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• 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

• A Personal Guide to Getting Started with Silverlight

  Back in June I posted a blog entry on how to get started with Silverlight; it seems it is time to update that as the world changes very quickly and we have many new resources. Each of us has our own way of learning, but here is my suggested path through... Posted Aug 21 2008, 06:18 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Tools, Recommended Resources, Tutorials, How Do I Videos, Community

• 3 New Vids Post; 2 Move to the Top of my To-do List

  I’m pleased to announce we’ve posted three new videos: Graphics and Brushes (never hurts to “brush up” on the fundamentals and I try to bring together what we were doing in 1.0 with what Blend brings to the party. Using Multiple Pages Part 2 covers passing... Posted Aug 12 2008, 06:55 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Tools, Recommended Resources, How Do I Videos

• Camtasia Crash Tip Update

  Back on July 3 I posted a Camtasia Crash Tip for those of you who use this terrific product for screen captures. Since then, unfortunately, I’ve been plagued by crashes, and it turns out that TechSmith, the wonderfully responsive folks who make the product... Posted Jul 28 2008, 10:17 AM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Tools, Recommended Resources, How Do I Videos

• Camtasia Crash Tip

  [Updated 7/3] If you are using Camtasia (wonderful product) to create your screen captures and you do a lot of editing (especially zooms and call outs and cuts) you run the risk of overloading the project and causing Camtasia to slow and/or crash. Camtasia... Posted Jul 03 2008, 03:55 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Tools, Recommended Resources, How Do I Videos

• Creating a Project from xaml and xaml.cs files

  I posted the code for the PageSwitcher app described in a previous blog post , but to save space and to make the download faster, I didn't include anything but the code (no solution or project files). A reader wrote asking how to create a project... Posted May 31 2008, 09:12 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, Silverlight.net, Tools, silverlight 2.0, Recommended Resources, Tutorials, How Do I Videos, Digging Deeper

• Creating Controls in Code

  In my new video I demonstrate how you can create controls dynamically at run time. The technique is very straight forward, everything you can create declaratively in XAML you can also create dynamically in C#. xaml <Button x:Name="Button1"... Posted May 05 2008, 03:53 PM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, Tools, silverlight 2.0, How Do I Videos