Event Handler Memory Leaks, Unwiring Events, and the WeakEventManager(10rem.net)

submitted by dpeterson(3364) 2 days, 21 hours ago

Many developers don't realize that a common source of memory leaks in .NET applications is the event handler. WPF 4.5 includes built-in support for weak events to help us do the right thing and not eat up all the available memory. read more...

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Design time data in WPF and Blend with little effort(www.codewrecks.com)

submitted by alkampfer(1723) 14 days, 6 hours ago

Simple article that shows how easy is to create Design Time Data in WPF for Blend. read more...

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Dynamic Wpf DataGrid Columns using PropertyDescriptors(lucidsnippets.com)

submitted by lucidsnippets(21) 15 days, 21 hours ago

WPF DataGrid control used in combination with custom ObervableCollection<dynamic> implementing ITypedList and providing PropertyDescriptors which enables adding columns dynamically at runtime. Columns definitions are also strongly typed and advanced column data generation can be provided by lambda delegates. read more...

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Coded UI Tests : WPF Utilities(www.jonathanantoine.com)

submitted by jmix90(494) 19 days ago

I played a lot with Coded UI Tests API on WPF applications these last weeks. It turned out that this is a really powerful framework available to use but that we need to write a lot of code ourselves even for simple things. You may already know the coded ui test utilities of Gautam Goenka available on his blog. On this blog post, I want to introduce a set of complementary helper methods that you can use in your project. The links to the binaries/sources are at the end of the post. read more...

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WPF Control Dev review and thoughts on UX (User Centered Design)(rohiton.net)

submitted by rohits79(25) 20 days, 2 hours ago

WPF Control Development book review and thoughts on UX design read more...

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A WPF ListBox which acts like an Apple style navigation bar(marcelwouters.wordpress.com)

submitted by marcelwouters(90) 1 month, 15 days ago

A WPF ListBox which looks like the navigation bar used on the Apple website. read more...

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[WPF] Using Linq to shape data in a CollectionView(tomlev2.wordpress.com)

submitted by tom103(96) 2 months, 5 days ago

This article describes a way to use Linq to specify the filter, sort and grouping of a WPF CollectionView. read more...

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WPF 4.5 – Part 13 : binding to types that Implement ICustomTypeProvide(www.jonathanantoine.com)

submitted by jmix90(494) 2 months, 11 days ago

This is the part number 13 of the serie on the WPF 4.5 new features. ICustomTypeProvider is an interface already known in the Silverlight 5 world but it is shipped with full support in WPF 4.5 too. In this post we will discover what is the interface ICustomTypeProvider and how it can be used in WPF 4.5 ! read more...

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Information on upgrading Kinect Applications to MS SDK Beta 2.(michaelcrump.net)

submitted by mbcrump(940) 2 months, 20 days ago

Introduction Microsoft recently released the Kinect for Windows SDK Beta 2. It contains many enhancements and fixes that can be found here. The only problem with it is that a lot of current demo applications no longer function properly. Today, I’m going to walk you through a typical scenario of upgrading a Kinect application built with Beta 1 to Beta 2. Note: This tutorial covers WPF, but you can use the same techniques for WinForms. read more...

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Using Ninject with MVVM Light(www.codecapers.com)

submitted by mceranski(345) 2 months, 28 days ago

A short tutorial on how to utilize Ninject in a WPF MVVM Application. read more...

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FREE WPF and Silverlight Online Prism Training from PluralSight on Nov(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by Noldorin(811) 3 months ago

Blaine Wastell highlights 3 hours of free training materials from PluralSight for Prism available between 12th and 14th November. The training will look at Prism 4’s use in WPF, Silverlight and Windows Phone applications. (from The Morning Brew) read more...

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Layout adjustments Snapping and OrientationChanges in Metro Applicatio(www.abhisheksur.com)

submitted by abhi2434(1006) 3 months, 4 days ago

Layout is the most important part of any application. The best design for an application gets more credit and love from the users than applications that are designed bad. Metro style applications runs in full screen. Your application does not include a Title Bar, status bar or anything. Microsoft gave us some of the basic layout guidelines that one needs to follow. Lets talk about them here to make you understand how you should layout your application in Metro Applications to utilize maximum flexibility of it. read more...

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Understanding basic WinRT Metro Applications and Application Capability(www.abhisheksur.com)

submitted by abhi2434(1006) 3 months, 5 days ago

Windows 8 is already out in Developer Preview form. A new way of building applications in Windows 8 has already been introduced. Lets put up a note to let you know how to build applications for WinRT. In this post you will learn how you can use Capabilities for your application and build your first basic WinRT Metro Applications. read more...

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Porting a WPF application to Windows8(www.progware.org)

submitted by iwannis(427) 3 months, 15 days ago

We take a simple WPF app and try to port it to Windows8. What needs to be changed? read more...

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WordMerge the C# WPF app(www.jarloo.com)

submitted by Cryptik(155) 3 months, 21 days ago

WordMerge is a C# WPF project that is designed to show how you can modify a ListBox to change the selection behavior. A tutorial is available, a video to show how it works and the full source code can be downloaded. read more...

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Create an Excel like Autofilter using the DataGrid and WPF(www.jarloo.com)

submitted by Cryptik(155) 3 months, 21 days ago

Your users are probably used to Excel and how the filtering works, so why not mimic that style of filtering in your own applications? This tutorial shows how you can do it and includes the full source code. read more...

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