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As WinForms and WebForms developers, we are used to building user interfaces (UIs) that look like this: Notice the rectangular header area and the rectangular link area and the rectangular data entry area. With Silverlight it is (relatively) easy to give...
I just needed to add a simple image to my Silverlight application to include a company logo. Three hours later … This post provides information on the image formats supported by Silverlight so that you don't run into the same issues and waste as much...
I mentioned in this prior post that RIA Services did not know how to handle properties that have an Enum data type. The problem is not really that RIA Services does not know how to handle the properties; rather it does not have any knowledge of the Enum...
So I have read in dozens of places that you can easily share a source code file between your business objects and your Silverlight project. So I thought I would try it. No go. [To begin with an overview of Silverlight, RIA, and your business objects,...
There may be times when you want RIA Services to ignore a property in your business object. This may be the case if you know you won't ever need to access the property from your Silverlight UI or if you can't make RIA services understand the property...
With RIA Services, it is easy to use your own business objects in your Silverlight application… once you have the basic plumbing in place. However, there are quite a few steps required to set up that plumbing. This post details the process of hooking...
Gradients are a good way to make your application more visually interesting. They turn a flat solid color into something more natural and appealing to the eye by creating an illusion of light and shadow. For example, compare this image which uses flat...