XAML and UI, whever it is found. Phone, Surface, Silverlight or WPF
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"> </Grid> </UserControl> Run this example and you get a white page. To be more precise you will get a page that is the color specified in the host [...]
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 [...]
Posted in PDC, Silverlight on Nov 10th, 2009
Here’s a list of the Silverlight specific talks next week at PDC 09. Silverlight Getting the Most out of Microsoft Silverlight 3 This is an all day workshop on Monday. It promises to be full of great content from developers working in the Silverlight trenches. Come learn how the robust features of Silverlight 3 help [...]
Posted in Prism, Silverlight on Nov 2nd, 2009
The February 2009 release of the Composite WPF supported WPF and Silverlight 2. Since that time Microsoft released Silverlight 3 which contains plenty of great new features. Last week, Microsoft released a version (October 2009) of Composite WPF that supports Silverlight 3. There are only a few minor changes in this release; here is a [...]
Posted in Shazzam, Silverlight, WPF on Oct 5th, 2009
I’ve been posting about Shazzam for over a year on my WpfWonderland blog. Now that Shazzam version 1.1 is about to be released I figure that it is time to setup a dedicated blog. http://blog.shazzam-tool.com News and discussion regarding the Shazzam Pixel Shader Utility. Yes, that’s the goal. To have a place to describe upcoming [...]
Posted in Silverlight, Tools, WPF on Sep 23rd, 2009
Shazzam development is moving again Shazzam is changing. There hasn’t been much improvement to Shazzam this year and that’s a shame. Especially since there is an influx of Silverlight developers exploring the benefits that pixel shaders bring to their projects. Many of you have discovered Shazzam via enthusiastic support from the WPF and Silverlight community. [...]
Posted in Silverlight, Tools on Aug 23rd, 2009
Shazzam, my pixel shader utility continues to show up in books, blogs and articles. The latest sighting is in: Silverlight 3 Programmer’s Reference By J. Ambrose Little, Jason Beres, Grant Hinkson, Devin Rader, Joe Croney Read an excerpt Custom Effects Silverlight opens up a world of creativity possibilities by supporting custom High Level Shading [...]
Posted in Silverlight, WPF on Jul 24th, 2009
Dev102.com has a nice post explaining how to write a Brightness extension method. Excerpt: Suppose you have several objects in your WPF application filled with similar Brushes which differ in brightness only. Like in this image: The nine rectangles use the same RadialGradienBrush but each rectangle is a little darker than previous. You can create [...]
Posted in Silverlight, Tools, WPF on Jul 14th, 2009
Pixel Shader Effects are starting to go mainstream. Now that Silverlight 3, WPF and Expression Blend support Shader Effects I expect to see a blossoming of interesting effects libraries. A case in point. Charles, over at digitalepiphania.com has an new pixel shader that is worth investigating. His shader effect converts any XAML visual into a [...]
