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PowerShell Professional - power to the people!

the telerik blogs, May 8, 2008

AsHristo Deshev is quite busy working on getting theWPF beta shipped, I thought I'd make a small plug that his book on PowerShell is available on Amazon! Here's the link: http://www.amazon.com/Pro-Win...

Standalone Validation Block

Federal Developer Weblog, May 8, 2008

As I mentioned here, I have been digging into what's out there for WPF LOB applications.  It's been a long time since I've kept up with the work the patterns & practices group has produced.&#...

WPF for Line of Business applications

Federal Developer Weblog, May 7, 2008

I'm a big believer that WPF is a great UI technology for LOB applications.  Yes, there are some shortcomings in the designer experience if you compare the WPF designer to the Windows Forms design...

Reusable WPF Transitions Project is live!

Brad Abrams, April 29, 2008

Jared Bienz has been working on getting some cool WPF transitions code posted to codeplex.  The project, Transitionals, is now live! Transitionals is a framework for building and using WPF t...

For those that think Microsoft Connect is useless

eXtensible mind, April 23, 2008

A while back I reported both through my weblog and Microsoft Connect what I thought was a serious flaw in the WPF validation infrastructure for ValidationRule and Binding. The issue, in short was: T...

For those that think Microsoft Connect is useless

eXtensible mind, April 18, 2008

A while back I reported both through my weblog and Microsoft Connect what I thought was a serious flaw in the WPF validation infrastructure for ValidationRule and Binding. The issue, in short was: T...

RadControls for WPF CTP

the telerik blogs, April 16, 2008

This week we are about to release a private CTP of RadControls for WPF. We will be sending the CTP build to all people who have previously requested WPF controls. If you still haven't requested WPF co...

UIElement3D Tips and Tricks

the telerik blogs, April 10, 2008

It has been a while since I last blogged and after changing teams in the company I decided that it's time to brush the dust off my blog. So far the move from the ASP.NET world to WPF has been both ch...

"Git Over Here": Making Your Windows Mind Their Manners (Matt Gertz)

The Visual Basic Team, April 3, 2008

Supporting the pajama programmer Telecommuting is a great thing, and as the environmentally-conscious person that I strive to be, is something I wholeheartedly endorse when it can be done practically....

WPF Meets the iPhone

DevX: .NET Feed, April 1, 2008

Find out how to add iPhone-like UI features to your WPF applications....

Simple Auto Update for WPF Apps, without the Updater Block

All About Interop, March 28, 2008

I am writing some smaller WPF apps, and I want them to automatically update themselves, something like Lutz Roeder's Reflector or Paint.NET does.   Scott Hanselman has commented on...

Telerik acquires Avaxo

the telerik blogs, March 24, 2008

It's a great pleasure to announce that Telerik completed the acquisition of Avaxo Ltd., makers of theBookvar mind-mapping software. The Avaxo team will join Telerik's Silverlight and WPF product group...

Sudoku Generator and Solver in C#

All About Interop, March 14, 2008

Seems like building a Sudoku application is almost a compulsory thing for programmers these days.  I've written about my prior efforts. Here's an update.  Rather than force you al...

WPF, Silverlight and the Telerik MIX Show Off videos

the telerik blogs, March 12, 2008

This year the MIX conference had a very cool Show Off contest. Here's what the organizers had to say about it: "At MIX08, we're hosting what will be a world famous Show Off event. If you've ever wan...

WEBCAST: Building WPF Applications in Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Blend

Federal Developer Weblog, March 10, 2008

NOTE: Even thought this is a WPF session, the focus is on tooling (i.e. VS2008 & Blend).  Silverlight 2 developers who want to understand the future tooling experience for Silverlight should ...

NavigationWindow, WinFormsHost and TextBoxes: backspace bug

eXtensible mind, February 21, 2008

WPF NavigationWindow is a very handy class that allows you to easily build Vista-like wizards, or any kind of window that resembles the browser-style navigation: ???? The Navig...

Have a safe trip from WinForms to WPF

the telerik blogs, February 20, 2008

We have received several requests so far by customers who one way or another ask for the same thing: "Can you make your WPF controls in such a way that later when I convert my WinForms application (w...

From the 10K Monkey's Vault: Coding4Fun

Clarity Blogs: ASP.NET, February 20, 2008

Writing blog posts just keeps jumping down the list. I think I need to realize that regular blogging is just not in me.  I have some posts in the works that will be finished at some point.  ...

Why did Telerik enter the Windows Forms market for UI components?

the telerik blogs, February 12, 2008

It's an interesting question that I got from a customer at a conference recently. He was wondering why we entered the Windows Forms space when we were a few years late compared to the other vendors an...

How To: Barcode WPF in ASP.NET Web Applications

ASP.NET Announcements, February 11, 2008

This walkthrough illustrates how easily you can use Barcode Professional for WPF in ASP.NET Web Applications. Barcode Professional for WPF leverages new WPF Drawing API generating high quality barcode...

Cool new WPF application: Cayra Mindmapping tool Free!

Brad Abrams, February 9, 2008

Check out this cool new new mind mapping tool that uses some of the great layout and graphics capabilities of  WPF. http://cayra.net/   Here is a mindmap of Mix I created to test it out..&nb...

I've been here before

Sahil Malik - blah.winsmarts.com, February 8, 2008

There is an upcoming DNR show with Brian Noyes. Now, I haven't heard that show yet (hasn't been released yet), but Carl & I have discussed a topic in the past - Workflows ta...

Barcode Professional 1.0 for WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) now available

ASP.NET Announcements, February 5, 2008

Neodynamic is proud to announce the availability of Barcode Professional for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), the only product providing linear, postal and 2D barcoding support for WPF platform!...

Pony returns

the telerik blogs, February 1, 2008

Well... I haven't blogged for so long that I almost forgot about this activity. One of my last posts was around the time we made "the big Bang release". It was so long ago (April 2007) that we spell...

Petzold WPF Book Sample Conversion - Final Chapters (Young Joo)

The Visual Basic Team, January 29, 2008

I've just posted a final set of chapters (Chapters 25 - 31).  This completes our conversion efforts and you now have access to entire sample code from Petzold's book in VB.  I would like to ...

WPF Databinding FAQ

Julia Lerman Blog - Dont Be Iffy..., January 29, 2008

A great resource from the WPF SDK Blog WPF Basic Data Binding FAQ...

Improving the startup performance of your WPF applications

Federal Developer Weblog, January 24, 2008

Quite a few questions came up about WPF at our last two Public Sector Developer Conferences in Seattle & Olympia, WA.  I forgot to let people know that I am keeping a WPF Resources list on my...

WPF Coming into the mainstream with excellent component vendor support

Brad Abrams, January 24, 2008

I love the ecosystem around Microsoft technology...  The 3rd party component vendors add some much jazz and productivity to our platforms.  I recently saw a list of the component vendors alr...

Minority Report-like interaction in WPF

Code Climber, January 23, 2008

Microsoft Surface and Jeff Han's multi-touch UI seem to be ages behind if compared to Project Maestro, developed by Cynergy, a RIA development company based in Washington, DC. What Project Maestro is?...

Bookscan says "Programming WPF" is #3 .NET book!

Marquee de Sells: Chriss insight outlet, January 17, 2008

Wahoo!...

Reminder - WPF Training with Ian Griffiths

Glavs Blog, January 16, 2008

Just a reminder, readify are hosting another WPF industrial strength training workshop with Ian Griffiths from Pluralsight as your host. If you want to get up speed with WPF and learn to make it reall...

User Experience in the Enterprise: Lawson's flash ship manufacturing and distribution application

Brad Abrams, January 12, 2008

Well, we are not even out of January yet and there is at least a hint of one of my 2008 prediction coming true.  Frog Design is helping Lawson get User Experience to Reach the Enterprise.  C...

WPF Book Easter Egg

Marquee de Sells: Chriss insight outlet, January 8, 2008

Does anyone have both the Anderson WPF book and the Griffiths/Sells WPF book? If so, have you read Don's forewords in both books?...

Foundations of Programming - PDF

Karl Seguin [MVP], January 3, 2008

Tim Barcz was kind enough to compile the the foundation series into a single PDF, for your sharing/printer pleasure.You can grab it here I'll be taking a short break from blogging for the nex...

Introducing Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

ASPAlliance.com - The #1 ASP.NET Community, December 27, 2007

This article examines the basic aspects and features of Windows Presentation Foundation. It discusses how WPF works as well as well as for what WPF may be used....

WPF NavigationWindow, WinFormsHost and TextBoxes: backspace bug

eXtensible mind, December 26, 2007

WPF NavigationWindow is a very handy class that allows you to easily build Vista-like wizards, or any kind of window that resembles the browser-style navigation:    The NavigationWindow wil...

Depth of Inheritance for WPF and Windows Forms Applications

Keyvan Nayyeri, December 26, 2007

Depth of Inheritance is one of the common code metrics to measure the inheritance level in an application. Obviously less value for the Depth of Inheritance is better because reduces the complexity an...

Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation & Custom Business Objects

Latest Articles From .NET DEVELOPERS JOURNAL, December 23, 2007

The Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) provides the foundation for building applications and high-fidelity experiences in Windows Vista, blending together application UI, documents, and m...

WPF Schema Validator

Keyvan Nayyeri, December 20, 2007

One of our plans for BlogML 2.5 is to build it for .NET Framework 3.5 and add all new features based on this new version. One of these new features is the addition of a WPF schema validator tool to B...

WPF for LOB apps?

The Moth, December 18, 2007

Tim asserts that most developers think WPF is irrelevant and blames Microsoft for it. I am as guilty as the next person about stating where I think WPF fits compared to WinForms. Of course, not everyb...

Win a Trip to NYC + WPF Dream Machine with Your WPF Application Stylings!

Marquee de Sells: Chriss insight outlet, December 10, 2007

The nice folks at Lab 49 are throwing a contest for WPF programmers. The goal: take the financial data they provide and build a kick-ass WPF app around it. The grand prize: a trip for two to the MS F...

Yahoo Messenger for Windows Vista (using WPF) Preview Released

HumanCompiler - Erik Porter (MS MVP) Blog, December 6, 2007

http://on10.net/Blogs/larry/yahoo-messenger-with-wpf-goes-live/ Just installed it and while it's not feature complete yet and there are some performance issues, overall I really like it! It kind of ma...

Hierarchical View Carousel Source Code Released

simon.says, December 3, 2007

Good news from Karsten's blog.  The source code for the hierarchical view carousel has been released.  I played around with this WPF code a couple of years ago and found it very us...

WPF NavigationWindow, WinFormsHost and TextBoxes: backspace bug

eXtensible mind, November 29, 2007

The WPF NavigationWindow is a very cool way to develop apps that expose a browser-like user experiences: As you probably know, you can also host Windows Forms controls withi...

Drawing Maps with Visual Basic (Scott Wisniewski)

The Visual Basic Team, November 26, 2007

If you find yourself looking for something to do with your awesome new copy of Visual Studio 2008, you should check out the December 2007 edition of MSDN magazine. It features an article, written by m...

VB WPF project with option Strict On in VS 2008 RTM

The Moth, November 22, 2007

In my global Visual Studio project settings for VB projects I always have Option Strict set to On, so any new VB project I create has this setting without me having to do it manually every time.If you...

Review: Programming WPF

ASPAlliance.com - The #1 ASP.NET Community, November 21, 2007

Can you learn Windows Presentation Foundation completely with O'Reilly's latest book, Programming WPF? Find out by reading Anand's review....

Chapter 1 of Essential WPF code posted

simplegeek, November 18, 2007

I've posted the Chapter 1 code samples. I'll also get this posted up to the "official" site soon....

How to compile and run ALL WPF samples in the Windows SDK with a single command

eXtensible mind, November 16, 2007

Just issue the following PowerShell one-liner, and you'll compile and run each sample in the SDK (enter all in one line; broken here for readability): PS C:\WinFx Samples\WPFSamples\AppModel\> ...

Review: Essential Windows Presentation Foundation

ASPAlliance.com - The #1 ASP.NET Community, November 16, 2007

Is Chris's latest book sufficient for learning Windows Presentation Foundation and will it suit you? Read what Anand has to say about the book....

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