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What’s new for Rich Clients?
Martin Parry
Developer & Platform Group
Microsoft Ltd
http://martinparry.com
Agenda
Visual Studio 2008
Windows Presentation Foundation
ClickOnce
SQL Server Compact Edition v3.5
ADO.NET Synchronization Services
Visual Studio 2008
Expected around the end of this year
We’ll ship .NET FX 3.5 at the same time
No change to your CLR – still v2.0
New language features in C#3 and VB9
Additions, and some changes, to class library
IDE allows you to target specific .NET version
v2.0, v3.0, v3.5
Windows Presentation Foundation
Rich user experiences on the Windows Platform
Designers & Developers
Unified API(documents, media, graphics)
Using Hardware(displays & GPUs)
Browser/Desktop
Declarative Development - XAML
eXtensible Application Markup Language
XAML usageCompiled to produce executable code
Dynamically loaded (parsed or pre-parsed)
Customer c = new Customer();c.Id = 1234;
Account account = new Account();Account.Number = 5678;c.Accounts.Add(account);
Code
<Customer Id=“1234”><Accounts><Account Number=“5678”/>
</Accounts></Customer>
XAML
Developer/Designer Tooling
Expression BlendExpression Design
graphics
VS 2008
code
XAML
Windows Presentation Foundation
ClickOnce
Simple, secure deployment for rich clientsDeployment choices...
Prerequisites and where to get themWhether available offlineWhen & how often to check for updatesWhether to force update to a minimum version
Works with Windows Forms, WPF, etc.Shipped with .NET FX v2.0.NET FX v3.5 sees Firefox support
Needs a FireFox plug-in
ClickOnce
SQL Server Compact Edition v3.5
It’s a database engine, but...
Runs in-process with your host process
Its data is contained in a single file
Related to SQLCE for mobile devices
Good for...
Local relational store
Offline data cache
SQLCE Details
Supports T-SQLBut not all the capabilities of SQL Server
1.8MB redistributableFiscally free, must sign online redist. agreement
5MB memory footprint4GB maximum database sizeGood integration with VS2008Works with LINQ to SQLCurrently available in Beta 2Supports Merge Replication and RDADoes NOT work with ASP.NET
SQL Server Compact Edition
ADO.NET Synchronization Services
Provide a uniform API for synchronizing local and remote data
Local store must be SQLCE v3.5
Synchronization can be...Snapshot
Download only
Upload only
Bidirectional
Good support in VS2008
ADO.NET Sync Services - Architecture
Sync Agent
Sync TableSync Table
Sync Table
Client Sync Provider
Client DB
Server Sync Provider
Server DB
Sync TableSync TableSync
Adapters
Sync Group
ADO.NET Sync Services - Architecture
Sync Agent
Sync TableSync Table
Sync Table
Client Sync Provider
Client DB
Server Sync Provider
Server DB
Sync TableSync TableSync
Adapters
P S
Sync Group
ADO.NET Sync Services - Architecture
Sync Agent
Sync TableSync Table
Sync Table
Client Sync Provider
Client DB
P S Any Service
Sync Group
ADO.NET Synchronization Services
Summary
Rich Clients...
Presentation
Deployment
Local Relational Store
Offline/Online
Visual Studio 2008
Expression Blend
Additional Information
Visual Studio 2008http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio
Windows Presentation Foundationhttp://wpf.netfx3.com
http://windowsclient.net
ClickOncehttp://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/t71a733d(VS.80).aspx
SQL Server Compact Edition v3.5http://microsoft.com/sql/editions/compact/default.mspx
ADO.NET Synchronization Serviceshttp://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/bb734662(sql.100).aspx
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