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Using Entity Framework in Silverlight with Visual Basic

December 31, 2010 Dec 31, 2010 12/31/10
VBTeam
If you’re looking for ways to get started with Entity Framework 4.0 in Visual Basic then be sure to check out this month’s issue of CODE Magazine.  In it the Entity Framework team has put together a walkthrough that shows how to use EF4 in Silverlight, and best of all the entire article’s in VB!   Using Entity ...

The Silverlight Toolkit Adds Visual Basic Samples (Lisa Feigenbaum)

March 26, 2009 Mar 26, 2009 03/26/09
Lisa Feigenbaum
The Silverlight Toolkit March 2009 release is enhanced with Visual Basic source code. Please follow the links to view these samples for both Silverlight 2 and Silverlight 3. Silverlight 2: http://silverlight.net/samples/sl2/toolkitcontrolsamples/run/default.html Silverlight 3: http://silverlight.net/samples/sl3/toolkitcontrolsamples/run/...

Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight: VB QuickStarts, Hands-On-Labs, and How-To Topics released! (Lisa Feigenbaum)

March 25, 2009 Mar 25, 2009 03/25/09
Lisa Feigenbaum
Today the Microsoft Patterns & Practices team released a download aimed to help Visual Basic developers use the Composite Application Library. It includes VB versions of the QuickStarts, Hands-On-Labs, and How-To topics: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=537da1cd-43e1-4799-88e7-a1da9166fb46 I've ...

Silverlight Ux Musings: New Control Skin Set [Corrina Barber]

March 23, 2008 Mar 23, 2008 03/23/08
VBTeam
One more set of control skins is up and ready for use. I had hoped to have two ready, but one set needed some additional tweaking work that I can't get to until I return to Seattle on 4/14.This new set is very rough and organic in appearance and maybe even a bit esoteric, but it can still work on various sites or it can be used in early ...

Silverlight Ux Musings: Silverlight 2 Control Skins [Corrina Barber]

March 11, 2008 Mar 11, 2008 03/11/08
VBTeam
Silverlight 2 beta one is now available with lots of great new functionality!! You can go to Silverlight.net to find important downloads, specific details about new functionality, and very cool sample applications. So, what I want to talk about today is the controls that Silverlight 2 now provides. There are a bunch of new controls ...

Silverlight Ux Musings: Providing Panning Functionality for a Canvas of Objects – Part 1 [Corrina Barber]

December 3, 2007 Dec 3, 2007 12/3/07
VBTeam
Recently, I was experimenting with Silverlight and decided to create a website that would allow me to browse some of my personal images, and the website was designed to look something like the image below.(image) My intention for the site was that it would be able to display many images, certainly more than the 12 that you see grouped together...

Silverlight Ux Musings: Controlling Alignment of UI Elements [Corrina Barber]

October 30, 2007 Oct 30, 2007 10/30/07
VBTeam
This is my first post on the VB blog! I’m a designer on the team with a background in visual and interaction design, and I also have some .NET coding experience. I plan to start blogging on the VB blog on a regular basis, and my goal is to share some of my thoughts on and explorations with Silverlight.I’m sych'd about the ...