One of the cooler things about WCF shown at PDC last year was the use of WCF's custom XML stack. In a nutshell, WCF wraps the functionality of existing System.Xml types to allow greater messaging functionality. The types in WCF's xml stack are defined Read More...

As anyone who has written a WCF application knows, getting a "Hello World" app to run takes a bit more effort than doing the equivalent in Windows Forms. Don't get me wrong, it is pretty straightforward and simple after you get the hang of it, but it Read More...

As some of you know, I began working on a WCF book several months ago. Currently I am looking to increase the size of my “Review Crew” (John Robbin’s term). Hopefully I am not opening myself up to hoards of email, but if you are interested in reviewing Read More...

I just moved a WPF / WCF application from my laptop to my workstation, and it suddenly started crashing Visual Studio as soon as the project loaded (those darn CTPs). After some hunting and pecking around, I came across this post: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=234330&SiteID=1&PageID=2 Read More...

One interesting feature of ClickOnce deployments is the capability to dynamically download files. These files can be anything: assemblies, images, help files, etc. This feature makes sense when you are trying to speed up installation time, or your application Read More...