New to .NET and UIP Application Block

I am learning .NET coming from some experience with Java and Struts giving a foundation in the MVC pattern.

I'm determined to apply the MVC philosophy to my .NET development when appropriate . I've read through the UIPAB help file a couple of times but I'm finding the documentation to the UIP Application Block to be a little too terse and technical and missing details for beginners.

For example, at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnpag/html/uipab-ch03.asp#uipab-ch03_topic3 under the heading "Starting and Resuming Tasks" the docs tell you that to start a task you must call

UIPManager.StartOpenNavigationTask("MyOpenNav", "MyFirstViewName")

but do not say from where you should call that method from.

Sorry if perhaps I am just a bit dull but sometimes I need things spelt out for me more clearly.

Thanks.

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Reshu
Thanks, Christian.

Just to clarify for anyone else reading this thread, as it probably wasn't clear from my first post, I am asking where, within an application utilizing the UIPAB, you should be placing a line of code such as

UIPManager.StartOpenNavigationTask("MyOpenNav", "MyFirstViewName")

in your application as the docs state you should use this to start a task but don't give the context..

Thank you.
Mark
Vui
The obvious answer, I guess, is to stick it in the application's "Main" method.
Jo A. Kim

I also found it hard to use, and I felt it would hinder me in places where it did not suit my requirements about equal to how it would help in other places.

Yes, the reason I replied was to point out that you can roll your own classes that support model/view/controller.
Brian Schmidt
Do you use another "framework" or do you write your own MVC I could do that I guess.

What in particular didn't you like about UIPAB, if you don't mind me asking Did you just think it was overkill for your requirements

Thanks,
Mark
OOC&#35;
I looked into UIP and decided it was a waste of time. I am a huge fan of MVC tho, I use it all the time :-)
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