Silverlight Cream for July 22, 2010 -- #908

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Silverlight Cream for July 22, 2010 -- #908

In this Issue: Ian Walker, Delordson Kallon, Anton Polimenov, Gill Cleeren, Tau Sick, Colin Eberhardt, Kunal Chowdhury, Jag Reehal, Rob Eisenberg, Shawn Wildermuth, Alex Yakhnin, Slobodan Pavkov, and Deborah Kurata.

Shoutouts:

Jeremy Alles has an MVVM comparison chart up that's very complete: MVVM Frameworks Explorer updated be sure to let him know if something is missing

No discussion or code, but this demo code shares between Silverlight and WP7: Shove HalfPenny (Shove Ha'penny)

New and untested:

This looks interesting, but I haven't tried it out: Animation Maker in Silverlight 3.0

Note: I modified the wp7dev page at SilverlightCream.com to display the latest entries on top. The dates are the date I added them to the database, so to catch up, just scrolll down to the last time you checked in.

From SilverlightCream.com:

Silverlight & XNA together on WP7: Ian Walker shows how to use XNA to solve a problem he had with sound on WP7 ... as he says, be sure you have the rights to use the sounds!
Silverlight OutlookBar Custom Control: Delordson Kallon has a Silverlight OutlookBar control out on CodePlex ... I've not tried running it, but the screenshots look great. Maybe I should replace my SL 1.0 one at WynApse.com with this :)
Hardware requirements for Windows Phone 7 Part 2: Anton Polimenov has his part 2 at SilverlightShow as well, and is discussing the remainder of the hardware requirements that he began with the last post
The duplex story: looking at duplex communication in Silverlight 4 - Part 2: Using Sockets: Gill Cleeren has part 2 of his duplex communication series up at SilverlightShow. In this episode, he's talking about sockets, and there's a warning to read part 1 first.
Silverlight/WPF ComboBox with Empty Item allows user to go back to no selection.: Here's something I do all the time in .NET -- add a 'nothing' entry to a ComboBox, but Tau Sick has it in Silverlight/WPF -- he says ask for the code, I hope he posts it.
Exposing and Binding to a Silverlight ScrollViewer’s Scrollbars: Colin Eberhardt demonstrates exposing and binding to a ScrollViewer's scrollbars ... check out the live demo at the bottom of the post ... works great, and will make you want to grab the code.
How to use new Rupee Symbol of India in Silverlight?: Kunal Chowdhury has a tutorial up that really extends beyond the title... he's showing how to get the new Rupee symbol into a Silverlight app, but this also extends to other font characters as well (as long as it's free or you own it) ... source included.
Using INotifyDataErrorInfo for validation in MVVM with Silverlight: Jag Reehal has a post up discussing validating data in his MVVM calculator app using INotifyDataErrorInfo. He introduces the problem, then the solution, and all the code is explained.
Caliburn.Micro Soup to Nuts Pt. 3 – All About Actions: Rob Eisenberg continues his Caliburn.Micro Soup to Nuts discussion and is talking about Actions ... good reading material!
How We Used Data in GiveAQuiz.com: Shawn Wildermuth has a whitepaper up on his use of the Microsoft data stack in his GiveAQuiz site. Take the link... it's to his MSDN article and is a great tutorial ... another 'required reading' post... thanks Shawn!
App.config for WP7 applications: Here's a useful resource... Alex Yakhnin converted the Configuration block from Windows Mobile to WP7 and gives it up for all of us.
Custom Silverlight TextBox control that immediately updates DataBound Text property in TwoWay binding: Slobodan Pavkov has a quick post up with all the source for a TextBox that updates immediately when it's binding has changed, so no more losing focus to get the change propogated.
The World's Simplest Silverlight/RIA/POCO Example: Deborah Kurata has a to-the-point tutorial up for RIA Services and Silverlight... from end to end and the project code included.