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Building WPF Applications with Self-Tracking Entity Generator and Visual Studio 2012 - Project Setup

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This article describes the project setup of building a WPF sample application with Self-Tracking Entity Generator and Visual Studio 2012.
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Weidong has been an information system professional since 1990. He has a Master's degree in Computer Science, and is currently a MCSD .NET

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