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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...

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

Migrating an Outlook Client to .NET Framework 4 in Visual Studio 2010
15 December 09 11:12 PM

Early this year we built a business application for order management for Northwind Traders on the Office and SharePoint platform using Visual Studio 2008 and Office & SharePoint 2007. If you missed them: Architecture of the Northwind Office Business Read More...

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Filed under: Visual Basic, WPF, DevCenter, Article, Office, VS2010, VSTO, OBA

XAML Power Toys Released for Visual Studio 2010
26 October 09 04:25 PM

I finally made my way back home from Europe and I’m still digging through all my email, newsletters, feeds, etc. But one of the items that grabbed my attention is this week Karl Shifflett released updated XAML Power Tools for Visual Studio 2008 as well Read More...

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Filed under: WPF, VS2008, DevCenter, VS2010

Good Times at DevTeach, Vancouver
19 June 09 05:24 PM

Last week I spoke at DevTeach in Vancouver which was held at the beautiful Four Seasons in downtown. I love this Canadian conference because the attendees are great – super friendly and social, and ask a lot of great questions. I mostly interacted with Read More...

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Filed under: Visual Basic, WPF, Speaking, LINQ, VS2008, Community, DevCenter, XML, 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 Drag-Drop Data Binding on dnrTV & WPF Business App Resources
07 January 09 03:03 PM

I'm still catching up from holiday vacation so I just watched my dnrTV episode today that I filmed with Carl when I saw him at DevTeach in Montreal last month. I always enjoy interviewing with Carl. He has a way of making you feel comfortable and making Read More...

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Filed under: Visual Basic, WPF, Community, Videos, DevCenter, VS2010

Channel 9 Interview: WPF Drag-Drop Data Binding in Visual Studio 2010
26 November 08 09:54 AM

And speaking of RAD with WPF .... I just posted a new Channel 9 video with Milind Lele , Program Manager on the Visual Studio Pro Tools team.  In this interview Milind shows one of the new RAD improvements I was talking about that is coming to WPF Read More...

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Filed under: Visual Basic, WPF, Channel9, VS2010

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