Can Visual Studio Lightswitch connect to an oracle database?
All the demos of Visual Studio Lightswitch use SQL-Server, it is possible to access data from Oracle using Visual Studio Lightswitch? ...
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Is Visual Studio Lightswitch “Microsoft Access” for the web age?
It seems that Visual Studio Lightswitch is aimed at the some sort of application that Microsoft Access was aimed at. Therefore am I right to assume that: “Visual Studio Lightswitch” is “Microsoft Access” for the web age ...
Missing references in LightSwitch Beta 1 autogen code
I'm trying out the new LightSwitch beta 1 and getting the following error when I try to build. Not much special - I tried to create a new screen based off of data sources from an existing database. Of course, there's no place to add references. Error 5 The type or namespace name 'DomainServices' does not exist in the namespace 'Sy...
LightSwitch Beta 1 looking for SQL Express instead of full SQL instance
After resolving issues with RIA installation here, I'm still getting this following error. Not much special - I tried to create a new screen based off of data sources from an existing database in a full SQL 2005 instance An error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server instance '.\SQLEXPRESS'. A network-related or...
LightSwitch: How do I place my business logic into a separate assembly?
I have no idea how to do this simple task. LightSwitch's Solution Explorer is different in the sense that it doesn't allow to add other projects such as Class Library. Even if I could add a Class Library I would still need to reference the data model from it. As the data model is inside the LightSwitch project I would have a circular ref...
What do you think of Microsoft's new RAD tool "Lightswitch"?
What do you think of Microsoft's new develeopment tool "Lightswitch"? Is it worth to take a look on it? I am not sure, who is the target group of this new RAD tool? It seems to me as a kind of Access or Foxpro for Silverlight!?!? Makes it sense to deal with it as a "normal" experienced developer? ...
Lightswitch Evaluation
Has somebody already evaluated the new MS Silverlight RAD tool "Lightswitch"? Is it also suitable for developing complex applications? Can I use it without Silverlight knowledge? Is it so flexible, that I can also extend "Lightswitch appications" with own code (C#,XAML)? ...
Change the size of a control in lightswitch beta
I'm playing around with my first lightswitch application and am trying to change the size of a list control. Does anyone know how to do that? I've tried: this.FindControl("PersonList").SetProperty("Height", 200); but get told the height property doesn't exist. I've had a quick look thorugh the lightswitch namespaces in the object brow...
Styling my WPF application like LightSwitch?
Hello! The LightSwitch look beautiful to me, and I'd like to implement these themes to my WPF apps as well. Is there a way I can mimic the LightSwitch themes to my app? ...
Compare old to new value at validation in LightSwitch
Is there a possibility to compare the old value to the new one during validation. Say you have a State on some object that is set to A and changed to B. This should only be allowed if the entity fulfills certain circumstances. ...
Searching a boolean column in LightSwitch App
The default search box in a LightSwitch screen is very neat - all set up for you and it searches almost everything. But is there a way to filter the result set on a boolean column? Or more than one boolean column? Is there an advanced search syntax, or is it just a super simple search for strings? Maybe I missed something in the docu...
Unable to add an item inline via a search screen
I'm using Microsoft Visual Studio Lightswitch Beta 1 to create a simple application. I'm trying to create a search screen for a table that contains an Int32 filed called ID and a String field called Name. If I customize my search screen and try to add an Add... button to my command bar of the datagrid, when I go to use the search scree...
LightSwitch vs RIA
I've just found out about Visual Studio LightSwitch, Microsoft's new Silverlight-centric RAD tool. Does this occupy the same space as RIA Services? Is RIA effectively dead? ...
LightSwitch beta 1: "CreateRuntimeExtensionAssembliesManifest" task failed unexpectedly
Using LightSwitch Beta 1, every time I build my project I get this error on the ServerGenerated project: The "CreateRuntimeExtensionAssembliesManifest" task failed unexpectedly. System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at Microsoft.LightSwitch.BuildTasks.Extensions.CreateRuntimeExtensionAssemb...
How do I host a LightSwitch application?
If I wanted to host a LightSwitch application on my home computer, what would I need to do? My home computer has a Verizon FIOS connection. What software, configuration, etc. would I need? ...
LightSwitch installation problem.
A short while ago I tried to install LightSwitch Beta, but after some sizeable and lengthy downloads, the installation aborts after trying to install Silverlight 4. It simply says that Silverlight 4 could not be installed. The log is not much help either, as the most informative entries are: ISetupComponent::Pre/Post/Install() failed ...
Use Of Visual Lightswitch
Can any one explain me the features on Visual Lightswitch ...
Deploying a LightSwitch application as a 2-tier app.
So I've been playing with LightSwitch a little tonight. Looks pretty slick and for my needs could be what I need. A few questions I have that maybe the folks here can answer - Deploying the application as a 2-tier app (desktop only). Would the client have to have SQL Serve Express already installed? Or when you build the app does it i...
LightSwitch and VS 2010 Ultimate
If I want to use LightSwitch's prebuilt silverlight forms is there a way for me to do it within VS2010 (i have ultimate)? It is slightly annoying to have to load a slimmed down VS just to have some templates in place. I'm downloading LightSwitch now to see if I can copy the prebuilt forms into a VS2010 silverlight app. ...