Learning more about WPF and Silverlight
Posted in Blend, Code Examples, Examples, WPF on Jun 26th, 2009
Part One
A common UI metaphor in recent times is the circular wait cursor or progress indicator. This article shows some easy techniques within Expression Blend 2 that simplify creating this modern UI indicator. After showing how to easily layout multiple child elements in a 360-degree pattern, I will show animation techniques for spinning, sizing and [...]
Posted in Code Examples, Tips, Visual Studio, WPF on Jun 26th, 2009
Dig through the .NET class libraries for a few minutes and you’ll find collections (islands) of static data. For example, the Fonts class exposes two static properties, Fonts.SystemFontFamilies and Fonts.SystemTypefaces, which are useful for enumerating the installed fonts on the system. In this tip, I’ll show you how to list font families in WPF by [...]
Posted in .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, Code Examples on Oct 10th, 2008
The more I use LINQ the more I love the power it brings to my code. Whenever I find my self looking at a enumerable type or method I’m curious how I can query the information.
Case in point. I needed to find only the properties on a type that are declared in that type, not [...]
Posted in Code Examples, WPF on Apr 10th, 2007
I managed to get the the webserver working correctly and the XBAP is deployed for the AutoCenter slider article.
