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Writing my first windows 8 Metro App

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 07:46:30 GMT

And analysis of the difference found in xaml between windows 8 and standard wpf and a bit of how it currently feels to develop on the preview version of win 8.

Auto-Notifying View Models in Silverlight and WPF

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:39:36 GMT

Quickly create View Models that automatically notify XAML bindings when property values change, without having to manually raise a PropertyChanged Event Code view model properties as: public virtual int MyIntegerProperty { get; set; }

WPF Textbox with hints

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:50:38 GMT

WPF Textbox with hints using WPF Adorner and Reactive Extension

A WPF ListBox which acts like an Apple style navigation bar

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:56:30 GMT

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

The LOB Chronicles Episode 9: The Repository Pattern + Source Code

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:05:09 GMT

In the last episode we were exploring how MEF created a unique issue in loading assemblies and missing dependencies as well as how we utilized a creative synchronous approach to ensuring assemblies were downloaded before loading modules. This week we're pushing full speed ahead with the application...

WPF - Showing IDataErrorInfo for NULL objects

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:24:12 GMT

Article describes how to show validation error markup for NULL properties when bounded in XAML

Learning how to use Value Converters in Silverlight

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:08:10 GMT

Taking a look at how to use and harness the power of Value Converters. A Value Converter (IValueConverter) allows for you to perform custom logic during Bind time in XAML based applications. With a value converter you can implement pretty much any type of complex logic you want (bool to visibility, changing styles, etc) at runtime and have this logic extracted away in a stand alone class.

Learning how to use Behaviors in Silverlight

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:19:19 GMT

Taking a look at how to use and harness the power of Behaviors. A Behavior in Silverlight is a way to extend an existing UI element in order to add additional state or actions to it. We can create these Behaviors and attach them to pretty much any UI element you could hope for.

Introducing XAML Illustrations

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 06:10:34 GMT

Up until now SilverlightXAP.com has allowed developers to publish and sell Silverlight controls online. Now we're also accepting XAML illustrations.

A Solution for Binding Silverlight DataGrid Columns to 2nd Level Colle

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 01:27:52 GMT

Supreet Tare posted a thread on MSDN Forum to help him binding a 2nd Level Collection in Silverlight DataGrid control. As he didn't find any good solution there, he asked me on Twitter to give a solution to him for the same. I did a small investigation and came up with a solution for him. In this post, I am going to describe the problem, as well as solution to this. Hope this solution will be helpful to you too and hence sharing in my blog. Read more to find out the solution.

PriorityBinding - Binding the async way

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:25:04 GMT

I keep discovering new features in wpf/silverlight data binding. The newest addition to my knowledge base is PriorityBinding. With PriorityBinding you can associate binding target property to a group of bindings. The binding with the highest priority is evaluated and become active binding.

Embedding DLR Scripts in XAML- Part 2, A Simple DLR Markup Extension

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:30:20 GMT

This article demonstrates how to embed DLR scripts in XAML using a custom MarkupExtension. The scripting language can be any language supported by the DLR, such as Python or Ruby.

Developing A Twitter browser using Surface toolkit for Windows Touch

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:50:14 GMT

In this Screen cast,you'll find how to install the toolkit. You'll also get familiarized with Surface development and Surface Controls, by developing a simple Twitter browser application using the toolkit

This whimsical binding. TwoWay Binding to DataContext. Binding in WPF

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:14:31 GMT

I often use Binding to DataContext. It is one of the main advantage of WPF. In most case I set custom class inherit of DependencyObject (for support DependencyProperty) and I have some like next code: <StackPanel> <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Id}" /> <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Name}" /> <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Surname}"/> ... </StackPanel> But sometime I set a simple type for example string. For this case I can implement next Binding: <TextBlock Text="{Binding}" />

Customize Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 Start Page using WPF/XAML

Fri, 22 May 2009 22:39:31 GMT

My name is Adrian Collier and I am the Program Manager responsible for the Start Page in the Visual Studio. One of the coolest things we can do in this release is to create custom start pages using WPF. This post details how to get up and running with this feature, along with some warnings on how this feature will be changing.

Implementing support of own child/children in WPF control.

Wed, 20 May 2009 04:15:57 GMT

The best way for use child/children in WPF is customize any control with property for child/children that inherit from Control (for example ContentControl or ItemsControl). Control has wide possibility of customizing through ControlTemplate. But sometime we want to have specific behaviour of child/children (for example if we want to implement MDI container any other specific container). What should you do for implementing this behaviour? I will show major steps in sample of simple custom panel that is inherited from FrameworkElement.

Do you know how can you obtain access to nested types through XAML?

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:01:16 GMT

XAML is a declarative XML-based language created by Microsoft which is used to initialize structured values and objects. I have already written how we can obtain access to properties of instance that located in other properties here (I have described binding's potential). But what can we do if we need to access to nested type?

Silverlight resources for designers

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:04:59 GMT

When I am training Silverlight I am often asked by designers how to find resources on Silverlight/XAML/Expression, so here is a post for them.

RIA in Sharepoint: Silverlight with 3D Extended DeepZoom - so cool

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:04:50 GMT

NOTE: There is an interesting contest to find an image in this. Check the post. Long story short, this is an effort to bring RIA to the SharePoint world. But not just RIA style usability, I believe we pushed the envelope even further by incorporating not only DeepZoom (SeaDragon) for 'zoom in to the pixel' resolution, but the 3D extensions not present by default (you have the essentials but only the amazingly talented people behind the Hard Rock Memorabilia site (vertigo) have shown this style of combined zoom/3d that we have seen in any largely deployed sample)

Programming ListBox Control in XAML and WPF

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:27:37 GMT

This 20 pages tutorial shows you how to create and use a ListBox control in WPF and XAML. The tutorial also covers styling and formatting, add images, checkboxes, and data binding in a ListBox contrtol.

My version of Snoop (+ 2 features)

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:31:42 GMT

I think that every WPF developer knows that is Snoop. This is helpful tool (with source code (!!) ) for visual debugging of WPF's app at runtime. It is good but I was in need of some expansions. 1. I needed to see Template of controls in visual tree. 2. I needed to keep a/some couple (value and property) of control in visual tree. I implemented this issues for self purpose and want to impart this to all.

More on XAML Serialization

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:53:29 GMT

The hidden story behind serialization of collections. Short version: You have to implement IDictionary or IList, or be an ArrayExtension. Oh, and stay far away from IAddChild.

Wave Reflection Effect

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:01:05 GMT

Reflection effect using Pixel Shader in WPF 3.5 Sp1

Recreating Simple Windows Forms in WPF and XAML (Part 3)

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:39:20 GMT

Blogging about learning WPF and XAML. Starting with learning how to make standard windows forms. Multi-part article starting with a messy XAML definition and working forward. This part of the series covers how to use Styles, external Resource Dictionaries, and includes updated XAML files and screenshots for the series.

Recreating Simple Windows Forms in WPF and XAML (Part 2)

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:48:15 GMT

Blogging about learning WPF and XAML. Starting with learning how to make standard windows forms. Multi-part article starting with a messy XAML definition and working forward. This part of the series covers a quick way to break out your colors into one location instead of having them all inline.