Creating a Custom View Mode that Supports a Template Selector

submitted by dereklakin 2 months, 2 days ago

cloudstore.blogspot.com — The controls that inherit from ItemsControl (such as ListBox, ListView, and so on) expose an ItemTemplateSelector property that you can use instead of the ItemTemplate property to specify a DataTemplateSelector. The DataTemplateSelector enables you to specify your own custom logic that determines which DataTemplate should be applied to each item. This article shows how to create a custom view mode for the ListView control that supports a DataTemplateSelector to enable dynamic selection of the DataTemplate for each item. read more...

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Setting the Initial Focus in WPF

submitted by dereklakin 2 months, 25 days ago

cloudstore.blogspot.com — This post shows how to use the FocusManager to set the initial focus instead of calling Focus in the Loaded event handler. read more...

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Creating a Custom Window Style

submitted by dereklakin 3 months, 19 days ago

cloudstore.blogspot.com — This article looks at the elements required to create a custom Window Style in WPF and includes source code that applies this approach to implement a custom Message Box. read more...

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Change Notification for Composite Properties

submitted by dereklakin 3 months, 29 days ago

cloudstore.blogspot.com — Highlights a little gotcha with implementing change notification for properties that don't have a simple variable backing store. read more...

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User Interface Controls in Visual Basic 2005

published 2 years, 5 months ago, submitted by dereklakin 2 years, 5 months ago

msdn.microsoft.com — In the world of conversion of Visual Basic 6 applications, little causes more concern than controls that just won't convert. Between in-project controls that you have the source code for, custom ActiveX controls that you bought back in 1997, and the built-in Microsoft controls that have no real conversion path, the task is not easy. There is hope, however. Code in Visual Basic 6 user controls convert fairly well to Visual Basic 2005. You can use some third party controls via interop. Tools are provided in Visual Studio 2005 to assist with OCX proxy creation. All is not lost. read more...

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The Life and Times of Anders Hejlsberg

published 2 years, 5 months ago, submitted by dereklakin 2 years, 5 months ago

channel9.msdn.com — "Behind the Code" on Channel 9 focuses on Anders Hejlsberg. read more...

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February CTP Vista Screenshots

submitted by dereklakin 2 years, 6 months ago

activewin.com — High resolution screenshots of the new February 2006 CTP of Windows Vista. read more...

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Custom Designers in .NET 2.0

published 2 years, 6 months ago, submitted by dereklakin 2 years, 6 months ago

msdn.microsoft.com — Nice article on creating and hosting custom designers with the .NET Framework 2.0 from the March 2006 edition of MSDN Magazine. read more...

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