Martin Grayson: Adventures of a 'Devigner'
Blog about WPF, Silverlight, Expression Blend, Xbox (XNA) and everything else cool & UI
Just a quick note to say Blacklight v4.3 is out on CodePlex. Check out the release notes in the...
Date: 12/22/2009
A few bugs have been identified with DragDockPanelHost, as well as one or two expected features...
Date: 07/24/2009
It has been a short while since our last Blacklight release (March ‘09), however, I am pleased to...
Date: 07/20/2009
It has been a little while since I last posted, and a little longer since I was last able to provide...
Date: 06/19/2009
After a ‘short delay’, V3.0 of the Blacklight controls are here! Thank very much for you patience...
Date: 03/06/2009
A video from Mike Parker, introducing the Animated Layout Panel control, found in Blacklight! Get...
Date: 02/20/2009
Probably the last post before the holidays, however, I am very pleased to announce a new release of...
Date: 12/18/2008
A short video (02:16) on how to start using Blacklight Controls in Blend! Get the controls from...
Date: 12/12/2008
It has been a really busy November for me, however, the December release of Blacklight has arrived....
Date: 12/05/2008
The first release of Blacklight is here! This release has really focussed on creating a set of...
Date: 10/31/2008
What a week! Silverlight 2 is here - horray! This release really feels like it has come out of...
Date: 10/17/2008
Back from holiday, and just a short post to let you know that Blacklight has been updated for...
Date: 10/01/2008
Hey - very exciting news today... I finally have a CodePlex project set up. From the site......
Date: 09/17/2008
Hi all - great news, an updated version of the Patient Journey Demonstrator, the project I am...
Date: 09/11/2008
UPDATE: Get the latest Dragging, docking, expanding panel code from Blacklight, our new CodePlex...
Date: 08/29/2008
UPDATE: Get the latest blog media player code from Blacklight, our new CodePlex project! I have been...
Date: 08/20/2008
UPDATE: Get the latest Dragging, docking, expanding panel code from Blacklight, our new CodePlex...
Date: 08/18/2008
UPDATE: Get the latest Dragging, docking, expanding panel code from Blacklight, our new CodePlex...
Date: 08/01/2008
UPDATE: Get the latest animating control code from Blacklight, our new CodePlex project! Whilst...
Date: 06/23/2008
We have upgraded the Microsoft Health Common User Interface Patient Journey Demonstrator to Beta 2!...
Date: 06/23/2008
Jesse Liberty notes the great use of deep zoom to show pictures from this weekend's One Big Weekend...
Date: 05/13/2008
I have been fairly quiet for the last few months, and one of the reasons is that I have been working...
Date: 05/07/2008
The latest installment of the Real World WPF series! This time round, Nick Page (DPE), Paul Tallet...
Date: 04/12/2007
Hi all, whilst I continue to work on Real World WPF videos, including some recent work on WPF/e...
Date: 04/11/2007
The RC has landed. Get it here...
Date: 03/14/2007
Since creating the first set of RWWPF (Real World WPF) videos, we had had loads of great suggestions...
Date: 03/08/2007
Two very exciting announcements for Adventures today... the first - our Real World WPF Videos are...
Date: 02/28/2007
Thought I would share a panel that I and one of my dev friends, Paul Tallett created a while back. I...
Date: 02/26/2007
Well, it was a while back that I posted the first Creating a Glass button tutorial. Of course, that...
Date: 02/16/2007
Well, it has been a little time since I last posted, and since, there has been a real flurry around...
Date: 02/14/2007
Hi. First off, apologies for the long absence. This was due to some project commitments, however,...
Date: 09/07/2006
Thought I would post up another sample I made a while back - a 3D rotating user interface, similar...
Date: 06/01/2006
I came across Harmony yesterday, thanks to a kind e-mail some one sent us. After 5 minutes of using,...
Date: 06/01/2006
As previewed at MIX06... the IBlock beta is now availble for testing. And it is addictive. Unless...
Date: 05/25/2006
Tim Sneath tells us whats new in WPF Beta 2, and where to get just about everything! Martin
Date: 05/24/2006
Ok, so one of the things I hope to achieve with this blog is to share all of the little gems that I...
Date: 05/24/2006
PLEASE SEE THE UPDATED TUTORIAL HERE Alot of people ask, when it comes to WPF, how do I make my app...
Date: 05/22/2006
One of the great things about WPF is how easy it is to make a fully scalable UI. The above picture...
Date: 05/22/2006
Just a brief post with a code snippet demonstrating how to create a custom event with WPF... for...
Date: 05/22/2006
Get started here with this great MSDN article. Martin
Date: 05/22/2006
Probably not the most thrilling first post, but Dependency Properties are a big thing in WPF land. A...
Date: 05/22/2006
Well, actually, they began about 6 months ago, so i have alot of catching up to do. So... This space...
Date: 05/22/2006