WPF LOB samples

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Corrado Cavalli

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Nov 3, 2009, 3:26:49 PM11/3/09
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I’m looking for some LOB/Data intensive applications written in WPF to show during a course (screenshots are ok), do you have some links?, what is the one you like most? (apart yours of course… J)

 

Cheers,

Corrado

 

 

Paul Stovell

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Nov 4, 2009, 7:00:00 PM11/4/09
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Hi Corrado,

I often show the Lawson Smart Client screenshot in an opening slide:

http://www.frogdesign.com/images/lawson_m3_cs_1.jpg

It usually comes just before a screenshot of a typical Forms application:

http://i.d.com.com/i/dl/media/dlimage/68/94/7/68947_large.jpeg

At this point the good Forms developers begin to soul search as to why they are using such a legacy technology :)

Paul
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Corrado Cavalli

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Nov 5, 2009, 12:07:31 AM11/5/09
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Hey Paul,

That’s a great sample! Thanks.

 

Corrado

 

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Subject: [WPF Disciples] Re: WPF LOB samples

 

Hi Corrado,

I often show the Lawson Smart Client screenshot in an opening slide:

http://www.frogdesign.com/images/lawson_m3_cs_1.jpg

It usually comes just before a screenshot of a typical Forms application:

http://i.d.com.com/i/dl/media/dlimage/68/94/7/68947_large.jpeg

At this point the good Forms developers begin to soul search as to why they are using such a legacy technology :)

Paul


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Sacha Barber

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Nov 5, 2009, 4:09:19 AM11/5/09
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Corrado

Whilst I cant share our app, I can share one screen shot which I am most proud off, its a very cool search


Where we wrote our own WCF serializable query language which uses SQL server, and its 100% metadata driven. We are able to filter results and build complex queries using the screen shot attached.

The search uses a hierarchal DataTemplate, and allows ANDs and ORs to build very complex queries which are converted to RAW SQL in the WCF end.

The filtering uses a standard WPF ListView, no 3rd party products at all.






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Search.png

Michael Sync

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Nov 5, 2009, 4:15:32 AM11/5/09
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HI Sacha,

Which controls are you using for "Home" and "Search"? Is it tab control or docking control? Those controls looks really great..

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Michael Sync
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Corrado Cavalli

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Nov 5, 2009, 4:53:58 AM11/5/09
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Thanks Sacha, screenshot are good enough J

Cool app, does it also tells you what stocks are going to rise up one day in advance? Otherwise I’ll buy one copy soon! J

 

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Subject: [WPF Disciples] Re: WPF LOB samples

 

Corrado

 

Whilst I cant share our app, I can share one screen shot which I am most proud off, its a very cool search

 

 

Where we wrote our own WCF serializable query language which uses SQL server, and its 100% metadata driven. We are able to filter results and build complex queries using the screen shot attached.

 

The search uses a hierarchal DataTemplate, and allows ANDs and ORs to build very complex queries which are converted to RAW SQL in the WCF end.

 

The filtering uses a standard WPF ListView, no 3rd party products at all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sacha Barber

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Nov 5, 2009, 5:15:53 AM11/5/09
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Corrado

We do stream real time rates and allow deals to click on the one they want to buy from different streams, but alas it can not predict rates movements, otherwise id be a millionaire for sure. Glad the screen shot helped

Michael

All controls in that app are standard WPF controls styled and tweaked. ALL standard, no 3rd party. Even the WPF data picker has been changed.
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Corrado Cavalli

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Nov 5, 2009, 5:32:23 AM11/5/09
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When are you going to add the “Make me rich” feature? JJJ

 

From: wpf-di...@googlegroups.com [mailto:wpf-di...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sacha Barber
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Subject: [WPF Disciples] Re: WPF LOB samples

 

Corrado

 

We do stream real time rates and allow deals to click on the one they want to buy from different streams, but alas it can not predict rates movements, otherwise id be a millionaire for sure. Glad the screen shot helped

 

Michael

 

All controls in that app are standard WPF controls styled and tweaked. ALL standard, no 3rd party. Even the WPF data picker has been changed.




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Sacha Barber

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Nov 5, 2009, 6:55:26 AM11/5/09
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If I do, I would never tell you. Ha Ha
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Peter O'Hanlon

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Nov 5, 2009, 6:58:05 AM11/5/09
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Yes you would. You'd be lording it over us from the deck of your yacht in the bahamas, being tended to by the Bikini babes:
 
"More Whisky Mr Barber?"
 
"Why, I don't mind if I do. Now, let me mock my minions on the disciples forum. Dance for me O'Hanlon, dance I say."

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Sacha Barber

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Nov 5, 2009, 7:24:21 AM11/5/09
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LOL
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Daniel Vaughan

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Nov 5, 2009, 10:59:15 AM11/5/09
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Ok, I give up. How do you attach an image to a reply if you haven't
previously subscribed to the thread?


On Nov 5, 10:09 am, Sacha Barber <sacha.bar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Corrado
>
> Whilst I cant share our app, I can share one screen shot which I am most
> proud off, its a very cool search
>
> Where we wrote our own WCF serializable query language which uses SQL
> server, and its 100% metadata driven. We are able to filter results and
> build complex queries using the screen shot attached.
>
> The search uses a hierarchal DataTemplate, and allows ANDs and ORs to build
> very complex queries which are converted to RAW SQL in the WCF end.
>
> The filtering uses a standard WPF ListView, no 3rd party products at all.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 12:00 AM, Paul Stovell <p...@paulstovell.com> wrote:
> > Hi Corrado,
>
> > I often show the Lawson Smart Client screenshot in an opening slide:
>
> >http://www.frogdesign.com/images/lawson_m3_cs_1.jpg
>
> > It usually comes just before a screenshot of a typical Forms application:
>
> >http://i.d.com.com/i/dl/media/dlimage/68/94/7/68947_large.jpeg
>
> > At this point the good Forms developers begin to soul search as to why they
> > are using such a legacy technology :)
>
> > Paul
>
> > On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 6:26 AM, Corrado Cavalli <corradocava...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> >> I’m looking for some LOB/Data intensive applications written in WPF to
> >> show during a course (screenshots are ok), do you have some links?, what is
> >> the one you like most? (apart yours of course… J)
>
> >> Cheers,
>
> >> Corrado
>
> > --
> > Paul Stovell
>
> --
> Sacha Barber
> sacha.bar...@gmail.com
>
>  Search.png
> 188KViewDownload

Daniel Vaughan

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Nov 5, 2009, 11:45:38 AM11/5/09
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Sacha, that search interface looks like you could get a lot done with
it. Very cool.

Corrado, here's a screen shot of an app my team has been working on.
The application
integrates Oracle Hyperion Financial Management and Hyperion Strategic
Finance, and provides business process coordination. The image shows
the workflow designer which I created to allow a user to create a
custom workflow, push it to the server, where it is queued for
execution etc. You can see the workflow executing on the server in
real time within the designer. Things like the zoom and panning
controls were really easy to implement in XAML. Multidimensional
queries are able to be created within a designer and the activities
can then use them during workflow execution.

Cheers,
Daniel
Process in execution.JPG

Sacha Barber

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Nov 5, 2009, 11:56:23 AM11/5/09
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Very nice. I like diagrammy type stuff, we have a Deal family with pan and zoom too, which allows us to see all deals in a historical manner
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Corrado Cavalli

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Nov 5, 2009, 12:02:45 PM11/5/09
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Hey Daniel,
Thanks for sharing!

C.

-----Original Message-----
From: wpf-di...@googlegroups.com [mailto:wpf-di...@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf Of Daniel Vaughan
Sent: giovedì 5 novembre 2009 17:46
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Subject: [WPF Disciples] Re: WPF LOB samples

Sacha, that search interface looks like you could get a lot done with it.
Very cool.

Corrado, here's a screen shot of an app my team has been working on.
The application
integrates Oracle Hyperion Financial Management and Hyperion Strategic
Finance, and provides business process coordination. The image shows the
workflow designer which I created to allow a user to create a custom
workflow, push it to the server, where it is queued for execution etc. You
can see the workflow executing on the server in real time within the
designer. Things like the zoom and panning controls were really easy to
implement in XAML. Multidimensional queries are able to be created within a
designer and the activities can then use them during workflow execution.

Cheers,
Daniel


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Corrado Cavalli

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Nov 5, 2009, 5:03:28 PM11/5/09
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Just got an email from Paul Czywczynski pointing me to his team
application, very cool!
http://www.tempworks.com/products/software/enterprise-staffing-software.aspx

Worth looking also at how the application evolved since 2006:
http://engineering.tempworks.com/2009_03_01_archive.html

C.

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From: wpf-di...@googlegroups.com [mailto:wpf-di...@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf Of Daniel Vaughan
Sent: giovedì 5 novembre 2009 17:46
To: WPF Disciples
Subject: [WPF Disciples] Re: WPF LOB samples

Sacha, that search interface looks like you could get a lot done with it.
Very cool.

Corrado, here's a screen shot of an app my team has been working on.
The application
integrates Oracle Hyperion Financial Management and Hyperion Strategic
Finance, and provides business process coordination. The image shows the
workflow designer which I created to allow a user to create a custom
workflow, push it to the server, where it is queued for execution etc. You
can see the workflow executing on the server in real time within the
designer. Things like the zoom and panning controls were really easy to
implement in XAML. Multidimensional queries are able to be created within a
designer and the activities can then use them during workflow execution.

Cheers,
Daniel


On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Daniel Vaughan <dbva...@gmail.com> wrote:
>

Mike Brown

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Nov 5, 2009, 11:26:16 PM11/5/09
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Wow Daniel really slick! It looks like VS 2010. I'm not easily impressed and I'm impressed!

Sacha Barber

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Nov 5, 2009, 11:47:31 PM11/5/09
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Do you guys have an inhouse Graphics artist, I wish we did, and I wish our business used a few less data intensive screens. Grids are ok, but mmmm, if I had a free reign, I would use some alternative idea.
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Sacha Barber

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Nov 5, 2009, 11:48:17 PM11/5/09
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Sorry

The question

Do you guys have an inhouse Graphics artist, I wish we did, and I wish our business used a few less data intensive screens. Grids are ok, but mmmm, if I had a free reign, I would use some alternative idea.

Was meant for Daniel
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Daniel Vaughan

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Nov 6, 2009, 4:45:53 AM11/6/09
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Thanks Mike!

On Nov 6, 5:26 am, Mike Brown <mbrow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Wow Daniel really slick! It looks like VS 2010. I'm not easily impressed and
> I'm impressed!
>
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Daniel Vaughan <dan...@orpius.com> wrote:
> > Sacha, that search interface looks like you could get a lot done with
> > it. Very cool.
>
> > Corrado, here's a screen shot of an app my team has been working on.
> > The application
> > integrates Oracle Hyperion Financial Management and Hyperion Strategic
> > Finance, and provides business process coordination. The image shows
> > the workflow designer which I created to allow a user to create a
> > custom workflow, push it to the server, where it is queued for
> > execution etc. You can see the workflow executing on the server in
> > real time within the designer. Things like the zoom and panning
> > controls were really easy to implement in XAML. Multidimensional
> > queries are able to be created within a designer and the activities
> > can then use them during workflow execution.
>
> > Cheers,
> > Daniel
>
> > On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Daniel Vaughan <dbvaug...@gmail.com>

Michael Sync

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Nov 6, 2009, 4:52:24 AM11/6/09
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>>All controls in that app are standard WPF controls styled and tweaked. ALL standard, no 3rd party. Even the WPF data picker has been changed.

Thanks, Sacha. Those styles looks really great..

Daniel Vaughan

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Nov 6, 2009, 4:57:03 AM11/6/09
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We do have a designer.
We too use a couple screens with grids, but yes I agree, sometimes
there are better approaches. They're great though if you know what you
are doing.





On Nov 6, 5:47 am, Sacha Barber <sacha.bar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Do you guys have an inhouse Graphics artist, I wish we did, and I wish our
> business used a few less data intensive screens. Grids are ok, but mmmm, if
> I had a free reign, I would use some alternative idea.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 4:26 AM, Mike Brown <mbrow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Wow Daniel really slick! It looks like VS 2010. I'm not easily impressed
> > and I'm impressed!
>
> > On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Daniel Vaughan <dan...@orpius.com> wrote:
>
> >> Sacha, that search interface looks like you could get a lot done with
> >> it. Very cool.
>
> >> Corrado, here's a screen shot of an app my team has been working on.
> >> The application
> >> integrates Oracle Hyperion Financial Management and Hyperion Strategic
> >> Finance, and provides business process coordination. The image shows
> >> the workflow designer which I created to allow a user to create a
> >> custom workflow, push it to the server, where it is queued for
> >> execution etc. You can see the workflow executing on the server in
> >> real time within the designer. Things like the zoom and panning
> >> controls were really easy to implement in XAML. Multidimensional
> >> queries are able to be created within a designer and the activities
> >> can then use them during workflow execution.
>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Daniel
>
> >> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Daniel Vaughan <dbvaug...@gmail.com>
> sacha.bar...@gmail.com

Sacha Barber

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Nov 6, 2009, 8:14:28 AM11/6/09
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Yeah I really like your design, this place would not cope well if I turned out a UI that barren (unused space) they would be like, oh we can get a grid there too.

Grrr
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Jaime Rodriguez

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Nov 6, 2009, 2:03:32 PM11/6/09
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Corrado,
You should find a few good apps at
http://www.cookingwithxaml.com/wpfapps/BookOfWPF.pdf
and
http://www.cookingwithxaml.com/wpfapps/wpflob.pptx

About the book: It is a year old or so. It is a really nice, neatly formatted and very presentable coffee-book. If you want your own copy, ping me after PDC.

Informal Disclaimer on the PPT:
These are not the best (and of course not worst) WPF apps; nor is Microsoft endorsing these over any others.
These are just a few screenshots that I know at some point or another I have seen in the public domain.
It is not comprehensive at all; it is a tiny subset from ones I knew were used for LOB. I skipped anything that is not public (so skipped lots).

My personal 2c:
It sucks that the world can't see lots of pretty amazing apps [including a lot that you all built]. There is a lot of WPF out there; and often the truly amazing ones (in financials, healthcare, government, retail, etc.) are the ones we can't show. That said, if you have one that we need to add to our internal deck, ping me.

C.

Cheers,
Daniel

>> >> links?, what is the one you like most? (apart yours of course. J)

Corrado Cavalli

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Nov 6, 2009, 3:12:03 PM11/6/09
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Hey Jaime,
Is the pptx link correct? Seems can't open it...

Corrado

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About the book: It is a year old or so. It is a really nice, neatly
formatted and very presentable coffee-book. If you want your own copy, ping
me after PDC.

Informal Disclaimer on the PPT:
These are not the best (and of course not worst) WPF apps; nor is Microsoft
endorsing these over any others.
These are just a few screenshots that I know at some point or another I have
seen in the public domain.
It is not comprehensive at all; it is a tiny subset from ones I knew were
used for LOB. I skipped anything that is not public (so skipped lots).

My personal 2c:
It sucks that the world can't see lots of pretty amazing apps [including a
lot that you all built]. There is a lot of WPF out there; and often the
truly amazing ones (in financials, healthcare, government, retail, etc.) are
the ones we can't show. That said, if you have one that we need to add to
our internal deck, ping me.

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Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 9:03 AM
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C.

Cheers,
Daniel

>> >> links?, what is the one you like most? (apart yours of course. J)

Daniel Vaughan

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Nov 6, 2009, 3:31:41 PM11/6/09
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Stunning apps there Jaime.

On Nov 6, 8:03 pm, Jaime Rodriguez <jai...@microsoft.com> wrote:
> Corrado,
> You should find a few good apps athttp://www.cookingwithxaml.com/wpfapps/BookOfWPF.pdf
> andhttp://www.cookingwithxaml.com/wpfapps/wpflob.pptx

Jaime Rodriguez

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Nov 6, 2009, 3:53:25 PM11/6/09
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Corrado, link worked for me.. it is a 22 MB file though..
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