For some reason the Windows 2008R2 requires some drivers for my Asus SaberTooth 990FX Motherboard.  They are normally RAID Drivers or chipset, pointing to all 40 of each and none of them worked, however this board normally doesn’t seem to support server.   So Install a base copy of Windows 7 then install Windows 2008 R2 from there.  Even happens for VM’s.

Once loaded, go ahead and use the Asus Drivers in Compatibility Mode.  Right Click [Asus]Setup.EXE -> Properties, go to compatibility Mode settings and run as Windows 7.  In my case I used the Vista/Win7 x64 drivers in compatibility mode.

Download the preview here:  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/home/br229518

Used the same instructions for setting up the VM (only the VM point)  http://everythingworkflow.wordpress.com/2010/11/07/building-up-a-vm-for-integration-development/  when you get to the ability to mount you can point directly to the Preview ISO:

Even Sound works properly, I tested the piano application and it ran smoothly

Once started you can get install like so ( I went with customized install instead of Express).

Very nice setup for templating Tablet and Mobile devices.  Uses JQuery Mobile and some features from HTML5 like CSS Media Queries for sizing pictures.



Partial Views allow for easy maintanance, Like turning li into td etc.  When you are swithing from Web to Mobile.
Tested with Firefox User Agent and with my Android tablet, Windows Phone and iPhone.  MVC4 seems to know what device is calling the web site.

Excellent work, this is more of a placeholder for digging deeper later this holiday season.
 

protected
void Application_Start()
        {
AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
            RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
            RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
DisplayModes.Modes.Insert(0, newDefaultDisplayMode("Android")
            {   
                ContextCondition = (context => context.Request.UserAgent.IndexOf("Android", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0)
            });
DisplayModes.Modes.Insert(0, newDefaultDisplayMode("WindowsPhone")
            {
                ContextCondition = (context => context.Request.UserAgent.IndexOf("Windows Phone OS", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0)
            });
DisplayModes.Modes.Insert(0, newDefaultDisplayMode("iPhone")
            {
                ContextCondition = (context => context.Request.UserAgent.IndexOf("iPhone", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0)
            });
        }
ViewSwitcher.cshtml
 
@if (Request.Browser.IsMobileDevice && Request.HttpMethod == "GET")
{
<divclass="view-switcher ui-bar-a">
        @if (ViewContext.HttpContext.GetOverriddenBrowser().IsMobileDevice)
        {
            @: Displaying mobile view
            @Html.ActionLink("Desktop view", "SwitchView", "ViewSwitcher", new { mobile = false, returnUrl = Request.Url.PathAndQuery }, new { rel = "external" })
        }
else
        {
            @: Displaying desktop view
            @Html.ActionLink("Mobile view", "SwitchView", "ViewSwitcher", new { mobile = true, returnUrl = Request.Url.PathAndQuery }, new { rel = "external" })
        }
</div>
}

Keywords: XSD.EXE, SVCUtil, XSD2Code

I have found that this is easier than using the xsd.exe tools, though I am sure the Visual Studio “Create Schema” may be calling some base class that was used by xsd.exe.

 

To supress warnings:
#pragma warning disable 0169, 0414, 0472
 
#pragma warning disable 0169, 0414, 0472

There will be enough differences, since I will be removing the MVC4 – EF 4.2 Code first code out and replacing with Silverlight OData Client.

public static class IEnumerableExtensions
{
public static void ForEach( this IEnumerable list , Action action)
{
foreach (T item in list)
{
action(item);
}
}
}

Thank you Douglas Marsh!