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A Rich Internet Application (RIA) is a web application that has many of the characteristics of desktop applications. RIA here typically refers to the .NET RIA Services/WCF RIA Services framework.

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Executing queries in parallel throws "The underlying provider failed on open." error

Sometimes, not always, I'm getting following error: "The underlying provider failed on open." This is my situation: I have a list of integer keys I process in parallel to be used as parameter in a compiled select query. I use this in a RIA…
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What are the pitfalls of using .NET RIA Services in Silverlight?

Silverlight can use WCF, Web Services, REST based services, .NET RIA Services, but it seems like Silverlight and .NET RIA Services are preferred most. I want to know if there are any common issues [which can be a show stopper if one goes ahead with…
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Apache Pivot 1.4 vs. JavaFX, Flex, Silverlight, Swing

I've recently heard about Apache Pivot being moved to the Top Level Projects category and I was wondering who has tried the most recent version and compared it to other RIA tools. What are the proper categories for comparison? It seems to be…
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Version detection with Silverlight

How can I efficiently and effectively detect the version and, for that matter, any available information about the instance of Silverlight currently running on the browser?
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RIA/EF4 Entity property mapped to NOT NULL nvarchar - empty string

Background: Entity Framework 4 Silverlight 4 RIA services MSSQL Server 2008 I have an entity that has a String property named Description. In database it maps to the NOT NULL NVARCHAR(200). Problem: When I try to insert a new row of that entity,…
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What are your feelings on JavaFX?

I currently do a lot of work in ActionScript 3.0, I also love to program in Java. Is JavaFX perfect for me? What is the general feeling on JavaFX, will it become a power house, or go down the same path as Java Applets? Could the designers I work…
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alternatives to jpivot?

JPivot, even with all it's functionality, seems a bit outdated... last version at http://sourceforge.net/projects/jpivot/ is from 2008-03-17... is there any other lightweight client olap cube browser, that could take advantage of modern RIA kits,…
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TypeScript XAML framework

As a .NET/XAML developer I am wondering if anybody has started to write a framework which will replace Silverlight and Flex using technologies like TypeScript and XAML to produce HTML5, JavaScript and CSS cross platform desktop apps or RIA's. If…
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Combining .NET RIA Services and MVVM in Silverlight 3.0

When using .NET RIA Services and MVVM in Silverlight 3.0 is there a difference between the Metadata type from RIA Services and the ViewModel from the MVVM pattern? Are these the same thing or should they be keep separate? The metadata type is a…
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Handle multiple versions in same URL

what I'm trying to do is to handle multiple versions of the same web application, somewhat like Google does with some of their products where you get the "Try the new version" link. The goal is to have both a "stable" and a "beta" version of the…
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What is the difference between RIA and SPA?

What is the difference between a Rich Internet application and a Single-page application?
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WCF RIA Service deployment issue

I have a very simple sample silverlight application. I added a domain service to it with an entity model that has one entity. The client app simply loads all rows in the entity at startup. When I run this on my development box, it works as expected.…
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Why aren't there more (any?) killer RIA desktop apps?

I am in the beginning stages of a project that will feature alot of graphing and visualization. Making this a RIA app makes all the sense in the world, until I start looking at examples of killer RIA apps, and find... basically none. I've…
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Silverlight 4, RIA Services & TFS 2010 Build Server

I have a Visual Studio 2010 solution file with a number of projects in it. There is a mix of Silverlight projects (acting as modules), the Silverlight Shell project and a number of RIA services. When using TFS 2010 to perform the build, it always…
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Architecture Question: GWT or Vaadin to create Desktop Application?

We're planning on creating a feedreader as a windows desktop- and iPad application. As we want to be able to show Websites AND to run (our own) JavaScript in this application, we thought about delivering the application as HTML/CSS/JavaScript, just…
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