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Autorefresh lightswitch screen in lightswitch 2011
- Software requirements
- Prerequisite knowledge
- Creation of new project
- Add Employee entity in the project
- Add Editable grid screen
- Add records in the table
- Add timer in the screen
Software requirement
- Visual studio 2010 is installed on your machine.
- Visual Studio 2010 service pack 1 is installed on your machine.
- Microsoft Visual Studio Light switch 2011 is installed on your machine.
Prerequisite knowledge
- What is lightswitch?
- What are screens and entities in lightswitch?
- How to create an entity in lightswitch?
- How to create screens in lightswitch?
Creation of new project
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Add Employee entity in the project
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Add Editable grid screen
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Add records in the table
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Add timer in the screen
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Microsoft.LightSwitch;
using System.Windows.Threading;
using Microsoft.LightSwitch.Threading;
namespace LightSwitchApplication {
public partial class EditableEmployeesSetGrid {
partial void EditableEmployeesSetGrid_InitializeDataWorkspace(List < IDataService > saveChangesTo) {
Dispatchers.Main.BeginInvoke(() = >{
Timer.Tick += new EventHandler(Each_Tick);
Timer.Start();
});
}
private static readonly DispatcherTimer Timer = new DispatcherTimer() {
Interval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5) // Create a timer to refresh screen
};
private void Each_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e) {
Dispatchers.Main.BeginInvoke(() = >{
EmployeesSet.Refresh();
});
}
}
}