Prerequisites - 

Before attempting to run the project code you will need to ensure that the following software has been installed.

1.	Visual Studio 2010 RTM (April 2010)
2.	Silverlight 4 Tools for Visual Studio 2010 RTM
3.	Silverlight Toolkit (April 2010)
4. 	WCF RIA Services v 1.0 (May 2010)
5.	WCF RIA Services Toolkit (May 2010)
6.  SQL Server Express with Advanced Services (2008 or 2008 R2)

When you unzip the code files, the author-created folder structure may disappear. 
To preserve this structure, do the following: 

1.	Right-click the zip file and select WinZip and then Extract To.
2.	Place the directory structure wherever you want on your computer.
3.	Make sure that the Use Folder Names check box is checked.
4.	Click Extract.


We hope you find this code useful and informative. Enjoy.