The users wanted an AutoComplete Combo box in a SilverLight application- a combo box that would allow them to scroll the entire list, as well as filter the list as the user typed in the box. The problem is: SilverLight has no such control. I did a bit of research and came across various options using templates, styles, etc. Try as I might, I could not get these samples to work as I needed it to. Finally, in desperation, hours before the deadline, I tried the following solution. In about 15 minutes...
I had to send a big object across the wire- An collection containing 31,000 objects each with their own complex object graph (don't ask) and I was really running into problems with WCF crapping out on the call. I did all the obvious stuff to the server web.config... maxBufferSize="2147483647" maxReceivedMessageSize="214... maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147... But it still wasn't working. Luckily I had a few awesome friends come to my rescue: D'Arcy Lussier and Jason Klassen sent me the following-...