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Visual Studio 2010 SP1 now available
The final version of VS2010 sp1 is now available for download Download Service Pack 1 (MSDN...
Date: 03/09/2011
Silverlight 5 FireStarter
Today we announced the plans for the next version of Silverlight along with a bunch a demos at the...
Date: 12/02/2010
WPF Ribbon (October Update Available)
October 2010 update of WPF Ribbon (on codeplex) is now available for download. The updates include:...
Date: 10/22/2010
Xaml Art Assets
One more interesting site: www.xamalot.com ... Was looking around for some interesting xaml...
Date: 09/27/2010
Porting WPF apps to Silverlight
The other day when browsing through the blogosphere I came across Arik's posts describing the...
Date: 09/26/2010
Using RibbonGallery Control
The Ribbon Control is a pretty big control owing to the complexity of the Ribbon design guidelines....
Date: 08/18/2010
Zoomable Canvas Control
Kael has a nice series on the Zoomable Canvas control The usage is something like...
Date: 08/12/2010
Xaml Toolkit: Manipulation of Xaml
One of the interesting things you could easily do with the Xaml Toolkit is manipulation of Xaml. For...
Date: 08/10/2010
WPF Ribbon Basics
The WPF Ribbon control is easy to use once you get the basics of it. The structure is simple...
Date: 08/06/2010
Ribbon Control Design Time Experience
The Ribbon Control is now available to the public for download. If you havent taken a look yet,...
Date: 08/02/2010
Running Xaml FXCop rules in FXCop GUI
So one of the uses of the XamlToolkit is to write FXCop rules for XAML. We provide the...
Date: 07/31/2010
Xaml Fxcop Rules Using Xaml Toolkit
Xaml Toolkit ... ding ding ding... if you heard and tried it..woohoo!!. If not, please go and give...
Date: 07/30/2010
Announcing CTP of XAML Toolkit
We are happy to announce the release of the second CTP of the XAMLToolkit. Where do i get it: LINK...
Date: 07/29/2010
Announcing CTP of XAML Toolkit
We are happy to announce the release of the second CTP of the XAMLToolkit. Where do i get it: LINK...
Date: 07/29/2010
XAML Compliance Suite V1
Generally, when theres an open spec format, theres usually a set of tests that ensure that the spec...
Date: 07/07/2010
BeeEye (Bing Image Viewer)
BeeEye is a Bing Image viewer application. Its got a very Blendish look and feel and was a quick...
Date: 06/28/2010
TestAPI V0.5 Released
TestAPI - It is a library of test and utility APIs that enables developers and testers to create...
Date: 06/18/2010
VS 2010 power tools available for download
VS 2010 power tools are out.. You can download it from HERE its got a bunch of tools like...
Date: 06/08/2010
Perf Tools for WPF (.NET 4)
You can now download the perf tools for WPF in .NET4. These tools can be use for profiling both 3.5...
Date: 05/24/2010
WPF Shell Integration Library
One of the common complaints I have heard is that it is difficult to have a glass chrome like...
Date: 05/10/2010
SL Timeline control for Sharepoint
The other day I wanted to have a timeline control in Sharepoint so that I could easily know where...
Date: 04/30/2010
VS 2010 .NET 4 now available
It's finally out... yoohoo... Live keynote: Link Download: Link With VS 2010, you will be able to...
Date: 04/12/2010
Windows Phone 7 Dev tools now available
At MIX today, Windows Phone 7 Development tools were announced to the public. You can download these...
Date: 03/15/2010
Request for Feedback (WPF VNext)
So have you tried out .NET 4. If not, do give it a try. We have a bunch of new WPF features in .NET...
Date: 03/05/2010
XAML Power toys add-in for VS2010
If you have been using XAML Power toys addin in VS2008, you would be happy to know that Karl has now...
Date: 02/26/2010
Silverlight 4 COM+ support
Came across Justin's post on the COM+ support in SL 4. Definitely a good read since it covers the...
Date: 01/21/2010
Runtime Fault Injection using TestAPI
“Fault injection is a technique for improving the coverage of a test by introducing faults to test...
Date: 12/29/2009
Snoop with 64 bit support
If you have used Snoop, its very likely you are using it with 32 bit apps since it lacked the...
Date: 12/26/2009
MVVM LinksInfo
Putting this as a placeholder post for interesting links associated with MVVM. Informational Links...
Date: 12/24/2009
WPF Manipulation Basics
Here's the second post by Drake on the usage of Manipulation features.. Sample attached WPF...
Date: 12/21/2009
WPF Touch Basics
In my previous posts, I briefly described the new WPF Touch feature. Was planning to get a more...
Date: 12/07/2009
Concluding "New WPF Features" Series
This is the last part of a series on New WPF Features The list of features covered here as part of...
Date: 11/25/2009
New WPF Features: MultiTouch
This is part of a series on New WPF Features WPF supports multitouch API’s in .NET 4. You can have...
Date: 11/24/2009
TestAPI 0.4 Released
TestAPI has come out with a new release V0.4. Please do check it out. So what’s new: Deep Object...
Date: 11/23/2009
New WPF Features: DatePickerCalendarVSMDatagrid
This is part of a series on New WPF Features These controls have been part of the WPF toolkit on...
Date: 11/23/2009
XAML 2009 Features: FactoryMethodArguments
This is part of a series on New WPF\XAML Features Another new feature in XAML 2009 is the...
Date: 11/20/2009
XAML 2009 Features: Generics Support
This is part of a series on New WPF\XAML Features XAML 2009 supports generics J .. In previous...
Date: 11/19/2009
New WPF Features: SynchronizedInputPattern
This is part of a series on New WPF Features In previous releases, sending input through automation...
Date: 11/18/2009
New WPF Features: PixelShader3 Support
This is part of a series on New WPF Features Previously WPF only supported Pixel Shader 2.0 (PS...
Date: 11/17/2009
New WPF Features: UIA Virtualization
Pre .NET 4, from a UI automation perspective, virtualization was not a good story. There wasn’t a...
Date: 11/16/2009
XAML 2009 Features: Named Object References
This is part of a series on New WPF\XAML Features In previous releases, if you needed to reference a...
Date: 11/13/2009
New WPF Features: Updated File Dialogs
This is part of a series on New WPF Features In previous releases, WPF open\Save dilogs had the XP...
Date: 11/12/2009
XAML 2009 Features: XAML Event handling
[This is part of a series on New WPF\XAML Features] In previous releases, when loose XAML had events...
Date: 11/11/2009
New WPF Features: Cached Composition
This is part of a series on New WPF Features One of the big improvements in 4.0 is the Cached...
Date: 11/10/2009
XAML 2009 Features: Node Loop flexibility
[This is part of a series on New WPF\XAML Features] So by now most of you must have noticed the...
Date: 11/09/2009
New WPF Features: Full Trust Xbap Deployment
This is part of a series on New WPF Features In earlier versions, on trying to deploy a Full Trust...
Date: 11/06/2009
Xaml 2009 Features: Built in Types
In Xaml2009, we have built-in support for common CLR types which simplifies authoring. So rather...
Date: 11/05/2009
New WPF Features: Bindable Run
This is part of a series on New WPF Features Bindable run - yeah its possible currently but you...
Date: 11/04/2009
New WPF Features: Script Interop in Xbap
This is part of a series on New WPF Features Often times you have Xbap hosted in a Html page and its...
Date: 11/03/2009
New WPF Features: Binding to Dynamic Objects
This is part of a series on New WPF Features C# 4.0 allows creation of dynamic objects which is...
Date: 11/02/2009