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A Random Walk Through of the LightSwitch Data Model

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We will create a Silverlight Custom Control called “LightSwitch Explorer” that will display information about the collections of the screen that it is displayed on, raise methods, and switch screens.
  • LightSwitchExplorer.zip
    • LightSwitchExplorer.sln
    • LightSwitchExplorer
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        • Microsoft.LightSwitch.Extensions
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      • ServiceConfiguration.cscfg
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      • Silverlight.js
    • SilverlightControlLibrary
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
    <ProductVersion>
    </ProductVersion>
    <SchemaVersion>
    </SchemaVersion>
    <ProjectTypeGuids>{01074E5A-9000-460e-AB81-3A9263818D40};{A1591282-1198-4647-A2B1-27E5FF5F6F3B};{FAE04EC0-301F-11d3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}</ProjectTypeGuids>
    <ProjectGuid>{06664220-8762-4372-B5FC-2B72FFF12700}</ProjectGuid>
    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
    <RootNamespace>LightSwitchApplication</RootNamespace>
    <AssemblyName>Application.Common</AssemblyName>
    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
    <SilverlightVersion>$(TargetFrameworkVersion)</SilverlightVersion>
    <LightSwitchVersion>v1.0</LightSwitchVersion>
    <TargetFrameworkIdentifier>Silverlight</TargetFrameworkIdentifier>
    <SilverlightApplication>true</SilverlightApplication>
    <SupportedCultures>$supported_culture$</SupportedCultures>
    <XapOutputs>false</XapOutputs>
    <LightSwitchProjectType>Common</LightSwitchProjectType>
    <LightSwitchPath Condition=" '$(LightSwitchPath)' == '' ">$(Registry:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\LightSwitch\10.0@InstallDir)</LightSwitchPath>
    <LightSwitchPath Condition=" '$(LightSwitchPath)' == '' ">$(Registry:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0@InstallDir)</LightSwitchPath>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
    <OutputPath>Bin\</OutputPath>
    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE;SILVERLIGHT</DefineConstants>
    <NoStdLib>true</NoStdLib>
    <NoConfig>true</NoConfig>
    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
    <NoWarn>1522</NoWarn>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
    <OutputPath>Bin\</OutputPath>
    <DefineConstants>TRACE;SILVERLIGHT</DefineConstants>
    <NoStdLib>true</NoStdLib>
    <NoConfig>true</NoConfig>
    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
    <NoWarn>1522</NoWarn>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Reference Include="mscorlib" />
    <Reference Include="system" />
    <Reference Include="System.ComponentModel.Composition, Version=2.0.5.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, processorArchitecture=MSIL" />
    <Reference Include="System.Core" />
    <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
    <Reference Include="Microsoft.LightSwitch, Version=10.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=8e9329cecb4700e9, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
      <HintPath>$(LightSwitchPath)\LightSwitch\1.0\Client\Microsoft.LightSwitch.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
    <Compile Include="UserCode\Order.cs" />
    <Compile Include="UserCode\OrderDetail.cs" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <LightSwitchModel Include="..\Data\ApplicationDefinition.lsml">
      <ProjectCritical>true</ProjectCritical>
    </LightSwitchModel>
  </ItemGroup>
  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\Silverlight\$(SilverlightVersion)\Microsoft.Silverlight.CSharp.targets" />
  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\LightSwitch\$(LightSwitchVersion)\Microsoft.LightSwitch.Build.Tasks.targets" />
  <Target Name="BeforeBuild">
  </Target>
  <Target Name="AfterBuild">
  </Target>
  <ProjectExtensions>
    <VisualStudio>
      <FlavorProperties GUID="{A1591282-1198-4647-A2B1-27E5FF5F6F3B}">
        <SilverlightProjectProperties />
      </FlavorProperties>
      <FlavorProperties GUID="{01074E5A-9000-460e-AB81-3A9263818D40}" Configuration="Debug|Any CPU">
        <SpecializedConfiguration />
      </FlavorProperties>
      <FlavorProperties GUID="{01074E5A-9000-460e-AB81-3A9263818D40}" Configuration="Release|Any CPU">
        <SpecializedConfiguration />
      </FlavorProperties>
    </VisualStudio>
  </ProjectExtensions>
</Project>

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