Casey @ Microsoft
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Normal Properties vs. Dependency Properties
In the Silverlight development world there are two kinds of properties that you can have on a...
Author: caseydarwinstein Date: 10/29/2008
How do I get the height/width of a Silverlight UIElement if its not explicitly set?
The answer is, of course, to use the ActualHeight and ActualWidth properties. But wait, ActualHeight...
Author: caseydarwinstein Date: 10/22/2008
“The property ‘_UnknownContent’ does not exist…” What?
I was working on a custom Control the other day and that had its own XAML file. I had it all...
Author: caseydarwinstein Date: 10/02/2008
“Why didn’t you use a HyperlinkButton?”
The other day I was working on a Silverlight control that would display a taxonomy of...
Author: caseydarwinstein Date: 09/26/2008
But wait… who is this guy?
I realized after writing the last post that I had neglected to say who I was and why I was writing...
Author: caseydarwinstein Date: 09/25/2008
Styles Are Forever – But ControlTemplates Are a Developer’s Best Friend
I’ve been working on a project where I have a Button with a default Style that I wanted to change...
Author: caseydarwinstein Date: 09/24/2008