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Handling Events within Silverlight Control Templates – AutoCompleteBox Example by dwahlin

One of the great features Silverlight offers is the ability to customize controls by using control templates.  If you don’t like how a particular control looks you can modify the template and in many cases be ready to use the new control without...
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Control-Oriented Vs. Data-Oriented Programming in Silverlight by dwahlin

If you build ASP.NET applications then you’re used to working with controls a lot.  Nearly everything you do requires accessing control IDs.  If you need to retrieve data entered by an end user you need to reference the controls that contain...
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Customizing Silverlight 3 DataGrid Headers by dwahlin

We’re currently working on a client application that captures time sheet information and needed the ability to completely customize the look and feel of DataGrid headers.  Fortunately, that’s fairly straightforward to do in Silverlight 3 (or Silverlight...
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Deploying ASP.NET Applications to Medium Trust Servers by dwahlin

99% of the projects my company works on for clients are deployed internally to an enterprise environment managed by a company.  We rarely have to worry about deploying to a shared hosting environment which is nice.  One of the client projects...
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Speaking in Southern California on Silverlight 3 and ASP.NET MVC – June 1st, 2nd and 3rd by dwahlin

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Pivots to the Rescue – Providing Flexible SQL Server Queries by dwahlin

One of the projects my company is currently working on has a requirement to be able to store timesheet data in a more flexible manner.  The existing Access forms application is being converted to Silverlight 3 and has a fairly rigid (albeit standard...
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Encrypting Data in .NET Applications by dwahlin

I’ve had several people ask me lately about encrypting data in .NET. I’m not sure why the question has come up a lot recently, but it’s definitely something good to know if you have any sensitive data that needs to be stored. .NET provides two main encryption...
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Video: Getting Started with ASP.NET MVC 1.0 by dwahlin

I had the opportunity to speak at the Best of Mix 09 Phoenix event with Tim Heuer and Rob Bagby and had a lot of fun hanging out with everyone. I was the last talk and due to time constraints didn’t get a chance to cover everything I had hoped to cover...
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ASP.NET MVC Code and Slides for Best of Mix 09 Presentation by dwahlin

The code and slides from my ASP.NET MVC vs. Web Forms talk at the Best of Mix 09 – Phoenix event can be downloaded below.  The .zip file contains a sample application created by Microsoft Evangelist Daniel Egan as well as a set of ASP.NET MVC samples...
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Early Version of New Song – Need Some Lyrical Help by dwahlin

I’ve written and recorded a lot of songs over the years but never released them until I felt they were close to finished (mixed, mastered, proper effects, etc.).  I’ve had an early version of a new song I’m working on sitting here for a few months...
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