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Creating Vista Style Login Screen With Silverlight 2 Beta 2

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:16:14 GMT

I was trying to create Vista style Login screen using Silverlight. I've seen couple of excellent custom Vista style UI designed in WPF by the known WPF gurus. Seeing their example I thought It's also possible to try something Vista style in Silverlight. Since Silverlight has many things common with WPF. So I started to get my feet wet to create a Vista style Login Screen using Silverlight 2 Beta 2.

Free AJAX Data Controls.

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:21:26 GMT

The Slackers have been busy ! Check out the Open Source project on CodePlex. http://www.codeplex.com/AjaxDataControls/ Not only is there a controls library and all the source code for the controls but a RICH set of demos that illustrate utilization. I'm now using them in my own projects. Check 'em out ! Published Thursday, August 14, 2008 10:20 AM by JoeStagner

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:18:08 GMT

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 is a full cumulative update that contains many new features building incrementally upon .NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, and includes cumulative servicing updates to the .NET Framework 2.0 and .NET Framework 3.0 subcomponents..........

MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008 SP1

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:03:25 GMT

Updated content sets in MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 include: @Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 documentation, @Visual Studio 2008 general documentation updates, @Windows Developer documentation updates, @Microsoft Knowledge Base, @And More...

Update - Microsoft Silverlight Tools Beta 2 for Visual Studio 2008

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:55:08 GMT

Add-on for Visual Studio 2008 for developing applications for Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Silverlight Tools Beta 2 has been updated to support Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1. Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta is no longer supported........Version: 2.0, Date Published: 8/11/2008, Language: English, Download Size: 84.4 MB

The Hits and Misses of Microsoft & Bill Gates

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:39:53 GMT

As Bill Gates finally bows out of Microsoft to pursue his charity interests, we look at some of the hits and misses of the software company he founded..........

Silverlight Update 2.0.30523.8 Beta

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:56:04 GMT

Silverlight Update 2.0.30523.8 Beta. Microsoft Silverlight's new update released on 16th July 2008.

Received - Electronic Copy of "Silverlight 2 in

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:55:40 GMT

Received - Electronic Copy of "Silverlight 2 in Action". I have received the free electronic copy of "Silverlight 2 in Action". PDF Document. 3.86MB. Silverlight 2 in Action, Chad A. Campbell and John Stockton, MEAP Release: October 2007, Softbound print: September 2008 (est.) 425 pages, ISBN: 1-933988-42-8

Silverlight Developer Reference Posters

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:46:08 GMT

Silverlight Developer Reference Posters - Silverlight 1.1 & Silverlight 2

Silverlight Book - Apress Silverlight 2 Visual Essentials

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:37:48 GMT

Apress Silverlight 2 Visual Essentials is the last published book for Silverlight. Download Link: Apress.Silverlight.2.Visual.Essentials.Jun.2008.pdf I'm sharing this book for all silverlight developers. If you like the book, buy a printed copy from book store. If you need any book related help, send mail to books@amconlinebd.com

Animation in-depth with Silverlight 2.0 Beta - Part Five

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 06:31:02 GMT

In the last part I've shown how the VideoBrush can be used and videos can be animated by dividing MediaElement into two parts. In this demonstration of Silverlight animation I'll focus on transitional animation. We've seen this type of animation many times in movies, television commercials, music videos, in sting which we see at the beginning of any news. The wipe effect and dissolves are mostly used in film and television. There are other effects which fall into the category of wipe and dissolves.

Presenting Expression Blend 2.5 June Preview

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:16:02 GMT

Expression Blend 2.5 June Preview is now available which can be downloaded here. Now it's possible to edit the ControlTemplates from Blend using Visual State Manager to change the look and feel of the controls.

Microsoft Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Download Links

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 05:46:02 GMT

Microsoft Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Download Links Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Installer (4.66 MB) & SDK Beta 2........................

Silverlight Tips, Tricks, Tutorials and Links Page

Sat, 31 May 2008 15:31:02 GMT

Silverlight Tips, Tricks, Tutorials and Links Page Hope these Tips, Tricks, Tutorials and Links will help your SILVERLIGHT development. - Iftekhar Ahmed Amit

Animation in-depth with Silverlight 2.0 Beta - Part Four

Fri, 30 May 2008 20:01:02 GMT

In this example I'll show you how animations can be performed using a VideoBrush. This is one of the examples that attracts the users attention by completing the animation at the right time. The video will be clipped and rotated during the animation.

ASP.NET MVC Preview 3 Release

Tue, 27 May 2008 22:16:07 GMT

From ScottGu's weblog - "This morning we released the Preview 3 build of the ASP.NET MVC framework. I blogged details last month about an interim source release we did that included many of the changes with this Preview 3 release. Today's build includes some additional features not in last month's drop, some nice enhancements/refinements, as well as Visual Studio tool integration and documentation."

Animation in-depth with Silverlight 2.0 Beta - Part Three

Mon, 26 May 2008 15:31:02 GMT

Here's an example of an animation where clicking a button will increase the size of the font of the button. First I've declared two constants of type double, one for the font size of the button at the initialization time, which is declared as initFontSize; and the other one at runtime when the button is clicked. When clicked, the event handler creates a DispatcherTimer that generates Tick events every tenth of a second. The TimerOnTick method here increases the FontSize by two units every tenth of a second until the size reaches 48 units, at which point the button is restored to its original size and the timer is stopped.

ReSharper 4.0 beta for Visual Studio 2008 is out!

Fri, 23 May 2008 13:16:05 GMT

- New code analysis, context actions and quick-fixes; - New refactorings (such as Convert to Extension Method, Convert to Automatic Property, Convert Anonymous Type to Named); - Updated IntelliSense

Animation in-depth with Silverlight 2.0 Beta - Part Two

Fri, 16 May 2008 15:31:07 GMT

I mentioned in the first article that a Storyboard controls animations with a timeline, and provides object and property targeting information for its child animations. This is the cornerstone of Silverlight animation. A Storyboard is a set of one or more animations. It is comparable to a <TransformGroup> element. Storyboard does exactly the same things for animations that <TransformGourp> does for transformations. Storyboard has a Children property that enables you to access all the animation objects within a given Storyboard. Animations do not add or remove elements, they temporarily alter the property values of existing elements. If you create a new Storyboard and add a new rectangle to the canvas, that rectangle will be available to all Storyboards, not just the current one. The rectangle was added to the scene's base canvas and is not specific to the active Storyboard.

Animation in-depth with Silverlight 2.0 Beta - Part One

Fri, 09 May 2008 22:16:02 GMT

Animation allows us to create attractive user interfaces. Animation is used to apply dazzling effects such as spin a logo or video, make text scroll, make images grow when the mouse is over them etc. Animation is much like varying the property value over time as far as Silverlight 2.0 is concerned. This will be clear if someone takes a closer look at the animated stuff done in Silverlight/WPF applications.

LINQ.Flickr 1.3

Tue, 06 May 2008 20:01:04 GMT

Just released another version of LINQ.Flickr. The release is out with several bug fixes, code optimization, new feature and overall mocking support. I have used Typemock for the unit test of the product. In coming posts, I will show how powerful mock can be in faking routine like upload photo. But, you can dig it right away, if you go by the release page and download a copy of the product. Truly speaking, testing was never fun for serviced API till mock engine is at my hand. ...

Code Snippet - A new way to share your codes.

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:42:07 GMT

Recently , we have added a new section at dotnetslackers by which you can share your code to public. Before, letting you get started let me tell you that code snippets are tiny piece of code that can work as a unit, can come handy and be a real time-saver when building up complex solution or can be some interesting piece of lines which in turn can make out someone's day.

Mocking static methods with Typemock

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:39:02 GMT

There are mocking tools like Rhino Mock, Moq, NMock, Typemock and many more. Recently, I was kinda evaluating mocking tools to mock out REST calls in Linq.Flickr. Almost all of the mock tools requires some sort of interface reference to work on. When, to mock out methods like XElement.Load or File.Open is impossible with most of the tools, Typemock is one step ahead of others as it supports mocking of static methods...

Using Microsoft Expression Design to design the control in Silverlight

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:01:02 GMT

I've used Expression Blend in many occasions but I've never experimented with expression design since the release of this product. After the release of version 2.0 Beta of Expression Design this is the first time I'm using Microsoft Expression Design. In this demonstration I'll fix design of my control using Expression Design. Let's dig into the story .

ASP.NET MVC Action Filter - Caching and Compression

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:01:02 GMT

Playing with Action Filters