Runtime Intelligence support in VS2010(sweux.com)

submitted by pombeiro(80) 2 years ago

Visual Studio 2010 comes with support for adding Runtime Intelligence to your software out-of-the-box (courtesy of PreEmptive Solutions). I have tried this with Scrum Sprint Monitor, and it really is as simple as sprinkling an Attribute on strategic places in your code to track the functionality you are interested in. With CodePlex providing support for acting as an endpoint for uploading those statistics right at each projects’ page, this makes for a very compelling proposition indeed. read more...

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Waking up the computer at the office with your cell phone(sweux.com)

submitted by pombeiro(80) 2 years, 3 months ago

... And saving on utility bills while you’re are it! What I’m about to show you is a way to wake up your machine remotely with nothing more than a Twitter client and a small utility running on one of the machines at your office/campus. read more...

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Strange behavior of DropShadowEffect | Software and UX(sweux.com)

submitted by pombeiro(80) 2 years, 4 months ago

This article describes an unexpected behavior from DropShadowEffect that can trip many developers. read more...

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A WPF Busy State Indicator attached behavior(sweux.com)

submitted by pombeiro(80) 2 years, 5 months ago

This WPF behavior binds to a developer provided property that determines whether the app/dialog/region is in a busy state. When the property turns true, the background is gradually dimmed and a circular progress indicator animation is shown. User input can optionally be prohibited during the busy state. read more...

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Changing an Enum property value on a WPF Storyboard(sweux.com)

submitted by pombeiro(80) 2 years, 8 months ago

I needed to animate the Visibility property as part of a larger Storyboard, and it wasn’t immediately apparent how to do it. It took a bit of effort to find the solution on Google, so I am posting the solution in hope that it will make someone else’s life easier as well. read more...

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Animated WPF Panels(sweux.com)

submitted by pombeiro(80) 2 years, 9 months ago

This article presents new classes that extend the stock WPF panel classes. They add animation behavior in response to changes in the bound collection (demo video included). read more...

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Running an elevated child process(disassembla.net)

submitted by pombeiro(80) 2 years, 9 months ago

How to run a child process with an elevated set of permissions (UAC compliant). read more...

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Getting a consistent experience with design-time data in WPF (Part I)(sweux.com)

submitted by pombeiro(80) 2 years, 10 months ago

Recently, I have been trying to populate my WPF design-time controls with mock data in order to have real-time feedback of the UI, as I am tweaking the XAML. I first saw this in action at a session with Richard Griffin, Felix Corke, and Ian Griffiths at Tech Ed Barcelona 2008, and I was blown away by the prospects of it. This has been the Holy Grail of form design for me, ever since the first releases of Visual Studio came out (think Win32, MFC, Windows Forms), and now it seemed Microsoft nailed it! read more...

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Maintaining folder structure in ClickOnce deployments(sweux.com)

submitted by pombeiro(80) 2 years, 10 months ago

How to add subfolders and files to your ClickOnce deployment from Visual Studio 2008. read more...

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A visual monitor to follow the health of your Agile Sprint(sweux.com)

submitted by pombeiro(80) 3 years, 1 month ago

If you sometimes feel the need to see the current state of your scrum sprint, then have a look at the Open Source Scrum Sprint Monitor screensaver, hosted at CodePlex. It is meant to be proeminently displayed in the office environment, where everyone can see the amount of work done and remaining. It is written in WPF, and leverages MEF, WPF Toolkit and the Silverlight Toolkit. It can take advantage of up to two monitors, for a wealth of streamlined data. read more...

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