Today morning I got a call from SQL Server Guru Pinal Dave and conversation was as below. So, I started working on this. I decided to go ahead with hard coded data as below, And function returning data is, To add chart control on XAML, I added namespaceContinueContinue reading “Charts in Windows Phone 7”
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Fetching Web Roles details using Windows Azure Management API
If you are writing some tool to manage Windows Azure portal then fetching information about Roles may be frequent requirement for you. In this post, we will discuss the way to Fetch below information about a Web Role or Worker Role using Windows Azure Management API. RoleName InstanceName InstanceStatus Any client making call to AzureContinueContinue reading “Fetching Web Roles details using Windows Azure Management API”
Nested ListBox binding in Silverlight and Windows Phone 7
While creating an application I came across a requirement when I had to put a listbox inside a list box and then I had bind that nested listbox dynamically. For example say, entity class called Roles as below, And you are using Role class in another entity class called Subscription as property We need toContinueContinue reading “Nested ListBox binding in Silverlight and Windows Phone 7”
Downloading file as byte array from AZURE BLOB storage in WCF Service
In this post I will show you how you can download a file from AZURE BLOB storage as byte array. Contract To download file client will have to provide ContainerName and filename to be downloaded. Service Implementation Very first you need to add reference of, Microsoft.WindowsAzure Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient Second you need to create connection string toContinueContinue reading “Downloading file as byte array from AZURE BLOB storage in WCF Service”
Creating X.509 certificate from Windows Azure BLOB
Sometime you may have to create X.509 certificate on the fly. Imagine you are writing a WCF Service to be hosted in App Fabric or creating a WCF Service Web Role to be hosted in Microsoft Data center. In these scenarios you don’t have access to local file system and in the service you areContinueContinue reading “Creating X.509 certificate from Windows Azure BLOB”
Fetching Hosting Services Name using Windows Azure Management API
Windows Azure Management API enables you to manage Azure subscription through codes. In this post, I will show, how you could list hosted services inside your subscription through code ? Windows Azure Management API is REST based API and allows you to perform almost all management level tasks with Azure subscription. Any client making callContinueContinue reading “Fetching Hosting Services Name using Windows Azure Management API”
Uploading management certificate in Windows Azure subscription
To work with Service Management API client has to authenticate itself to the Azure portal. You need to upload X.509 certificate to the portal. There are many ways and several tools available to crate X.509 certificates. Easiest way I find is using IIS. Read here to create certificate for Azure subscription Before you go aheadContinueContinue reading “Uploading management certificate in Windows Azure subscription”
Learn WCF RIA Service: Day 5
Learn WCF RIA Service: Day 1 Learn WCF RIA Service: Day 2 Learn WCF RIA Service: Day 3 Learn WCF RIA Service: Day 4 Using the Silverlight Business Application Template Till Day 4, we have discussed various primary but important aspect of WCF RIA Service and Domain Service class. Today we will learn creating ofContinueContinue reading “Learn WCF RIA Service: Day 5”
Setting the Start page in Windows Phone 7 application
Very often I see people struggling in setting start page for Windows Phone 7 application. By default MainPage.xaml serve as start page. If you have many xaml in phone application you are creating like below, Now you have three xaml in Windows Phone application project. If you want to set Page2.xaml as start page thenContinueContinue reading “Setting the Start page in Windows Phone 7 application”
Learn WCF RIA Service: Day 4
Learn WCF RIA Service: Day 1 Learn WCF RIA Service: Day 2 Learn WCF RIA Service: Day 3 Adding Custom Query in Domain Service Class On Day 3 we went deep in generated Domain Class. Now we do have an understanding on what all methods are there in the Domain Service Class. First question weContinueContinue reading “Learn WCF RIA Service: Day 4”
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