David Rogers

"Well, I'm looking at this and I'm seeing here that I clearly have pulled this out of somewhere..."

ROFL!

The sequence of Load, Activate, Deactivate, and Close calls was not obvious at first. And the fact that the debugger keeps dropping out makes it tough to follow. A useful extension to this module would be to record each of these events (WHEN it occurred) in the string we are saving.

These changes would go in App.xaml.cs:

        private void Application_Launching(object sender, LaunchingEventArgs e)
        {
            LoadState("L");
        }

        private void Application_Activated(object sender, ActivatedEventArgs e)
        {
            LoadState("A");
        }

        private void Application_Deactivated(object sender, DeactivatedEventArgs e)
        {
            SaveState("D");
        }

        private void Application_Closing(object sender, ClosingEventArgs e)
        {
            SaveState("C");
        }
 

 And then:

        private void SaveState(string when)
        {
            PhoneApplicationService phoneAppService = PhoneApplicationService.Current;
            IsolatedStorageSettings settings = IsolatedStorageSettings.ApplicationSettings;

            if (phoneAppService.State.ContainsKey("MyValue"))
            {
                settings["MyValue"] = phoneAppService.State["MyValue"] + " " + when + " ";
            }
            else
            {
                settings["MyValue"] = when + " ";
            }

        }

        private void LoadState(string when)
        {
            PhoneApplicationService phoneAppService = PhoneApplicationService.Current;
            IsolatedStorageSettings settings = IsolatedStorageSettings.ApplicationSettings;

            if (settings.Contains("MyValue"))
            {
                phoneAppService.State["MyValue"] = settings["MyValue"] + " " + when + " ";
            }
            else
            {
                phoneAppService.State["MyValue"] = when + " ";
            }
        }

David

Very nice series! I'm about 2/3 of the way through and thoroughly enjoying it. Well Done!

David

Does App.xaml.cs.SaveState() also need to use TryGetValue, since, the first time it is run, if we leave the page or hit start before we change the TextBox, there is nothing in the property bag and the access fails with an exception?

This video was great: fast paced yet complete.

I did spend a frustrating hour or so trying to figure out why, when I checked the "Remember Me" checkbox, the next call to Membership.ValidateUser(null, null) would result in an exception:

System.NullReferenceException was unhandled
  Message="Object reference not set to an instance of an object."
  Source="System.Web.Extensions"
  StackTrace:
       at System.Web.ClientServices.ClientFormsIdentity.GetSecureStringFromString(String password)
       at System.Web.ClientServices.Providers.ClientFormsAuthenticationMembershipProvider.ValidateUserCore(String username, String password, Int32 rememberMeInt, Int32& promptCount, Boolean tryToUseLastLoggedInUser)
       at System.Web.ClientServices.Providers.ClientFormsAuthenticationMembershipProvider.ValidateUserCore(String username, String password, Int32 rememberMeInt)
       at System.Web.ClientServices.Providers.ClientFormsAuthenticationMembershipProvider.ValidateUser(String username, String password)
       at System.Web.Security.Membership.ValidateUser(String username, String password)
       at AppServicesClient.Form1.Form1_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) in C:\Users\drogers\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\AppServicesDemo\AppServicesClient\Form1.cs:line 39
       at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnCreateControl()
       at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()
       at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
       at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
       at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
       at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.DebuggableCallback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
       at System.Windows.Forms.SafeNativeMethods.ShowWindow(HandleRef hWnd, Int32 nCmdShow)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Control.SetVisibleCore(Boolean value)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Form.SetVisibleCore(Boolean value)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Control.set_Visible(Boolean value)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoopInner(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form mainForm)
       at AppServicesClient.Program.Main() in C:\Users\drogers\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\AppServicesDemo\AppServicesClient\Program.cs:line 18
       at System.AppDomain._nExecuteAssembly(Assembly assembly, String[] args)
       at System.AppDomain.ExecuteAssembly(String assemblyFile, Evidence assemblySecurity, String[] args)
       at Microsoft.VisualStudio.HostingProcess.HostProc.RunUsersAssembly()
       at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)
       at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
       at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()
  InnerException:

I found that by replacing the null arguments with string.empty, (Membership.ValidateUser(string.Empty, string.Empty)) the program worked as expected.

Thanks again and ciao,
David