www.it-ebooks.info ffirs.indd iiffirs.indd ii 15/06/11 3:40 PM15/06/11 3:40 PM www.it-ebooks.info BEGINNING VISUAL STUDIO® LIGHTSWITCH DEVELOPMENT INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxv  PART I AN INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL STUDIO LIGHTSWITCH CHAPTER 1 Prototyping and Rapid Application Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 CHAPTER 2 Getting Started with Visual Studio LightSwitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 CHAPTER 3 Technologies behind a LightSwitch Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 CHAPTER 4 Customizing LightSwitch Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 PART II CREATING APPLICATIONS WITH VISUAL STUDIO LIGHTSWITCH CHAPTER 5 Preparing to Develop a LightSwitch Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 CHAPTER 6 Working with Simple Data Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 CHAPTER 7 Working with Master-Detail Data Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 CHAPTER 8 Using Existing SQL Server Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 CHAPTER 9 Building and Customizing Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 CHAPTER 10 Validation and Business Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 CHAPTER 11 Authentication and Access Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309 CHAPTER 12 Microsoft O ce Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329  PART III ADVANCED LIGHTSWITCH APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 13 Deploying LightSwitch Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349 CHAPTER 14 Using SharePoint 2010 Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377  PART IV APPENDIX APPENDIX Answers to Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .417 ffirs.indd iffirs.indd i 15/06/11 3:40 PM15/06/11 3:40 PM www.it-ebooks.info ffirs.indd iiffirs.indd ii 15/06/11 3:40 PM15/06/11 3:40 PM www.it-ebooks.info BEGINNING Visual Studio ® LightSwitch Development ffirs.indd iiiffirs.indd iii 15/06/11 3:40 PM15/06/11 3:40 PM www.it-ebooks.info ffirs.indd ivffirs.indd iv 15/06/11 3:40 PM15/06/11 3:40 PM www.it-ebooks.info BEGINNING Visual Studio ® LightSwitch Development István Novák ffirs.indd vffirs.indd v 15/06/11 3:40 PM15/06/11 3:40 PM www.it-ebooks.info Beginning Visual Studio® LightSwitch Development Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 10475 Crosspoint Boulevard Indianapolis, IN 46256 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2011 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada ISBN: 978-1-118-02195-8 ISBN: 978-1-118-14851-8 (ebk.) 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Development RAD Tools Visual Studio LightSwitch and RAD Summary 11 12 15 15 CHAPTER 2: GETTING STARTED WITH VISUAL STUDIO LIGHTSWITCH Getting to Know Visual Studio 19 19 A Short History of Visual Studio Roots Other Visual Languages and Tools Integrating Languages into Visual Studio Moving to NET Visual Studio Editions Visual Studio 2010 20 20 21 21 22 23 23 Getting to Know Visual Studio LightSwitch 23 Business... will learn how these techniques can answer LOB software development challenges, and learn how Visual Studio LightSwitch does it ➤ Chapter 2: “Getting Started with Visual Studio LightSwitch — This hands-on chapter enables you to form your first impressions of Visual Studio LightSwitch By the time you finish this chapter, you will have installed LightSwitch and created your very first application with... While Visual Studio supports development teams, it still requires jumping over a relatively high entry barrier Writing versatile business applications with this tool defi nitely requires deep software development knowledge — in exchange for the freedom it offers Visual Studio LightSwitch is a new member of the Visual Studio family It was designed and developed with rapid data-centric LOB application development. .. 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Visual Studio LightSwitch and its approach to LOB application development — what it is and why it is an important addition to the Visual Studio family It also provides an overview of the technologies that enable you to build a LightSwitch application ➤ Chapter 1: “Prototyping and Rapid Application Development — This chapter provides an overview of application prototyping and rapid application development. .. use them in your applications ➤ Chapter 12: Microsoft Office Integration” — Visual Studio LightSwitch has been designed with Microsoft Office integration in mind The automation features of Office applications make it easy to use Word, Excel, Outlook, or even PowerPoint from LightSwitch, as you learn in this chapter Part III: Advanced LightSwitch Application Development The last portion of the book is... 99 PART II: CREATING APPLICATIONS WITH VISUAL STUDIO LIGHTSWITCH CHAPTER 5: PREPARING TO DEVELOP A LIGHTSWITCH APPLICATION The ProjectTrek Sample 105 105 The Functionality of ProjectTrek The ProjectTrek Application Database LightSwitch Application Development Life cycle The Iterative Model Construction: Design and Implementation Testing Deployment Extending a LightSwitch Application Team Foundation... software development has changed a lot in the last few years In the NET world, Microsoft s Visual Studio 2010 is undoubtedly the most successful development environment Since the release of the fi rst NET version in February 2002, this product has undergone dramatic changes Currently, it encapsulates three languages (Visual Basic, C#, and F#) and many tools that support the entire life cycle of software development. .. TO VISUAL STUDIO LIGHTSWITCH CHAPTER 1: PROTOTYPING AND RAPID APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT Line-of-Business Software Development Challenges LOB Software Development Changing Project Environment Creating a Requirements Specification Feedback Frequency Application Prototyping 3 4 5 5 5 7 8 Wireframe Models Proof-of-Concept Models Low-Fidelity Prototypes High-Fidelity Prototypes 8 10 10 11 Rapid Application Development . 11 Rapid Application Development 11 RAD Tools 12 Visual Studio LightSwitch and RAD 15 Summary 15 CHAPTER 2: GETTING STARTED WITH VISUAL STUDIO LIGHTSWITCH 19 Getting. 19 Getting to Know Visual Studio 19 A Short History of Visual Studio 20 Roots 20 Other Visual Languages and Tools 21 Integrating Languages into Visual Studio 21 Moving