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Post: 150

2008-07-24T03:16:17Z

Post: Approved at: Jul-24-2008 Tall Skinny Data Columns Multiple narrow tall columns wrapping data: http://michaelsync.net/2008/07/23/tall-skinny-data-columns-using-improved-wrappanel-for-silverlightmatt-perdeck GameFest 2008 – Silverlight Game Programming http://silverlight.net/blogs/msnow/archive/2008/07/23/gamefest-2008-silverlight-game-programming.aspx Desktop Silverlight Apps Need for desktop power! http://silverlightuk.blogspot.com/2008/07/desktop-silverlight-applications-part.html http://silverlightuk...(read more)

Templates and Animation Webcast – Follow up

2008-07-23T17:42:37Z

I had the pleasure of presenting a Webcast on Templates and Animation today, and as promised, here is the answer to an open question, and the set of links that were mentioned. The videos that may be of help as background information are here Here is the Tutorial introduction to Styles and Templates. available in HTML or pdf Here is the list of upcoming Webcasts , complete with full descriptions and an opportunity to register. Link to Karen Corby’s excellent 4 part series on the Parts &...(read more)

Post: 149

2008-07-23T01:05:43Z

Post: Approved at: Jul-23-2008 InitalizeError #2103 - Invalid or malformed application? Have you run into this error? Check this out: http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/alex_golesh/archive/2008/07/22/quick-silverlight-tip-quot-initializeerror-2103-invalid-or-malformed-application-quot-what-is-it-and-how-to-deal-with-it.aspx Silverlight Listbox Basics The basics on how to create and use the ListBox control in Silverlight 2.0: http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/mahesh/SilverlightListBox07212008115956AM...(read more)

Speaking at the Atlanta .NET Users Group

2008-07-22T13:01:56Z

URL : http://www.atlantadotnet.org Next Monday night (July 28th, 2008), i'll be giving the short Q&A session at the Atlanta .NET Users Group. The topic? NHibernate's LINQ and ADO.NET Data Services support. If you're interested in using NHibernate but don't want to give up your LINQ skills, stop by for a listen! © 2008 Shawn Wildermuth. All Rights Reserved. Add Comment | digg this...(read more)

Silverlight Tour: Boston - August 11th-13th

2008-07-22T02:18:12Z

URL : http://www.silverlight-tour.com In case you read my blog and didn't know that we were coming to Boston, what are you waiting for? We will be in Boston for the Silverlight Tour on August 11-13th, 2008. If you're interested in signing up, we are not full yet! © 2008 Shawn Wildermuth. All Rights Reserved. Add Comment | digg this...(read more)

Post: 148

2008-07-22T00:27:20Z

Post: Approved at: Jul-22-2008 Yosemite Exteme Panoramic Imaging Project 45 Gigpixel Panorams in Silverlight... http://www.xrez.com/yose_proj/Yose_result.html Flash video to Silverlight 2 Two projects at CodePlex to help with FLV files: http://riait.co.uk/2008/07/21/delivering-flash-video-to-silverlight-2-projects-on-codeplex/...(read more)

Check out our new Learn page!

2008-07-21T18:20:22Z

We listened, we heard, we acted. The new Learn page is designed to make it easier to get started, and easier to find what you are looking for. It is also pretty snazzy. I’ve shrunk it to point out a few features that I think will go a long way towards making life easier for folks trying to find the information they need. (This image has been cropped and reduced to fit and to focus on the areas of interest) I personally think the folks who did this did a great job, and I’m very pleased and proud...(read more)

NHibernate.LINQ with ADO.NET Data Services

2008-07-21T17:27:02Z

Now that my ADO.NET Data Services support has been merged into the trunk of NHibernate.LINQ, I do have some caveats about using NHibernate.LINQ with ADO.NET Data Services . ADO.NET Data Services is a beta 1 product so there are some bugs and issues that you will either need to avoid or work around. The biggest issue is around entity identity. ADO.NET Data Services must know how identity is established for objects in order to support the Data Service. It does this in a two step process: First it looks...(read more)

Digging Deeper: Templates and the Visual State Manager

2008-07-21T02:27:28Z

There has been a number of requests for videos, tutorials and Webcasts that dive deeper. A few weeks ago I scheduled a Webcast for this Wednesday to cover the Visual State Manager which presents a good opportunity to do so. During this Webcast I will endeavor to provide a context for skinning in general and the VSM in particular, and to provide a general introduction to the overall Parts and States Model. By the end of the hour you should have a solid understanding of what it takes to re-skin...(read more)

Post: 147

2008-07-21T00:28:50Z

Post: Approved at: Jul-21-2008 Visifire Open Source charts http://www.visifire.com/ Silverlight Drag, Drop, Import , and Export http://michaelsync.net/2008/07/19/silverlight-drag-drop-import-and-export-by-michael-washington How to learn Silverlight in 10 steps http://math-geek-rock-chick.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-learn-silverlight-in-10-steps.html...(read more)

Post: 146

2008-07-20T13:25:41Z

Post: Approved at: Jul-20-2008 Silverlight Training The Silverlight Tour Workshop is a three-day course on Silverlight 2. It divides the content into three distinct areas: Design, Development and the Server-Side. Students should be able to develop Silverlight 2 applications once attending the workshop. The Workshop is structured with a mix of didactic lessons, demonstrations and hands-on labs. Each student will leave the workshop having created several small Silverlight 2 applications. This variety...(read more)

Silverlight 2 + NHibernate.LINQ == Sweet

2008-07-20T03:00:57Z

URL : http://www.silverlightdata.com/simple/nhibernat... After a couple of weeks on and off the project, I finally finished the first stab at adding ADO.NET Data Services support to NHibernate.LINQ . To accomplish this I've added three features: Support for IUpdateable to support full NHibernate CRUD. Support for a new Expand extension method to do eager loading via the LINQ interface. (The Expand method is similar to Entity Framework 's Include method.) Finally, using the Expand extension...(read more)

Post: 145

2008-07-19T22:58:38Z

Post: Approved at: Jul-19-2008 Protecting Secrets in your Silverlight App Is it possible to help lock down your Silverlight applications? http://pagebrooks.com/archive/2008/07/19/protecting-secrets-in-your-silverlight-applications.aspx...(read more)

Post: 144

2008-07-19T00:53:54Z

Post: Approved at: Jul-19-2008 My Silverlight and WPF Dream Mike Taulty's has a good post about what he would like to see with Silverlight. I agree! Dragging a Silverlight app to your desktop would be cool. Since it already is a subset of WPF, making things like this work should not be that hard. http://mtaulty.com/CommunityServer/blogs/mike_taultys_blog/archive/2008/07/18/10602.aspx 10 Silverlight 2 gotchas resolved Have you run into a few of these? 1. Canvas rules 2. One way to make Color resources...(read more)

Animating control Content between States

2008-07-18T21:38:28Z

You’re probably very familiar with Content in WPF and Silverlight. For example, two Buttons can use the same Template but can look different by virtue of having different Content in them. And the Content property is of type object so it can be Text, or...( read more )...(read more)