[aus-dotnet] Smart Client tutorials

[greg]

Hello on Sunday evening,

 

I’m in the middle of a crash course on CAB and Smart Client Factory. I’ve been running through the zipped developer Labs found here:

 

http://www.codeplex.com/smartclient/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Hands-On-Labs&referringTitle=Smart%20Client%20Software%20Factory

 

In the middle of Lab-3 you are about to learn the vital skill of creating a Service, but the instructions deviate from the skeleton exercise code and become incomprehensible. The completed exercise code doesn’t match the instructions. Later this evening I’ll move on to Lab-4 and see it if returns to sanity.

 

I totally understand the theory of what the SCSF and CAB are supposed to do, as (like many of us) I’ve written mini versions of what they do in helping you create a large application from plug-in pieces. But I’m at the frustrating stage where I’m teetering on the edge of practical understanding of how to use CAB and SCSF in a real world app. I just need a bit of help to push me over the edge.

 

If anyone else out there has ‘cracked it’ and is now reasonably fluent with CAB and SCSF, then I’m keen to know what tipped you over the edge. Any general advice on this would be most welcome.

 

Cheers,

Greg Keogh