Silverlight Cream for December 08, 2010 -- #1005

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Published on Thu, 09 Dec 2010 04:52:34 GMT Indexed on 2010/12/09 22:14 UTC
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In this Issue: Peter Kuhn, David Anson, Jesse Liberty, Mike Taulty(-2-, -3-), Kunal Chowdhury, Jeremy Likness, Martin Krüger, Beth Massi(-2-, -3-)/

Above the Fold:

Silverlight:	"Rebuilding the PDC 2010 Silverlight Application (Part 1)" Mike Taulty
WP7:	"WP7: Glossy text block custom control" Martin Krüger
Lightswitch:	"How to Create a Screen with Multiple Search Parameters in LightSwitch" Beth Massi

From SilverlightCream.com:

Requirements of and pitfalls in Windows Phone 7 serialization: Peter Kuhn discusses Data Contract Serializer issuses on WP7 and how to work around them.
Managed implementation of CRC32 and MD5 algorithms updated; new release of ComputeFileHashes for Silverlight, WPF, and the command-line!: David Anson ties up some loose ends from a prior post on hash functions, and updates his CRC32 and MD5 algorithms.
Windows Phone From Scratch #9 – Visual State: Jesse Liberty's latest Windows Phone from Scratch tutorial up... and is on the Visual State... he extends a Button and codes up the State Transitions.
Rebuilding the PDC 2010 Silverlight Application (Part 1): Mike Taulty has taken the time to rebuild the PDC2010 Silverlight App that folks wanted the source for... and he's taking multiple posts to explain the heck out of it. This first one is mostly infrastructure.
Rebuilding the PDC 2010 Silverlight Application (Part 2): In the 2nd post of the series, Mike Taulty is handling the In/Out of Browser business because he eventually is going to be going OOB.
Rebuilding the PDC 2010 Silverlight Application (Part 3): Part 3 finds Mike Taulty delving into WCF Data Services and getting some data on the screen.
Paginating Records in Silverlight DataGrid using PagedCollectionView: Kunal Chowdhury continues with his investigation of the PagedCollectionView with this post on Pagination of your data.
Old School Silverlight Effects: If you haven't seen Jeremy Likness' 'Old School' Effects page yet, go just for the entertainment... you'll find yourself hanging around for the code :)
WP7: Glossy text block custom control: Martin Krüger's latest post is a very cool custom control for WP7 that displays Glossy text... it ain't Metro, but it looks pretty nice... some of it almost like etched text.
How to Create a Screen with Multiple Search Parameters in LightSwitch: Looks like Beth Massi got a few Lightswitch posts in while I wasn't looking. First up is this one on a multiple-parameter search screen.
Adding Static Images and Logos to LightSwitch Applications: In the 2nd post, Beth Massi shows how to add your own static images and logos to Lightswitch apps... in response to reader questions.
Getting the Most out of LightSwitch Summary Properties: In her latest post, Beth Massi explains what Summary Properties are in Lightswitch and how to use them to get the best results for your users.