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Individual Silverlight Control Products Now Available -
Silverlight Studio 2012.1 was released a little over a week ago and one thing we wanted to highlight was new purchasing options. In the past, the only way to get our Silverlight products was via the Silverlight Studio bundle. As of version 2012 Read More......(
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FINALLY! So long the stone-aged web site and welcome the new web site -
I knew it from the beginning - the previous web site design was surely not looking like we are developing software for high end applications. It was more appropriate for some stone-age museum. No more - the new greatly looking web site is live! The preparations Read More......(
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Micro Charts Part 8 - Hot-Tracking Tooltips -
In the previous post for our new Micro Charts product (currently available for WPF and Silverlight ), we showed some examples of win/loss charts. In today's post, we'll take a look at a neat feature called hot-tracking tooltips. Since micro Read More......(
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WPF Controls 2012.1 Released -
WPF Controls 2012.1 has been released and is now available for download. This build has the following major new features: DataGrid: Converted the DataGrid add-on to use the native .NET 4.0 DataGrid. Docking/MDI: Updated Prism integration to be based on Read More......(
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Silverlight Controls 2012.1 Released -
Silverlight Studio 2012.1 has been released and is now available for download. This build has the following major new features: Micro Charts: Added new micro charts product , samples, and documentation. SyntaxEditor: Added IntelliPrompt code snippets Read More......(
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Micro Charts Part 7 - Win/Loss Charts -
In the previous post , we showed a gallery of various scatter charts and some options for the display of markers. In today's post, we'll look at several examples of win/loss charts. Win/loss charts are very similar to normal bar charts and have Read More......(
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Micro Charts Part 6 - Scatter Charts -
In the previous post , we showed a gallery of various bar charts. In today's post, we'll look at several examples of scatter charts. Scatter charts render markers where each data point appears. As with other charts, things like negative Read More......(
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Micro Charts Part 5 - Bar Charts -
In the previous post , we showed a gallery of various area charts. In today's post, we'll see some examples of bar charts. Bar charts use separated bars to render each data value. Negative values can optionally be rendered using an Read More......(
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Micro Charts Part 4 - Area Charts -
In yesterday's post , we showed a gallery of various line charts. In today's post, let's have a look at a variety of area charts. Area charts have similar features to line charts. You have control over whether the area's line Read More......(
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Micro Charts Part 3 - Line Charts -
The Micro Charts product, announced in this post , has numerous built-in chart types. In today's post, we're going to show some screenshots of a variety of line charts. There are many palette options included with Micro Charts. Different Read More......(
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Micro Charts Part 2 - Sample Usages -
The Micro Charts product, recently announced in this post , can be used in many scenarios to help visualize quantitative data. The most common scenarios are usage in dashboards, reports, and grids. In today's post, we'll look at some sample Read More......(
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We're Hiring for Two Open Developer/Engineer Positions -
Great news? We're looking to expand our company and hire a couple talented individuals who love XAML-based user interfaces and would like to join our team of developers. If you or any of your colleagues would be interested in working at Actipro Read More......(
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Best of Luck to Derek! -
We (at Pixel Lab) have mixed feelings today as we wish our friend and colleague Derek Lakin the best of luck in his new role at Microsoft. We’re a really small group and losing someone as talented as Derek is hard. He makes an amazing contribution Read More......(
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Micro Charts Part 1 - Introduction -
Today I'd like to announce the new product coming to WPF Studio and Silverlight Studio 's 2012.1 versions: Micro Charts ! Micro Charts will also be brought to WinRT, and should be available around the time Windows 8 ships. All Read More......(
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Celebration! 120’000 downloads for #mvvmlight, 2 copies of Expression Studio to win -
That is a symbolic milestone: Last week, MVVM Light reached the bar of 120?000 downloads on http://mvvmlight.codeplex.com , the site that has been hosting source and installers since the beginning of the project (100'000 downloads) and on Nuget, the Read More......(
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My third Windows Phone 7 app, FotoMovr, featured in Marketplace -
Thanks to some awesome work from my partner in crime at Cricketsoft, Tom Allen, our co-developed app, FotoMovr is featured in the Windows Phone Marketplace today. Both on the phone, the Marketplace website, and in the Zune client. Here?s some evidence Read More......(
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#mvvmlight V4RC available on #nuget -
I just published the MVVM Light V4 RC packages to Nuget. Note that this is still technically a preview, so the main package is still V3. The V4 packages are available here: Package with libraries and content: When you install this package into a ?virgin Read More......(
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Declaring an ICommand in Windows 8 Consumer Preview -
I stumbled upon an interesting issue in Windows 8 Consumer Preview: When you declare a command and try to bind to it, the command will only be invoked if the property is declared as ICommand. If you declare it with the class that implements ICommand Read More......(
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Using a Style to Simulate TextTrimming on TextBox -
Synopsis: The WPF/Silverlight TextBox control lacks the TextTrimming property. Use a control template to add TextTrimming to TextBox. Want more Silverlight tips and tricks? Watch my Silverlight 5 Essential Training course We’ve all encountered Read More......(
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Can this be true? MSDN subscribers ignoring $4K of free Azure services -
This statistic, seemed unbelievable. Only one out of ten MSDN subscribers is using their free Azure benefits. According to Microsoft, MSDN subscribers get a boatload of free services each year (~$3700.00 USD) I’m not talking about the Read More......(
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WPF Studio 2011.2 Build 554 Released -
WPF Studio 2011.2 build 554 has been released and is now available for download. This build makes numerous minor enhancements, tweaks, and bug fixes across multiple products. See the announcement post for the detailed list of enhancements and updates Read More......(
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Silverlight Studio 2011.2 Build 123 Released -
Silverlight Studio 2011.2 build 123 has been released and is now available for download. This build makes numerous minor enhancements, tweaks, and bug fixes across multiple products. See the announcement post for the detailed list of enhancements Read More......(
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The Manifold Blunders of Xaml?Part 1: Version and Platform Hell -
I started work with “Xaml-based” platforms in the pre-Beta days of WPF, so I’ve been working with this technology longer than most. Back then I was utterly awed and inspired by it’s capabilities. Today I’m frustrated and Read More......(
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SyntaxEditor Current Line Highlight Enhancements -
Recent 2011.2 builds of SyntaxEditor for WPF and Silverlight added the current line highlight feature described in this post . By default the current line highlight renders a border around the line that resembles the current line highlight in Visual Read More......(
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Free Microsoft Azure Trial for you application -
According to major vendors like Amazon and Microsoft, the cloud is our future. No matter what type of application, it could benefit from cloud storage, cloud DB or cloud services. I believe there is a lot of truth in these ideals. But no technology is Read More......(
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