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New WPF Controls: Ribbon/Calendar/DatePicker/VSM
Now you asked for more controls and you got it!! We have got walkthroughs for the following features: WPF Toolkit: DataGrid Feature Walkthrough New! WPF Toolkit: Visual State Manager Overview New! Ribbon Feature Walkthrough New! WPF Toolkit: DatePicker Read More...
XAML to PNG with server-side WPF
Y'day I just read an interesting post of rendering xaml files with Server side WPF logic.. Got time.. take a look at Lurent's post here Share this post Read More...
WPF SplashScreen Template
The Splashscreen feature was part of SP1. However, there was no VS template to get it done fast. We have now released the VS template for creating Splashscreens for your projects. EnJoi http://www.codeplex.com/wpf/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=14962 Read More...
WPF Datagrid CTP
One of the common requests from LOB customers has been the Datagrid control. Its not there is SP1 but we have released the CTP version of this control on Codeplex. check it out here: http://www.codeplex.com/wpf/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=14963 Read More...
Composite Application Guidance for WPF 2008
Its been some time before my last post. Just catching my breath with a new addition to my family. :) The Composite Application Guidance aka PRISM for WPF 2008 has just been released. For those who havent heard of it : "The Composite Application Guidance Read More...
WPF WebBrowser (.NET 3.5 SP1)
One of the new controls is the WebBrowser... aha!! not the Winforms control.. we now have it in WPF. Functions supported by this control are: NavigateToString NavigateToStream Navigate GoBack GoForward In xaml it would look like something like this: < Read More...
New 3.5 SP1 features: ScrollViewer.IsDeferredScrollingEnabled; AlternationCount;IEditableCollectionView
3 more features which go hand in hand are the: · ScrollViewer.IsDeferredScrollingEnabled · AlternationCount · IEditableCollectionView All the above have been used in a sample which looks like this - it supports add/delete/cancel (escape key) operations Read More...
Join the WPF Test team
The WPF test team is hiring. We have the following openings · Software Development Engineer in Test (see official job posting ) · Software Test Architect (see official job posting ) For more details check out Ivo’s blog post Need some more convincing Read More...
WPF 3.5 SP1 feature: StringFormat
One of the new features in 3.5 SP1 is stringformat. The usage is pretty simple. So following are simple snippets showing its use < TextBox Text = " {Binding Path=Double, StringFormat=F3 } " /> < TextBox Text = " {Binding Path=Double, StringFormat=Amount: Read More...
.NET 3.5 SP1 - Try it out today
Have you tried out .NET 3.5 SP1... If not, try it now. Its got loads of new features for WPF. In fact rather than a service pack, its more of a new release .. So whats new.. improved deployment, new controls (supports creation of datagrid), improved performance, Read More...
MDI task switching sample
If you are creating apps which have mdi's (multiple document interfaces) you should definitely take a look at Karls post on MDI task switching. Its an elegant solution and the post explains it nicely ... and yeah you do have the code ...:) .. Take a look Read More...
Clipping of child elements
On the forums I saw this interesting problem where there was a need to round the corners of a stackpanel inside a border with cornerradius set... The top is what you get and the bottom image is what you want. The simplest thing to do here is to set the Read More...
Split Button\Menu Item\Automation
I got a couple of queries from the readers asking if I could provide a slightly non-trivial sample of using automation. So I created a split button user control which looks something like this If there are no items then you get a checkable button. The Read More...
Xbaps using Cookies
Earlier on I had written an app, BlogPadm which was fulltrust and the writer used Google Data API to write the content to Blogger.com. However, when you create an xbap version of it, a problem arises in that you cannot make WebRequests outside site of Read More...
Drag drop library updated
The drag drop entry that I had posted has been used by a lot of you guys out there and I have received a lot of suggestions/bugs. I also got a few ready made fixes from you... Thank You :) ... So I finally got down to incorporating all these changes and Read More...
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