Introduction My blog has been feeling very neglected after my move to the US and I thought with the recent release of Visual Studio 2010 / .Net Framework 4.0 Beta 1 it would be a good time to get back into a regular blogging rhythm. So for the first post I thought I’d run through … Continue reading NTier with Entity Framework (EF) 4 Beta 1 – (VS2010 / .Net 4.0 Beta 1)
WCF
Adjusting WCF default message limits
Introduction So if you are reading this post you’ve probably discovered that when publishing a WCF service there are certain default limits imposed on the messages being sent and received. For example arrays are limited to 16384 elements, strings are limited to 8192 characters and the total message is limited to 64K. Now of course … Continue reading Adjusting WCF default message limits
Transmitting Images in WCF – Databinding Images in WPF
Introduction This was an interesting scenario I came across; I had a WPF application consuming a WCF service that was returning information about employees. I needed to add the ability to display a thumbnail photo of the employee. The thumbnails in question were stored alongside the other employee data in an MSSQL 2005 database using … Continue reading Transmitting Images in WCF – Databinding Images in WPF
WPF Databinding Overview
Introduction Data binding in WPF seems to be much like skinning a cat (although hopefully a lot less painful… for the cat at least), there is usually more than one way of achieving the result you want. The purpose of this blog is to quickly detail some of the many ways you can bind data … Continue reading WPF Databinding Overview