Silverlight 2 (beta1) – Database Operations with ASP.NET Web Service in Silverlight 2

Silverlight 2 (beta1) – Database Operations with ASP.NET Web Service in Silverlight 2

Update You can download the latest version of sample that works with Silverlight 2 beta2 from this link. Introduction This is the step-by-step tutorial for how to do database operations (Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete) with ASP.NET web service (asmx) in…

ADO.NET Data Service Silverlight Client is not compatible with Silverlight 2

I received some comments from a few people asking me how to use Astoria Silverlight Client in Silverlight 2 beta1. So, I tried to update my sample with Silverlight 2 beta 1. but when I added Microsoft.Data.WebClient.dll as a reference…

Tips/Tricks: Silverlight 2 (beta 1) Tools for Visual Studio 2008 Installation Error

Tips/Tricks: Silverlight 2 (beta 1) Tools for Visual Studio 2008 Installation Error

Problem ~ An Error Has Occurred: Silverlight Tools cannot be installed because one or more of the following conditions is true: 1. Visual Studio 2008 RTM is not installed. 2. The Web Authoring feature of Visual Studio is not installed….

C# 3.0 Tutorials: What is Anonymous type?

C# 3.0 Tutorials: What is Anonymous type?

This is my fourth part of my C# 3.0 tutorials. We have finished learning about automatic properties that introduces new and shorter way of creating the properties, object and collection initializer that gave us the way to initialize the object…

Silverlight 2 (beta1) Installer, SDK and Documentation are available now!

Silverlight 2 (beta1) installer, SDK and documentation are available to download now! (Thanks to coolio for giving this information before Microsoft officially announce that news. ) Microsoft® Silverlight™ 2 Silverlight 2 (beta1) runtime (download) Microsoft® Silverlight™ 2 Software Development Kit…

C# 3.0 Tutorials: Implicitly typed local variables

C# 3.0 Tutorials: Implicitly typed local variables

This is the third article of C# 3.0 tutorial series. We will take a look the first feature called “Implicitly typed local variables declaration” in this article. What is Implicitly typed local variable? Implicitly typed local variable is a variable…