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Simple textbox validation wp7

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Since wp7 is based on Silverlight 3 then input validation can be done (love or loathe it) via exceptions. Here’s a simple example… <Grid x:Name=&q...

MS translator api text to speech WP7

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I’ve been messing around around with the ms translator api (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff512435.aspx) and thought I’d post my sample code. http:...

databinding BingMaps Control Wp7 MVVM

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Ok, so a similar treatment for the Bing Maps control as for previous posts on the Pivot and Panorama controls. So starting out with a standard Windows Phone ...

WCF Rest Service - WP7 Client

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Here is a working project with an extremely simple WCF rest service and a Windows Phone 7 client application using WebClient.   WebHttpBinding Service + WP7 ...

Data Binding Panorama Control WP7 MVVM

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by Peter Daukintis Ok, this is just a quick follow-up to a previous post Data Binding Pivot Control just as confirmation that this approach will work for t...

WP7 looping selector

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by Peter Daukintis After release of the RTM software tools for WP7 I was pleased to see the looping controls manifested as DatePicker and TimePicker since I...

Data Binding Pivot Control WP7 MVVM

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by Peter Daukintis Ok, having had access to the official WP7 Pivot control in the RTM Tools for Windows Phone 7 for a few days I thought it was time to explo...