Author Archives: Chris

WP7 Insights #2: Creating a Splash Screen in WP7

This article is the second in a series which discusses some of the things that I learned while developing my first Windows Phone 7 application. One thing I wanted to do in my WP7 app was to provide a nice … Continue reading

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WP7 Insights #1: Consuming REST APIs within a WP7 app

This article is the first in a series which discusses some of the things that I learned while developing my first Windows Phone 7 application. My first Windows Phone 7 application, Dwolla, was accepted into the marketplace about a month … Continue reading

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Encryption and Decryption tips for Silverlight apps

We recently created a Silverlight application to manage orders submitted on one of our client’s e-commerce website.  Everything was going well until it was realized that the customer billing information was encrypted in the database.  So I started to research … Continue reading

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WCF RIA Services Deployment with Multiple Bindings

I have been able to deploy a few Silverlight applications which use WCF RIA Services with success. Look here for one of my previous posts about deployment.  One issue came up today that I thought was worthwhile to share. The … Continue reading

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Why Can I Not Focus?

Recently a coworker and I created a Silverlight Business Application for a new project.  This project comes with a Login screen which is very nice.  After a few times starting the application I found myself having to click in the … Continue reading

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Using Silverlight in a User Control

Including a Silverlight application in a user control was not as easy as I expected… In a recent project I created a new Silverlight application which was going to be included in an existing ASP.NET website.  The Silverlight application was … Continue reading

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Deploying and Configuring Silverlight 4 and WCF RIA Services

I really enjoy building applications using Silverlight 4 and WCF RIA Services. Working locally works great and usually there are few issues. Deployment to our servers, however, is a different story.  I have learned more than I care to know … 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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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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