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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 Properties, Continued

      First, a hearty thank you to " obsid " who wrote a great comment noting that by using reflector you can find that the documentation is not yet updated and System.Windows.PropertyMetadata's constructor is overloaded. While I am a fan of writing reflective programs (see chapter 20...
    Posted to Mirrored Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-01-2008
  • 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
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