How should Cider define the names of WPF controls? You decide! Head over to this post to get an understanding of the control naming issue at hand and then leave comments on how you’d like to see it done. I voted for no names by default, auto-naming if none-exists but one is needed (i.e. event handler generation) and suggested they put the name as the very […] Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInMoreRedditWhatsAppSkypeEmail
Support for ObjectDataProvider with ContructorParameters broken in EID I just filed a bug over on Microsoft Connect about a problem in Expression Interactive Designer with the design time support for an ObjectDataProvider where ConstructorParameters are used. I noticed it a couple weeks ago and never got around to filing, but I just got back into working on the project where I was having the […] Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInMoreRedditWhatsAppSkypeEmail
Providing custom context to your WCF service operations First off, I’d like to say that I absolutely love how extensible WCF is. So far there hasn’t been anything I can’t do. Unfortunately the documentation, examples and guidance around extensibility is still lacking a bit at this point. This is somewhat disturbing considering that RC1 just went out. Now, on to what I really want to […] Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInMoreRedditWhatsAppSkypeEmail
.NET 3.0 RC1 Now Available Just found out via Rob Relyea that .NET 3.0 RC1 is now available. Here’s everyone’s last chance to file show-stopper bugs! Also note that Rob points out that EID and Orcas aren’t available yet for this build, but they should be available soon. So, if you need those tools, you might want to postpone your upgrade. Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInMoreRedditWhatsAppSkypeEmail
Petzold’s WPF Book Finally Available Just found out via Rob Relyea’s blog that Charles Petzold’s WPF Book has finally arrived. I know I’ll be picking up a copy ASAP, how about you? Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInMoreRedditWhatsAppSkypeEmail
Miguel calls WPF the J2EE of GUI APIs My friend Doug pointed me to Miguel’s post about WPF today where he calls it the J2EE of GUI APIs. While I’ve read some of Miguel’s previous posts about WPF, to make such a broad statement as this, you would think a person would back it up with some examples of exactly what about Avalon is so overly-complex, […] Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInMoreRedditWhatsAppSkypeEmail
Documentation is important… and WCF is hurtin’ in that department! I’ve just begun implementing some web services with WCF and so I’m in the midst of learning the ins and outs of the API. First off, it’s phenominal as I’m sure you’ve heard if you already know if you’ve read about it before. What you might not know, if you haven’t played around with it […] Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInMoreRedditWhatsAppSkypeEmail
What the heck is XBAP? Simply put, XBAP is the sandboxed, browser based application model for WPF. What’s that mean? Well head on over to Channel9 and watch this video to get all the nitty gritty details on the feature. Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInMoreRedditWhatsAppSkypeEmail
Creating Scrolling Tabs Using WPF’s TabControl Someone posted a question in the WPF MSDN forums today where they wondered if it was “easy” to change the default stacking behavior of the TabControl to use the scrolling paradigm used in an application such IE7 or Visual Studio instead. It turns out this is actually very “easy” in that you don’t have to write a […] Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInMoreRedditWhatsAppSkypeEmail
XAML Discussion on Channel9 I noticed via a post on Rob Relyea’s blog that an interview, with Rob himself, was posted over on Channel9 last night. The interview is all about XAML and how it works its magic. Why XAML? Is it compiled? If so, how does it get compiled? WTH is BAML? How does the code-behind get wired together? […] Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInMoreRedditWhatsAppSkypeEmail
