7th July 2009

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In this article, Sergey Zwezdin examines two approaches to building web services. He describes ADO.NET Data Services as a platform for building REST-services. He also demonstrates sample code to create such web services. In addition to these concepts, Zwezdin also examines the underlying data sources behind web services.

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Jeff Blankenburg is going all out for Silverlight in the month of July. He has decided to write a series of blog posts he calls Thirty-One Days of Silverlight. He is requesting comments on his blog post for topics for the days, so if there is something you’re interested in ask for it.

So far he has 7 posts talking about different Silverlight topics.

• Day #1: Mouse Events in Silverlight
• Day #2: Silverlight Screen Transitions
• Day #3: Custom Silverlight Loading Screen
• Day #4: Communicating Between Two Silverlight Controls
• Day #5: Silverlight Drag and Drop
• Day #6: Silverlight and the Twitter "Hello, World!"
• Day #7: Using WCF Web Services With Silverlight (and LINQ)

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In this article I will explain how to use a jQuery image gallery (Galleria). I will use a form helper to get the gallery up and running quickly. This helper can get images from a folder, database, or string collection.

We have come across a situation where we have to generate the report from more then 2 queries using crystal reports. All queries are different -- 2 transaction tables with relevant joins from dimension tables. So to make the report we have to create 2 different connections from the universe and it eventually gave performance problems when dealing with a large sets of records. In this case, we have to link each query with the others on the basis of common dimensions. While fetching a report with a large amount of data, it takes a lot of time to complete.

In this article, Sergey examines the 3D capabilities in Silverlight 3 that were not supported in previous versions of Silverlight. It became possible in Silverlight 3 to create 3D projections of content in an application. Sergey provides a detailed explanation of the various aspects with relevant source code examples along with screen shots including the usage of animation.

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In this article the author presents a comprehensive solution to build a GridView with template fields generated at run time with in-place Insert, Delete and Edit operations with a full description of an effective implementation and usage of ITemplate interface.

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We have come across a situation where we have to generate the report from more then 2 queries using crystal reports. All queries are different -- 2 transaction tables with relevant joins from dimension tables. So to make the report we have to create 2 different connections from the universe and it eventually gave performance problems when dealing with a large sets of records. In this case, we have to link each query with the others on the basis of common dimensions. While fetching a report with a large amount of data, it takes a lot of time to complete.

In this second part of the series, Vince examines the creation of a quarterly sales report with the help of Crystal Reports by using the Adventure Works sample database. He provides detailed coverage of each step including the concept of cross tab reports and date manipulation with the help of relevant screen shots and source code. The article also demonstrates the usage of the Crystal Report Viewer and the Object Model to view the report as a PDF using ASP.NET.

In this video Mohammad Azam demonstrates how to pass parameters to Crystal Reports programmatically. [5:58]

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In this second part of the series, Eric shows the reader how to create a burndown chart using Reporting Services, Visual Studio 2008, and Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2008 for an agile project. After giving a short introduction and the requirements, he examines the creation of burndown reports with the help of relevant SQL statements and screen shots.

In this first part of the series, Eric shows the reader how to create two reports using Reporting Services, Visual Studio 2008, and Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2008 for an agile project. After giving a short introduction and the requirements, he examines the creation of scenario story report with the help of relevant SQL and screen shots.

This article examines the steps the author took to make the local reports work using Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services in ASP.NET.

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