Introduction to Binding ComboBox and DataGrid Controls in Silverlight 2.0
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This is my seventh article in a series focusing on Silverlight 2.0 development using Visual Studio 2008. In this article, I will introduce you to binding WCF object collections to ComboBox. We will also explore cascading ComboBoxes and the DataGrid relative to ComboBox.
This article assumes that you have minimum knowledge of technologies like “LINQ to SQL,” “WCF,” “Silverlight” and so forth. If you don’t, and if you need step-by-step information about the above technologies, please go through the following links.
If you are new to Silverlight 2.0 development, please refer to the following articles before going ahead (all available at http://www.aspfree.com/cp/bio/Jagadish-Chatarji/):
Beginning Silverlight 2.0 Development using Visual Studio 2008
Developing a Silverlight 2.0 Application Consuming a WCF Service using Visual Studio 2008
Silverlight 2.0 Application Development with LINQ to SQL and WCF Service (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)
This article is based on the following configuration:
To make this article simple, I created a table structure as seen at http://cid-41050f68f010a662.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/images/DeptEmp.gif
The entire source code for this article is available in the form of a free downloadable zip file. The solution was developed using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Edition (with SP1) with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Developer Edition on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (with SP2) with Silverlight 2.0 (RTM). I didn’t really test it in any other environment. I request that you post in the discussion area if you have any problems in execution.
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