Creating a Silverlight 2 Data Form - Episode Links

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These are links to the published episodes of my series on creating a Silverlight 2 data form.


Source Code in VB and C#	The source code (as of the end of Episode 8) is hosted at the MSDN Code Gallery.

Resource Links for Silverlight 2 Data Form Series	This is a list of downloads and other resources used in my series on creating a Silverlight 2 data form.

Silverlight 2 Data Form - Episode 1	Introductory tasks include: Creating the Silverlight project, adding the database, setting up the ADO.NET Entity data model, and implementing an ADO.NET data service.

Silverlight 2 Data Form - Episode 2	Note: Episode 1 is a prequisite. Covers adding a service reference, putting a ListBox on the page, fetching data with asynchronous calls, and displaying the Northwind companies.

Silverlight 2 Data Form - Episode 3	Note: The first two episodes are prerequisites. Create a master/details form, dig into the ObservableCollection object, and implement iNotifyPropertyChanged.

Silverlight 2 Data Form - Episode 4	Validating user input, handling button clicks, saving data changes back to the database, and canceling changes. The screencast shows how to use the PropertyChanged event.

Silverlight 2 Data Form - Episode 5	Probes data associations, properties and links in the Entity Framework. It takes you step by step through the code to delete a customer, the customer's orders, and the order details.

Silverlight 2 Data Form - Episode 6	Build a XAML form that acts like a popup, modal window. The form validates user input with WCF callbacks to ensure that the customer ID is unique. By the end of the episode, you're able to add a customer to the NorthWind database

Silverlight 2 Data Form - Episode 7	You implement rounded borders, gradient effects, and import professional styles from the Silverlight Control Toolkit. You also learn how to use the AutoCompleteBox control to prompt users for data input.

Silverlight 2 Data Form - Episode 8	Use a third-party Web service to fill the AutoCompleteText control; save an XML file to local isolated storages; Harness LINQ to XML to retrieve the country names; Learn how to use (and re-use) a static resource within XAML markup.