VS2010 failed to load the Software service Factory modeling project (.ssfproduct) into the solution !!

This is all because we need to install new and updated version for the factory. But still there is lot to do in order to make it working, as the new VS1010 needs to have the following things:

• Guidance Automation Extensions 2010
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 SDK
• Web Service Software Factory 2010

Install in the same order and enjoy the web service software factory : modeling edition without any issues

VS2010 Extension Manager

1. Pass parameters using the HTML object control.

This may be the case using pure HTML page to call silverlight control in it or may be the simple ASp.Net page as usual.

 <object width=”100%” height=”100%”>
   <param  name=”source”  value=”ClientBin/SomethingFunny.xap” />
   <!– you can pass InitParameters to it. Pass anything like EndPointURI, EndPointName or Even StartPage –>
   <param name=”InitParameters” value=”startPage=UnRegisteredLandingPage, EndPointURI=http://www.sehajpal.com/testservice.svc” />
 </object>

2. Using ASP.Net page to call silverlight control in it, we can easily pass parameters to it in anyway. One of the old tricks is to have an asp-literal control on the HTML side i.e. MarkUp side, and set its text to the desired HTML output fom code behind.

In the markup:
  <asp:Literal ID=”litParam” runat=”server” />

In the code behind:
  this.litParam.Text = String.Format(“<param name=\”ParamInitParameters\” value=\”{0}\” />”, sInitParms);

3. Using asp-silverlight control to host Silverlight application in an ASP.net website as usual. This is pretty neat approach in terms of playing around with parameters and properties of control hosting the Silverlight app.

In the markup:
  <asp:Silverlight ID=”SLControl” runat=”server” Width=”100%” Height=”100%” />
In the code behind:
   SLControl.InitParameters = “EndPointURI=” + endPointURI + “,EndPointName=commonservice, UserCredentials=” + CredentialString;

Hope it works for you in different scenarios.

<UserControl.Resources>
<ObjectDataProvider MethodName=“GetValues” ObjectType=”{x:Type sys:Enum}“  x:Key=“AlignmentValues”>   <ObjectDataProvider.MethodParameters>
          <x:Type TypeName=“HorizontalAlignment” />
   </ObjectDataProvider.MethodParameters>
</ObjectDataProvider>

This can be done via code behind in the Silverlight.  Just add a reference to the Reflection assembly.
using System.Reflection;

Use this simple function to get IEnumerable collection out of Enum type.

        public IEnumerable<Enum> GetEnumValues(Enum enumeration)
        {
            return from gField in enumeration.GetType().GetFields(BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Public)
                   select (Enum)gField.GetValue(enumeration);
        }

Just bind the results of this function with your control and its done !

 ComboFrom.ItemsSource = GetEnumValues(new SehajService.Currency());

Here is one that kinda SQL Script that every finance domain expert looks for. That is the currency writer in WORDS instead of digits.

CREATE FUNCTION dbo.AMOUNT_IN_WORDS
(
 @Amount INT,
 @PAISE INT
)
RETURNS int

BEGIN

DECLARE
–Step 1:
–Here we define the temporary tables to hold the WORDs representation of possible digits/amounts

DECLARE @INNTBL_01 TABLE (RECNO INT IDENTITY(1, 1), MTEXT NVARCHAR(50))

DECLARE @INNTBL_02 TABLE (RECNO INT IDENTITY(1, 1), MTEXT NVARCHAR(50))

–Step 2:
–Now add up the salt and pepper onto table  i.e. insert the WORDs into it

INSERT INTO @INNTBL_01 SELECT ‘ONE’
INSERT INTO @INNTBL_01 SELECT ‘TWO’
INSERT INTO @INNTBL_01 SELECT ‘THREE’
INSERT INTO @INNTBL_01 SELECT ‘FOUR’
INSERT INTO @INNTBL_01 SELECT ‘FIVE’
INSERT INTO @INNTBL_01 SELECT ‘SIX’
INSERT INTO @INNTBL_01 SELECT ‘SEVEN’
INSERT INTO @INNTBL_01 SELECT ‘EIGHT’
INSERT INTO @INNTBL_01 SELECT ‘NINE’
INSERT INTO @INNTBL_01 SELECT ‘TEN’
INSERT INTO @INNTBL_01 SELECT ‘ELEVEN’
INSERT INTO @INNTBL_01 SELECT ‘TWELVE’
INSERT INTO @INNTBL_01 SELECT ‘THIRTEEN’
INSERT INTO @INNTBL_01 SELECT ‘FOURTEEN’
INSERT INTO @INNTBL_01 SELECT ‘FIFTEEN’
INSERT INTO @INNTBL_01 SELECT ‘SIXTEEN’
INSERT INTO @INNTBL_01 SELECT ‘SEVENTEEN’
INSERT INTO @INNTBL_01 SELECT ‘EIGHTEEN’
INSERT INTO @INNTBL_01 SELECT ‘NINETEEN’
INSERT INTO @INNTBL_01 SELECT ‘TWENTY’–Similary, insert the multiples

INSERT INTO @INNTBL_02 SELECT ‘TEN’
INSERT INTO @INNTBL_02 SELECT ‘TWENTY’
INSERT INTO @INNTBL_02 SELECT ‘THIRTY’
INSERT INTO @INNTBL_02 SELECT ‘FORTY’
INSERT INTO @INNTBL_02 SELECT ‘FIFTY’
INSERT INTO @INNTBL_02 SELECT ‘SIXTY’
INSERT INTO @INNTBL_02 SELECT ‘SEVENTY’
INSERT INTO @INNTBL_02 SELECT ‘EIGHTY’
INSERT INTO @INNTBL_02 SELECT ‘NINETY’

–Step 3:
–Check for the limit of the amount i.e. what is the place value of digits – LACs, Thousands or Hundreds
DECLARE @WORD VARCHAR(300)
SELECT @WORD = ”

DECLARE @M_AMT01  INT, @M_AMT02 INT

IF @AMOUNT < 10000000 AND @AMOUNT >= 100000 BEGIN
SET @M_AMT01 = @AMOUNT
SELECT @AMOUNT = ( @AMOUNT % 100000 )
SET @M_AMT01 = ( @M_AMT01 – @AMOUNT ) / 100000
DECLARE @WORD1 VARCHAR(300)
SET @WORD1 = ”
IF @M_AMT01 < 100 AND @M_AMT01 > 20 BEGIN
SET @M_AMT02 = @M_AMT01
SET @M_AMT01 = ( @M_AMT01 % 10)
SET @M_AMT02 = ( @M_AMT02 – @M_AMT01 ) / 10
SET @WORD1 = ( SELECT @WORD1 + MTEXT FROM @INNTBL_02 WHERE RECNO = @M_AMT02 )
END

IF @M_AMT01 <= 20 AND @M_AMT01 <> 0 BEGIN
SET @WORD1 = ( SELECT @WORD1 + MTEXT FROM @INNTBL_01 WHERE RECNO = @M_AMT01 )
END
SET @WORD = @WORD + @WORD1 + ‘ LAC ‘
END
IF @AMOUNT < 100000 AND @AMOUNT >= 1000 BEGIN
SET @M_AMT01 = @AMOUNT
SET @AMOUNT = ( @AMOUNT % 1000 )
SET @M_AMT01 = ( @M_AMT01 – @AMOUNT ) / 1000
SET @WORD1 = ”
IF @M_AMT01 < 100 AND @M_AMT01 > 20 BEGIN
SET @M_AMT02 = @M_AMT01
SET @M_AMT01 = ( @M_AMT01 % 10 )
SET @M_AMT02 = ( @M_AMT02 – @M_AMT01 ) / 10
SET @WORD1 = ( SELECT @WORD1 + MTEXT + ‘ ‘ FROM @INNTBL_02 WHERE RECNO = @M_AMT02 )
END
IF @M_AMT01 <= 20 AND @M_AMT01 <> 0 BEGIN
SET @WORD1 = ( SELECT @WORD1 + MTEXT +’ ‘ FROM @INNTBL_01 WHERE RECNO = @M_AMT01 )
END
SET @WORD = @WORD + @WORD1 + ‘ THOUSAND ‘
END
IF @AMOUNT < 1000 AND @AMOUNT > = 100 BEGIN
SET @M_AMT01 = @AMOUNT
SET @AMOUNT = ( @AMOUNT % 100 )
SET @M_AMT01 = ( @M_AMT01 – @AMOUNT ) / 100
SET @WORD = ( SELECT @WORD + ‘ ‘ +MTEXT + ‘ HUNDRED ‘ FROM @INNTBL_01 WHERE RECNO = @M_AMT01

)
END
IF @AMOUNT < 100 AND @AMOUNT > 20 BEGIN
SET @M_AMT01 = @AMOUNT
SET @AMOUNT = ( @AMOUNT % 10 )
SET @M_AMT01 = ( @M_AMT01 – @AMOUNT ) / 10
SET @WORD = ( SELECT @WORD + MTEXT + ‘ ‘ FROM @INNTBL_02 WHERE RECNO = @M_AMT01 )
END
IF @AMOUNT <= 20 AND @AMOUNT >= 1 BEGIN
SET @WORD = ( SELECT @WORD + MTEXT +’ ‘ FROM @INNTBL_01 WHERE RECNO = @AMOUNT )
END

–STEP 4:
–Calculate the paise also.
DECLARE @WORDP VARCHAR(300)
SET @WORDP = ”
IF @PAISE <> 0 BEGIN
IF @PAISE < 100 AND @PAISE > 20 BEGIN
DECLARE @PAISE_01 VARCHAR(300)
SET @PAISE_01 = @PAISE
SET @PAISE = ( @PAISE % 10 )
SET @PAISE_01 = ( @PAISE_01 – @PAISE ) / 10
SET @WORDP = ( SELECT @WORDP + MTEXT FROM @INNTBL_02 WHERE RECNO = @PAISE_01 )
END
IF @PAISE <= 20 AND @PAISE >= 1 BEGIN
SET @WORDP = ( SELECT @WORDP + MTEXT FROM @INNTBL_01 WHERE RECNO = @PAISE )
END
SET @WORD = @WORD + ‘AND ‘ + @WORDP + ‘ PAISE’
END

–STEP 5:
–Time to return answer from the function.
RETURN (REPLACE(@WORD, ‘  ‘, ‘ ‘))

–Its done dude. Try by yourself.
END

Now when you need to use this function, simply call it inline to any select statement.

CALLING THE FUNCTION

Select dbo.AMOUNT_IN_WORDS(IM.GRAND_TOTAL, 0) AS words from TBL_INVOICE_MAIN IM

Here, it will convert GRAND_TOTAL field from the table TBL_INVOICE_MAIN.

or more simply,

Select dbo.AMOUNT_IN_WORDS(654321, 0)

Isn’t it simple enough !

using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;
private void CreateWordDocument()
{
// create annonymous object to be referenced throughout
object oMissingReference = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;
object Visible=true;
// define arbitrary starting point for defining range object.
object oStartRange = 0;
object oEndRange = 0;
// create instance of application class
ApplicationClass WordApp = new ApplicationClass();
// create document instance
Document docObject = WordApp.Documents.Add(ref oMissingReference , ref oMissingReference , ref oMissingReference , ref oMissingReference );
// select a range to add some text/image there
Range rng=docObject.Range(ref oStartRange,ref oMissingReference );
rng.Font.Name=”Arial”;
rng.InsertAfter(”Ashish Sehajpal”);
// create Hyperlink object and assign address, screen tip to it
Object address = @”http://www.sehajpal.com”;
Object screenTip = “Welcome to sehajpal.com”;
// adding Hyperlink to the text “Ashish Sehajpal“
rng.Hyperlinks.Add(rng, ref address, ref oMissingReference , ref screenTip, ref oMissingReference , ref oMissingReference );
// give file name to it so as to save the document
object filename = @”C:\createdbycsharp.doc”;
docObject.SaveAs(ref filename, ref oMissingReference , ref oMissingReference , ref oMissingReference , ref oMissingReference , ref oMissingReference ,ref oMissingReference , ref oMissingReference , ref oMissingReference , ref oMissingReference , ref oMissingReference , ref oMissingReference , ref oMissingReference , ref oMissingReference , ref oMissingReference , ref oMissingReference );

WordApp.Visible=true;
}

When you add a Silverlight project to a asp.net solution, you create 2 projects…
A. the startup project (interface starter)
B. the interface itself

1. right click on the startup project (SilverlightWeb — the one with default.aspx in it )…
2. click on ‘Property Pages’
3. open ‘Start Options’ Tab
4. enable Silverlight Debugger
5. OK

This was the solution for me

A quick work around was to generate the reference via svcutil.exe and it worked well in case where the project was justa relay service and not the silverlight application. In silverlght app, it throws the error for async and completed methods. Then I used SLSvcutil.exe i.e. svcutil for silverlight which is bundled with silverlight 3 only. I used this and generated the refences.cs for me. One problem left is FAULTCONTRACTS in the code. That i removed manually and it is working now.

Here is the snippet that can help the folks looking for similar solution.

// Detect screen height available. Remember it is the inner area of screen.
SystemParameters.FullPrimaryScreenWidth

// Detect screen width available. Remember it is the inner area of screen.
SystemParameters.FullPrimaryScreenHeight;

To open a website in a popup using SilverLight, we need to call Window.Navigate method. This method can be used in two different ways i.e. simply navigating to that webpage or using the window option [_blank, _self] etc.

// Navigate to the webpage itself
System.Windows.Browser.HtmlPage.Window.Navigate(new Uri(”http://www.microsoft.com”));

//or if you want to open a popup (in a separate window)
System.Windows.Browser.HtmlPage.Window.Navigate(new Uri(”http://www.microsoft.com”), “_blank”);

We need to create an empty window for popup and we’ll assign the object of the WPF Window to it. In this example we wre trying to open PopupForm.xaml as popup.

private void OpenPopup()
{
   var oPopupForm = new ucPopupFormPopup();

  // create POPUP window
  var oWindow = new Window();

  //setting up its starting position
  oWindow.WindowStartupLocation =WindowStartupLocation.CenterScreen;

  // we can make it available or not in taskbar
  oWindow.ShowInTaskbar =false;

  oWindow.Width = 630;
  oWindow.Height = 500;
  oWindow.ResizeMode =ResizeMode.NoResize;
  oWindow.Title =”Ashish Sehajpal – Trying WPF”;

  // Access Popup’s Controls
  oPopupForm.TextBox1.Text = “Ashish Sehajpal is here.”;

  // Assign Form to Popup window
  oWindow.Content = oPopupForm;

  // If you need to do some action on popup’s closing
  // Assignt the event handler to it
  oWindow.Closing += oWindow_Closing;
  // it’s time to show POPUP
  oWindow.ShowDialog();

}

  // eventhandler for the popup closeing event
private void oWindow_Closing(object sender, CancelEventArgs e)
{
  // do something nice here
}