September 2006 - Posts
If you're doing WPF development, you really need to check out Dan Crevier 's series on DataModel-View-ViewModel. Right now there is no easy way to read through all his posts on the subject without navigating through them using the calendar control on
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In Part 1 we created a simple WPF application that demonstrated WPF's ability to automatically update bindings and in Part 2 we extended the application to use WCF by using callbacks to notify WPF of the changes. In this part we will get rid of the XML
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In part 1 we created a very simple application that actually didn't even use WCF. The next step in the process is to migrate our ContactProvider from an in-proc class to be a WCF service. We will then use WCF callbacks to notify the application that the
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One of the magical features of WPF is the way that data bindings automagically refresh when they are bound to an object that implements INotifyPropertyChanged . You can also get this same magic by binding to a collection of objects (which implement INotifyPropertyChanged)
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A few weeks ago I lost my SP5 SmartPhone and so I was on the market for a new SmartPhone. I had seen the HTC MTeoR but wasn't convinced it was the right phone for me. Especially after reading some of the reviews which said the phone wasn't suitable for
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When the WMP 11 beta came out I installed it and created an URGE account. I bought some music with the account and then each time I installed a new operating system I would restore my music library. Well I've gone through a laptop upgrade and several
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I had a problem with a WCF service that I created in that I couldn't access the Metadata Exchange (MEX) endpoint using svcutil to generate my client classes if I ran the site under a special service account. Everything else seemed to work, just the MEX
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Well I was very excited about the Vista RC1. I downloaded it, burned it to a DVD, and got ready to install it but instead I got: Windows cannot be installed on this computer with the current system BIOS version. Contact your computer manufacturer for
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via Neowin : Windows Vista RC1 was just posted on Microsoft Connect. (~2:45 EST) View: Windows Vista Blog Posting Download: Windows Vista RC1 (Connect Users Only) Pretty cool. I'm downloading it right now. I had heard that RC1 was going to be delayed,
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Via Jason Zander : NETFX 3.0 just went live on the web today, you can download it here . NETFX 3.0 contains Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Windows Workflow, and Windows Cardspace. You can find out more information
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Just got my new mouse from Amazon . I had a gift certificate that I had been sitting on for quite some time, so the $75 notebook mouse seemed like a good buy. Logitech VX Revolution Cordless Laser Mouse for Notebooks Other products by Logitech I'm running
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