Visual Studio 2010 Beta2 Sample Data Project Templates

Silverlight 3 application demonstrating Sample Data.

Displaying Sample Data in the WPF and Silverlight Designer for Visual Studio 2010 Beta2 is now very easy with the DesignData markup extension. 

The below video is a complete tutorial for using Sample Data in your applications.  Please take a view few minutes to view it.

Beta2 Template Information

For Beta2, you need to use these templates to consume sample data in your projects.  The reason is the winfx.targets file for was not updated with the sample data build actions in time for Beta2. 

These project files have been modified to include the DesignData Build Action for the Sample Data files.  All Sample Data files must have their Build Action set to DesignData in the properties window.

These templates will not be required for the final version of Visual Studio 2010.

There are really two templates.

1.  <Language> <Platform> Empty Application – this template consists of an empty project file and the added Build Action DesignData.

2.  <Language> <Platform> Sample Application – this template consists of a sample application that has sample data files and a UserControl that demonstrates how to consume the sample data.  It also includes the added Build Action DesignData.

WPF Templates

VB WPF Application DesignData – Empty VB.NET WPF Application template with sample data support.

VB WPF Application DesignData Sample – VB.NET Sample WPF Application that demonstrates consuming sample data.

CS WPF Application DesignData – Empty C# WPF Application template with sample data support.

CS WPF Application DesignData Sample – C# Sample WPF Application that demonstrates consuming sample data.

Silverlight Templates

VB SL Application DesignData – Empty VB.NET SL Application template with sample data support.

VB SL Application DesignData Sample – VB.NET Sample SL Application that demonstrates consuming sample data.

CS SL Application DesignData – Empty C# SL Application template with sample data support.

CS SL Application DesignData Sample – C# Sample SL Application that demonstrates consuming sample data.

Video

PLEASE view this short tutorial video.  You will get a full and quick understanding of this great feature.

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  Tutorial Video (22 minutes)

Installing Templates

For VB.NET copy the download to:

C:\users\<your user name>\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Templates\ProjectTemplates\Visual Basic

Unzip the download in this folder.  You should have 4 zip files in the folder.  You are ready to go.

For C# copy the download to:

C:\users\<your user name>\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Templates\ProjectTemplates\Visual C#

Unzip the download in this folder.  You should have 4 zip files in the folder.  You are ready to go.

Downloads

After downloading one or both template downloads, you’ll need to rename the file extension from .doc to .zip.  This is a requirement of WordPress.com.

Requires:  Visual Studio 2010 Beta2

Silverlight Templates require:  Silverlight 3

VB.NET Project Templates (61KB)

C# Project Templates (58KB)

Close

The sample data templates will also be individually available on the Visual Studio Code Gallery on 10/22/2009.

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