Microsoft Silverlight 4 Data and Services Cookbook电子书

Silverlight 4 Data and Services Cookbook

Table of Contents

Silverlight 4 Data and Services Cookbook

Credits

About the authors

About the reviewers

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the example code for the book

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Learning the Nuts and Bolts of Silverlight 4

Introduction

Getting our environment ready to start developing Silverlight applications

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Creating our first service-enabled and data-driven Silverlight 4 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 4

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Using source control in Visual Studio 2010 and Blend 4

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

Data binding from Expression Blend 4

How to do it...

How it works...

Using Expression Blend 4 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 ConvertParameter

Displaying images based on a URL with converters

Replacing converters with Silverlight 4 BindingBase properties

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Validating databound 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...

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...

RIA Services and data annotations

See also

5. The DataForm

Introduction

Displaying and editing an object using the DataForm

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

More on DataForm behavior

Validating a DataForm or a DataGrid

Managing the editing of an object on different levels

See also

Displaying and editing a collection using the DataForm

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Customizing the DataForm using Data Annotations

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Using Data Annotations for validation

See also

Customizing the DataForm using a custom DataTemplate

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Customizing the DataForm template

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Getting the default template of a control

See also

Validating the DataForm

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Other uses of Data Annotations

RIA Services and Data Annotations

See also

6. Talking to 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

See also

Aggregating RSS feeds

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Talking with services in the Windows Azure cloud

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

What about other cloudservices?

See also

Persisting data to and reading data from the Windows Azure cloud

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

What about relational data storage?

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

7. 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

Handling faults when calling a service

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

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

Using duplex communication

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

The PollingDuplexBinding: polling, binding, and assemblies

The service

The client

See also

Using duplex communication with the WCF net.tcp binding

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Setup requirements

See also

Debugging a service in Silverlight

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Types of faults

Declared faults

Undeclared faults

Ensuring data is encrypted

Getting ready...

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Securing service communication using message-based security

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Transport security is required

See also

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

Hooking into proxy creation using slsvcutil.exe

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Calling a WCF service from Silverlight using ChannelFactory

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

8. Talking to REST and WCF Data Services

Introduction

Reading data from a REST service

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Parsing REST results with LINQ-To-XML

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Persisting data using a REST service

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Working with the ClientHttpStack

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Advantages of ClientHttpStack

See also

Communicating with a REST service using JSON

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Using WCF Data Services with Silverlight

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Locked-down services

See also

Reading data using WCF Data Services

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Persisting data using WCF Data Services

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Talking to Flickr

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Flickr... more information

See also

Talking to Twitter over REST

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Passing credentials and cross-domain access to Twitter from a trusted Silverlight application

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Let's go cross-domain!

Pass me those credentials, will you?

See also

9. Talking to WCF RIA Services

Introduction

Setting up a data solution to work with RIA Services

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

The WCF RIA Services Toolkit

See also

Getting data on the client

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Sorting and filtering data

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Persisting data to the server

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Persisting a Unit of Work/changeset

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Working with concurrency and transactions

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Tracking a user's identity

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Controlling a user's access to a service and service methods

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Validating data using data annotations

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Validating data using shared code

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Using the DomainDataSource

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Using the DomainDataSource to page through data

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Sorting, filtering, and grouping data using the DomainDataSource

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

10. Converting Your Existing Applications to Use Silverlight

Introduction

Calling a stored procedure from Silverlight

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Working with LINQ to SQL from Silverlight

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

What is LINQ TO SQL?

See also

Working with the Entity Framework from Silverlight

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

What is the Entity Framework?

See also

Converting a Silverlight application to use WCF RIA Services

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Using ASP.NET Authentication in Silverlight

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Using ASP.NET Roles in Silverlight

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Using ASP.NET Profiles in Silverlight

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

A. Appendix

Creating a REST service from WCF

Installing a SQL Server database

Attaching an MDF file

Executing a query file

Working with Fiddler

Local traffic

Working with the Silverlight control toolkit

Index