I figured this out – there is a setting in MSBuild where you can choose x64 or x86 environment for MSBuild (in the same page where you set MSBuild flags) – set it to x86 and everything will work.
DateTime has the range: January 1, 1753, through December 31, 9999 DateTime2 has the range: 0001-01-01 through 9999-12-31 So if you are entering a date before 1753 you would get this error when the field in the table is of type DateTime.
I don’t know what do you mean by converting a stream to a string. Also what’s the other side? In order to convert a stream to a string you need to use an encoding. Here’s an example of how this could be done if we suppose that the stream represents UTF-8 encoded bytes: using (var … Read more
OK – here’s the step-by-step way of doing this: (1) add your stored procedure to the EDMX file (when you first create it, or later on by using Update model from database and picking that stored procedure) (2) once you have the stored procedure in your model – use the Model Browser to add a … Read more
The ViewModelLocator class helps keep a centralized store for your viewmodels. You can use this class to help manage new versions and clean up old ones. I always reference my viewmodel from view via the locator, so I always have code I can run to manage these things. You could try that. As well, I … Read more
This is kind of an old question, but I figured I’d give my answer since I found this thread by Googling for the exact same problem. In my case, I’d copied some sample XAML from the web to get started with Silverlight Toolkit 4. That sample XAML contained a simple button with a click event … Read more
Unfortunetly no, you can’t bind to a ConverterParameter. There’s two options I’ve used in the past: instead of using a Converter, create a property on your ViewModel (or whatever you’re binding to) which does the conversion for you. If you still want to go the Converter route, pass the entire bound object to the converter … Read more
If you want to show, say FirstName and LastName, in a single TextBlock, then you can do like this: <TextBlock> <Run Text=”{Binding FirstName}” /> <Run Text=” ” /> <!– space –> <Run Text=”{Binding LastName}” /> </TextBlock> Now, the TextBlock’s Text property will be “Sachin Tendulkar” and will be displayed if: FirstName = Sachin LastName = … Read more
This will actually help you I guess Width=”{Binding ActualWidth, ElementName=parentElementName}” This binds the width to the parent element or the element name provided
Found out what happened I installed first Visual Studio, and removed some components that I thought wouldn’t be necessary (c++, f#, etc). I also removed visual web developer tools (shouldn’t have done that… you’ll see why in a minute). After that, I installed Service Pack 1. Then, when trying to install the Silverlight 4 tools, … Read more