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1 Managing Data and Media in Microsoft Silverlight 4: A mashup of chapters from Packt's bestselling Silverlight books Manage data in Silverlight, build and maintain rich dashboards, integrate SharePoint with Silverlight, and more Series Editor Carl Jones rpafi/jl enterprise88 I I IIV. IV I J professional expertise distill** PUBLISHING BIRMINGHAM MUMBAI

2 creating binding validating Table of Contents Preface 1 Chapter 1: Layouts and General Content Organization 9 Introduction 10 Fluid layout 10 Creating a navigation pane from scratch 17 Window management and positioning 27 Wizards 37 Progressive disclosure showing additional controls on demand 49 Control docking with DockPanel 54 Journal navigation 59 Tabs 66 Adding a status bar area 75 Chapter 2: Handling Data 85 Data applications 86. a business object 86 Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) 89 creating a Silverlightenabled WCF service 90 Collecting data 99 creating a form to collect data 99 Validating data 111 Data object 111 creating a data object 111 Data binding 116 our data object to our controls 116 Validation 120 data input 121 Data submission 125

3 Table ofcontents submitting data to the server 125 Summary 130 Chapter 3: An Introduction to Data Binding 131 Introduction 132 Displaying data in Silverlight applications 134 Creating dynamic bindings 145 Binding data to another Ul element 148 Binding collections to Ul elements 152 Enabling a Silverlight application to automatically update its Ul 156 Obtaining data from any Ul element it is bound to 163 Using the different modes of data binding to allow persisting data 168 Data binding from Expression Blend Using Expression Blend 4 for sample data generation 176 Chapter 4: Advanced Data Binding 179 Introduction 180 Hooking into the data binding process 180 Replacing converters with Silverlight 4 BindingBase properties 184 Validating databound input 188 Validating data input using attributes 193 Validating using IDataErrorlnfo and INotifyDataErrorlnfo 195 Using templates to customize the way data is shown by controls 200 Building a changeaware collection type 206 Combining converters, data binding, and DataContext into a custom DataTemplate 209 Chapter 5: The Data Grid 2J7 Introduction 217 Displaying data in a customized DataGrid 218 Inserting, updating, and deleting data in a DataGrid 224 Sorting and grouping data in a DataGrid 228 Filtering and paging data in a DataGrid 233 Using custom columns in the DataGrid 237 Implementing masterdetail in the DataGrid 244 Validating the DataGrid 248 Chapter 6: Talking to REST and WCF Data Services 253 Introduction 254 Reading data from a REST service 255 Parsing REST results with LINQToXML 260 Persisting data using a REST service 264 Working with the ClientHttpStack 270 llil.

4 Table of Contents Communicating with a REST service using JSON 273 Using WCF Data Services with Silverlight 276 Reading data using WCF Data Services 281 Persisting data using WCF Data Services 286 Talking to Flickr 291 Talking to Twitter over REST 298 Passing credentials and crossdomain access to Twitter from a trusted Silverlight application 303 Chapter 7: Interacting with Data on the SharePoint Server 315 Managing data in a Silverlight RIA included in a SharePoint solution 316 Working with the SharePoint 2010 Silverlight Client Object Model to insert items 316 Inserting items in a SharePoint list with the Silverlight Web Part 324 Working with successful and failed asynchronous queries 327 Retrieving specific information about fields 331 Creating complex LOB applications composed of multiple Silverlight RIAs 340 Interacting with multiple Silverlight Web Parts in the same page 345 Understanding LineOfBusiness systems as independent Web Parts 347 Expanding LOB systems with delete operations 349 Understanding how to delete an item from a list 352 Expanding LOB systems with update operations 354 Updating an item in a list 357 Summary 359 Chapter 8; Interacting with Rich Media and Animations 361 Bringing life to business applications and complex workflows 362 Creating asset libraries in SharePoint Adding content to an assets library 364 Browsing the structure for SharePoint Asset Libraries 367 Controlling the rich media library by using controls in a Visual Web Part 369 Creating a Silverlight RIA rendered in a SharePoint Visual Web Part 376 Linking a SharePoint Visual Web Part to a Silverlight RIA 390 Adding a SharePoint Visual Web Part in a Web Page 393 Organizing controls in a containing box 399 Reading files from an assets library 400 Working with interactive animations and effects 401 Adding and controlling videos 408 Video formats supported in Silverlight Adding and controlling sounds and music 412 Audio formats supported in Silverlight Changing themes in Silverlight and SharePoint 414 Summary 417 I Hi I

5 exporting from Table of Contents Chapter 9; Data Access Strategies 419 Data access overview 420 Core networking classes 420 Working with WebClient 420 Using Fiddler 424 Understanding network security 425 Building services with Windows Communication Foundation 427 Working with WCF 429 The data access layer 430 Building a SOAP service 433 Building a REST service 436 Exploring OData data services 439 Building an OData service 441 Consuming an external service 444 Summary 446 Chapter 10: Building Dashboards in SharePoint and Silverlight 447 Overview of SharePoint 448 Setting up SharePoint 448 Building a Silverlight web part 450 Using the Client Object Model 455 Building a SharePoint Silverlight dashboard 459 Setting up our data source 459 Building our dashboard 460 SharePoint Data Access Strategies 466 Summary 466 Chapter 11: Working with 3D Characters 467 The second remake assignment 468 Time for Action a 3D model without considering textures 468 XAML 3D models 473 DCC tools to WPF 475 XBAP WPF applications with 3D content 476 displaying a 3D model in a 2D screen with WPF 477 Understanding the 3D world 481 X, Y, and Z in practice 483 GPU 3D acceleration 484 Understanding meshes 485 using other XAML exporter for DCC tools 486 adding 3D elements and interacting with them using Expression Blend 488 Interacting with 3D elements using Expression Blend 491 Ihrl

6 exporting Table of Contents Silverlight and the 3D world 492 a 3D model to ASE 492 installing Balder 3D engine 493 from DCC tools to Silverlight 495 Displaying a 3D model in a 2D screen with Silverlight 498 Using 3D vectors 499 Summary 500 Pop quiz answers 500 Index 501