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SyntaxEditor for WPF to get squiggle tag quick info provider -
The 2010.2 version of SyntaxEditor for WPF (and the same for the 2010.2 Silverlight Studio release) will get a new built-in language service called SquiggleTagQuickInfoProvider that you can register on your language. When this service is registered Read More......(
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New Enterprise Level Messaging Article Out -
Where I work we have a number of disparate systems, which were all written at different times by different people, luckily all use the same technologies, that being .NET.
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Pretty Cool Graphs In WPF -
I have just finished writing up a new article for www.codeproject.com for which I will write another blog post about. Thing is, when I was looking into parts of that article I wanted to use some graphs in WPF, and had to have a hunt around to see what Read More......(
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SyntaxEditor advanced XML language to get xs:any support for IntelliPrompt -
As mentioned in one of our previous posts , we?ve been working on a port of our SyntaxEditor Web Languages Add-on from WinForms to the WPF version of SyntaxEditor. We?re finishing up some last features on it before it will be ready to launch alongside Read More......(
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WPF Input Validation Part 1: Tutorial and examples -
This is the beginning of a series of articles focused on creating and applying custom validation rules the most effective way. I?ll discuss this in an incremental way, building up a structured thinking till an acceptable solution is reached.
Update app.config key value at run time in WPF -
In this article I am going to show how we can update a key value in app.config file in WPF. For this add reference of System.Configuration in your application.
Spell Checker in WPF using VB.NET -
In this article I am going to show how we can check our word spelling in WPF.
Multitouch on Windows book update -
Here is a quick update about the progress of my book, Multitouch on Windows. The MEAP (Manning Early Access Program -- pre-order access to the eBook) now includes chapters 1-2 and 4-7. You can get access the MEAP by pre-ordering either the eBook or print Read More......(
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FeedBurner blog post RSS feed issue fixed -
We noticed this morning that FeedBurner hasn?t been publishing our blog posts in the RSS feed for the last couple weeks. The problem appears to be that our discussions on the new grammar framework were very long and created a feed size larger than Read More......(
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SyntaxEditor for WPF - HTML editor sample preview using Web Languages Add-on -
We?ve been hard at work on WPF Studio 2010.2, which we should have out in September. One new product that will ship along side of it is a port of our Web Languages Add-on that we have for the WinForms SyntaxEditor . This add-on has an advanced XML Read More......(
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Microsoft Surface and Magical Object Interaction -
Work at InfoStrat has been really exciting recently. We are getting more and more multi-touch projects for both Surface and Windows 7. We've created some really interesting interfaces and applications and soon we'll be able to share more. For Read More......(
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WPF AutoCompleteTextBox in VB.NET -
In this article I am going to show about AutoCompleteTextBox in WPF.
Difference between DataContext and ItemsSource in WPF/Silverlight -
In this article I will try to illustrate the difference between DataContext and ItemsSource property in Silverlight/WPF.
Windows Phone 7 ? XAML designer fails to resolve font resources -
This evening I was attempting to go through the first lab of the Windows Phone 7 Developer Training Kit and discovered that I couldn?t even finish the first exercise because Visual Studio wouldn?t resolve the resources for the fonts used in the project Read More......(
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Customize the Windows 7 Taskbar from WPF ? beyond the TaskbarItemInfo Overlay -
Dynamically create the entire Windows 7 taskbar icon using a WPF Custom Control to create the bitmap. Sample code using MVVM.
Making Timeline Control for DataGrid in WPF -
In this article we will see how we can make a Timeline control in WPF.
How to Customize Your XNA Game Tile on the Windows Phone 7 Start Page -
Currently if you build an XNA game and run it on the WP7 emulator you'll note that once you exit the program, it isn't listed in the main application list like it would be for a Silverlight application. This can make it tough to validate how your Read More......(
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Caliburn.Micro Soup to Nuts Pt. 5 ? IResult and Coroutines -
Before our WP7 detour , we were deep in the thick of Actions . I mentioned that there was one more compelling feature of the Actions concept called Coroutines. If you haven’t heard that term before, here’s what wikipedia * has to say: In computer Read More......(
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Zune Marketplace 100% growth in the Windows Phone 7 sector -
Let?s be frank, it doesn?t take much to double the number of Windows 7 applications available on the market place. Up till today us only been six apps on the store. The good news is Microsoft has started testing the deployment of apps to the Read More......(
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SyntaxEditor grammar/AST framework part 8: Grammar debugger preview -
In the previous post , we added error handling to our Simple language grammar. This allowed the grammar parser to recover from any invalid syntax in a document being parsed, and to still produce an AST. It concluded the three basic stages in building Read More......(
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Cute and fun puzzle game ? Ilomilo - announced for WP7 launch -
Continuing with my game theme for the week here?s a little tidbit about a great looking, 3-D puzzle game. SouthEnd Interactive has just announced that they will have their cute iomilo game available when the Windows Phone 7 is launched this fall. Now Read More......(
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Integrating WPF in WinForms in VS 2010 -
In this article we will see how we can integrate WPF User control into Winform application in Visual Studio 2010.
New version of Ab2d.ReaderSvg and ViewerSvg -
The best svg reader for WPF and svg to xaml converter for WPF and Silverlight is now even better. This release focuses mostly on making work with Ab2d.ReaderSvg easier. Now it is possible to get progress report when reading svg files (there are also two Read More......(
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Box Blur in WinForms -
Implementing a box blur effect in C# for WinForms.
WPF Nested ScrollViewer / ListBox Scrolling -
Here’s a quickie. I had an issue where I have a ListBox that will (should) never scroll but I need its item selection capability. It is inside of another ScrollViewer (along with some other controls) and that outer ScrollViewer should be what scrolls Read More......(
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