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(1) Sync Outlook - CodeTwo Outlook Sync - Easily share Outlook between two computers. Silverlight - Access ResourceDictionary items programmatically. XAMLFinance – A Cross-platform WPF, Silverlight & WP7 Application. Whilst there are a number of common pitfalls that are easily resolved, there are few differences between the two frameworks that are surprising and make little or no sense at all!

XAMLFinance – A Cross-platform WPF, Silverlight & WP7 Application

I have called these the ‘unexpected’ because, as the name suggest, you will not expect them, and you typically only find them when things start to misbehave in peculiar and illogical ways! Next is the control life-cycle: Within WPF, OnApplyTemplate is called before the Loaded event fires, whereas, in Silverlight this is not guaranteed and often OnApplyTemplate occurs last. This can be problematic, if you use OnApplyTemplate to wire up your control’s UI, locating element within your XAML markup. In Silverlight, this logic may not be called before user-logic within the Loaded event. A nice resolution for this issue, courtesy of Alan Mendelevich, is to have all of your XAML resources in the project root, then use MergedDictionaries to include the required resources in your generic.xaml file: XAML Finance Conclusions. Wildfire Customer Solutions. Every .NET Developer Should Know About the Database they are working with. I am a strong believer that a Developer should understand the databases and network he/she is interacting with.

Every .NET Developer Should Know About the Database they are working with

As a .NET Developer, having TSQL and SQL Server Administration knowledge to some degree of depth, really helps to design and develop your applications as well as communicate with the DBAs and admins you work with. A lot of us have testing and staging environments and being able to manage those environments, saves the organization on some resources. Also with the economies changing rapidly, many developer positions require you to have knowledge about querying and managing databases.

Flexibility and the ability to learn and understand the application and it’s components differentiates a good developer from the others and keeps you ahead in the race. Although BI is an essential part of an application, in this article, I will focus on the administration of a database. Please retweet and share this post with fellow developers.

Moving Data in SQL Server tracking. 30 High Quality WordPress Magazine Themes 2011 » We have looked at Premium WordPress Magazine themes before, back in January but things move quickly in the world of WordPress theme design.

30 High Quality WordPress Magazine Themes 2011 »

With that in mind, it’s time to take a look at new magazine and newspaper style themes again and see what’s new from the commercial theme shops for 2011 … The Source TheSource is a Magazine-style theme that combines flashiness with sophistication. The goal behind this theme was to create a design that could display loads of content in an organized and visually pleasing manner. Full Details | Price : $39 ( includes 61 other themes! Delicate News DelicateNews is a content-heavy magazine theme wrapped in an elegant and “delicate” shell.

Full Details | Price : $39 ( includes 61 other themes! The Style Now you can share your content with style. Full Details | Price: $39 ( includes 61 other themes! eNews eNews is an exercise in crispness and subtlety. Full Details | Price : $39 ( includes 61 other themes! Shoutbox Magazine. Microsoft .NET Gadgeteer.