Using the Microsoft Desktop Stack – Part 3: Using Entity Framework 4 in an MVVM Application

David Veeneman

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This article, shows how to integrate Entity Framework 4 into a WPF application using the MVVM pattern.

MsDesktopStackDemo.zip
- MsDesktopStackDemo
  - Books.sdf
  - Covers
    - Fires of Freedom.png
    - Flatlander.png
    - Lucifer's Hammer.png
    - Ringworld.png
    - Starswarm.png
    - The Mote in God's Eye.png
  - Library
    - Log4Net
      - log4net.dll
    - SqlCompact
      - amd64
        
        Files to Copy to This Folder.txt
        
        Microsoft.VC90.CRT
        
        Files to Copy to This Folder.txt
      - Files to Copy to This Folder.txt
      - Read Me.html
      - x86
        
        Files to Copy to This Folder.txt
        
        Microsoft.VC90.CRT
        
        Files to Copy to This Folder.txt
  - MsDesktopStackDemo.sln
  - MsDesktopStackDemo
    - App.config
    - App.xaml
    - App.xaml.cs
    - Commands
    - Events
      - UserMessagePostedEvent.cs
    - Model
      - Books.Designer.cs
      - Books.edmx
      - Books.edmx.sqlce
    - MsDesktopStackDemo.csproj
    - MsDesktopStackDemo.csproj.user
    - Persistence
      - BaseClasses
        
        RepositoryBase.cs
      - BookRepository.cs
      - DataFileInfo.cs
      - Interfaces
        
        IRepository.cs
    - Properties
    - Services
      - FileServices.cs
    - Utility
      - SpecialFolderPatternConverter.cs
    - View
      - MainWindow.xaml
      - MainWindow.xaml.cs
      - Services
        
        ViewServices.cs
    - ViewModel
      - BaseClasses
        
        FsObservableCollection.cs
        
        ViewModelBase.cs
      - Events
        
        CollectionChangingEvent.cs
      - MainWindowViewModel.cs
      - Services
        
        ViewModelServices.cs
  - Read Me.html
  - SetupMsDesktopStackDemo
    - SetupMsDesktopStackDemo.vdproj
msdesktopstackdemo-noexe.zip


Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 11.00
# Visual Studio 2010
Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "MsDesktopStackDemo", "MsDesktopStackDemo\MsDesktopStackDemo.csproj", "{117911F4-B51C-44D7-9EEE-B5A5245126FB}"
EndProject
Project("{54435603-DBB4-11D2-8724-00A0C9A8B90C}") = "SetupMsDesktopStackDemo", "SetupMsDesktopStackDemo\SetupMsDesktopStackDemo.vdproj", "{8150C43E-6DE9-447E-B147-14530FF4FBAE}"
EndProject
Global
	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
		Debug|x86 = Debug|x86
		Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU
		Release|x86 = Release|x86
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
		{117911F4-B51C-44D7-9EEE-B5A5245126FB}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
		{117911F4-B51C-44D7-9EEE-B5A5245126FB}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
		{117911F4-B51C-44D7-9EEE-B5A5245126FB}.Debug|x86.ActiveCfg = Debug|x86
		{117911F4-B51C-44D7-9EEE-B5A5245126FB}.Debug|x86.Build.0 = Debug|x86
		{117911F4-B51C-44D7-9EEE-B5A5245126FB}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
		{117911F4-B51C-44D7-9EEE-B5A5245126FB}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
		{117911F4-B51C-44D7-9EEE-B5A5245126FB}.Release|x86.ActiveCfg = Release|x86
		{117911F4-B51C-44D7-9EEE-B5A5245126FB}.Release|x86.Build.0 = Release|x86
		{8150C43E-6DE9-447E-B147-14530FF4FBAE}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug
		{8150C43E-6DE9-447E-B147-14530FF4FBAE}.Debug|x86.ActiveCfg = Debug
		{8150C43E-6DE9-447E-B147-14530FF4FBAE}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release
		{8150C43E-6DE9-447E-B147-14530FF4FBAE}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release
		{8150C43E-6DE9-447E-B147-14530FF4FBAE}.Release|x86.ActiveCfg = Release
		{8150C43E-6DE9-447E-B147-14530FF4FBAE}.Release|x86.Build.0 = Release
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
	EndGlobalSection
EndGlobal

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David Veeneman

Software Developer (Senior) Foresight Systems

United States

David Veeneman is a financial planner and software developer. He is the author of "The Fortune in Your Future" (McGraw-Hill 1998). His company, Foresight Systems, develops planning and financial software.

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