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• Data Binding – Data Validation

  The third and final Data Binding topic I'd like to cover for now is Data Validation. I'll modify the code discussed yesterday we're going to validate the Quantity on Hand field, already marked as two-way (that is, the user can enter a new value and it... Posted Oct 13 2008, 12:30 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, Data Binding, Digging Deeper

• Data Binding – Data Conversion

  One of the more interesting topics that arise in Data-binding is that of Data Conversion. So much can be accomplished without explicit conversion that it is easy to overlook… until you hit the real world. To see this, I'll make a small modification to... Posted Oct 12 2008, 10:29 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, Data Binding, Digging Deeper, Dependency Properties

• Data Binding – Margin Notes

  We have a couple tutorials and videos about Data-binding, and once you grok the basics, it is reasonably straightforward. Tutorial – Data-binding Video – Data-binding There are a couple interesting concepts at the edges that are worth calling out, however... Posted Oct 11 2008, 01:54 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, Data Binding, Digging Deeper

• New Tutorial: DataBinding and Data Templates

  I’m pleased to announce that we’ve posted a new tutorial: DataBinding and Data Templates Using Expression Blend available in HTML and pdf with source code.   This should nicely complement the three new videos on DataBinding An overview of Databinding... Posted Jul 30 2008, 06:53 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Recommended Resources, Tutorials, How Do I Videos, Data Binding, Digging Deeper, Blend For Programmers

• Three New Videos On Data Binding

  I’m pleased to announce that we’ve posted three new videos on DataBinding and on DataTemplates (creating templates that control the display of a collection of data in a list control such as a list box) Unfortunately, we swapped the images for the Blend... Posted Jul 17 2008, 09:47 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, How Do I Videos, Data Binding, Digging Deeper, Blend For Programmers

• Silverlight Debugging Challenge

  In about a week, I'll be posting a video on creating a form that responds to keyboard shortcuts (as an intro to a video on user controls). This is also covered in the tutorial User Controls ) As a challenge to those of you who are already comfortable... Posted May 01 2008, 11:04 AM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, silverlight 2.0, How Do I Videos, Data Binding

• How do you know INotifyPropertyChanged is Working

  Today I had the great enjoyment to make two presentations to the Microsoft Health and Life Sciences Conference here in Atlantic City. While showing DataBinding, I became interested in demonstrating the effects of INotifyPropertyChanged, The basic mechanism... Posted Apr 23 2008, 05:45 PM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, Presentations, silverlight 2.0, Data Binding

• Binding Data How Do I Video Posted

  I'm pleased to say that we've posted a new How Do I Video on Binding Data to Silverlight 2 Controls. In the very beginning of this video I say it is about "wiring up events" but I'm confused and befuddled -- it is, of course, about... Posted Apr 18 2008, 07:21 AM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, silverlight 2.0, Recommended Resources, How Do I Videos, Data Binding

• Tutorial: Data From a SQL DB via WCF (using LINQ)

  My 4th tutorial Displaying SQL Database Data in a DataGrid using LINQ and WCF is now available, as is the source code and a version of the tutorial in PDF For the moment, I recommend the PDF version as the images are clearer. We're fixing up the HTML... Posted Apr 04 2008, 09:37 AM by Blogs Filed under: LINQ, Learning Silverlight, silverlight 2.0, Tutorials, Data Binding

• Tip of the Day - Binding to a Collection

  The Tip of the Day doesn't usually carry on a related series of postings, but data binding is so important that I'm making an exception this weekend. Yesterday we looked at laying out a form using a grid holding a DataGrid and a second grid to... Posted Mar 16 2008, 10:00 AM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, Silverlight Features, silverlight 2.0, Tip of the Day, Data Binding