part 2

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Chris

This is the second of three articles which will describe how you can create a Silverlight LOB application that stores and displays documents using FILESTREAM Storage in SQL Server 2008. 1. Configuring FILESTREAM in your database and WCF RIA Services … Continue reading →

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Storing Files in SQL Server using WCF RIA Services and Silverlight – Part 1

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Chris

We have worked on several Silverlight Line of Business applications that require storing documents and files in a secure environment. There are several ways to accomplish this but one approach that has been successful for us is to store the … Continue reading →

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Locking and Unlocking controls in a Silverlight LOB Application

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Chris

Recently we were working on a Silverlight Line of Business application with a requirement that all data fields should be read only until the user clicks an Edit button.  This was the requirement for all screens and there are quite … Continue reading →

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MIX11 Highlights

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Chris

By now everyone should have recovered from MIX11 and had some time to think about what we saw and learned during that 72 hour conversation.  Here are some of my thoughts from the conference.  (View MIX11 Sessions)   Windows Phone … Continue reading →

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MIX11 – Keynote Notes

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Chris

Day one of MIX11 is in the books and as Larry David would say, “it was pret-ty, pret-ty good”.  There were lots of great sessions, good food, and good conversations occurring.  One of the best things about these conferences is … Continue reading →

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WP7 Insights #4: Detecting and Reacting to Connectivity

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Chris

This article is the fourth in a series which discusses some of the things that I learned while developing my first Windows Phone 7 application.  Update – I now have two apps in the WP7 marketplace, so I have more … Continue reading →

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WP7 Insights #3: Storing User State – Activating and Deactivating

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Chris

This article is the third in a series which discusses some of the things that I learned while developing my first Windows Phone 7 application. The Dwolla app contains a login screen which requires a user to enter their Dwolla … Continue reading →

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