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• Using Blend with Visual Studio

  For the past six months or so I've been experimenting with and then "preaching" the idea of developing with two tools: Expression Blend for the UI and Visual Studio for the code.  This has paid big dividends for me in productivity and it... Posted Nov 09 2008, 12:29 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, Tools, Digging Deeper, Blend For Programmers, Building Apps, Observations, Dependency Properties

• AutoCompleteBox control / Worker Threads

  I recently began a discussion of the Silverlight Toolkit and on the way towards explaining the AutoCompleteBox I became distracted by creating a list of words to use as our datasource. I've actually reworked that example, slightly to build the list using... Posted Nov 03 2008, 04:14 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, Tools, user interface, Digging Deeper, Control Toolkit, Threading

• On Learning New Technology – Controls Toolkit & Examples

  I had a great PDC.  I arrived with a schedule filled with sessions I intended to go to, and (shhhhh!) I skipped them all (except, ScottGu’s keynote and Scott Hanselman’s BabySmash both of which were (predictably) great).  The reason I... Posted Nov 01 2008, 02:34 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Controls, XAML, Tools, Recommended Resources, Digging Deeper, Files, Control Toolkit

• It Ain't You, Babe… A Not-a-bug bug in DataGrid

  I'll be writing a set of mini-tutorials on the DataGrid that will, as the King advises, begins at the beginning, goes on till it comes to the end and then stops[1], but before I do, a "Set Of Behaviors That Is Perfectly Understandable But... Posted Oct 22 2008, 08:48 AM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, Digging Deeper, Breaking Change, RTM, Bugs

• Silverlight and Data

  Tim and I and many others have been discussing, off and on, the frequent requests for videos/tutorials/demos, etc. that show how to move data into and out of databases and display them in Silverlight. On the one hand, my response is that the very question... Posted Oct 19 2008, 01:02 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, Tools, How Do I Videos, Data Binding, Digging Deeper, Opinion, Community, Observations

• Data Binding – Data Validation

  The third and final Data Binding topic I'd like to cover for now is Data Validation. I'll modify the code discussed yesterday we're going to validate the Quantity on Hand field, already marked as two-way (that is, the user can enter a new value and it... Posted Oct 13 2008, 12:30 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, Data Binding, Digging Deeper

• Data Binding – Data Conversion

  One of the more interesting topics that arise in Data-binding is that of Data Conversion. So much can be accomplished without explicit conversion that it is easy to overlook… until you hit the real world. To see this, I'll make a small modification to... Posted Oct 12 2008, 10:29 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, Data Binding, Digging Deeper, Dependency Properties

• Data Binding – Margin Notes

  We have a couple tutorials and videos about Data-binding, and once you grok the basics, it is reasonably straightforward. Tutorial – Data-binding Video – Data-binding There are a couple interesting concepts at the edges that are worth calling out, however... Posted Oct 11 2008, 01:54 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, Data Binding, Digging Deeper

• Custom Controls – The Dénouement

  Over the past month I've posted half a dozen min-articles about creating custom controls that can interact with the Visual State Manager, and the underlying engine that makes it work; especially Dependency Properties and the Parts and States Model . Intro... Posted Oct 09 2008, 09:47 AM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, Digging Deeper, Templates, Custom Controls, RC0

• Tag Property – The Diplomatic Pouch of Silverlight

  I received feedback from a few sources recently expressing confusion about the Tag property, which resides in the class FrameworkElement.  Notice, first that Control (the base for all visible controls) derives directly from FrameworkElement and thus... Posted Oct 06 2008, 01:51 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, user interface, Digging Deeper, Building Apps, Tags

• Template Browser – an indispensible tool

  One way that many developers like to create styles and templates for controls is to modify the existing styles and templates. An unusual feature of Silverlight is that every control in the toolbox is lookless – its appearance is determined by its own... Posted Oct 03 2008, 12:46 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, Recommended Resources, Digging Deeper, Templates, Custom Controls, RC0

• Dependency Properties - Precedence

  Today we wrap up dependency properties by talking about one of the most important, though typically invisible aspects: DP precedence order. This is critical because dependency properties, by their nature, are designed to have their final value set from... Posted Oct 02 2008, 01:39 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, user interface, Digging Deeper, Custom Controls, Dependency Properties, RC0

• Dependency Properties, Continued

  First, a hearty thank you to " obsid " who wrote a great comment noting that by using reflector you can find that the documentation is not yet updated and System.Windows.PropertyMetadata's constructor is overloaded. While I am a fan... Posted Oct 01 2008, 02:03 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, Digging Deeper, Dependency Properties, RC0

• Dependency Property System – Deeper Dive Part 1

  On the 17th I began a discussion of Dependency Properties, but as I said then, there is more to say. This central concept to Silverlight Programming has traditionally been taught as an advanced concept.(Can we have traditions in a product that hasn't... Posted Sep 30 2008, 01:07 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, Digging Deeper, Custom Controls, Dependency Properties, RC0

• Dependency Properties – Background for Custom Controls

  In  a previous post I began talking about Custom Controls, and I will continue that discussion over the next few days and weeks even as I start producing videos on the topic. It turns out that the more you look at Custom Controls, the deeper you... Posted Sep 17 2008, 09:00 AM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, Digging Deeper, Templates, Building Apps, Custom Controls, Dependency Properties