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		<title>Silverlight Interview Questions &#8211; I</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello folks,
Marching forward, I will post a series of Interview Questions on Silverlight.  This would be first of its kind. This will cover questions at each level &#8211; easy, intermediate and advanced.  And I am sure, other sites &#38; users would post these on many other sites too  
So keep watching this space. Some [...]


<h2>Related posts:</h2><ul><li><a href='http://www.ganshani.com/2010/02/10/customizing-splash-screen-in-silverlight/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Customizing Splash Screen in Silverlight'>Customizing Splash Screen in Silverlight</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.ganshani.com/2009/09/03/hosting-silverlight-as-desktop-applications-i/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Hosting Silverlight as Desktop Applications &#8211; I'>Hosting Silverlight as Desktop Applications &#8211; I</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.ganshani.com/2009/09/17/silverlight-wpf-mvvm/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Silverlight &#038; WPF: MVVM'>Silverlight &#038; WPF: MVVM</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.ganshani.com/2010/02/12/silverlight-interview-questions-i/</link>
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		<title>Customizing Splash Screen in Silverlight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Customizing Splash Screen (a screen that loads before the Silverlight application loads) requires some development effort in the host application (could be HTML/ASPX/any other application).
Creating SplashScreen.xaml
First, we create a XAML file &#8211; say SplashScreen.xaml file which displays two things &#8211; a progress bar and a textblock that displays &#8216;% completed&#8217;


&#60;Grid xmlns=&#34;&#60;a href=&#34;http://schemas.microsoft.com/client/2007&#34;&#62;http://schemas.microsoft.com/client/2007&#60;/a&#62;&#34;
        xmlns:x=&#34;&#60;a href=&#34;http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml&#34;&#62;http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml&#60;/a&#62;&#34;&#62;
   &#60;StackPanel VerticalAlignment=&#34;Center&#34;&#62;
      [...]


<h2>Related posts:</h2><ul><li><a href='http://www.ganshani.com/2010/01/12/right-click-in-silverlight-4/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Right Click in Silverlight 4'>Right Click in Silverlight 4</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.ganshani.com/2010/02/12/silverlight-interview-questions-i/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Silverlight Interview Questions &#8211; I'>Silverlight Interview Questions &#8211; I</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.ganshani.com/2009/09/17/hosting-silverlight-as-desktop-applications-ii/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Hosting Silverlight as Desktop Applications &#8211; II'>Hosting Silverlight as Desktop Applications &#8211; II</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.ganshani.com/2010/02/10/customizing-splash-screen-in-silverlight/</link>
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		<title>ClientAccessPolicy Sample</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently I have delivered a 4-day training session on Silverlight 4 and many participants asked for a sample ClientAccessPolicy.xml file. So this is for those who want it  


&#60;?xml version=&#34;1.0&#34; encoding=&#34;utf-8&#34;?&#62;
&#60;access-policy&#62;
  &#60;cross-domain-access&#62;
    &#60;policy&#62;
      &#60;allow-from http-request-headers=&#34;*&#34;&#62;
        &#60;domain uri=&#34;*&#34;/&#62;
      &#60;/allow-from&#62;
      &#60;grant-to&#62;
        &#60;resource path=&#34;/&#34; include-subpaths=&#34;true&#34;/&#62;
      &#60;/grant-to&#62;
    &#60;/policy&#62;
  &#60;/cross-domain-access&#62;
&#60;/access-policy&#62;

Just change the &#8220;*&#8221; to &#8220;*.xyz.com&#8221; to restrict permissions to [...]


<h2>Related posts:</h2><ul><li><a href='http://www.ganshani.com/2009/09/23/silverlight-training-kit/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Silverlight Training Kit'>Silverlight Training Kit</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.ganshani.com/2010/01/11/printing-in-silverlight-4/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Printing in Silverlight 4'>Printing in Silverlight 4</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.ganshani.com/2010/01/12/right-click-in-silverlight-4/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Right Click in Silverlight 4'>Right Click in Silverlight 4</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.ganshani.com/2010/01/21/clientaccesspolicy-sample/</link>
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		<title>NotificationWindow in Silverlight (Out of Browser Apps)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Silverlight 4 brings another feature to desk &#8211; NotificationWindow.  NotificationWindow is different from PopUp in following ways:

NotificationWindow opens as a Splash Screen, while PopUp does not.
NotificationWindow has an expiry time (set in MilliSeconds); while PopUp needs to be closed explicitly
NotfificationWindow can be implemented only for Out-Of-Browser applications; PopUp can be used for both Web and Out-Of-Browser [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.ganshani.com/2009/08/20/designing-a-popup-in-silverlight/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Designing a PopUp in Silverlight'>Designing a PopUp in Silverlight</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.ganshani.com/2009/09/07/wpf-vs-wpf-xbap-vs-silverlight/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: WPF vs WPF XBAP vs Silverlight'>WPF vs WPF XBAP vs Silverlight</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.ganshani.com/2010/01/13/notificationwindow-in-silverlight-out-of-browser-apps/</link>
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		<title>Winds, Woods, Water and Clouds!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Winds, Woods, Water and Clouds! 
Two of my photographs of Thor Lake, Ahmedabad figure in thumbnails in – The Ahmedabad Mirror, The Times of India (TOI) - 
http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&#38;sectid=9&#38;contentid=2010011220100112185925146b6e390ff 
The Thor Lake is one of the unexplored beautiful places in Ahmedabad. Not many are aware of a place where group outing can let you have a wonderful time. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ganshani.com/2010/01/13/winds-woods-water-and-clouds/</link>
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		<title>Right Click in Silverlight 4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s discuss yet another feature of Silverlight 4 &#8211; right click! This was most wanted feature and Microsoft has really blessed the Silverlight world by giving this feature!
Our solution will display a red colored box. User can right click within the area of the red box to customize it.  On right click, a pop up [...]


<h2>Related posts:</h2><ul><li><a href='http://www.ganshani.com/2009/08/20/designing-a-popup-in-silverlight/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Designing a PopUp in Silverlight'>Designing a PopUp in Silverlight</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.ganshani.com/2010/01/13/notificationwindow-in-silverlight-out-of-browser-apps/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: NotificationWindow in Silverlight (Out of Browser Apps)'>NotificationWindow in Silverlight (Out of Browser Apps)</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.ganshani.com/2009/08/21/visifire-charting-in-silverlight/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Visifire Charting in Silverlight'>Visifire Charting in Silverlight</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.ganshani.com/2010/01/12/right-click-in-silverlight-4/</link>
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		<title>Fix: SQL Server Setup cannot install files to the compressed or encrypted folder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This error often pops up while installing SQL Server Express / Full edition on machine.
Fix:

Right Click the folder (say, C:\Sql2005) in which you wish to install SQL Server.
In Tab &#8216;General&#8217;, click on &#8216;Advanced&#8217;
Uncheck &#8216;Compress contents to save disk space&#8217;
Uncheck &#8216;Encrypt contents to secure data&#8217;

and try installing. If this does not work, please log in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ganshani.com/2010/01/11/fix-sql-server-setup-cannot-install-files-to-the-compressed-or-encrypted-folder/</link>
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		<title>Printing in Silverlight 4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another cool feature that Microsoft has included in Silverlight 4 is the ability to Print any UI Element to any printer and that too, without any complicated code. Let&#8217;s have a quick look at implementing this.
Printing starts with the PrintDocument class.  This class exposes several events &#8211; we shall use only one at this moment [...]


<h2>Related posts:</h2><ul><li><a href='http://www.ganshani.com/2009/09/03/controlstoryboardaction-in-silverlight-3/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: ControlStoryboardAction in Silverlight 3'>ControlStoryboardAction in Silverlight 3</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.ganshani.com/2009/07/09/silverlight-2-best-practices-i/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Silverlight 2 &#8211; Best Practices &#8211; I'>Silverlight 2 &#8211; Best Practices &#8211; I</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.ganshani.com/2009/07/13/silverlight-2-best-practices-iv/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Silverlight 2 Best Practices &#8211; IV'>Silverlight 2 Best Practices &#8211; IV</a></li>
</ul>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ganshani.com/2010/01/11/printing-in-silverlight-4/</link>
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		<title>Certificate Signing in ClickOnce</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why do we need to sign the ClickOnce Deployment using a certificate?
Signing the deployment is just another way to ensure that the local version agrees with the version on server.  This prevents from installing any unauthorized stuff &#8211; hence helps detect tampering by others.
Signing with a test certificate, will prompt &#8220;unknown publisher&#8221; when it installs; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ganshani.com/2010/01/11/certificate-signing-in-clickonce/</link>
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		<title>C# Collections we rarely use: Queue, Stack</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are several Collections supported by C# language, some of which we rarely use in our projects &#38; assignments. Let&#8217;s focus on two such collections &#8211; Queue and Stack.
Queue
Queue represents a Collection that works on FIFO principle. This is, hence, most appropriate in scenario where first-come first-serve basis is required.  Queue has three methods / [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ganshani.com/2010/01/07/c-collections-we-rarely-use-queue-stack/</link>
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