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Mastering LOB Development for Silverlight 5: A Case Study in Action

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Mastering LOB Development for Silverlight 5: A Case Study in Action

Overview of this book

Microsoft Silverlight is fully established as a powerful tool for creating and delivering Rich Internet Applications and media experiences on the Web. This book will help you dive straight into utilizing Silverlight 5, which now more than ever is a top choice in the Enterprise for building Business Applications. "Mastering LOB Development for Silverlight 5: A Case Study in Action" focuses on the development of a complete Silverlight 5 LOB application, helping you to take advantage of the powerful features available along with expert advice. Fully focused on LOB development, this expert guide takes you from the beginning of designing and implementing a Silverlight 5 LOB application, all the way through to completion. Accompanied by a gradually built upon case study, you will learn about data access via RIA and Web services, architecture with MEF and MVVM applied to LOB development, testing and error control, and much more.With "Mastering LOB Development for Silverlight 5: A Case Study in Action" in hand, you will be fully equipped to expertly develop your own Silverlight Line of Business application, without dwelling on the basics of Enterprise Silverlight development.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Mastering LOB Development for Silverlight 5: A Case Study in Action
Credits
Foreword
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

DOM handling from Silverlight


Now, let's check how to go deeper and handle the DOM object and access the properties of a given HTML element.

HtmlDocument

From the HtmlPage object, an instance of the HtmlDocument object can also be obtained. With the HtmlDocument object, it is possible to:

  • Search for page elements (by name, class, or type), via the GetElementById and GetElementByTagName methods

  • Access the list of the URL parameters

  • Obtain the cookies

HtmlElement

When we search for a page element via the HtmlDocument object, we obtain an HtmlElement object. This class provides a series of methods which make it possible to handle the DOM objects. Nevertheless, unless it is strictly necessary, it would be more advisable to modify the HTML objects of the page making use of its own language, JavaScript:

  • Access/modify the properties of the HTML elements via the GetProperty and SetProperty methods

  • Access/modify the attributes of the HTML elements via the GetAttribute and SetAttribute methods

  • Access/modify...