Templates, Visual State and Fun With Controls by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

  This is the third (if you count Sunday’s update!) in my short series on Templates and Data Validation.  Today we’re going to create a templated  Button that changes the appearance and visual state behavior of the button. Changing the...

Styles (followup) by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Yesterday’s post did not include source, and left fleshing out the styles as an exercise… this quick follow-up will provide a link to the full code and a quick walkthrough of the styles I ended up creating. The tricky part is that there is not a single...

Visual State Manager A-Z by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

This is the first of a multipart series on the Visual State Manager which will cover Styles Resources Templates Custom Controls Customizing data validation   Let’s start with the form that is used my Getting Started With Silverlight video: Adding...

Why Developers Should, Must, Do Care About The New Expression Blend by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Okay, tough love: if you are serious about Silverlight development, the days of using one Integrated Development Environment for all you work are…. over.  The benefits of adding Expression Blend to your toolkit, and getting serious about learning...

Silverlight 4 Theme refresh including RIA Services templates by Method ~ of ~ failed by Tim Heuer

The feedback from the Silverlight 4 application themes released and the latest in process have been overwhelmingly toward the positive. We appreciate the feedback and hopefully you appreciate the transparency in the process. As a developer I want my fellow...

Silverlight 4 released. Availability of tools announcement by Method ~ of ~ failed by Tim Heuer

Today’s the day! Tuesday at DevConnections in Las Vegas, Scott Guthrie just announced the ‘launch’ of Silverlight 4 . We wanted to take the opportunity at DevConnections to let a large audience of our customers online/offline know that we’re done and...

Watch the Silverlight 4 Launch event and LIVE QA with ScottGu and others by Method ~ of ~ failed by Tim Heuer

Next week on 13-April at 8:00 AM PST Scott Guthrie will deliver a keynote address for the DevConnections conference being held in Las Vegas, NV. Scott will provide updates on the progress made in Silverlight 4 and will provide the details of availability...

Silverlight DataGrid quick styling tip: keep selected row focus state by Method ~ of ~ failed by Tim Heuer

A developer asked me this question and while a simple answer, I thought it would be a good quick tip to share for those who may be in similar situations. The scenario is the classic master-details scenario where perhaps you have a grid of data and when...

HVP – Core Scaffolding and Updated News by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

This article is part of the Mini-Tutorial Series This article is part of the Silverlight HVP Documentation The State of the Silverlight HVP Project LeanKit Kanban has licensed us under their Open Source provisions, and has gone the extra mile to give...

Extending the SMF for the HVP by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

In a radical and terrifying experiment, I’m going to document what happens when I try to extend the Silverlight Media Framework ( SMF ) for the Silverlight HyperVideo Player   as I do it . This article is part of the Mini-Tutorial Series This article...

Fixing Visual Studio 2010 and Blend Preview for .NET 4 integration by Method ~ of ~ failed by Tim Heuer

If you’ve been working with Visual Studio 2008, Expression Blend 3 and Silverlight (or WPF) development, you’ve likely used the Open in Expression Blend feature in Visual Studio. This occurs when you right-click on a XAML file in your project/solution...

Using Visual Studio 2010 for Silverlight development by Method ~ of ~ failed by Tim Heuer

Previously I made note of things about the release of Visual Studio 2010 beta 2 with regard to Silverlight development. I’ve gotten a few questions about if people should start using it for Silverlight development. Perhaps I can help provide you with...

Updated Silverlight getting started for beginners by Method ~ of ~ failed by Tim Heuer

If you’re a pro Silverlight developer, this post isn’t for you. Just a brief update that I’ve updated some of our getting started material for beginners – those who really haven’t done anything. These will be showing up on the Silverlight Community Site...

Changing DatePicker in Silverlight to show current date by Method ~ of ~ failed by Tim Heuer

This past weekend during a conversation about Silverlight controls at the San Diego Silverlight Education Day, someone asked about the DatePicker control and why the “15” is there and how come they can’t change it. Here’s the control that was being referred...
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