In my previous Silverlight Closed Captioning screencast here, I showed you how to use Expression Encoder to import Closed Captioning information to produce a solution without writing a line of code.  What if you store your Closed Captioning information in an external data source (database, SAMI file, XML file, etc.) and want to keep it ...

Sorry for the technical glitches today.  I know it's not the most exciting thing to watch my desktop sharing screen in complete silence as I scramble to figure out why my phone stopped working.  The deck and code are available here.  A recording should be available soon here. -Marc   Technorati Tags: wcf,windows communication ...

October 25th 2:00P-3:30P EST (11:00A-12:30P PST) Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) were released in 2006 as part of the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 with separate extensions for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. These tools were improved on and are now integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and enhanced ...

I am pleased to announce the agenda and details for the Public Sector Developer Conference in Denver, CO to be held on October 18, 2007.   ACTION REQUESTED: Please register today as space is limited!!!   Event Date & Time: October 18, 2007, 9:00 – 16:00 Event Location Microsoft Corporation 7595 Technology Way, Suite ...

I am pleased to announce the agenda and details for the Public Sector Developer Conference in Anchorage, AK to be held on September 13, 2007.   ACTION REQUESTED: Please register today as space is limited!!!   Event Date & Time: September 13, 2007, 9:00 – 16:00 Event Location Municipality of Anchorage Loussac Library - ...

Come see a demo-rich overview of the new features Visual Studio Code Name “Orcas” has to offer for Smart Client Windows Applications. This talk will introduce new client services that allow your applications to authenticate users providing role-based UI, and be occasionally connected with offline data storage. It will also demonstrate how you can ...

Thanks for attending!  If you missed it, you should be able view the recording here.  The deck and code are here.  If you are looking for today's code, then make sure you download WebDevVS2008_democode_beta2 and FuturesJuly2007_democode.  You will, of course have to wait for Visual Studio 2008 beta 2 & the ASP.NET ...

You might want to entertain attending even if you've seen me present this one before.  I will be showing new Visual Studio 2008 beta 2 features like LinqDataSource, improved design time experience for ASP.NET AJAX extender controls, AJAX Web Part drag and drop, and anything else I find between now and then:). This session will cover some of ...

I have spoken to quite a few customers about LINQ & LINQ to SQL over the last few months.  Oddly enough, very few people have asked me about how one might encapsulate validation and business logic using LINQ to SQL.  Scott Guthrie just posted another in his LINQ to SQL series blogs here.  Part of his post covers some of the new ...

One of the things I get asked quite often is ''How does LINQ to SQL affect performance compared to writing my own Data Access Layer?''  LINQ to SQL perf is a work in progress of course since it is still in beta.  However, if you are curious, check out Rico Mariani's first three of a series of post on LINQ to SQL performance: DLinq (Linq ...