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The data binding infrastructure for Silverlight and WPF is extremely powerful and makes it easy to write powerful, dynamic applications without worrying about synchronizing the UI with every change to the underlying data. By leveraging this power, developers...
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I've previously written that one of my ContextMenu test cases for the April '10 release of the Silverlight Toolkit was to implement a quick "split button" control for Silverlight using Button and ContextMenu . Though it wasn't my...
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A while back I had sent out an update on Twitter that I was sitting in a meeting reviewing some “top issues” for Silverlight as reported through various channels (official support, forums, social media outlets, blogs, incoming emails, etc.). It really...
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Tip Put XAML attributes and elements on multiple lines so the markup is easy to read and work with Explanation The last few tips have dealt with DependencyProperty issues. Now it's time for something completely different: XAML. While it's nice...
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One of my ContextMenu test cases for the April '10 release of the Silverlight Toolkit ( click here for the full write-up ) was to implement a quick "split button" control for Silverlight using Button and ContextMenu . In that post, I cautioned...
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Today we released a service update for Silverlight 4. This is a minor release that addresses some items found immediately after release that have now completed our test passes with those who reported them. Most of the items found won’t affect all users...
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A customer contacted me a few days ago asking how to display text labels on a NumericAxis . (Whereas CategoryAxis makes it easy to use text labels for the in dependent axis, this request was about text labels on the d ependent axis.) It's a bit of...
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A while back I posted a sneak peek preview of 3 new themes that we were working on for Silverlight 4 applications. Our team wanted to do more than just the overall base theme and provide the themes for the core, SDK and some Silverlight Toolkit controls...
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Background These days it seems like everybody has a mobile device with them practically all the time. It's pretty amazing that we're able to be "always connected" - technology has made great progress! However, humankind hasn't changed...
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My DataVisualizationDemos application is a collection of nearly all the Data Visualization samples I've posted to my blog. And just like the Data Visualization assembly ( get Silverlight/WPF Data Visualization Development Release 4 here! ), the demo...
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One of the new features in Silverlight 4 is the ability to sign your XAP applications so that your out-of-browser trusted applications look more friendly (trusted) to your users, they come from a verified publisher, and they can take advantage of the...
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04-22-2010
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Filed under: Silverlight, WPF, expression, tech stuff, ria, xaml, XAP, developer, riaservices, expression blend, xapsign, godaddy, clickonce, authenticode
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The April '10 release of the Silverlight Toolkit brought stacked series support to the Data Visualization assembly on the Silverlight 4 platform! You can read an overview here and get a detailed description here . Almost simultaneously, the WPF team...
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A great way to test a new control is to make use of it in a real-world scenario. So one of the things I did just before we published the April '10 release of the Silverlight Toolkit ( click here for my full write-up ) was to take the ContextMenu code...
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Yesterday's publication of the April '10 release of the Silverlight Toolkit includes a bunch of new functionality. If you haven't read my release notes post , now might be a good time to do so... Okay, thanks. :) I intentionally didn't...