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New “How Do I” Videos Released on Entity Framework & WPF
26 August 09 10:18 AM

Yesterday we released a couple more videos onto the Visual Basic Developer Center on building WPF data-entry forms with Entity Framework: How Do I: Hook Up and Display Validation in WPF using Entity Framework? How Do I: Build a WPF Master-Detail Data Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 5 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, WPF, VS2008, Videos, DevCenter, Data, Entity Framework

Filtering Entity Framework Collections in Master-Detail Forms
16 July 09 05:18 PM

Last post I talked about how to get WPF data binding to work with master-detail entity collections. I had a couple readers ask me how they could filter the child collection instead of bringing them all down so in this post I’d like to show how you could Read More...

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Filed under: WPF, LINQ, VS2008, DevCenter, Article, Entity Framework

Master-Detail Data Binding in WPF with Entity Framework
14 July 09 04:24 PM

Today I thought I would talk about a really common scenario in data applications, creating a master-details (one-to-many) data entry form. I’ve written about WPF data binding and Entity Framework a lot in the past: Posts: Master-Details with Entity Framework Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 16 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, WPF, DevCenter, Article, Data, Entity Framework

Implementing Validation in WPF on Entity Framework Entities
07 July 09 05:14 PM

I’ve blogged before about implementing validation on LINQ to SQL classes as well as how to customize the display of error messages in WPF . In this post I want to show how you can use these same techniques to validate entities coming from the Entity Framework Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 13 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, WPF, VS2008, DevCenter, Article, Entity Framework

New “How Do I” Video Series Released
01 July 09 05:28 PM

I just released 3 new videos onto the VB Dev Center starting a new series on how to do WPF data binding with Entity Framework using Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 . This is a “no frills” WPF series that focuses on data so you won’t see any other tools Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 7 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, WPF, Videos, DevCenter, Entity Framework

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...

Postedby Beth Massi | 0 Comments    

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

Using the WPF ObservableCollection with EF Entities
08 May 09 03:29 PM

The ObservableCollection is a special WPF collection that provides proper notifications to the UI when items are added, removed, or the list is refreshed because it implements INotifyCollectionChanged . It’s common to use this collection (or inherit from Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 12 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, WPF, LINQ, VS2008, DevCenter, Article, Data, Entity Framework

Notifying the UI when Entity References Change in Lookup Comboboxes
04 May 09 07:51 PM

Last week I wrote about how to data bind WPF lookup comboboxes to entities returned from the Entity Framework. I described that the key to this type of binding is setting the SelectedItem to the object reference itself on the navigation property instead Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 6 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, WPF, VS2008, DevCenter, Article, Data, Entity Framework

Data Binding WPF Lookup Combobox Values to EF Entities
30 April 09 07:57 AM

It’s extremely common to have to hook up lookup tables on your data entry forms in order to populate foreign keys in a database. I’ve talked about how to do this in Winforms and WPF with Datasets and LINQ to SQL before: How Do I: Create a Lookup Combobox Read More...

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Filed under: Visual Basic, WPF, LINQ, VS2008, DevCenter, Article, Data, Entity Framework

ADO.NET Data Services - Intercepting Queries and Adding Validation
21 January 09 08:53 PM

Last few posts I've been building a WPF client against ADO.NET Data Services, if you missed them: Using ADO.NET Data Services ADO.NET Data Services - Building a WPF Client ADO.NET Data Services - Enforcing FK Associations and a Fix for Deleting Entities Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 6 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, WPF, LINQ, DevCenter, Article, Data, N-tier, Entity Framework, ADO.NET Data Services

What's New in Visual Studio 2008 SP1 - Client and Data Features
11 September 08 12:51 PM

Last night I spoke at East Bay.NET UG on some of the new features in Visual Studio Service Pack 1 focusing on client and data. I did a whirlwind tour of new SQL 2008 data types and Sync Services enhancements , ADO.NET Entity Framework , ADO.NET Data Services Read More...

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Filed under: Visual Basic, WPF, Speaking, VS2008, Community, SQL Server, ClickOnce, DevCenter, Office, Data, Entity Framework