Learning more about WPF and Silverlight
Posted in Shazzam, Silverlight, WPF on Jul 10th, 2010
I hear from a reliable source that Shazzam 1.3 is shipping next week, on July 12th, 2010. Here’s a taste of the new Generative_Mandelbrot.fx
Now the WPF supports PS_3 shaders, this example can probably be enhanced further. Want to take a shot at it?
Subscribe to the Shazzam Shader Editor blog to learn more.
http://blog.shazzam-tool.com
Posted in Silverlight on Jun 2nd, 2010
Here’s a simple tip. If you want to use the Silverlight Right to Left layout (RTL) support for languages like Arabic and Hebrew don’t search for RTL. No, what you are looking for is the FlowDirection=’RightToLeft’ property.
I don’t think that Microsoft tried to hide this property but if you search for bidi or RTL you’ll [...]
Posted in Silverlight on May 20th, 2010
Here are some of the Silverlight sites I showed at a recent UG talk.
Aggregate sites
http://silverlight.net/showcase
http://www.noupe.com/showcases/50-interactive-silverlight-applications.html
http://www.silverlightshow.net/Showcase.aspx
Individual Sites
http://completit.com/#
http://gis.hudson.oh.us/golf/
http://www.spritehand.com/silverlight/3.0/droppypop/droppypop.htm
http://www.mazda.de/konfigurator/konfiguratorsl.aspx
http://www.mscui.net/PatientJourneyDemonstrator/SecondaryCare.htm
Posted in Silverlight, Windows Phone, XNA on Mar 15th, 2010
Yes, it’s true. The king of Windows programming books, Charles Petzold, has a new project in the works. He’s writing a book about Windows Phone 7 Series development. Here is an excerpt.
Sometimes it becomes apparent that previous approaches to a problem haven’t quite worked the way you anticipated. Perhaps you just need to clear [...]
Posted in Silverlight on Mar 15th, 2010
Those of us who remember the Microsoft of ten or fifteen years ago recall the interminable long development cycles for certain products. Sometimes, it seemed that half a decade would pass before a new version of big product would ship. Project velocity at Microsoft these days is another story however. Microsoft is cranking out products [...]
Posted in Silverlight on Mar 8th, 2010
Stating the problem
I need a place to store my streaming media files. I used the Silverlight streaming site for awhile, but Microsoft Azure came along and killed off the site. Azure is a more general purpose application hosting service than the Silverlight streaming offering and provides many more services so this is a logical move [...]
Posted in Silverlight on Jan 18th, 2010
At PDC 2009 recently, we heard that the Silverlight 4 beta release is available for download. This tip gives a quick overview of the new features.
From a modest start less than three years ago, Silverlight has grown into a serious competitor in the rich Internet client space. Currently it is installed on 45% percent of [...]
Posted in Silverlight on Jan 16th, 2010
Application developers are constantly pushing the boundaries between Web applications and client applications. Why? Because want our Web apps to work more like client apps and vice versa. But Web application developers must face the security implications inherent in the Web deployed model. The big question, how much trust should be granted to an Internet [...]
Posted in Silverlight on Jan 5th, 2010
This question crops up from time to time. “Why is my Silverlight Usercontrol background always White?”.
Take this simple example.
<UserControl x:Class="Blog.WpfWonderland.MainPage"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Background=’Orange’>
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot">
[...]
Posted in Expression, PDC, Silverlight, WPF on Nov 13th, 2009
One of the neatest additions to Expression Blend 3 is the Effects pane. You’ll find it in the Asset panel.
This makes it dead simple to add an effect to an item on the Blend Artboard. Just drag the effect onto the desired item and you get an instant effect.
The effect is easy to [...]
