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Build WPF Data Controls for Outlook Addins Easily with VS2010
21 December 09 02:14 PM

Last post I showed how to migrate our Northwind Outlook client to .NET 4 and Office 2010 . This Outlook Add-in displays order history information in an adjoining form region so sales associates can see that data immediately when communicating with customers. Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 0 Comments    

Filed under: WPF, DevCenter, Article, Office, Data, VS2010, VSTO, OBA

N-Tier Application Patterns with Entity Framework
05 August 09 03:20 PM

This month’s MSDN Magazine has a particularly good article in there by Danny Simmons , Development Manager on the Entity Framework team, on N-Tier Application Patterns with Entity Framework   that I recommend reading through. He explains the design Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 5 Comments    

Filed under: Data, N-tier, Entity Framework, VS2010

Working with a Local Database File in Visual Studio
31 July 09 12:58 PM

In this post and video I’ve shown folks how to work with a local database file (.mdf, .mdb, .sdf) that resides directly inside your project in order to see updates made while debugging your application. If it looks like everything saves fine while debugging, Read More...

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Filed under: VS2005, VS2008, DevCenter, Data, VS2010

WPF Data Binding Samples on Code Gallery
17 June 09 12:41 PM

One of the many samples released for Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 that you should be aware of are examples of WPF data binding against Entity Data Models. You can find some easy to follow samples here: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/WPFDatabinding This sample Read More...

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Filed under: WPF, DevCenter, Data, Entity Framework, VS2010

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 – Everyone can download and play today!
20 May 09 10:50 AM

Here it is folks, Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 has been released to the public today. Check out the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 1 site to download the Beta, submit product feedback on the Beta 1 Forums , report bugs on Connect , and find Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 11 Comments    

Filed under: WPF, DevCenter, Data, VS2010, VSTO

Channel 9 Interview: WPF Improvements in VS2010 for Business Apps
24 March 09 09:01 AM

I just posted an interview on Channel 9 on WPF Improvements in Visual Studio 2010 for Building Business Apps . At the MVP Summit a few weeks ago, Italian MVP Alessandro del Sole was so excited about the new WPF features in Visual Studio 2010 that he asked Read More...

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Filed under: WPF, Community, Videos, Channel9, Data, VS2010

Building an Office Business Application for TechReady 8
02 February 09 07:09 PM

The last week I've been working with a couple teammates on an Office Business Application (OBA) demonstration we wanted to put together for TechReady 8. TechReady is an internal conference we deliver to the field employees. It's my first one and so far Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 18 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, WPF, VS2008, DevCenter, Office, Data, ADO.NET Data Services, VS2010, VSTO, SharePoint, OBA

WPF Forms over Data Gets Easier in Visual Studio 2010
25 November 08 07:48 PM

Today I was looking at comments on one of my WPF videos on how to create a Master-Detail form in WPF and I had to agree: "I was looking into learning WPF - but jeez, what happened to RAD?  It takes all this to create a simple Master/Detail form?" Read More...

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Filed under: WPF, DevCenter, Data, VS2010