Downloading and Extracting Silverlight Resources at Runtime(pagebrooks.com)

submitted by pbrooks(775) 4 years, 2 months ago

One nice feature of Silverlight is the ability to load resources from the server at runtime. For example, suppose your application needs to display text in a specific font. Ideally, your code would call out to the server (using WebClient) to pull these resources only as they become necessary. The cool thing is that you can zip up any resource you have and then extract it for use on the client side. read more...

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How to find the Layout Templates for Silverlight Controls(pagebrooks.com)

submitted by pbrooks(775) 4 years, 2 months ago

When customizing Silverlight controls, there are several techniques you can follow. Each technique provides a varying level of control and development effort. If you want to change the layout of any of the built-in Silverlight controls, you will generally need to work from the existing default template contracts as a starting point. So where are these template contracts? Currently, there are two places you can find these templates... read more...

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Silverlight 2 has a Timer (DispatcherTimer)(pagebrooks.com)

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Before Silverlight 2, one had to conjure up various hacks to emulate a Timer. One the most popular hacks was to use a StoryBoard that would continually call upon itself after completion. read more...

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Silverlight 2 Controls - First Impressions(pagebrooks.com)

submitted by pbrooks(775) 4 years, 2 months ago

With the release of Silverlight 2, a new set of standard controls have been introduced. Kathy Kam has built a nice sample that shows off these controls. Below are a few key points that I took away from watching Scott Guthrie's Silverlight Keynote. read more...

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Internet Explorer 8 - Beta 1 Virtual PC Images Available for Download(pagebrooks.com)

submitted by pbrooks(775) 4 years, 2 months ago

Internet Explorer 8 - Beta 1 was unveiled today at Mix08. If you want to try out Internet Explorer Beta 1 without tainting your system, check out the Internet Explorer 8 - Beta 1 Virtual PC images. The current image expires on July 3, 2008. read more...

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Creating Multiple Instances of a XAML Object in Silverlight(pagebrooks.com)

submitted by pbrooks(775) 4 years, 2 months ago

There are a few cases where you need to create many similar objects from a single XAML object definition. For example, say you were building a chess game in which each square was represented by a Rectangle primitive. You have several options here.... read more...

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A Silverlight Color Picker Control(pagebrooks.com)

submitted by pbrooks(775) 4 years, 3 months ago

It doesn't appear that there will be a color picker control in the upcoming release of Silverlight. Of course, this is just a beta, so things may change. Either way, I've developed a simple color picker for use in your Silverlight applications. My ultimate goal is to make HTML hex color code color selection easier in ASP.NET applications. read more...

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Silverlight Isolated Storage for persisting form data(explosivedog.com)

submitted by pbrooks(775) 4 years, 11 months ago

Silverlight has a special version of Isolated Storage which opens up some interesting scenarios when it comes to persistence. One interesting scenario would be to allow a user to save a draft of a form so they could come back later and fill out the rest of the form. read more...

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