patterns & practices Web Client Software Factory

New Post: Customer Specific Code

ajayrsawant — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:21:25 GMT

I'm working on a web application where 90% of it is common 'product' code an the other 10% is customer specific.

I want some method of separating the customer specific presentation, business and data access layers from the product code as I don't the main product code to be bloated with customer specific code.

Ideally I'd like to have one solution for the product and one for each customer.

Can you help me to impliment this using WCSF ?

Thanks
Ajay Sawant

New Post: ServerSideValidationExtender and DropDownList

matiasbonaventura — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:01:26 GMT

Hi wc,

I have been able to reproduce the issue you mention. Below you can find the reason of the problem and a possible workaround.

Debugging the DoValidate method of the validator I found that the problem is that the objectToValidate parameter (that is the value which is tested for validity) is not updating. So, the method is always checking if "-1" is a valid value and returning false as you explained.

Digging into the ServerSideValidationExtender I found the problem root. The ServerSideValidationExtender control relies on the BaseValidator.GetValidationProperty and PropertyDescriptor.SetValue methods to update the control's property value. In the case of DropDownList controls, the PropertyDescriptor returned by GetValidationProperty method is a read-only property and thus SetValue will not set the control's property value:

private static void SetControlValidationValue(Control validator, string controlName, string value)

{

Guard.ArgumentNotNull(validator, "validator");

Control component = validator.NamingContainer.FindControl(controlName);

if (component == null)

{

string message = string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, Resources.CannotFindControlToValidate, controlName);

throw new InvalidOperationException(message);

}

PropertyDescriptor validationProperty = BaseValidator.GetValidationProperty(component); // for DropDownList control, this returns a readOnly Property

if (validationProperty == null)

{

string message = string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, Resources.NoValidationProperty, controlName);

throw new InvalidOperationException(message);

}

validationProperty.SetValue(component, value); // this will not change the value for DropDownList controls

}

NOTE: you can find this code in the AjaxControlToolkit.WCSFExtensions.ServerSideValidationExtender class extracting the WCSF source that comes with the Software Factory. You can check Extending the Application Blocks for more details.

Workaround

To workaround for this issue you will need to modify the ServerSideValidationExtender class code to take this scenario into account.

You can add the following code to the end of the SetControlValidationValue method to set the SelectedValue when the control is a DropDownList:

// If the control is a DropDownList, set the SelectedValue

DropDownList dropDownList = component as DropDownList;

if (dropDownList != null)

{

dropDownList.SelectedValue = value;

}

NOTE: You will need to recompile the AjaxControlToolkit.WCSFExtensions project and reference the newly generated assembly in your project.

Hope it helps!

Matias Bonaventura

http://blogs.southworks.net/matiasb

New Post: Catch System.Web.HttpException: Maximum request length exceeded

matiasbonaventura — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:11:41 GMT

Hi tatovisk85,

I think I was able to reproduce the issue you mention and found the error.

I tried catching the exception in the Global.asax and debugging I found that the code was executing. Using the code you posted and debugging the Application_Error method in the global.asax I found that when the exception you mentioned is thrown, the application.Request.TotalBytes property is not set. If you try to access this property a new exception is thrown.

As explained in the thread Application_Error not firing, if an exception occurs in the execution of the Application_Error method, these exception will not be detected and will appears as if the method would not have been executed.

Hope it helps!

Matias Bonaventura

http://blogs.southworks.net/matiasb

New Post: ServerSideValidationExtender and DropDownList

wc — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:49:10 GMT

I am having a problem using a ServerSideValidationExtender with a propertyproxyvalidator on a dropdownlist. I am trying to make the dropdown a required field by using a DomainValidator. I have the domainvalidator's domain property set to -1 and the negated property to "True". The validation always fails when using a dropdown though. Is it not possible to use a ServerSideValidationExtender with a dropdown?

<asp:DropDownList ID="ddlAction" runat="server">
    <asp:ListItem Value="-1" Text="--Pick one--"></asp:ListItem>
    <asp:ListItem Value="A" Text="Add"></asp:ListItem>
    <asp:ListItem Value="D" Text="Delete"></asp:ListItem>
    <asp:ListItem Value="U" Text="Update"></asp:ListItem>
</asp:DropDownList>

<val:PropertyProxyValidator ID="valDropDown" runat="server" ControlToValidate="ddlAction" PropertyName="Action" RulesetName="Default" SourceTypeName="MyClass" />

<valExt:ServerSideValidationExtender ID="valReasonExtender" runat="server" TargetControlID="valDropDown" />

New Post: Catch System.Web.HttpException: Maximum request length exceeded

tatovisk85 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:45:54 GMT

Hello!

I'm facing the following issue: When trying to upload a large file, I get System.Web.HttpException: Maximum request length exceeded.

I have:

    public class GlobalExceptionLogger : IHttpModule
    {
        private Logger logger;

        public void Dispose()
        {
        }
        
        public void Init(HttpApplication context)
        {
            context.Error += new EventHandler(this.OnUnhandledException);
            this.logger = new Logger();
        }

        private void OnUnhandledException(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            HttpApplication application = (HttpApplication)sender;

            Exception ex = application.Server.GetLastError().GetBaseException();         

            logger.Error(
                ex, 
                "General", 
                string.Format("Request Path: {0}\nRequest Size: {1}\nContent Length: {2}", application.Request.Path, application.Request.TotalBytes, application.Request.ContentLength));

            if (application.Context.Items["PaginaErro"] != null)
            {
                application.Server.Transfer("PaginaErro.aspx");
            }
            else
            {
                application.Server.Transfer("~/PaginaErro.aspx");
            }
        }
    }

Which works fine with every other exception I was able to generate. I also tried catching it in Global.asax. but it does not work as well.

Any ideas of what could be causing this?

Thanks!

New Post: Guidance Package Manager just enable Ajax option

Montserrat — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:59:55 GMT

Hello,

We have a solution in Team Foundation Server, and after enable Guidance Package Manager, the only available option that we can execute is "Enable Ajax"; the rest of options as "Add Page", "Add User Control", "Add Master Page" are not available, they appears listed but the "Execute" button is not available in any solution folder or file. Also, we cannot see any of this options in the solution explorer, just "Enable Ajax" is displayed in Web Client Factory menu.

However, if we create a solution in the same machine but not uploaded to Team Foundation Server, all the options are available.

Can anyone help us about this item?

Thanks,

Montse

New Post: wcsf and asp.net routing

andreid — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:41:21 GMT

Hi Matias,

Thanks for posting that. It works for me when routing within the same project, however I have another problem: My WCSF solution is created using the WAP option, so each module has its own project in the Websites folder.

If I add a route to Global.asax that maps within the Shell module such as "Home.aspx" to map to "~/Default.aspx" the URL works successfully. If I add a route to the Global.asax that points to another module such as "Home.aspx/Contacts" to map to "~/Contacts/Default.aspx", I get the error "System.ArgumentException: Invalid type owner for DynamicMethod" when accessing that URL. Am I missing something here?

I am also looking for some pointers on how to best implement adding routes for each module in the WAP scenario. Ideally, I would like each module to add its own routes when it is deployed so that the Shell module does not know anything about routes for the other modules. What do you think would be the best approach here?

New Post: Using ObjectBuilder in background services

cpisani — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:39:26 GMT

Thanks for the feedback. I ended up moving our background services into web services in one of our WCSF projects. Now the background services don't contain any logic other than to call the web services.

Commented Issue: Project type "Guidance Packages\Web Client Development February 2008" missing in VS 2008

tuthke — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:50:12 GMT

After installing GAX Feb 2008, gaxp1409.exe, GAT for VS 2005 Feb 2008, GAT for VS 2008 Feb 2008 and WCSF Feb 2008 (in this order) on a Windows Vista SP2 system with VS 2005 and VS 2008 there is no project type "Guidance Packages\Guidance Package Development" and no project type "Guidance Packages\Web Client Development February 2008" available in "New->Projekt" in VS 2008. There is also no Guidance Package Manager available in "Tools". I tried to follow the "Getting started" description an create a Hello world application but without the project template this fails at the first step. The Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 are Professional Edition - ENU.

In the VS 2005 I get a project type "Guidance Packages\Guidance Package Development" but no project type "Guidance Packages\Web Client Development February 2008".

The application "View Installed Packages.exe" from GAX shows "MetaGuidancePackage" for VS 2005 and "MetaGuidancePackage", "WebClientFactoryPackage2" for VS 2008.

I attached the output from GaxTroubleshooter.exe:

Dumping OS details...
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OS version: Microsoft Windows NT 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2
CLR version: 2.0.50727.4016

Dumping GAX hive...
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Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Guidance Automation Extensions
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Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Guidance Automation Extensions\Compatibility
Value 1.1=1 - (DWord)
Value 1.2=1 - (DWord)
Value 1.3=1 - (DWord)
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Guidance Automation Extensions\Hosts
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Guidance Automation Extensions\Hosts\VisualStudio
Value 8.0=8.0 - (String)
Value 9.0=9.0 - (String)
Value CurrentHive=8.0 - (String)
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DUMP INFORMATION FOR 8.0 VS HIVE

MainManifest (8.0)
------------------------------------------------
FileName: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Recipe Framework\RecipeFramework8.0.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RecipeFramework SchemaVersion="1.0" TraceLevel="Error" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/pag/gax-manifest">
<Hosts>
<Host Name="VisualStudio" InstallerType="Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.VisualStudio.RecipeFrameworkInstaller, Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.VisualStudio" />
</Hosts>
<GuidancePackages>
<GuidancePackage Name="MetaGuidancePackage" Version="1.0" Caption="Guidance Package Development" Description="" Host="VisualStudio" Guid="23FC29C9-FAFE-47f1-B633-B548E788DDDF" ConfigurationFile="C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Guidance Automation Toolkit for Visual Studio 2005\Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.MetaGuidancePackage.xml" Timestamp="633384906740000000" />
</GuidancePackages>
</RecipeFramework>

Registry Info (8.0)
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Key Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\RecipeManagerPackage not registered.
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PublicAssemblies directory folder (8.0) C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\PublicAssemblies.
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Assembly: Microsoft.Practices.Common, Version=1.4.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, FileVersion: 1.4.0.8
Assembly: Microsoft.Practices.ComponentModel, Version=1.4.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, FileVersion: 1.4.0.8
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Assembly: Microsoft.Practices.WizardFramework, Version=1.4.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, FileVersion: 1.4.0.8

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DUMP INFORMATION FOR 8.0Exp VS HIVE

MainManifest (8.0Exp)
------------------------------------------------
FileName: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Recipe Framework\RecipeFramework8.0Exp.xml
WARNING: Unable to find the C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Recipe Framework\RecipeFramework8.0Exp.xml specified file.

Registry Info (8.0Exp)
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Key Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0Exp\RecipeManagerPackage not registered.
Key Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0Exp\Packages\{77d93a80-73fc-40f8-87db-acd3482964b2} not registered.
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Key Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0Exp\AutoLoadPackages\{F1536EF8-92EC-443C-9ED7-FDADF150DA82} not registered.
Key Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0Exp\ToolWindows\{90e51bf7-d80a-4fa1-8a20-2641cbb842f4} not registered.

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DUMP INFORMATION FOR 9.0 VS HIVE

MainManifest (9.0)
------------------------------------------------
FileName: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Recipe Framework\RecipeFramework9.0.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RecipeFramework SchemaVersion="1.0" TraceLevel="Error" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/pag/gax-manifest">
<Hosts>
<Host Name="VisualStudio" InstallerType="Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.VisualStudio.RecipeFrameworkInstaller, Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.VisualStudio" />
</Hosts>
<GuidancePackages>
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Value {77d93a80-73fc-40f8-87db-acd3482964b2}=0 - (DWord)
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\AutoLoadPackages\{F1536EF8-92EC-443C-9ED7-FDADF150DA82}\Packages
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\AutoLoadPackages\{F1536EF8-92EC-443C-9ED7-FDADF150DA82}\Packages\{23fc29c9-fafe-47f1-b633-b548e788dddf}
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\AutoLoadPackages\{F1536EF8-92EC-443C-9ED7-FDADF150DA82}\Packages\{74716806-2e8d-4d21-9798-d9fec7a5a078}
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\ToolWindows\{90e51bf7-d80a-4fa1-8a20-2641cbb842f4}
Value Name=Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.VisualStudio.ToolWindow.GuidanceNavigatorWindow - (String)

PublicAssemblies directory folder (9.0) C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\PublicAssemblies.
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Assembly: Microsoft.Practices.Common, Version=1.4.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, FileVersion: 1.4.0.8
Assembly: Microsoft.Practices.ComponentModel, Version=1.4.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, FileVersion: 1.4.0.8
Assembly: Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.Common, Version=1.4.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, FileVersion: 1.4.0.8
Assembly: Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework, Version=1.4.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, FileVersion: 1.4.0.9
Assembly: Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.Library, Version=1.4.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, FileVersion: 1.4.0.9
Assembly: Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.PackageManagement, Version=1.4.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, FileVersion: 1.4.0.8
Assembly: Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.VisualStudio.Common, Version=1.4.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, FileVersion: 1.4.0.8
Assembly: Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.VisualStudio, Version=1.4.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, FileVersion: 1.4.0.9
Assembly: Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.VisualStudio.Library, Version=1.4.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, FileVersion: 1.4.0.8
Assembly: Microsoft.Practices.WizardFramework, Version=1.4.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, FileVersion: 1.4.0.8

I recognized the entry "CurrentHive=8.0" and tried changing this to "CurrentHive=9.0" but this changes nothing in VS 2008.

Any help would be great
Comments: ** Comment from web user: tuthke **

I found a solution, I did "devenv.exe /ResetSkipPkgs" and afterwards, the missing project types are available...

Created Issue: Project type "Guidance Packages\Web Client Development February 2008" missing in VS 2008

tuthke — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:48:23 GMT

New Post: WCSF does not automatically check out web.config when recipe runs

mg4965 — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:43:41 GMT

Hi,

I am making some small modifications to the WCSF to meet some requirements of my organization. I created a recipe that will add a class to a module project and update the web.config in a similar manner as the Foundational Module recipe. I noticed when the web.config is under source control (with automatic check outs enabled in TFS) the recipe fails and gives an unauthorized access error, this also happens with the Foundational Module recipe. When recipe runs that modifies a project file under source control that project file gets automatically checked out no problem. Do you know why an error happens with the web.config and not a project file or solution file? Is there anything that can be done within WCSF to fix this or to notify the developer to check out the file as opposed to an error?

Thanks,

Matt

New Post: Using ObjectBuilder in background services

pbolduc — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:15:52 GMT

I would recommend you take a look at Unity.

New Post: Using ObjectBuilder in background services

cpisani — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:12:58 GMT

I've successfully been using WCSF to build objects and service dependencies. Now, I would like to make use of the same services in a background service (console application) that will run daily. I've tried using WebClientApplicaiton.BuildWithCurrentContext to wire up my objects, but this doesn't work since the console app isn't in a web environment. What is the suggested approach to get the same wiring up functionality with WCSF services in a console app?

New Post: Databinding, ObjectContainerDatasource and EF

miloza — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:37:42 GMT

What is the best practice in order to achieve the following using a WebUI.

So for example I have an EF model which has employees and departments which are associated. So my employee class has a reference to a collection of departments. When binding this to a Detailsview for example I can create an Item Template to display the dropdown list of departments etc. But what to I bind the dropdown list to as I won't have the "departmentId" property in my Employee class?

I've seen a worked around for this where you create a partial class with the departmentId property, but this seems a bit messy. Is there a more elegant way to approach this?

Thanks and kind regards

Sasa

New Post: ServersidevalidationExtender problem client side validation

manishacodeplex — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:29:01 GMT

Hi,

I am using VS2005 , AjaxControlToolkit (1.0.10618.0), AjaxControlToolkitWCSFExtensions.dll (2.0.1.0), Enterprise lib 3.1 validation application blocks.

I am using external config file to store rulesets for my entities/objects.

In my web application, I am using user control that has propertyproxyvalidator and serversidevalidationExtendor to validate various fields that correspond to properties of entity.

ServersidevalidationExtendor has targetcontrolid set and it points to corresponding propertyproxyvalidator.

I am having problem with client side validation. It does not show error messages when I tab out of the control that is pointing to property which is required.

It works with postback.

here is the usercontrol file

<%@ Control Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="DemoInsert.ascx.cs" Inherits="Controls_DemoInsert" %>
<%@ Register Assembly="AjaxControlToolkit.WCSFExtensions" Namespace="AjaxControlToolkit.WCSFExtensions"
    TagPrefix="cc2" %>
<%@ Register Assembly="Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Validation.Integration.AspNet"
    Namespace="Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Validation.Integration.AspNet"
    TagPrefix="cc1" %>

<Table ID="tblDemoInsert" runat="server">
<tr>
<td><asp:Label id="lblDemoTitle" runat="server" Text="Demo Title:"></asp:Label></td>
<td style="width: 277px"><asp:TextBox ID="txtDemoTitle" runat="server" Width="446px"></asp:TextBox>
<cc1:PropertyProxyValidator ID="ppValDemoTitle" runat="server" 
ControlToValidate="txtDemoTitle"
 PropertyName ="DemoTitle"  
 SourceTypeName="Entities.Demo" RulesetName="DemoRuleSet" Display="Dynamic"></cc1:PropertyProxyValidator>
    <cc2:ServerSideValidationExtender ID="SSValExtDemoTitle"   runat="server" TargetControlID="ppValDemoTitle">
    </cc2:ServerSideValidationExtender>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><asp:Label ID="lblDemoDesc" runat="server" Text="Demo Description:"></asp:Label></td>
<td style="width: 277px"><asp:TextBox ID="txtDemoDesc" runat="server" Width="449px" ></asp:TextBox>
    <cc1:PropertyProxyValidator ID="ppValDemoDesc" runat="server"
     ControlToValidate ="txtDemoDesc"
      PropertyName ="DemoDesc" RulesetName="DemoRuleSet"
      SourceTypeName="Entities.Demo"></cc1:PropertyProxyValidator>
    <cc2:ServerSideValidationExtender ID="SSValExtDemoDesc" runat="server" TargetControlID="ppValDemoDesc">
    </cc2:ServerSideValidationExtender>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>   
        <td colspan ="2" align="center" >
        <asp:Button ID="btnInsert" Text ="Insert" runat ="server"  OnClick="btnInsert_Click"/>
        <asp:Button ID ="btnCancel" Text ="Cancel" runat ="server" OnClick="btnCancel_Click" />              
        </td>

    </tr>
</table>

Here is the config file...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
	<configSections>
		<section name="validation" type="Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Validation.Configuration.ValidationSettings, Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Validation, Version=3.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null" />
	</configSections >
<font size="2" color="#0000ff"><font size="2" color="#0000ff"><
</font></font><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font>validation><font size="2" color="#0000ff"><font size="2" color="#0000ff">
<
</font></font><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font>
type assemblyName="Entities, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null"
<font size="2" color="#0000ff"><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font></font><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font>name="Entities.Demo"><font size="2" color="#0000ff"><font size="2" color="#0000ff">
<
</font></font><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font>
ruleset name="DemoRuleSet"><font size="2" color="#0000ff"><font size="2" color="#0000ff">
<
</font></font><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font>
properties><font size="2" color="#0000ff"><font size="2" color="#0000ff">
<
</font></font><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font>
property name="DemoDesc"><font size="2" color="#0000ff"><font size="2" color="#0000ff">
<
</font></font><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font>
validator lowerBound="0" lowerBoundType="Exclusive" upperBound="150"
<font size="2" color="#0000ff"><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font></font><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font>upperBoundType="Inclusive" negated="false" messageTemplate="Demo Description is required. Max length is 150 chars."
<font size="2" color="#0000ff"><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font></font><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font>messageTemplateResourceName="" messageTemplateResourceType=""
<font size="2" color="#0000ff"><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font></font><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font>tag="" type="Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Validation.Validators.StringLengthValidator, Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Validation, Version=3.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null"
<font size="2" color="#0000ff"><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font></font><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font>name="String Length Validator" /><font size="2" color="#0000ff"><font size="2" color="#0000ff">
</
</font></font><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font>
property><font size="2" color="#0000ff"><font size="2" color="#0000ff">
<
</font></font><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font>
property name="DemoId" /><font size="2" color="#0000ff"><font size="2" color="#0000ff">
<
</font></font><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font>
property name="DemoTitle"><font size="2" color="#0000ff"><font size="2" color="#0000ff">
<
</font></font><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font>
validator lowerBound="0" lowerBoundType="Exclusive" upperBound="50"
<font size="2" color="#0000ff"><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font></font><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font>upperBoundType="Inclusive" negated="false" messageTemplate="Demo Title is required. Max length 50 characters."
<font size="2" color="#0000ff"><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font></font><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font>messageTemplateResourceName="" messageTemplateResourceType=""
<font size="2" color="#0000ff"><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font></font><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font>tag="" type="Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Validation.Validators.StringLengthValidator, Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Validation, Version=3.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null"
<font size="2" color="#0000ff"><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font></font><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font>name="String Length Validator" /><font size="2" color="#0000ff"><font size="2" color="#0000ff">
</
</font></font><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font>
property><font size="2" color="#0000ff"><font size="2" color="#0000ff">
<
</font></font><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font>
property name="EntityId" /><font size="2" color="#0000ff"><font size="2" color="#0000ff">
</
</font></font><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font>
properties><font size="2" color="#0000ff"><font size="2" color="#0000ff">
</
</font></font><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font>
ruleset><font size="2" color="#0000ff"><font size="2" color="#0000ff">
</
</font></font><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font>
type><font size="2" color="#0000ff"><font size="2" color="#0000ff">
</
</font></font><font size="2" color="#0000ff"> 
</font>
validation>
</configuration>

New Post: 64 bit support for WCSF Feb 2008 release

subodhborker — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:32:04 GMT

Hi,

I have following queries about WCSF Feb 2008 release:

Does current version supports 64 bit OS
Is 64 bit version of WCSF library available, if not are there any plans of releasing the same.

Thanks and Regards,

Subodh

New Comment on "ServerSideValidationExtenderControlDocumentation"

alexander123 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:27:11 GMT

found the solution here http://websf.codeplex.com/WorkItem/View.aspx?WorkItemId=14864

New Comment on "ServerSideValidationExtenderControlDocumentation"

alexander123 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:17:48 GMT

I can't get it to work inside UpdatePanel. When UpdatePanel loaded first time it works OK. But after the reload - it does not. I found that similar issues where with standard validators but now they are fixed. I've tried to use RequiredFieldValidator to check if it works in this scenario and yes, it works. So can you please verify it?

New Post: WCSF ... question about future,silverlight,future...

dschenkelman — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:02:46 GMT

The latest released version of WCSF was the February 2008 release. Currently there is not a WCSF being developed. As far as the future plans of WCSF, you can check out the following links:

· Roadmap for WCSF

· On the subject of Software Factories ...

· Who is using WCSF?

On the LINQ to SQL subject, WCSF does not provide any special features to enable LINQ to SQL, but it does support it.

If you want to create Silverlight applications using a p&p product, the recommended guidance to use is the Composite Application Guidance for WPF & Silverlight (a.k.a Prism-v2). The latest WCSF release does not have any special support for Silverlight:

· Codeplex site

· MSDN site

MVP vs MVC

These are two different presentation patterns (way to separate the UI from its logic), which were not created for this guidance. Therefore, you should choose the one you feel more comfortable with while developing your application. Searching the web for these patterns, you will find a lot of information and explanation by different patterns experts which are not bounded to the WCSF.

Please let me know if this helps.

Damian Schenkelman

http://blogs.southworks.net/dschenkelman

New Post: WCSF ... question about future,silverlight,future...

advapi — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:43:16 GMT

Hello to everybody,

I premit that I'm new and I'm investigating wich technology is best... I try to explain you what I need to do:

I've to develop a financial application that will run on web and mobile devices.

It will show data in realtime and do a lot of queries to database.

My project manager asked me to look for a best practice/pattern to implement a more robust and scalable project respect to common .aspx/.cs page without heavy logic separation..

I've checked all day long and it seems to me that MVP is more adapt to mine situation respect to MVC... I know it's not much but it's a start... with MVP I should mantain the presentation model the same for the web and mobile and only change the view.

With the view the major problems start... It's still not clear if we'll use silverlight2 for data representation (on Web, unfortunatly on mobile device it won't be avaiable till 2010) or it we use a third part web-ui suite as ifragistics/componentone/dundas..

How does the WCSF interact with them? is it compatible and easily managable with silverlight or have I to compile the silverlight project then reference it?

Is WCSF under develop/support or it will be "forgiven" for the more pushed ASP.NET MVC?

I've seen an MVP Pattern called MVC# but it seems not to be quite supported... I don't want to take way that will stop me after 2moths for heavy maintenance issues...

Another (maybe stupid) question, does WCSF support LINQ to SQL?

I've never developed with patterns, have managed big project using common way and I fell a bit scaried and "into-the-fog" with those patterns... sorry if my questions are stupid

Thanks in advance