XAML and UI, whever it is found. Phone, Surface, Silverlight or WPF
Posted in Windows Phone, WP7 on Oct 29th, 2010
I’m working on a Windows Phone 7 application that is using the Microsoft ad network. Microsoft simplifies the process by providing an AdControl control in the Advertising SDK. To add the control to your XAML is easy. <my1:AdControl Grid.Row=’0′ ApplicationId=‘ba766 etc.’ AdUnitId=’100xxxxxxx’ Width=’480′ Height=’80′ HorizontalAlignment=‘Center’ VerticalAlignment=‘Center’ /> Next, [...]
Posted in Windows Phone, WP7 on Oct 7th, 2010
I’m one of the lucky few to have access to a developer device. I’m currently using the Samsung Taylor and it is really a nice phone. I’m looking forward to seeing the production phones, which have a faster processers, more RAM etc. Having the device is invaluable for debugging and testing. For example one of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 6th, 2010
Expression Blend is a nice supplemental tool for Visual Studio developers. Blend contains tools that will simplify Silverlight or WPF UI creation. For example, if you want to edit a control template in a WYSIWYG designer, then Blend is the tool for you. There simply is nothing comparable in Visual Studio. Unfortunately, once you start [...]
Posted in Windows Phone, WP7 on Oct 4th, 2010
You can customize the image shown in your Windows Phone 7 Tile. All you need to do is change the BackgroundImageURI value in the WMAppManifest.xml file. <Tokens> <PrimaryToken TokenID="MyAppToken" TaskName="_default"> <TemplateType5> <BackgroundImageURI IsRelative="true" IsResource="false"> /Images/Coins/tileImage.png</BackgroundImageURI> You can also change this value in the Visual Studio 2010 Property page. Figure 1: Change Background Image in Property [...]
Posted in Windows Phone, WP7 on Oct 4th, 2010
It’s easy to embed information inside your assembly. Just add it to the assemblyInfo.cs/assemblyInfo.vb file or use the Visual Studio properties window. Reading the AssemblyInfo data When you want to read this information from a Silverlight/WindowsPhone assembly you can call on the Assembly class to get the desired data. You can use the GetExecutingAssembly method [...]
Posted in WPF on Oct 4th, 2010
Hard coding the size of control is not a good choice in many situations. If you specify the height of a button and the font size increases you might see the bottom of your text clipped. If you hard code the width of the button it can’t grow or shrink to accommodate changes in content [...]
