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  • 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 to Custom Controls Part 1 Intro to Custom...
    Posted to Mirrored Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-09-2008

  • 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 generic.xaml, just like the custom controls you create...
    Posted to Mirrored Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-03-2008

  • Dependency Properties - Precedence

    Today we wrap up dependency properties by talking about one of the most important, though typically invisible aspects: DP precedence order. This is critical because dependency properties, by their nature, are designed to have their final value set from more than one influence (e.g., resources, data binding...
    Posted to Mirrored Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-02-2008

  • Dependency Property System – Deeper Dive Part 1

    On the 17th I began a discussion of Dependency Properties, but as I said then, there is more to say. This central concept to Silverlight Programming has traditionally been taught as an advanced concept.(Can we have traditions in a product that hasn't really been released yet?) And to some degree...
    Posted to Mirrored Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-30-2008

  • Dependency Properties – Background for Custom Controls

    In  a previous post I began talking about Custom Controls, and I will continue that discussion over the next few days and weeks even as I start producing videos on the topic. It turns out that the more you look at Custom Controls, the deeper you get into the Silverlight UI architecture, and there...
    Posted to Mirrored Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-17-2008

  • Digging Into Custom Controls

    Last night’s post was something of a preface, but let’s get started. [ For those of you who crave the details, the code, the feel of bits between your fingers, watch for a series of videos on this subject to be released in the next couple weeks with source in VB and C# ] As I started to say last night...
    Posted to Mirrored Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-12-2008
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