Today, in this article let's dig out another wonderful concept related to Windows Phone 7, whereby communicating with WCF Service to perform some operation.
The Telerik Rad Controls for Windows Phone 7 can be found from http://www.telerik.com/products/windows-phone.aspx.
The Rad Message Box is used to display the output in a nice and enhanced UI.
Question: What is RadDateSelector?
In simple terms "It offers flexibility for the user in selecting the dates with some specified range and unique selection format".
Let's get this implemented practically for a better idea on this!!!
Step 1: The complete code of the IService1.cs looks like this:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.ServiceModel;
using System.ServiceModel.Web;
using System.Text;
namespace Date_Selector_WCF
{
// NOTE: You can use the "Rename" command on the "Refactor" menu to change the interface name "IService1" in both code and config file together.
[ServiceContract]
public interface IService1
{
[OperationContract]
DateTime date(DateTime a);
}
}
Step 2: The complete code of the Service1.svc.cs looks like this:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.ServiceModel;
using System.ServiceModel.Web;
using System.Text;
namespace Date_Selector_WCF
{
// NOTE: You can use the "Rename" command on the "Refactor" menu to change the class name "Service1" in code, svc and config file together.
public class Service1 : IService1
{
public DateTime date(DateTime a)
{
return a;
}
}
}
Step 3: The complete code of the Web.Config looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0" />
</system.web>
<system.serviceModel>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior>
<!-- To avoid disclosing metadata information, set the value below to false and remove the metadata endpoint above before deployment -->
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
<!-- To receive exception details in faults for debugging purposes, set the value below to true. Set to false before deployment to avoid disclosing exception information -->
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<serviceHostingEnvironment multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" />
</system.serviceModel>
<system.webServer>
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true"/>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>
Step 4: The complete code of the MainPage.xaml looks like this:
<phone:PhoneApplicationPage
x:Class="Rad_Date_Selector_Application.MainPage"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:phone="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Controls;assembly=Microsoft.Phone"
xmlns:shell="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Shell;assembly=Microsoft.Phone"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:telerik="clr-namespace:Telerik.Windows.Controls;assembly=Telerik.Windows.Controls.Input"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
mc:Ignorable="d" d:DesignWidth="480" d:DesignHeight="768"
FontFamily="{StaticResource PhoneFontFamilyNormal}"
FontSize="{StaticResource PhoneFontSizeNormal}"
Foreground="{StaticResource PhoneForegroundBrush}"
SupportedOrientations="Portrait" Orientation="Portrait"
shell:SystemTray.IsVisible="True" Loaded="mainpage_Loaded">
<!--LayoutRoot is the root grid where all page content is placed-->
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="Transparent">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<!--TitlePanel contains the name of the application and page title-->
<StackPanel x:Name="TitlePanel" Grid.Row="0" Margin="12,17,0,28">
<TextBlock x:Name="ApplicationTitle" Text="Rad Date Selector - WCF Application" FontFamily="Verdana" FontSize="22" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextNormalStyle}"/>
<TextBlock x:Name="PageTitle" Text="Windows 7 Phone" Margin="9,-7,0,0" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextTitle1Style}"/>
</StackPanel>
<!--ContentPanel - place additional content here-->
<Grid x:Name="ContentPanel" Grid.Row="1" Margin="12,0,12,0">
</Grid>
</Grid>
</phone:PhoneApplicationPage>
Step 5: The complete code of the MainPage.xaml.cs looks like this:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Animation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;
using Microsoft.Phone.Controls;
using Telerik.Windows.Controls;
using Rad_Date_Selector_Application.ServiceReference1;
namespace Rad_Date_Selector_Application
{
public partial class MainPage : PhoneApplicationPage
{
// Constructor
public MainPage()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
public void mainpage_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
getRadDate();
}
public void getRadDate()
{
objDateSelector.HorizontalAlignment = System.Windows.HorizontalAlignment.Stretch;
objDateSelector.VerticalAlignment = System.Windows.VerticalAlignment.Center;
objDateSelector.Visibility = System.Windows.Visibility.Visible;
objDateSelector.MinValue = new DateTime(2012, 01, 01);
objDateSelector.MaxValue = new DateTime(2013, 01, 01);
objDateSelector.SelectedValueChanged += new DateTimeValueChangedEventHandler(sel_Value);
objDateSelector.SelectorFormat = "d,m,y";
this.ContentPanel.Children.Add(objDateSelector);
}
private void date_Call(object sender, dateCompletedEventArgs e)
{
RadMessageBox.Show("Selected Date is: " + e.Result.ToShortDateString(), MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel, "RadDateSelector - via WCF", null, false, false, System.Windows.HorizontalAlignment.Stretch, System.Windows.VerticalAlignment.Center, null);
}
protected void sel_Value(object sender, ValueChangedEventArgs<DateTime> e)
{
var date = objDateSelector.SelectedValue;
objClient.dateCompleted += new EventHandler<dateCompletedEventArgs>(date_Call);
objClient.dateAsync(date);
}
#region Instance Variables
RadDateSelector objDateSelector = new RadDateSelector();
Service1Client objClient = new Service1Client();
#endregion
}
}
Step 6: The output of the application looks like this:
Step 7: The output of the Date Selected Application looks like this:
I hope this article is useful for you.