Microsoft Silverlight content

Data Binding – Data Validation

2008-10-13T16:30:10Z

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...( read more )...(read more)

Data Binding – Data Conversion

2008-10-13T02:29:26Z

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...( read more )...(read more)

Data Binding – Margin Notes

2008-10-11T17:54:44Z

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...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight Breaking Changes Between Beta 2 and Release (Updated Document)

2008-10-10T22:55:00Z

As Silverlight RC0 and release come out, you will likely run into some breaking changes in your Beta 2 or older applications. The MSDN docs and SDK that is about to release has a breaking changes doc that lists most of these changes; however, due to these...( read more )...(read more)

Hey, who took my Chiron?

2008-10-10T20:56:55Z

If you’ve been playing around with Silverlight 2 for a bit now, you may have heard about/used the tool chiron.exe. It was a tool in the SDK that shipped in Beta 2 that was responsible (for among other things) at that time for packaging the XAP. Fast forward...( read more )...(read more)

Introducing Silverlight 2 – Code updates for RC0/RTM

2008-10-10T05:49:28Z

Technorati Tags: Silverlight del.icio.us Tags: Silverlight Lots of you nice folks who bought my Silverlight 2 book have been asking for updates and fixes to the code. Once we got RC0 out the door, I started updating the code, a process which is now finished...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight Tip of the Day #60 – How to load a XAML Control From a File or String

2008-10-10T01:11:12Z

If you have a control written in XAML that is included in your project you can load and create it directly from file by using the method: System.Windows.Markup. XamlReader .Load(). This method can also be used to directly create a Silverlight control...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight Tip of the Day #59 – How to Display Special Characters in XAML

2008-10-10T00:38:20Z

If you try to use the following characters in a string in XAML you will get a slew of errors in your Error List: < > & “ For example, if you tried to do this: < Button Width ="100" Height ="100" Content ="Click &...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight Tip of the Day #58 – Text Wrapping and Line Breaks in TextBlocks

2008-10-09T23:55:57Z

TextBlocks are a great control to use in Silverlight to display read only text. In Tip of the Day #45 I covered the basic usage of TextBlocks including formatting and text runs. For this tip I would like to show you how to make a TextBlock with wrapping...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight: Sharepoint Sweet Spot

2008-10-09T17:00:54Z

del.icio.us Tags: Silverlight , Sharepoint Technorati Tags: Silverlight , Sharepoint Alliteration actually amazes me. :) Anyway, there's a great sweet spot between Silverlight and Sharepoint. Sharepoint is a great technology that allows you to...( read more )...(read more)

Who cares about offline help, anyway?

2008-10-09T16:26:00Z

Silverlight is a web technology, right? So is it reasonable to assume that all of you have access to the web when you are developing your Silverlight applications? One question we’re trying to answer here at Microsoft is whether anyone will even notice...( read more )...(read more)

Why don't Beta 2 sites work on RC0 - Question of the Day

2008-10-09T16:22:46Z

Technorati Tags: Silverlight del.icio.us Tags: Silverlight I've been getting a lot of questions and confusion around why you get the following strange behavior. "I've installed the RC0 developer runtime, and whenever I hit a Beta 2 site, I...( read more )...(read more)

Custom Controls – The Dénouement

2008-10-09T13:47:00Z

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...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight Tip of the Day #57 – How to Dynamically Load a Silverlight Control within another Silverlight Control

2008-10-08T20:31:05Z

Let’s say your site is entirely written in Silverlight but you want to be able to load and run a different Silverlight application within your main Silverlight application/site. Currently this scenario is not directly supported in Silverlight. However...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight in SharePoint web parts

2008-10-08T18:47:32Z

Are you using SharePoint and want to know how to leverage Silverlight ? Have you seen the Blueprints project on Codeplex ? But what if those particular implementations don’t meet your needs and you want to create your own contained web part with your...( read more )...(read more)