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How to add Silverlight detection to Google Analytics

Sat, 16 May 2009 04:18:24 GMT

One of the things that are currently missing from Google Analytics is Silverlight detection. Normally this type of information would appear under the browser capabilities section, the same section that lists Flash and Java versions. While I'm sure this will change eventually, it is something that can be very useful to web sites hosting Silverlight applications today.

Mashooo S Prize Silverlight Game Contest Update

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:50:54 GMT

The contest has just begun and there are already 15 game submissions to the Mashooo S Prize.

How to programmatically detect Silverlight version

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:24:24 GMT

How to programmatically detect Silverlight version on a visitor's browser

Mashooo S Prize Game Contest Announcement

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:45:04 GMT

Mashooo.com is proud to officially announce the first ever, world open, Silverlight game development contest. It is an open "no holds barred" style competition, meaning that people from around the world are free to participate and there are no theme limitations. Just bring your talent and zest for Silverlight game development and show the world what you can do. The contest will begin on March 18, 2009 and last for around 3 months. The approximate retail value (ARV) of all the prizes is more than $10,000 USD in cash and software packages.

S Prize - Open Silverlight Game Competition

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:27:13 GMT

Mashooo.com announces the first ever, world open, Silverlight game development contest. An open "no holds barred" style competition. People from around the world are free to participate and there are no theme limitations.

ASP.NET cookie expiration date not saved

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:44:00 GMT

When reading/reusing a cookie sent from the client do not expect the expiration date to be valid.

Silverlight games ad revenue program

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:24:36 GMT

Currently Silverlight game developers around the world are having a hard time submitting their work to all the flash oriented sites out there. Mashooo.com is offering a new ad revenue sharing program for Silverlight game developers. Silverlight game developers can submit games and earn ad revenue when users view and play their games.

Useful Resources for Silverlight game developers and designers

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:27:34 GMT

A new section on Mashooo.com that is dedicated to resources for Silverlight game developers and designers. In this section the community can contribute links to their favorite Silverlight game resources on the web.

Url Rewrite ASP.NET 2.0 and HttpUnhandledException

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 05:57:25 GMT

I was really surprised to discover this bug a couple of days back while working on an ASP.Net 2.0 web site. I spent several hours barking up the wrong code tree since I was convinced it had to do with some recent code changes I made. But as it turns out this problem is as old as the server itself and for some reason has not been fixed by any .Net patches.

Fix for invalid XAML error the member is not recognized or accessible

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:53:51 GMT

Blend is apparently more sensitive then Visual studio 2008 when it comes to type checking templates.

A new Silverlight framework for creating managed code splash screens

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 07:33:22 GMT

We released a new open source project called Silverlight loader on CodePlex today. The project is basically a simple and light framework aimed at taking the pain out of writing splash screens, pre-loaders, loaders etc.

A new forum dedicated to Silverlight game development and design

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:42:29 GMT

A place where people can exchange ideas about Silverlight game design and development.

Step by step how to upgrade Silverlight 2 beta 2 to Silverlight 2 RC0

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:20:07 GMT

Here is the list of steps I take to upgrade a Silverlight 2 beta 2 development machine to Silverlight 2 RC0.

Building Firefox Plugins using Visual Studio

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:01:01 GMT

If you use Visual studio as a development environment and want to develop plugins for Firefox here are a few points to help you get started.

Creating reusable code generation templates

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 22:19:28 GMT

This article is a part of a series that introduces code generation using C# and Text Templates (also known as T4 Templates) in Visual Studio; explains how to create reusable templates and combine them in complex code generators.

The Silverlight game list on Mashooo.com crosses the 50 game mark

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:10:08 GMT

The list list of Silverlight games on Mashooo.com has recently passed the 50'th game mark and changes format.

Fix for Could not download the Silverlight application error

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:23:03 GMT

If you receive the following error: Could not download the Silverlight application. Check web server settings. The problem might be the fact that the .xap mime type is not registered on the IIS server you are using.

Fix for SQL Server SSL Security error ConnectionOpen

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:50:26 GMT

Having an SSL certificate that does not match the server name or expired or is invalid for any other reason can cause this error.

Rewrite URL and HttpHandler problems on IIS with certain characters

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:17:23 GMT

Trying to rewrite URL's or custom handle URL's on IIS 6/7 can lead to HTTP errors on the IIS level. The problem is that some characters like a question mark (?) are considered illegal by IIS when they are a part of a URL...

Using Silverlight for efficient low level communications

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:13:16 GMT

For all of you guys that were hoping to use Silverlight for advanced low-level communications note the following excerpt from the MSDN website about UDP socket usage and port restrictions

Upgrading existing Silverlight 2 beta 1 code to beta 2

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:34:02 GMT

Some things were easier then others all in all it took a few hours to finish and was not a big ordeal.

Casual Game Bumble Beegger now for Silverlight 2 Beta 2

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:57:13 GMT

My baby is now updated to work on Silverlight 2 Beta 2. Only one animation and a couple of controls had to be modified with no great hardship and in no time.

Turn Google App Engine into your own Personal Content Delivery Network

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:01:03 GMT

As anybody who has run a growing website or blog knows, response time is going to get worse with the more users you have visiting your site. The users come from all angles, RSS feeds, homepage visits, search engine visits, people sealing your static files that you host, and pretty much anything else that can be served over HTTP. The solution to this problem is to off load your static content on to a Content Delivery Network or CDN. CDN providers cost a lot of money though, so it is nothing for us mere mortals with one server can afford. But thanks to Google anyone can now run their own CDN for free on Googles servers. Lucky for you and me Google has made the process really painless and you can even have the CDN under you own domain name. In my case static.coderjournal.com.

Fix for the Silverlight DataGrid does not exist in the namespace error

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:53:09 GMT

When upgrading an existing Silverlight project to silverlight 2 beta 2 you might encounter the following error: "The type or namespace name 'DataGrid' does not exist in the namespace 'System.Windows.Controls' (are you missing an assembly reference?)"

Getting around Silverlight 2 beta 1 error 4002 changing visibility

Wed, 28 May 2008 20:41:45 GMT

While working on Bumble Beegger we came across a daunting problem that only seemed to happen under certain conditions. Silverlight error message ErrorCode: 4002 ErrorType: ManagedRuntimeError Message: System.Exception: Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component.