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Rick Strahl

Rick Strahl's Web Log provides a variety of .NET development topics with focus on ASP.NET and enterprise development. Topics are wide ranging from introductory articles to tips and tricks, observations in the process of software development and examination of new and upcoming technologies. Content is honest and sometimes outspoken and doesn't tote any particular party line - Rick says it as he sees it.

Rick Strahl's Web Log | 21 Nov 2008 00:09

Silverlight and Data CommunicationsSubscribe to this feed

Rick Strahl writes "....So I’m finally getting an opportunity to work with Silverlight in a real application. I had mentioned this application in the past a few weeks back – the original application architecture was created as a Flash front end to a .NET backend which..."
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Rick Strahl's Web Log | 17 Nov 2008 08:45

ASP.NET Connection Session Slides and Samples PostedSubscribe to this feed

Rick Strahl writes "....  I’ve posted my session samples and slides from last week’s Fall 2008 DevConnection conference. As always the conference has been great fun and I’ve been pretty happy with my presentations (except maybe the REST session which was just to short..."
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Rick Strahl's Web Log | 15 Nov 2008 10:11

WipeoutSubscribe to this feed

Rick Strahl writes "....[11/15/2008: updated with the full sequence of shots] Just got a funny picture from the Gorge from last summer that I’d thought I’d share. It’s one heck of a of a wipeout sequence of a backloop on a big day at Arlington last year in the summer:..."
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Rick Strahl's Web Log | 10 Nov 2008 00:13

jQuery Intellisense Updates from MicrosoftSubscribe to this feed

Rick Strahl writes "....In case you missed it: Microsoft released the second part of their support tools for jQuery in Visual Studio this week. The second part comes in the form of a hotfix for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 that provides built-in support for –vsdoc.js files to –..."
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Rick Strahl's Web Log | 06 Nov 2008 20:59

From ASP Stock Projects to Web Application Projects in VS 2008Subscribe to this feed

Rick Strahl writes "....As I’m working on some of my demos for DevConnections next week I decided that some older demos I’ve had should be moved to Web Application Projects (WAP) rather than running on stock projects for consistency. I tend to use only WAP projects in..."
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Rick Strahl's Web Log | 04 Nov 2008 08:06

Debugging a WCF REST/AJAX Serialization ProblemSubscribe to this feed

Rick Strahl writes "....I’ve been working on my DevConnections demos today and as I was going through my demos I ended up significantly reworking a few of the samples and moving around projects. This actually went fairly smoothly but when I got to my AJAX StockPortfolio..."
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Rick Strahl's Web Log | 03 Nov 2008 01:50

My PDC 2008 Wrap upSubscribe to this feed

Rick Strahl writes "....Ugh, I’m finally back and settled from a long 3 week road trip. Ah, it feels good to sleep in my own bed again :-}. PDC last week was the last stop of the trip and as always it’s been an interesting experience. More than anything events like these..."
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Rick Strahl's Web Log | 29 Oct 2008 08:05

Amazon Kindle – a few Things I would improveSubscribe to this feed

Rick Strahl writes "....Scott Watermasysk has a blog entry about a few things he thinks could be done to improve his Amazon Kindle. Like him I love this device and I’m ever so glad I bought it because I’ve been travelling a lot this year and always having something to read..."
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Rick Strahl's Web Log | 26 Oct 2008 02:44

Dealing with Complex Client Interfaces: Html or RIA?Subscribe to this feed

Rick Strahl writes "....I’ve been working with a client whom I’ve been working for almost 10 years now in an advisory capacity. The customer has built and I’ve helped with systems that for the most part are highly meta data driven with application ‘service’ based..."
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Rick Strahl's Web Log | 24 Oct 2008 07:57

Using jQuery to search Content and creating custom Selector FiltersSubscribe to this feed

Rick Strahl writes "....Last week at Southwest Fox a number of people asked whether it’s possible to use jQuery to do selector searches based on element content. The basic functionality is provided through the :contains() filter function in jQuery which provide a case..."
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Rick Strahl (RickStrahl) @alanlukachko I picked XP Home SP2 which seems sensible. This computer is getting sold so I need to install w/ the original key. about 12 hours ago from twhirl

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Rick Strahl (RickStrahl) Yes. It's controls like the DataGrid that aren't showing up. I can add them manually and it shows in the designer but not in Asset Library. 1 day ago from twhirl

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Rick Strahl (RickStrahl) Ok so I got Blend to show me custom controls finally. But I'm still missing even some stock controls in Asset View. WTF? 1 day ago from twhirl

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Rick Strahl (RickStrahl) @skfox Thanks Shaun. Not really sure I want to spend $30 for getting a single driver though (I'm down to the audio driver). 1 day ago from twhirl

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Rick Strahl (RickStrahl) And it never came with a CD in the first place. Nice. 1 day ago from twhirl

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Rick Strahl (RickStrahl) Crap - reinstalling this old crappy Averatec machine for a friend turned into a nightmare. Averatec has NO drivers online for this machine. 1 day ago from twhirl

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Rick Strahl (RickStrahl) @lazycoder Man that sucks. Last time I had a problem I had a guy call me a freaking pirate when I read him the number from the bottom. & ... 1 day ago from twhirl

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Rick Strahl (RickStrahl) Hmmm... installing an old machine with XP Home from MSDN with Key from bottom of machine. Doesn't like it. Now what? 1 day ago from twhirl

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Rick Strahl (RickStrahl) @robzelt - added the SL Toolkit and it's also not showing up. 1 day ago from twhirl

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Rick Strahl (RickStrahl) @robzelt That's what I thought too, but not seeing it. Trying out Component One Components. Got them in VS showing, but not blend. 1 day ago from twhirl

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Rick Strahl (RickStrahl) How do I add custom controls to Expression Blend's Asset View? 1 day ago from twhirl

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Rick Strahl (RickStrahl) @DanWahlin Then serialization might work. Also not a great fit - too much dynamic result data. 1 day ago from twhirl

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Rick Strahl (RickStrahl) @DanWahlin One thought I had though: Generate a data model (L2S) on server, then copy the entities down and use in client. 1 day ago from twhirl

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Rick Strahl (RickStrahl) @DanWahlin I'm noodling with the XML right now and it works - tedious though due to type conversions and etc. Ugly code. 1 day ago from twhirl

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Rick Strahl (RickStrahl) @sontek Not in this situation. You need a type to go into and I don't have types on the client since all queries are truly dynamic. 1 day ago from twhirl

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Rick Strahl (RickStrahl) @DanWahlin Yes it would, but it'd be pretty tedious. Like to avoid that. If it comes to that I'll build some sort of custom dictionary. 1 day ago from twhirl

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Rick Strahl (RickStrahl) @SteveBlack 25 crew? Not very? 1 day ago from twhirl

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Rick Strahl (RickStrahl) Flash app currently uses datasets or (Html) JSON from custom data service. Seems no good way to represent pure dynamic data in SL w/ C#. 1 day ago from twhirl

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Rick Strahl (RickStrahl) Looking for recommends for Silverlight for consuming "dynamic" database data. JSON ADO.NET DS require static types up front. Alternatives? 1 day ago from twhirl

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Rick Strahl (RickStrahl) @akselsoft Yeah that's why I'm saying. I've built those things I don't know how many times. It sucks. This is a platform task. 1 day ago from twhirl