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How to extract version number for your WP7 app from assembly information

Pretty straightforward, but just in case.. Here is the snippet: public string GetAppVersion() { var assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly(); var name = assembly.FullName; var nameComponents = name.Split(','); if (nameComponents.Length >= 2) { var versionComponent

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    Andrew Khmylov
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Task Commands revisited

Half a year ago I blogged about using TPL with MVVM in a test-friendly way. My solution turned out to be pretty handy, though it was far from being perfect. In this post

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    Andrew Khmylov
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late reader

Secondary tile backward compatibility

Just in several hours after LateReader v.1.2 being published, I received an error report saying that “No XAML found at the location XXX”. Wait, but that’s an old URI, used

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    Andrew Khmylov
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sql server ce

Saving your time: how to work with large reference databases on WP7

In the previous post I showed how to load the large SQL Server CE database on WP7. However, if you are working with a read-only reference database, deploying it to the phone or

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    Andrew Khmylov
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sql server ce

Loading large SQL Server CE databases on WP7

Recently I ran into an issue when trying to load the large database (approx. 50 mb) from isolated storage on WP7. Whenever I tried to query the Data Context, I got the following

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    Andrew Khmylov
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rx

Building cool animated tiles with Rx

I have a small WP7 project called Summarize. It is a fun math-based game (check it out for free). It has a nice effect of loading tiles. Several people has asked me how

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    Andrew Khmylov
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