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Tip of the Day: Routed Events - Bubbling and not...
In Silverlight 2 Beta 1 some events bubble, and some do not. This can cause a bit of confusion, especially because the way this distinction is explained is itself confusing. To set the stage, let's examine the following simple event handling program...
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Mar 21 2008, 11:28 AM
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Tip of the Day: Getting Started With Silverlight 2
A number of folks have asked me for a step by step set guide to getting started programming with Silverlight 2. Here it is. Useful tips Memorize this URL: http://silverlight.net - from there you can always find everything you need, including all the tools...
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Mar 18 2008, 12:57 PM
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How do I Write that In JavaScript?
A comment was left in response to Master Detail in Silverlight 2 asking " Any hint how to create such a sample with Java Script instead C# ?" I thought the answer was important enough to post to the blog in general... Two points about your question...
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Mar 17 2008, 11:05 AM
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Source for the Tip of the Day
The Tip of the Day occasionally will delve deep into code (other days it will just provide a bit of useful information, or a tip, etc.) When code is examined, however, I'll try to provide a complete working example, and to get us started, I've...
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Mar 16 2008, 09:14 PM
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Tip of the Day - Binding to a Collection
The Tip of the Day doesn't usually carry on a related series of postings, but data binding is so important that I'm making an exception this weekend. Yesterday we looked at laying out a form using a grid holding a DataGrid and a second grid to...
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Mar 16 2008, 10:00 AM
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Tip of the Day Returns from Disney - Master Detail in Silverlight 2
Okay, its true, I was having so much fun at Disney World (and if you've not been on Soarin , then find a conference in Orlando, and sneak out to Soar, yowza!) that Tip of the Day kinda' sorta' stopped for a day or two. But we're back again...
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Mar 15 2008, 10:00 AM
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Tip of the Day: More Ways To Learn Silverlight 2
Yes, we have Silverlight 2 Videos and Yes we have Silverlight 2 tutorials But don't miss Tim Sneath's entry about his incredible Hands On Labs . These are gems. Read More......( read more )
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Mar 12 2008, 01:00 PM
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Tip of the Day: Content - It Ain't Just Text
In Silverlight 2, many of the controls have a content property where you might expect a text property. While it is common to fill that property with text, it isn't required that you do so. For example, you might create an application with two buttons...
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Mar 11 2008, 08:00 AM
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Tip of the Day - Routed Events
A routed event is is bubbled up the user interface tree whether or not it is handled by the object that receives the event. For example, if we return to a previous example in which we had a button within which were three sub-controls, the middle of which...
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Mar 10 2008, 10:00 AM
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Tip of the Day: How the Silverlight Videos Are Made
Creating A How Do I Video - Step By Step Let me bring you behind the scenes and tell you how I create a video. I'm very open to suggestions, but remember that my goal is to create great videos but to create six of them a month.. Decide what focused...
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Tip of the Day: Core Silverlight Presentations From Mix08 - Part 1
Amazingly, all of the Mix sessions will be available online , absolutely free. What follows is, in my personal opinion, the core presentations on Silverlight 2 that are currently posted. More are on the way but these three will get you started, (along...
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Mar 07 2008, 09:35 AM
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Tip of the Day: Tutorial Image Distortion and what You and I can Do
Some of the images in the Silverlight 2 Tutorials are not what you or I would hope for. There is no excuse, but there is an explanation and a work around, and a fix going forward. The explanation It was very important to me to use the latest possible...
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Mar 06 2008, 01:44 PM
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Silverlight 2 Tip of the Day is Back - Tutorials are Launched!
First, thank you for your incredible patience!! This is the first of the new Silverlight 2 Tip of the Day series, as promised, and as an opening salvo, I'm trilled to provide a link to the Road Map to my Silverlight Tutorials. As part of the...
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Mar 04 2008, 09:01 AM
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Tip of the Day - Suspends Until Mid March - Then Focus On Silverlight 2
Rather than trying to provide a Tip of the Day as we head towards one of the larger and more important shows of the year (you are going to Mix , right?) Therefore, I'm going to suspend the Tip of the Day from now until mid-March. After Mix,...
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Tip of the Day: Programming with Media in 1.0
A user posted a comment in response to one of our videos (did you know you can do that now??) I thought others might want the answer as well.... This quick start on media may be a good next step. There are a number of How Do I videos on using media. I'd...
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