XAML and UI, whever it is found. Phone, Surface, Silverlight or WPF
Posted in WPF on Jul 26th, 2007
At first there is just a hint of blue on the far horizon. Then you see the faint outlines of a water planet. After a few tantalizing minutes a small island appears, which quickly grows into a small continent. All the while the 3D camera swoops and spins over this ever changing 3D world. Welcome to [...]
Posted in Games, Silverlight on Jul 21st, 2007
All the classic games are getting the Silverlight treatment. Now you can play hangman too. Learn more and play the game.
Posted in Games, Silverlight on Jul 21st, 2007
Synopsis: Egyptian-themed chess with lasers It’s an Silverlight version of a board game called Khet, which combines classic (chess like) strategy with a fun twist that uses lasers and mirrors. Players alternate turns moving Egyptian-themed pieces having two, one or no mirrored surfaces. All four types of pieces (pharaoh, obelisk, pyramid and djed column) can [...]
Posted in WPF on Jul 20th, 2007
Did you know that there is no native support for charting in WPF? It seems like a huge omission, yet I’ve not found it hard to create simple charts from the API. If you are looking for ideas, Li Gao just published another WPF charting example. So I went out to try something fun with [...]
Eric Sink is a great technical writer. He wrote a wonderful series about the business of software and authored a twenty-two part series describing how to market your software business. Today he starts a twelve part series chronicling his adventures with WPF 3D. WPF 3D doesn’t know how to draw lines. Shocking as it may seem, [...]
Posted in Games, Silverlight, WPF on Jul 12th, 2007
Sometime this year I became the WPF/Silverlight game expert. I’m not sure who came up with this idea, but it wasn’t me. All I did was write a few articles suggesting that game development helps push platform adoption and mention a few games written in WPF/Silverlight. Now I’m getting press releases about new games and email [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 11th, 2007
I’ve had some trouble connecting to a new FTP server today from my Vista computer. Here’s are some steps to check if you are getting the “An Error Occurred opening that folder on the FTP server” error message. Ensure that Port 21 is open in your Vista Firewall. Check to see if you can connect [...]
Posted in Silverlight on Jul 11th, 2007
Richard Zadorozny created some animated charts samples for Silverlight a few months back. Joe Stegman has posted live online examples and source code. Be sure and view online, the animated version are more interesting than the static screenshots. Example #1 Example 2 Example 3 -Walt Ritscher Like this article? Subscribe to the RSS feed.
Posted in Silverlight on Jul 11th, 2007
Just released for public consumption is the Carbon Calculator. It is part of the Biodiversityhotspots.org Website and created with Microsoft Silverlight. The application is interactive and sports a simple clean looking UI. -Walt Ritscher Like this article? Subscribe to the RSS feed.
