By Denis, a .NET Developer on Murano Software’s team
We are glad to present the release of the new extended version of Rich Cloud Application (RCA) that was announced in the last Rich Cloud Application blog post. The main enhancements of this version are using Silverlight 4 RC features, SQL Azure and Microsoft SyncFx:
- Using Silverlight’s comprehensive printing support. Any registered user can make a hard copy, as well as a virtual printing view, of any report in the system.
- Using a microphone and Web camera in the world of today is the standard de facto of user collaboration on the Internet. We extended the private chat with the possibility of using a microphone and a Webcam for more effective cooperation.
- Another cool feature of Silverlight 4 RC is multicast networking, enabling enterprises to lower the cost of streaming broadcast events. We implemented video/audio stream broadcasting for video chat in the system by using UDP multicast.
- Implementation of a new, complex rating system requires us to move the database from Azure storage to Azure SQL. All changes that are needed to move the application from Azure storage to Azure SQL will be described in the next blog post.
- We implemented the possibility of comfortably working with our system in off-line mode. The user can run the application in out-of-browser mode and work with cached data. Any changes in cache will be synchronized with storage in Azure SQL by Microsoft SyncFX while online.
Click below to take a look at screenshots of the application in action or try it online at http://pso.cloudapp.net!
The full source of code, except synchronization, is available for download at the MSDN Code Gallery under the MS-PL license. You can find some interesting solutions and work-arounds for creating peer-to-peer video chat and printing support.
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