June 2010 - Posts
Master – Detail layouts are the bread and butter of Line of Business (LOB) applications. This video will show you how to drag & drop from the Data Sources Window to create the UI that is sourced from an Object DataSource.
Related Blog Post: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/wpfsldesigner/archive/2010/01/19/create-wpf-master-detail-ui-using-data-sources-window-object-datasource.aspx
Author: Karl Shifflett
In a typical Windows Forms application control placement is set using the Location property, setting the X and Y sub property values. The Windows Forms designer provides a complete set of tools for aligning and sizing controls.
The WPF and Silverlight platforms are different in both available tooling and layout options.
This article will demonstrate some form layout techniques to help Windows Forms developer's make the transition to WPF or Silverlight.
We'll first lay the form out using the same familiar techniques you're used to in Windows Forms; then we'll create the form using a typical WPF & Silverlight workflow.
Related Blog Post: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/wpfsldesigner/archive/2010/06/04/layout-techniques-for-windows-forms-developers.aspx
Author: Karl Shifflett
This short walk-through video demonstrates to WPF and Silverlight developers the new Grid control design-time features for manipulating rows and columns on the design surface. These new features include, inserting, moving or deleting rows and columns.
Related Blog Post: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/wpfsldesigner/archive/2010/01/14/wpf-silverlight-layout-controls.aspx
Author: Karl Shifflett
Resource Dictionaries are a powerful feature in WPF and Silverlight that enable developers to organize and consume reusable resources.
After watching this video you'll understand how to create and merge resource dictionaries in WPF and Silverlight; how to add, consume and modify resources in the dictionary using the tools provided by the WPF and Silverlight Designer in Visual Studio 2010.
Related Blog Post: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/wpfsldesigner/archive/2010/06/03/creating-and-consuming-resource-dictionaries-in-wpf-and-silverlight.aspx
Author: Karl Shifflett
In this session Pat Tormey walks us through “How Do I” Use SQL Azure with WinForms applications for line of Business applications.
There is, of course nothing tricky about using SQL Azure with WinForms it’s just SQL.
Here you will learn how to connect to and existing ASL Azure database and edit related tables. There is a quick note on using SQL Migration Wizard to assist you on getting your ‘earthly’ data up to the cloud.