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Working with String Resources
Excerpt by Ken Getz
Although lots of developers do it, it's never a good idea to embed string resources directly into your application's source code.
This course excerpt was originally posted July 05, 2013 from the online courseware Windows 8 Using XAML, Part 09: Views, Binding, and Templates by Ken Getz
Creating a Group Style
Excerpt by Ken Getz
An ItemsControl can work with grouped data in two ways.
This course excerpt was originally posted June 26, 2013 from the online courseware Windows 8 Using XAML, Part 09: Views, Binding, and Templates by Ken Getz
Windows 8 Using XAML: ItemsControl Styles
Excerpt by Ken Getz
As with every other control you use in Windows 8 applications, both the ListView and GridView controls (that is, both ItemsControls) are based on control templates that determine the manner in which these controls appear.
This course excerpt was originally posted June 24, 2013 from the online courseware Windows 8 Using XAML, Part 09: Views, Binding, and Templates by Ken Getz
SQL Security Fundamentals: Changing the Execution
Excerpt by Don Kiely
You don't always want the caller's permissions to be used to validate permissions in a broken ownership chain.
This course excerpt was originally posted June 21, 2013 from the online courseware SQL Server 2012, Part 5 of 9: Security Basics by Don Kiely