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Complete Generic MVVM in Silverlight Part II 

In the first part of this series I outlined the basic information that you will need to know to get started with MVVM. In this part of the serials I will demonstrate to you how to create a Visual studio structure of MVVM without using any toolkit to help you. After the Structure is in place we will create our model.

How to Use DataTemplate In Silverlight? 

This is a simple article where I have described how we can use DataTemplate in Silverlight Control.

Complete Generic MVVM in Silverlight Part 1 

Almost everyone doing development in Silverlight is talking about MVVM. This is the part 1 on the subject. I decided to split the articles into different parts as this tends to be a confusing subject for the beginners in the subject. What is good about this article is that I will cover the basics of MVVM and give you a full explanation on how you can retrieve, Edit, add, Update and delete data in MVVM and this is the only article I have seen so far that can do that. Another great thing about this article is that we are not going to use any Toolkit to enforce the rules of MVVM, So this is a Generic MVVM Article, you don’t need to install anything or download anything to follow this article.

How to play a Video in Silverlight 

It has been a while since I have written an article. This is because of the load of work that I am doing at my job, privately and here in DNF. Since well I have free time, I will dedicate this time to write new and finish the series that I have started and never finished. This is a small article that i use to demonstrate to you how to play a video in Silverlight.

Loading and Inserting Data from Database in Silverlight Without Using LINQ to SQL Class 

Loading and Inserting Data from Database in Silverlight Without Using LINQ to SQL Class

AutomationProperties in Silverlight 

In my mail I have got one question that How to use AccesKey in Silverlight. I see the problem and spent some hours in that .AutomationProperties contain the following attached properties . They are AcceleratorKey , Accesskey , AutomationId , HelpText ,IsRequiredForForm, ItemStatus, Itemtype,LabeledBy and Name respectively. In this small article I only discuss about AccessKey and HelpText properties . For more details about other member please read the MSDN article in Microsoft site . So let’s start…………

Scrollbar style in Silverlight Expression Blend 4 

In this Article I want to make the design and color of the scroll bar . So, let’s talk on that . I use Expression blend for this . Pl read about expression blend in MSDN or for search in Google how to installed and use this.

A Custom Control in Silverlight 4 

In Silverlight Projects I have seen using Custom Controls are vast. Now when I was studying about CustomControl I learned a lots of things on that . But in searching in internet there also various site regarding on that . MSDN is one of them good resources and others site are also available describing the CustomControl good enough. Whatever I have seen Custom Controls are like Textboxes, Text Blocks, Combo boxes, DatePickes etc . Now it is a little bit confusing that when Microsoft is providing So many controls & u can easily get it in ur ToolBox of ur VisualStudio2010 Silverlight Projects. So what is the meaning of CustomControls & I have also written the example of customcontrols like TextBoxes, DatePicker….. Well , we are going little deep of its basics.

How to show Desktop Notifications in Silverlight 

You might want to show notification from your application like outlook does. As a Silverlight Evangelist I will only demonstrate the Silverlight way. It is just an easy thing to do.

Foreign Key relation like Database in Silverlight using ComboBox 

Sometimes we need to make our users for their convenient not to remember the relationship between Id number with related to its designations. For E.g. in a company there is “Projectmanager”, “developer”, “Sales” etc … persons & they have their individual primary Id with those Ids are also may be related with their designations(or Employee Type.)

Assembly Caching in Silverlight 

In this post , I talk about how to improve the performance of your Silverlight app using the Assembly Caching feature.

Silverlight + JavaScript = Ultimate Combo 

In this post I teach you how you can integrate JavasScript in your Silverlight apps. Sample source code available for download.

How to add Computed Properties in WCF Ria Services on client 

In this post I teach you how can you add a computed property in WCF ria services

How to reduce the Size of your Silverlight Application with Telerik Minifier 

Telerik Assembly Minifier is a tool that lets you extract only the controls’ classes and resources you need to use in your application development, thus significantly reducing the size of the assemblies. Using the Assembly Minifier you will achieve significantly better loading time when the XAP files containing the minified (optimized) assemblies are to be loaded on the client side.

Intelligence tracking System using Telerik Map Control in Silverlight 4 - Part I 

In most of my career, I worked with these kinds of Systems. How track someone? How to intercept Phone calls, How to Spy on Someone? How to Sniff on Devices? The things you see on TV, some of them are not true and some are true and possible. Before you even try to do something illegal on the internet, you must know that there are people who might be looking at you with basic intelligence systems like the one I mentioned or the one I will present to you now. As you know you can just get the IP address of your client with just one line of code in c# and in this article I will show you how to use it to get their location and possibly more.