Silverlight Features

AutoComplete Box

Jeff Wilcox – Introducing the AutoCompleteBox http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2008/10/introducing-autocompletebox/

Resize with Browser

Silverlight Tip : How to Scale your entire App and its Elements to your Browsers Size http://blogs.silverlight.net/blogs/msnow/archive/2008/08/26/silverlight-tip-of-the-day-33-how-to-scale-your-entire-app-and-its-elements-to-your-browsers-size.aspx

Improve your user experience using the AutoCompleteBox - Jonas Follesø's http://jonas.follesoe.no/2008/10/28/improve-your-user-experience-using-the-autocompletebox/

On browser window size change/Full screen change http://forums.silverlight.net/forums/p/137122/306300.aspx

Getting Silverlight Plugin to resize on resize of Browser Window http://forums.silverlight.net/forums/p/4331/13007.aspx

Managed Extensibility Framework and Silverlight MVVM

http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2011/01/01/using-mef-to-expose-interfaces-in-your-silverlight-mvvm-apps.aspx

Silverlight Applications

http://grapholite.com/ online flow charting solution.

http://www.telerik.com/products/facedeck.aspx Silverlight Facebook Client for Desktop

iMeta Agility http://agility.imeta.co.uk/Cloud/

Silverlight Eyes - SliBall http://www.pay4foss.org/jumpstation/sliball/

DeepZoom http://www.wssdemo.com/livepivot/ http://www.mumbaiindians.com/DeepZoom.aspx http://thejit.org/demos/ http://roomseeker.eu/content/pivot.htm

Handling DataGrid.SelectedItems in an MVVM-friendly manner

Handling DataGrid.SelectedItems in an MVVM-friendly manner: "

An interesting question from one of the MVVM Light users today:

Is there an MVVM-friendly way to get a DataGrid’s SelectedItems into the ViewModel?

The issue there is as old as the DataGrid (that’s not very old but still): SelectedItem (singular) is a DependencyProperty and can be databound to a property in the ViewModel. SelectedItems (plural) is not a DependencyProperty.

Thankfully the answer is very simple: Use EventToCommand to call a Command in the ViewModel, and pass the SelectedItems collection as parameter. For example, if the command in the ViewModel is declared as follows:

public RelayCommand<IList> SelectionChangedCommand
{
  get;
  private set;
}

and (in the MainViewModel constructor):

SelectionChangedCommand = new RelayCommand<IList>(
  items =>
  {
      if (items == null)
      {
          NumberOfItemsSelected = 0;
          return;
      }

      NumberOfItemsSelected = items.Count;
  });

Then the XAML markup becomes:

<sdk:DataGrid x:Name="MyDataGrid"
              ItemsSource="{Binding Items}">
  <i:Interaction.Triggers>
      <i:EventTrigger EventName="SelectionChanged">
          <cmd:EventToCommand
              Command="{Binding SelectionChangedCommand}"
              CommandParameter="{Binding SelectedItems,
                  ElementName=MyDataGrid}" />
      </i:EventTrigger>
  </i:Interaction.Triggers>
</sdk:DataGrid>

I slapped a quick sample and published it here (VS2010, SL4 but the concept works in SL3 and WPF too).

Cheers!

Laurent

Laurent Bugnion (GalaSoft)
Subscribe | Twitter | Facebook | Flickr | LinkedIn

"

Silverlight Offline Mode

Google Gears - Maybe all Rich Internet App needed was Local Storage and an Offline Mode - Scott Hanselman http://www.hanselman.com/blog/GoogleGearsMaybeAllRichInternetApplicationsNeededWasLocalStorageAndAnOfflineMode.aspx

Silverlight + Google Gears = Awesome! at least in Firefox                       http://www.mojoportal.com/silverlight-google-gears-awesome-at-least-in-firefox.aspx

Even a chimp can write code: Google Gears and Silverlight http://nerddawg.blogspot.com/2007/06/google-gears-and-silverlight.html

Microsoft Silverlight Offline Database Storage - Infosys http://www.infosysblogs.com/microsoft/2008/08/silverlight_offline_database_s.html

Silverlight MVVM Validation

Input Validation – UI Exceptions & Model Validation Errors « Karl On WPF – .Net

http://karlshifflett.wordpress.com/mvvm/input-validation-ui-exceptions-model-validation-errors/

Using a ViewModel to Provide Meaningful Validation Error Messages « Josh Smith on WPF

http://joshsmithonwpf.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/using-a-viewmodel-to-provide-meaningful-validation-error-messages/

Silverlight, Validation and MVVM - Part II

http://www.thejoyofcode.com/Silverlight_Validation_and_MVVM_Part_II.aspx

Silverlight MVVM

MVVM Frameworks

Laurent Bugnion’s Light MVVM http://www.galasoft.ch/mvvm/getstarted/

Nikhilk Kothari’s FX Framework http://projects.nikhilk.net/SilverlightFX

Michael Sync’s Silverlight MVVM Toolkit http://silverlightmvvm.codeplex.com/

Microsoft’s Prism and MEF http://compositewpf.codeplex.com/ http://mef.codeplex.com/

Caliburn and Caliburn Micro http://caliburn.codeplex.com/

source: http://wildermuth.com/2010/08/08/DevLink_Talks_-_Slides_and_Code

MVVM Resources

Laurent Bugnion’s:: Understanding the Model-View-ViewModel Pattern (MIX10) *** http://live.visitmix.com/MIX10/Sessions/EX14 http://blog.galasoft.ch/archive/2010/03/16/sample-code-for-my-mix10-talk-online.aspx

Shawn Wildermuth:: Silverlight Patterns: Model-View-ViewModel In Silverlight 2 *** http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd458800.aspx

Shawn Wildermuth - Architecting Silverlight 4 with RIA Services, MEF and MVVM - Part 1 ** http://wildermuth.com/2009/12/15/Architecting_Silverlight_4_with_RIA_Services_MEF_and_MVVM_-_Part_1

Jason Dolinger:: Model-View-ViewModel ** http://blog.lab49.com/archives/2650

Stack Overflow:: Good Silverlight-MVVM Practice Example http://stackoverflow.com/questions/413451/good-silverlight-mvvm-practice-example

Craig Shoemaker:: Hands-On Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) http://weblogs.asp.net/craigshoemaker/archive/2009/02/26/hands-on-model-view-viewmodel-mvvm-for-silverlight-and-wpf.aspx

Dan Wahlin:: Getting Started with the MVVM *** http://weblogs.asp.net/dwahlin/archive/2009/12/08/getting-started-with-the-mvvm-pattern-in-silverlight-applications.aspx

THE MODEL-VIEW-VIEWMODEL (MVVM) DESIGN PATTERN FOR WPF ** http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd419663.aspx

Advanced MVVM http://bubbleburst.codeplex.com/ http://www.identitymine.com/forward/?p=750 http://joshsmithonwpf.wordpress.com/advanced-mvvm/

MVVM in DataGrid

Handling DataGrid.SelectedItems in an MVVM-friendly manner http://geekswithblogs.net/lbugnion/archive/2010/05/19/handling-datagrid.selecteditems-in-an-mvvm-friendly-manner.aspx

Silverlight Tips & Tricks: Make Silverlight DataGrid be more MVVM friendly =) - Alexey Zakharov's Blog http://weblogs.asp.net/alexeyzakharov/archive/2009/06/06/silverlight-tips-amp-tricks-make-silverlight-datagrid-be-more-mvvm-friendly.aspx

Misc

A vent about MVVM Development http://forums.silverlight.net/forums/p/159237/356897.aspx

iPhone Sudoku in Silverlight using MVVM http://www.orktane.com/Blog/post/2010/01/23/iPhone-Sudoku-in-Silverlight-using-MVVM.aspx

Validation

1. Input Validation – UI Exceptions & Model Validation Errors « Karl On WPF – .Net
2. Using a ViewModel to Provide Meaningful Validation Error Messages « Josh Smith on WPF
3. Silverlight, Validation and MVVM - Part II
4. Data Driven Applications with MVVM Part III: Validation, Bringing the UI Closer

Silverlight:: Get User Name

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1176566/get-current-windows-user-name-within-silverlight
  
• Silverlight Windows User Identity Name
  
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1176566/get-current-windows-user-name-within-silverlight
  
• http://forums.silverlight.net/forums/t/10809.aspx
  

Silverlight

Cynergy

http://www.cynergysystems.com/blogs/page/rickbarraza

Watermark Textbox

http://www.solutionbot.com/2010/06/02/silverlight-watermark-textbox/

Silent installation

http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2010/03/25/using-sllauncher-for-silent-install-silverlight-application.aspx

Duplex pooling

http://www.lightstreamer.com/demo/Silverlight_StockListDemo/

Comet

http://cometdaily.com/2009/10/23/concrete-comet-examples/

RIA & MVVM

http://wildermuth.com/2009/12/15/Architecting_Silverlight_4_with_RIA_Services_MEF_and_MVVM_-_Part_1

VS 2010 Binding Builder Feature

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/wpfsldesigner/archive/2010/06/14/how-to-enable-using-the-binding-builder-in-wpf-and-silverlight-applications.aspx

Customize Splash Screen

1. Custom Loading Screens in Silverlight *** http://pagebrooks.com/archive/2009/02/19/custom-loading-screens-in-silverlight.aspx

2. SilverZine Tutorial - Splash screens and Loaders in Silverlight http://silverzine.com/tutorials/splash-screens-and-loaders-in-silverlight/

Bind ComboBox with DataGrid

ComboBox in DataGrid - Manish Dalal's blog *** http://weblogs.asp.net/manishdalal/archive/2008/09/28/combobox-in-datagrid.aspx

Defining Silverlight DataGrid Columns at Runtime - Scott Morrison - Site Home - MSDN Blogs ** http://blogs.msdn.com/b/scmorris/archive/2008/04/14/defining-silverlight-datagrid-columns-at-runtime.aspx

Custom Controls

Creating a Silverlight Custom Control (LinkLabel control)- The Basics http://www.silverlightshow.net/items/Creating-a-Silverlight-Custom-Control-The-Basics.aspx

Combo Box

Rapid Access Key Selector Behavior for ComboBox and ListBox *** http://gallery.expression.microsoft.com/en-us/RapidAccessKey

Use Styles for an editable Silverlight ComboBox **** http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2008/11/05/silverlight-editable-combobox-using-styles.aspx

Download details: Microsoft Expression Blend Software Development Kit (SDK) for Silverlight 4

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=d197f51a-de07-4edf- 9cba-1f1b4a22110d

Telerik Blogs > Server-side paging, sorting and filtering for your Silverlight DataGrid http://blogs.telerik.com/blogs/posts/09-01-21/Server-side_paging_sorting_and_filtering_for_your_Silverlight_DataGrid.aspx

Telerik Recruiting Application

http://blogs.telerik.com/blogs/posts/10-04-08/silverlight_recruiting_application_wrap-up_and_source_code.aspx

Expression Blend templates, Part 1 – Understanding templates http://expressioniq.com/?p=60