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• Graphing – Silverlight Toolkit

  Okay, thus begins random excursions into aspects of the Silverlight Toolkit, supplementing a more systematic set of videos…. The first thing you need to know about the Silverlight Toolkit is that there are two greatly under-utilized resources available... Posted Nov 24 2008, 06:00 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Controls, XAML, Control Toolkit, Charting, Mac

• 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

• Toolkit release & Themes

  Today at Microsoft PDC , Scott Guthrie demonstrated some of the new controls that have been provided as a part of the Silverlight Toolkit .  The Silverlight Toolkit was what was previously named the Silverlight Control Pack in the press release when... Posted Oct 28 2008, 02:33 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, user interface, Blend For Programmers, Themes

• 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

• Sizing in Silverlight – Pixels and Stars

  Virtually all measurements (width, height, etc.) are measured in Pixels in Silverlight… except when they're not.   Pixels When you are creating a shape or setting a margin, or filing in the width or height of a control the implicit unit is pixel... Posted Oct 21 2008, 06:45 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, user interface

• 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

• Silverlight Controls – Look Nicer, Taste Great

  In my earlier column i referred to the nice new look of the Silverlight 2 controls. I couldn't resist throwing together a very fast application (using Blend to lay  it out, and Visual Studio to bind the data) showing off a few of the controls. Not... Posted Oct 14 2008, 02:47 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, Tools, Observations, RTM

• 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