Office Add-in (VSTO) Performance Tips & Tricks
Description
In this interview with Joe Binder, a Program Manager on the LightSwitch team, we discuss the LightSwitch application framework architecture and how a LightSwitch application is built on top of well-known technologies like Silverlight, MVVM, RIA Services,
and Entity Framework. Joe shows us how to modify the behavior of a screen and how it exposes the commanding pattern in an easy-to-use way. He also shows us how to extend the UI with our own custom Silverlight controls, as well as how to connect our own data
sources using RIA Services.
For an introduction to LightSwitch please see this interview:
Jay Schmelzer: Introducing Visual Studio LightSwitch
For more information on LightSwitch, please see:
Visual Studio LightSwitch Developer Center
Visual Studio LightSwitch Team Blog
Visual Studio LightSwitch Forums
For an introduction to LightSwitch please see this interview:
Jay Schmelzer: Introducing Visual Studio LightSwitch
For more information on LightSwitch, please see:
Enjoy,
-Beth Massi, Visual Studio Community
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The Discussion
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amitvar It looks like there'll be a slight learning curve to learn how to call the right pieces, but this can really cut down on development and increase consistency.
I smell the re-birth of Shadow Applications!
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Mark Struik It seems you're mp4 encoder is a bit off? sound is great, but video having major issues.
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Charles Hi,
Can you elaborate? What application + OS are you using to watch the the MP4 and what are the video issues, exactly? Thanks!
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ChrisStepaniuk We have a bunch of departmental apps (.NET 1.1 and some VB6) which I want to bring into the new world. They haven’t had a refresh in a long time, and I want to see how fast I can get the same app working in the same way using LightSwtich
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Ben Hayat Great presentation. Beth is a pretty smart girl and cathes up quickly
This product is really going to push Silverlight into the market.
..Ben
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funkyonex Thanks! My mom always tells me that too.
Looking forward to your feedback once the beta is released Aug 23rd!
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Ben Hayat I have a couple of questions to ask the team. Could you tell me who I should post my questions to?
Thanks!
..Ben
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AcousticGuitar Your video feed stops, loads, plays repeatedly... Not pleasant to watch! Thanks!
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funkyonex Hi Ben,
You can ask questions in the LightSwitch Forums -- the team is hanging out here answering:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/category/vslightswitchThanks for the feedback!
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funkyonex Hmm.. I'm not seeing that. Sometimes I have better luck downloading the low res WMV under downloads.
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guercheLE This video bring me fond memories of Microsoft Acropolis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_codename_%22Acropolis%22). Does LightSwitch use CAB or Prism behind the scenes?
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guercheLE Just in case someone wonder what Acropolis were: http://windowsclient.net/acropolis/
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funkyonex Hi guercheLE,
No, LightSwitch isn't dependent on these frameworks but you will see similar patterns. Take a look at this post and the comments on the team blog - I think it will answer your questions:
Cheers,
-Beth
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billsm Beth,
I have really enjoyed your videos on visual basic,wpf, etc. I really hope someone fixes this video, The buffer plays for less than twenty seconds and I really can not understand what is happening. I would greatly appreciate if someone would fix this issue. My computer has windows 7 and the latest wmv player. Please pass on this information
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andrewbrust Beth and Joe, thank you for this video. It really shows in practical terms how extending LightSwitch apps is more than a rhetorical talking point. Its real and it's practical. And it's also not that hard.
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jtpolizzi Yes - I've had the same experience. Very frustrating to watch.
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dungeon its better to download the video than watching it online
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Nantes maybe the silverlight team should improve their video rendering,
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joeMilhem Gr8 work
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Jayaram Krishnaswamy Trying to see full screen brings up a Silverlight message. Try to answer it anyway crashes the browser displaying a sad face probably created using Expression Blend.
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Anwar2009 Really is a wonderful tool will be successful in the final release
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yu78 [quote]
Sep 23, 2010 at 7:53 AM, dungeon wrote
its better to download the video than watching it online
[/quote]thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
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James C Harris, Jr Need more info? Send it to me...