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April 2009 - Posts

How Do I: Associate a Validation Rule with a Binding

While we can validate bound data manually, WPF binding has the capability to apply validation in the binding itself. In this video, Todd Miranda demonstrates how to add validation to bindings.

Author: Todd Miranda

How Do I: Use Linq With Files

In this video Pat Tormey demonstrates ‘How To’ use LINQ with the file system. With a LINQ Query Pat extracts, filters, and sorts the file objects while importing the list into a list based on a custom class in only a couple of lines of code.

Author: Pat Tormey

How Do I: Create a Report From a Business Object?

Visual Studio developers will learn how to build a simple local report showing data returned by a business object using the ReportViewer control in Visual Studio 2008.

Author:  Boris Scholl

How Do I: Create a Report From a Database?

Visual Studio developers will learn how to build a simple local report showing data from a database using the ReportViewer control in Visual Studio 2008.

Author:  Boris Scholl

How Do I: Add Design Time Data to a Control

When creating controls that can be used by other developers, it is often a nice feature to include example data in the design environment. In this video, Todd Miranda demonstrates how to display example data at design time.

 Author: Todd Miranda

How Do I: Detect Designmode in a Usercontrol

When working with a usercontrol in WPF, you may wish to have it display differently when displayed in the designer. In this video, Todd Miranda demonstrates how to determine if a control is displayed in the designer or not.

 Author: Todd Miranda

How Do I: Use Effects in WPF
Prior to SP1, BitmapEffects were not the best performers. However after SP1, we can now use Effects for better performing UI enhancements. In this video, Todd Miranda demonstrates how to use Effects in WPF.

Author: Todd Miranda