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2011-09-30T16:51:00Z

Did you know that everything you design in a LightSwitch application (tables, screens, queries etc) is stored in a file called ApplicationDefinition.lsml ? LSML extension stands for the title of the post…no, I’m kidding of course. It stands for LightSwitch Markup Language. This file can be found in the folder <Project Path>\<Project Name>\ Data. Working in Logical View this is file is not visible (no files are visible in this view either way). Turning to File View you can see links to...(read more)

Where are my tables (stored)?

2011-09-29T16:12:00Z

Did you know that, when you create a native datasource in LightSwitch managing tables (entities) from the LightSwitch designer, the corresponding schema along with the data manipulated while debugging are stored in a SQL server database file set found in <ProjectName> \Bin\Data? These database files are attached to the local instance of SQL 2008 Express. Visual Studio LightSwitch will install one if not found. The SQL server instance must be configured to allow user instances, as by default...(read more)

Learn

2011-09-28T19:57:00Z

Did you know you can find LightSwitch self-training resources in places like: LightSwitch Team Blog LightSwitch Developer Center LightSwitch Help Website Open Light Group And here you can find a list of many, many more LightSwitch related links. One thing is for sure, LightSwitch is worth learning...(read more)