July, 2012

LightSwitch gives us the ability to import data from numerous sources. This data can then be shown to the end user in an editable grid by simply creating editable grid screens based off that data. The column names of the grid will correspond to the field...

UPDATE December 6th, 2012: With the release of HTML Client Preview 2 some of the code in this article may not work correctly. For updated information please see: Custom Controls and Data Binding in the LightSwitch HTML Client ---- With the HTML Client...

Many problems can occur in applications when multiple users are allowed to edit the same record at the same time. Some simple applications take a “last edit wins” approach, where the last person to save their changes gets their changes applied...

Sorting data across relationships is often required when building applications within LightSwitch.  For example, suppose you are building a LightSwitch application that attaches to the Category and Product tables from the Northwind database. You...

Now that LightSwitch in Visual Studio 2012 supports the ability to consume OData feeds , there are a wide variety of feeds that can be used to build interesting LightSwitch applications, ranging from NetFlix to Dynamics CRM. However, it’s important...

Matt Sampson has a new blog today that covers how to find your OData Services that LightSwitch produces, and then how to create a custom Silverlight control for your LightSwitch screens that easily enables you to find these OData Services. Check out...