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PhotoBooth

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:36:59 GMT

A article on how to create a very simple photo kiosk that is capable of receiving photos via bluetooth

Behaviors, Triggers & Actions

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:42:13 GMT

a snippet collection to make it extremely easy to create behaviors, triggers and actions for expression blend!

Launching views using Jump List

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:38:58 GMT

A article on how to utilize the new Jump List in Windows 7 to launch different views of your application

VS2010 help for the WPFer

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:19:49 GMT

4 enhancements in VS2010 to help the WPF developer

Using the MVVM Toolkit in VS2010

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:38:06 GMT

A tip on how to get the MVVM Toolkit to work in VS2010

Creating a MVVM "Hello World" application in 30 seconds

Fri, 08 May 2009 17:31:02 GMT

A example of how to create a hello world MVVM application using the MVVM toolkit!

Dragging has NEVER been so easy

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:16:04 GMT

A example of how to make elements in WPF drag-able using Expression Blend 3 behaviours!

Expression Blend 3 is...

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:16:18 GMT

This article highlight some of my favorite new features in Expression blend 3 (including silverlight 3 support, perspective 3d, intellisense, etc)

Extract properties to style

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:31:04 GMT

A article on how to use the "Extract properties to Style" feature of the new XAML Power Toys

Flexible layout on Steriods

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:00:55 GMT

In this article I show how to use the SizeTemplateControl to create very powerful and flexible layouts in WPF!

The power of ICommand

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:31:26 GMT

In this article we have a look at some custom implementations of the ICommand in WPF

Fun with Silverlight toolkit charts

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:46:08 GMT

2 detailed articles on how to customize and extend the standard silverlight toolkit chart controls

Major update to WPF Themes

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:46:02 GMT

Major update to WPF Themes... now include 18 themes and more controls

Styling a Silverlight Chart

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:46:58 GMT

A article on how to style a Silverlight Chart to look like the Google Analytics chart

WPF Disciples

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:16:18 GMT

This post list all the WPF Disciples blogs and feeds for easy access. The webfeeds are also supplied as a OPML file for easy consumption into IE7 or outlook

WPF-BASICS: Loading large datasets

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:16:14 GMT

a article on how and when your should load large datasets in WPF. Constructor vs Loaded event, UI thread vs background thread, etc

XAML Guidelines Released

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:01:04 GMT

Jaime just released the first draft of the XAML guidelines. This is a MUST READ for all WPF developers!!!

HOWTO: Create vector based backgrounds in WPF

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:01:02 GMT

A example of how to create a vector-based background followed by a tip on how to increase the performance of this background...

PhotoSuru released!!!

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:16:05 GMT

PhotoSure, a photo-viewing application created by the WPF team is finally released! This is a excellent example of how rich client applications should look!!!

AttachedCommandBehavior aka ACB

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:13:27 GMT

This is a solution to attach a command to any Event of any Control in WPF

MEF: Taking extensibility to the next level

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:06:56 GMT

Using MEF to dynamically load themes in WPF

WPF ICollectionViewExplained

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:31:23 GMT

Tips and tricks on ICollectionView for WPF Apps and how it can be used in M-V-VM

WPG Themes Updated (16/11/2008)

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:58:30 GMT

Updated the WPF Themes project! Added 4 Themes and 2 controls

Creating an Outlook Calendar using WPF (Part 2)

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:48:30 GMT

Part 2 in a series on how to create a custom wpf control similar to the calendar control in outlook

Vista DWM Hacking - Capture and Stream D3D/WPF Windows Real-Time

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:16:09 GMT

This prototype project uses undocumented Vista DWM calls to get reference to a Direct3D surface the Vista DWM uses to paint windows. The D3D surface is then able to be rendered in a WPF application like a "VisualBrush". Because this is done in the GPU, it is very efficient. The sample application will also let you stream a high quality, high fps capture of your video to Silverlight or Windows Media Player.