XAML and UI, whever it is found. Phone, Surface, Silverlight or WPF
Posted in Windows Phone, WP7 on Sep 30th, 2010
Windows Phone 7, like most modern touch screen phones, has an on screen keyboard. It’s known as the Software Input panel (SIP) and it is a virtual keyboard that appears when a text-input control such as a TextBox gets the input focus. There are 50+ keyboards configurations available. Figure 1 shows the default keyboard layout. [...]
Posted in Silverlight on Sep 24th, 2010
I see that Technet radio has a new Silverlight episode. TechNet Radio: TechNet on: Silverlight @ Work Listen in as Keith Combs chats with Kevin Dockx, co-author of the new eBook Microsoft Silverlight 4 Data and Services Cookbook. See how Silverlight stacks up as a tool for creating business applications and how it can integrate [...]
Posted in Silverlight, Win 7, Windows Phone on Sep 18th, 2010
The all-in-one installer Here’s a story you know very well. Microsoft creates a new version of a popular framework. Throughout the beta cycle they release versions of the tools and SDKs. Finally the day comes when they release the final version and we start installing the bits on our computers. The best solution for us [...]
