Microsoft Silverlight 5 Data and Services Cookbook -- Table of Contents -- Microsoft Silverlight 5 Data and Services Cookbook -- Credits -- About the Authors -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Instant Updates on New Packt Books -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Learning the Nuts and Bolts of Silverlight 5 -- Introduction -- Getting our environment ready to start building Silverlight applications -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Creating our first service-enabled and data-driven Silverlight 5 application using Visual Studio 2010 -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- The solution and project structure -- Services -- Data binding -- See also -- Using the workflow between Visual Studio 2010 and Blend 5 -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Using source control in Visual Studio 2010 and Blend 5 -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Commonly used terms in TFS -- Deploying a Silverlight application on the server -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Configuration changes on the server -- What if the server doesn't allow using XAP? -- 2. An Introduction to Data Binding -- Introduction -- Displaying data in Silverlight applications -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Creating dynamic bindings -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Binding data to another UI element -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Element bindings without bindings -- See also.

Binding collections to UI elements -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Enabling a Silverlight application to automatically update its UI -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Single objects -- Collections -- Cleaning up the code -- Obtaining data from any UI element it is bound to -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Using the different modes of data binding to allow persisting data -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Debugging data binding expressions in Visual Studio -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works -- See also -- Data binding from Expression Blend 5 -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using Expression Blend 5 for sample data generation -- How to do it... -- 3. Advanced Data Binding -- Introduction -- Hooking into the data binding process -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- The ConverterParameter -- Displaying images based on a URL with converters -- Replacing converters with Silverlight 5 BindingBase properties -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Validating data-bound input -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Validating data input using attributes -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Other uses of data annotations -- See also -- Validating using IDataErrorInfo and INotifyDataErrorInfo -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Using templates to customize the way data is shown by controls -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using implicit data templates -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works -- See also.

Using the Ancestor RelativeSource binding -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works -- See also -- Creating custom markup extensions -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works -- Building a change-aware collection type -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Combining converters, data binding, and DataContext into a custom DataTemplate -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- 4. The Data Grid -- Introduction -- Displaying data in a customized DataGrid -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also... -- Inserting, updating, and deleting data in a DataGrid -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also... -- Sorting and grouping data in a DataGrid -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Sorting a template column -- See also -- Filtering and paging data in a DataGrid -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also... -- Using custom columns in the DataGrid -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Implementing master-detail in the DataGrid -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Validating the DataGrid -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also... -- 5. Working with Local Data -- Introduction -- Reading data from and storing data in the isolated storage -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Where's my data -- Isolated storage size -- See also -- Working with IsolatedStorageSettings -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Caching data between different Silverlight applications using isolated storage -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works...

What about IsolatedStorageSettings? -- Using the Sterling database -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Getting Sterling -- Creating a database -- The Sterling engine -- Saving and loading data -- Triggers -- See also -- 6. MVVM -- Introduction -- Creating a basic MVVM application -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Using MVVM Light to enable MVVM applications -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Connecting a View to a ViewModel using a ViewModelLocator -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Connecting a View to a ViewModel using MEF -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Using commands to pass your events to the ViewModel -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Communicating between different ViewModels -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Leveraging a messenger to wrap application-wide messages -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- 7. Working with Services -- Introduction -- Connecting and reading from a standardized service -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Persisting data using a standardized service -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Configuring cross-domain calls -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Working cross-domain from a trusted Silverlight application -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Reading XML using HttpWebRequest -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- The request -- The response -- Threading headaches -- See also.

Reading out an RSS feed -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- RSS versions -- Accessing a database in the cloud -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works -- Accessing a service in the cloud -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works -- See also -- Running a Silverlight application from the cloud -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works -- There's more -- See also -- Using socket communication in Silverlight -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- The policy server -- The socket server -- Connecting the Silverlight application -- 8. Talking to WCF and ASMX Services -- Introduction -- Invoking a service that exposes data -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- The WCF service -- Connecting to the service -- See also -- Invoking a service such as Bing.com -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Optimizing performance using binary XML -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- The default configuration is different depending on the version of Silverlight you're using -- Using binary encoding is not a security measure -- See also -- Debugging a service in Silverlight -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Types of faults -- Declared faults -- Undeclared faults -- Using ASP.NET Authentication in Silverlight -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more -- Uploading files to a WCF service -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Displaying images as a stream from a WCF service -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- 9. Talking to WCF and ASMX Services-One Step Beyond -- Introduction -- Using duplex communication over HTTP -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works...

PollingDuplexBinding: polling, binding, and assemblies.