windows-client

SCE - Custom Data Feeds

I am using the syndicated client experience (SCE) SDK. Has anyone had success with creating custom datafeeds for this. I wnat to be able to host the masterfeed and other feeds at a URL instead of compiling as embedded resources like the example. for instance, the client application would gather its feeds from http://somesite/masterfee...

When is Winforms the correct choice vs. WPF?

Disclaimer: I'm not generally a Windows Client developer. I presume that WPF is intended to eventually replace WinForms altogether, but for now, they both are shipping. My question is, when is one more appropriate than another? Should we be leaving Winforms to legacy and creating new Windows Clients in WPF only? ...

Will you migrate your UI to using ribbons for Windows 7?

Soon Windows 7 will use ribbon as default interface in any Windows programs, like Paint or WordPad, leaving to back default toolbars and menus. Will you migrate your UI to using ribbons for Windows 7? ...

MasterWindow in WPF

Hello, I am used to developing ASP.net web apps and now doing some exploring in WPF windows client apps. I had been extensively using MasterPage and Themes to make my application have a uniform look. How can I accomplish the same in WPF? What are the best practices for this? For starters I am working on a very simple application that...

POSTing data to ASP.NET MVC from a WPF app

Hi -- I'm trying to submit some Json data to an ASP.NET MVC controller from a WPF app. I wrote my client-side code based on a couple of samples from MSDN using the WebRequest object and BeginGetResponse. This worked fine when I was just sending a GET request. It hit my ASP.NET MVC controller just fine and brought back some Json data....