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• 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

• Xaml vs XAML

  I received an email from Ian Griffiths who informed me that the "Xaml spec refers to Xaml as Xaml , and not XAML ." because Rob Relyea didn't like the "shouty caps" look of all upper case. After some back and forth, I contacted... Posted May 28 2008, 09:54 AM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, Learning Silverlight, Tools, silverlight 2.0, Recommended Resources, Random Ramblings

• Converting it to VB

  Just to tie the previous two blog posts together, I copied the C# into Instant VB and here is what it spit out (line break added to fit) Private Sub AnyPropertyCheckBox_Click( ByVal sender As Object , ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs) Dim isVisible As Nullable... Posted May 18 2008, 09:15 AM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, Tools, silverlight 2.0, Digging Deeper, Managed Code

• Expression Blend for Programmers

  I have set out on an integrated set of videos, tutorials and blog posts on the subject of using Expression Blend from the point of view of Silverlight 2 Programmers.  To get things going, I created a 3 part video series based on ScottGu's extended... Posted May 16 2008, 09:17 AM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, Tools, silverlight 2.0, Blend For Programmers

• 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

• 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... Posted Mar 16 2008, 09:14 PM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, Tools, silverlight 2.0, Tip of the Day, Recommended Resources

• Did You Know That... You can find the best Silverlight blog entries of the day on Twitter?

  Adam Kinney has worked with Dave Campbell to feed Silverlight Cream to Twitter .   You can subscribe here . In addition, Adam has created a script for placing this news into his (or your!) web log and formatting it. You can download the script here... Posted Jan 29 2008, 01:09 PM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, Tools, Tip of the Day

• So Many Tools - So Little Time!

  A very patient reader wrote in a couple months ago asking when to use Expression Web and when to use Silverlight. Others have written asking about the difference between Expression Web and Expression Blend, or between Silverlight 1.0 and Silverlight 1... Posted Nov 15 2007, 10:03 AM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, Tools