Microsoft Silverlight 5 Data and Services Cookbook by Cleeren, Gill -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Microsoft Silverlight 5 Data and Services Cookbook

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Preface

What this book covers What you need for this book Who this book is for Conventions Reader feedback Customer support

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1. Learning the Nuts and Bolts of Silverlight 5

Introduction Getting our environment ready to start building Silverlight applications

How to do it... How it works... See also

Creating our first service-enabled and data-driven Silverlight 5 application using Visual Studio 2010

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

The solution and project structure

Services Data binding

See also

Using the workflow between Visual Studio 2010 and Blend 5

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

Using source control in Visual Studio 2010 and Blend 5

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... Commonly used terms in TFS

Deploying a Silverlight application on the server

How to do it... How it works...

Configuration changes on the server What if the server doesn't allow using XAP?

2. An Introduction to Data Binding

Introduction Displaying data in Silverlight applications

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

Creating dynamic bindings

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Binding data to another UI element

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Element bindings without bindings

See also

Binding collections to UI elements

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

Enabling a Silverlight application to automatically update its UI

Getting ready How to do it...

How it works...

Single objects Collections Cleaning up the code

Obtaining data from any UI element it is bound to

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

Using the different modes of data binding to allow persisting data

Getting ready How to do it...

How it works... There's more... See also

Debugging data binding expressions in Visual Studio

Getting ready How to do it...

How it works See also

Data binding from Expression Blend 5

How to do it... How it works...

Using Expression Blend 5 for sample data generation

How to do it...

3. Advanced Data Binding

Introduction Hooking into the data binding process

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

The ConverterParameter Displaying images based on a URL with converters

Replacing converters with Silverlight 5 BindingBase properties

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

Validating data-bound input

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

Validating data input using attributes

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Other uses of data annotations

See also

Validating using IDataErrorInfo and INotifyDataErrorInfo

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

Using templates to customize the way data is shown by controls

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Using implicit data templates

Getting ready How to do it... How it works See also

Using the Ancestor RelativeSource binding

Getting ready How to do it... How it works See also

Creating custom markup extensions

Getting ready How to do it... How it works

Building a change-aware collection type

Getting ready How to do it...

How it works... See also

Combining converters, data binding, and DataContext into a custom DataTemplate

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

4. The Data Grid

Introduction Displaying data in a customized DataGrid

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also...

Inserting, updating, and deleting data in a DataGrid

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also...

Sorting and grouping data in a DataGrid

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Sorting a template column

See also

Filtering and paging data in a DataGrid

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also...

Using custom columns in the DataGrid

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Implementing master-detail in the DataGrid

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Validating the DataGrid

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also...

5. Working with Local Data

Introduction Reading data from and storing data in the isolated storage

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Where's my data Isolated storage size

See also

Working with IsolatedStorageSettings

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

Caching data between different Silverlight applications using isolated storage

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

What about IsolatedStorageSettings?

Using the Sterling database

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Getting Sterling Creating a database The Sterling engine Saving and loading data Triggers

See also

6. MVVM

Introduction Creating a basic MVVM application

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

Using MVVM Light to enable MVVM applications

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

Connecting a View to a ViewModel using a ViewModelLocator

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

Connecting a View to a ViewModel using MEF

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

Using commands to pass your events to the ViewModel

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

See also

Communicating between different ViewModels

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

Leveraging a messenger to wrap application-wide messages

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

7. Working with Services

Introduction Connecting and reading from a standardized service

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

Persisting data using a standardized service

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

Configuring cross-domain calls

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Working cross-domain from a trusted Silverlight application

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

Reading XML using HttpWebRequest

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

The request The response Threading headaches

See also

Reading out an RSS feed

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

RSS versions

Accessing a database in the cloud

Getting ready How to do it... How it works

Accessing a service in the cloud

Getting ready How to do it... How it works See also

Running a Silverlight application from the cloud

Getting ready How to do it... How it works

There's more

See also

Using socket communication in Silverlight

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

The policy server The socket server Connecting the Silverlight application

8. Talking to WCF and ASMX Services

Introduction Invoking a service that exposes data

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

The WCF service

Connecting to the service

See also

Invoking a service such as Bing.com

Getting ready How to do it...

How it works... There's more... See also

Optimizing performance using binary XML

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

The default configuration is different depending on the version of Silverlight you're using Using binary encoding is not a security measure

See also

Debugging a service in Silverlight

Getting ready How to do it...

How it works...

Types of faults

Declared faults Undeclared faults

Using ASP.NET Authentication in Silverlight

Getting ready How to do it...

How it works...

There's more

Uploading files to a WCF service

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

Displaying images as a stream from a WCF service

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

9. Talking to WCF and ASMX Services—One Step Beyond

Introduction Using duplex communication over HTTP

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

PollingDuplexBinding: polling, binding, and assemblies The service The client

See also

Using duplex communication with the WCF net.tcp binding

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Running with elevated permissions Setup requirements

See also

Ensuring data is encrypted

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

Securing service communication using message-based security

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Transport security is required

See also

Integrating Windows Identity Foundation in Silverlight

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

Calling a WCF service from Silverlight using ChannelFactory

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

10. Talking to REST and WCF Data Services

Introduction Reading data from a REST service

Getting ready How to do it...

How it works... See also

Parsing REST results with LINQ To XML

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

Persisting data using a REST service

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

Working with the ClientHttp stack

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Advantages of the ClientHttp stack

See also

Communicating with a REST service using JSON

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

Using WCF Data Services with Silverlight

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Locked-down services

See also

Reading data using WCF Data Services

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

Persisting data using WCF Data Services

Getting ready How to do it...

How it works... There's more...

Talking to Flickr

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Flickr... more information

See also

Talking to Twitter over REST

Getting ready How to do it...

How it works... See also

Passing credentials and cross-domain access to Twitter from a trusted Silverlight application

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Let's go cross-domain! Pass me those credentials, will you?

See also

11. Using WCF RIA Services

Introduction Setting up a data solution to work with WCF RIA Services

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

The WCF RIA Services Toolkit

See also

Using a WCF RIA Services class library

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

What about the WCF RIA Services link in the Silverlight client? Better naming, no templates

See also

Getting data on the client

Getting ready How to do it... How it works.. There's more...

Some details on code generation Aren't there some properties missing? Excluding some properties

See also

Using LoadBehavior to control what happens to your data once it's sent to the client

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

Controlling the server-side query from the client

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

Sorting and filtering data on the server

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

Paging through your data

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

Persisting a change set/unit of work

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

Working with concurrency and transactions

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

12. Advanced WCF RIA Services

Introduction Tracking a user's identity default Windows authentication

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

Tracking a user's identity — a custom authentication service

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

Integrating Windows Identity Foundation with WCF RIA Services

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

Controlling a user's access to services and service methods

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

Validating data: using data annotations

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

Validating data: writing a custom validator

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

Validating data: server-side validation with client-side feedback

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

Validating data: triggering validation when needed

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

Validating data: using the ValidationContext

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Why is my Validation.Items collection sometimes empty?

See also

Handling errors on the server

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

Using SQL Azure with WCF RIA Services

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

Exposing WCF RIA Domain Services as OData endpoints

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

Exposing WCF RIA Domain Services for other technologies

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

13. Windows Phone 7

Introduction

The sample scenario for this chapter

Getting our environment ready to start building Windows Phone 7 applications

How to do it...

Building your first data-driven Windows Phone 7 application

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Application model, a device, and the emulator Pages, navigation, and orientation Application Bar Isolated Storage Panorama and Pivot

See also

Getting data on your Windows phone 7 using WCF

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

ASMX services WCF services Data transfer Credentials What works and what doesn't work

See also

Accessing REST services from Windows Phone 7 using XML

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

Accessing REST services from Windows Phone 7 using JSON

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Why JSON?

See also

Working with push notifications using the cloud

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Storing data in a local SQL CE database

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

The database context The model classes Interaction with the database Save often

See also

Using the background transfer service

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Restrictions

A. Appendix

Creating a REST service from WCF Installing an SQL Server database

Attaching an MDF file Executing a query file

Working with Fiddler

Local traffic

Working with the Silverlight control toolkit Working with WIF Installing the WCF RIA Services Toolkit Installing and using NuGet

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