AspAlliance.com - Sergey Zwezdin http://aspalliance.com/author.aspx?uId=106193 AspAlliance articles by Sergey Zwezdin More Complex Operations in ADO.NET Data Services In this article, Sergey describes how to define custom user operations in ADO.NET Data Services or Astoria. These operations can return plain content or a collection of objects. The article examines this aspect with the help of relevant code snippets. Sergey provides a brief overview of the data model instance control and delves deep into Service operations. Towards the end of the article, Sergey points out the various data representation formats, which Astoria returns when a web service is executed. http://aspalliance.com/1867_More_Complex_Operations_in_ADONET_Data_Services Sergey Zwezdin Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Advanced View of a ToolTip in Silverlight 3 In this article, Sergey examines the capabilities of Silverlight to create an advanced view of a tool tip. After a short introduction, he shows ways to create the tool tip with standard representations and examines the customization capabilities of the tool tip view. Finally, he shows how to create animations for the tool tip. http://aspalliance.com/1862_Advanced_View_of_a_ToolTip_in_Silverlight_3 Sergey Zwezdin Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Developing with the Taskbar in Windows 7 In this article, Sergey Zwezdin examines the capabilities of Windows 7 for developers. In particular, he provides a detailed step-by-step overview of developing with the Windows 7 Taskbar by demonstrating how to implement a progress bar, thumb buttons, and window preview. http://aspalliance.com/1870_Developing_with_the_Taskbar_in_Windows_7 Sergey Zwezdin Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT .NET RIA Services Overview This article provides a detailed overview of .NET Rich Internet Applications (RIA) services. After a brief introduction, Sergey analyzes the concept with the help of an ADO.NET Entity Framework application along with relevant source code and screen shots. http://aspalliance.com/1868_NET_RIA_Services_Overview Sergey Zwezdin Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Introducing ADO.NET Data Services 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. http://aspalliance.com/1865_Introducing_ADONET_Data_Services Sergey Zwezdin Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT 3D Capabilities in Silverlight 3 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. http://aspalliance.com/1858_3D_Capabilities_in_Silverlight_3 Sergey Zwezdin Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Usage of VisualStateManager to Define User Interface in Silverlight 3 In this article, Sergey describes the role of VisualStateManager in defining user interfaces using Silverlight 3. He begins with a short introduction of the relevant concepts and then examines the basic anatomy of the VisualStateManager and the definition of states with the help of source code examples and supported figures. The whole concept simpler to use than triggers. http://aspalliance.com/1857_Usage_of_VisualStateManager_to_Define_User_Interface_in_Silverlight_3 Sergey Zwezdin Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT LINQ to SQL and ADO.NET Data Services: Working Together In this article, Sergey examines the relationship between LINQ, SQL and ADO.NET data services with the help of a sample project. He begins by demonstrating the procedures used to detect key fields in a data model and to update data including the steps required to implement the IUpdatable interface. http://aspalliance.com/1849_LINQ_to_SQL_and_ADONET_Data_Services_Working_Together Sergey Zwezdin Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Cross domain access policy in Silverlight applications In this article, Sergey examines the role of cross domain access policy in Silverlight. After a short introduction, he examines the interaction between client and server as well as a list of threats which may occur in rich internet applications. He also provides steps to take in order to prevent attacks and operation of Crossdomain Client Access Policy with the help of relevant screenshots and source code. http://aspalliance.com/1850_Cross_domain_access_policy_in_Silverlight_applications Sergey Zwezdin Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT