If you are starting to get your hands dirty with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), you can get some great samples to help you get started from our website at http://www.idesign.net/ on the downloads tab.

http://www.idesign.net/idesign/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=5&tabid=11

 

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A little ditty on deriving from BindingSource to handle errors

Slides, Demos, and lessons learned getting the demos running on the Feb CTP of WinFx

I recorded a DNR and DNRtv last week in New London and they are already up on the site.

You can download/listen to the .NET Rocks! epsidode here: http://www.dotnetrocks.com

And the DNRtv here: http://www.dnrtv.com

In the DNR episode, we talk about data binding, ClickOnce and a few other related topics.

This DNRtv shows how to do some of the data binding stuff in the designer. Keep your eyes out for another episode in a week or so on ClickOnce deployment.

My brother's band will be playing live on a special show put on by the Mark and Brian nationally syndicated radio program (KLOS home station) on March 3rd from 8:15-10:00 am.

Come on out to learn about Windows Communications Foundation at MICSUG.

Adding a SQL Express Database to your Visual Studio project sets the Copy To Output Directory property to Copy Always, which will overwrite any changes from a previous debug run. Don't let this bite you. Read the details here.

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I went up to New London this week and taped two episodes of DNRtv and one DNR with Carl and Richard. The DNRtv episodes should go up in the next two weeks, one on data binding and one on ClickOnce deployment. The DNR will air on 22 March. Check them out!

I gave a talk on data binding in NYC this Thu night. Had a great time. Lively crowd as always, lots of good questions and interaction.

Here are the slides and demos:

Slides    Demos

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