Messages from Silverlight category

Silverlight 3 - MergedDictionaries

Chris Klug discusses  Merged Dictionaries in Silvleright 3 and how this could help you if your XAML is getting overloaded with all the things you want to drag from application to application. So what do MergedDictionaries offer? Well, they make it possible for you to store resources in external files. These files are then either embedded in the application as Content or as Resources. This means that we can spread out or resources in several files and just reference them in our controls, or
Publication date: 2009-07-06 more

More people spent more time watching March Madness on the Web Thursday

More than 2.7 million people spent more than an hour each, on average, watching the first day of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship online. CBSSports.com just released stats for its free March Madness on Demand viewer (the high-quality player is built on Microsoft's Silverlight), which "continues to regularly exceed our most optimistic expectations," CBS honcho Sean McManus said in a statement. There were 2.7 million unique viewers, up 56 percent from 1.75 million last year.
Publication date: 2009-03-21 more

Dr Richard Hipp, Geek of the Week

Simple-Talk's Geek of the Week is Dr Richard Hipp. His code is probably running on your PC, and running completely reliably, for he almost single-handedly wrote SQLite, the most widely deployed SQL Database system in the world. Then he put it in the public domain for all of humanity to benefit from. We sent Richard Morris off to ask this remarkable man why he did it.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articl
Publication date: 2008-07-04 more

Loving the South African Developer Community

I just got back from South Africa and I am happy to report that the .NET Developer community is very strong there.    User's Group Meetings in in Johannesburg and Cape Town User group meeting in Johannesburg  - thanks for setting...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-07-02 more

The light is here

Some of you were waiting for this beta and finally the wait time is over, the beta was released yesterday and now you can download it A lot of new features and cool functionallity was added in this version, we hope web developer will find the new capabilities appealing enough to build richer applications and deliver a nice experience to their end users. You can find a complete description and the official announcement at ScottGu
Publication date: 2008-06-09 more

COLOURLovers, I love it

I visited Total Training a week ago and recorded the first 12 video snippets for a series called “UI Design for Developers”… it is a fun series aimed at developers who wish to learn a few tricks on design. I hope this series, once published...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-09-12 more

New VSM Tutorials by Celso Gomes

See http://www.nibblestutorials.net/ for a bunch of great tutorials with Blend. In particular, Celso just posted a tutorial for VSM. See the Blend 2.5 & Silverlight 2 section…...( read more )...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-06-11 more

Be one of the first to get the Microsoft Silverlight 4 Beta Client for Facebook!

Test the Silverlight 4 developer preview application for Facebook which combines the many compelling platform capabilities of Silverlight 4 in a rich out-of-browser application within the familiar context of Facebook. " border="0" alt="clip_image002 ...(read more)
Publication date: 2010-01-26 more

SQL SERVER - 2008 - Creating Full Text Catalog and Full Text Search

Full Text Index helps to perform complex queries against character data. These queries can include word or phrase searching. We can create a full-text index on a table or indexed view in a database. Only one full-text index is allowed per table or indexed view. The index can contain up to 1024 columns. Software developer [...]... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silver
Publication date: 2008-09-05 more

New Microsoft event coming later this year in Canada!

Hey there is a great new Microsoft Canadian conference coming!! It is called TechDays and will cross Canada between October and January! Good news it will come to Montral and I am glad to be involved Details will be on www.techdays.ca soon. As you see TechDays will hit Montral on November 6/7, Save the date! More info to come later. Technorati Tags: TechDays_ca,Microsoft event ... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have ove
Publication date: 2008-09-10 more

Getting started with C# for Unity3D

Unity3D offers a choice between 3 different programming languages: JavaScript, C# and Boo . Each of them has its pros and cons, but for me C# almost immediately came out as a clear winner. That is because it is fully object oriented and it's syntax is similar to Java and Actionscript 3 , both of which I am experienced with. However, before I started to play with Unity3D, I never wrote a single line in C#, so I had to learn it from scratch. As you probably know C# was originally develope
Publication date: 2009-07-22 more

IronPython in Action the Preface

IronPython in Action is finally out! IronPython in Action is a book published by Manning Publications and written by Michael Foord (me!) and Christian Muirhead. It is the first book on IronPython, and covers using IronPython 2: For structured application development For scripting and system administration For web development with ASP.NET and Silverlight With WPF, Powershell, WMI and so on Using databases, web services, testing and metaprogramming Extending IronPython with C# / VB
Publication date: 2009-04-24 more

Using the ADO.NET Data Services Silverlight client library in x-domain and out of browser scenarios

Click here to download sample application  Using the ADO.NET Data Services Silverlight client library in x-domain and out of browser scenarios
Publication date: 2009-09-18 more

Silverlight Drag and Drop API

Introduction Drag and drop is a common UX paradigm and a top requested feature. In Silverlight 4 Beta, we introduced a basic set of API to enable the most common scenario of dragging pictures files and dropping them to Silverlight applications, and we...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-11-28 more

UI Virtualization

Today’s post is motivated by a scenario that’s common in business applications: displaying and interacting with a large data set. We’ll quickly run into performance problems if we use the na
Publication date: 2009-07-12 more

A simple way to dynamically change style of web for each browser

this is the simple asp.net web application that can determine how users can view the single page with single content in the many browsers with custom presentation and styling... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here .
Publication date: 2009-07-05 more

Is "Databinding methods such as Eval(), XPath(), and Bind() can only be used in the context of a databound control." causing you grief?

If you seem to get "Databinding methods such as Eval(), XPath(), and Bind() can only be used in the context of a databound control." in a case where it doesn't seem to make any sense, my first questions are:Are you using expression to bind the control? If you change that to , does that seem to fix the error?Are you databinding the control perhaps bit early, so that it is not possibly in the Controls collection yet? T
Publication date: 2008-08-25 more

Mix 09 Trip Report

  It is traditional when you return from a conference to file a "trip report" with your team. What follows is my trip report to you , with an emphasis on what I learned. I will not review, here, all that was discussed about what is new...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-03-25 more

Bing Photo Contest

Im enjoying watching the social dynamics of the bing photo contest play out. Some photos are bubbling up because they are generally good Others beacuse people ask their friends to rate them high. If you start Rating Photos Yourself you will realize how poor the quality is of most of the material that is being submitted. I submitted a few photos of my own and it is clear that people are favoring the classic sunset/ landscape type photos to the more abstract themed ones. That said if you are on
Publication date: 2009-07-05 more

Adobe AIR != Silverlight

For the past few days, I have been seeing lot of blog posts that compares Adobe AIR and Silverlight. Even though I m not like big developers like them,I can
Publication date: 2008-05-22 more

ViKi Version 0.0.01

Together with Jesse Liberty you may follow the steps of creating a hyperVideo application in Silverlight 3 . So, believing strongly that the first thing to do is something I
Publication date: 2009-04-15 more

WrapUp: Opera Mini 5 Beta, Getting the Most out of Dropbox, and More

Welcome to the WrapUp by CyberNet . This is a collection of news stories, downloads, and tips that we have collected over the last few days, but never got around to writing about. Don
Publication date: 2009-09-21 more

DVDFab + My Own DVDs = Couch Convenience

I don't know if it's legal or not, but if you use DVDFab with the Mobile option set to XVID video + MP3 audio (both supported by the XBOX 360 if you have the latest updates installed), you can rip the movie from your DVD (no menus, extras, etc) onto a network share (I use my Windows Home Server box), scroll through them on my XBOX 360 and play them back with a/v quality high enough that I can't tell the difference (and I don't have the quality cranked as high as it goes by any means). Each movie
Publication date: 2008-08-18 more

SQLAuthority News - Download SQL Server Related Products

Configuration Manager 2007 R2 EvaluationConfiguration Manager R2 now also supports Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008, integrates support for application virtualization, and provides an update to operating system deployment capability initially shipped in Configuration Manager. In addition, Client Status Reporting, SQL Reporting, and Forefront Client reporting are all now available.System Center Operations Manager 2007 [...]... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles
Publication date: 2008-09-05 more

RIA Services templates not showing in Visual Studio 2010?

Last week, the Silverlight 4 beta release included the Silverlight 4 Tools for Visual Studio 2010 . This single installer would perform the following (assuming you had either Visual Studio 2010 or Visual Web Developer Express 2010 already installed: Install...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-11-23 more

The Silverlight HVP Spec

The Silverlight HyperVideo Player: A Community Project The Silverlight HVP Elevator Pitch : The Silverlight  H yper V ideo P layer (HVP) will do for Silverlight How Do I Videos what Hypertext did for the Internet: it will provide simple, fast, and...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-11-15 more

Imagine all the Software

...living life in peeeace! Woohoo! HoooOoo. You may say, I'm dreamer... I started skimming this piece , and apparently the new Silverlight map control is awesome, and it was all very Microsofty, but I kept on reading because learning is good for me and then BAM! he's pulling tracking data out of a PostGIS database into his Silverlight control, and then POW! he's doing it with GeoServer and GeoWebCache, holy cow you can put this stuff together like that, open source and Microsoft, and
Publication date: 2009-03-28 more

BBGeekcast: August 21, 2009 - Episode 78

After a week of not generating many headlines, RIM is back in a big way. They
Publication date: 2009-08-22 more

Blend 3: Triggers, Actions, Behaviors

This post is the second in a series of posts about the Behaviors model in Blend 3. In this post, we
Publication date: 2009-03-30 more

Web.UI ASP.NET Grid: Synchronize Checkbox States with Row Selection

One can use the Grid's itemBeforeCheckChange and itemBeforeSelect client events to synchronize the state of checkboxes and row selection. Some extra logic is required since checkbox clicks also trigger row selection. I use the load client event is used to initially set all checked rows as selected. ASPX: Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look:
Publication date: 2009-06-16 more

Silverlight RC0 and Beta 2 Side by Side: Question of the Day

A question I've been getting a lot since we released RC0 is this: 'When Microsoft does the RTW release, there will be a period of time where *some* of my users have Beta 2 and *some* of them have RTW. How do I ensure that each of them will get an unbroken...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-10-09 more

March Madness Basketball and Internet TV

If you would like to learn how the NCAA basketball tournament could feed demand for getting Internet Video to the TV, this audio program is for you. CBS is giving Microsoft and the Win-tel computer makers a great opportunity to boost demand for their products in advance of next month
Publication date: 2009-02-22 more

Silverlight 3 Ships

Silverlight 3 is out in the wild!! (team-signed poster in my office) Links to all the good stuff: Developer Runtime (pc, mac) SDK (link) VS Tools (link) Expression Blend RC (link) July Toolkit (link) Some of the new Silverlight 3 features include
Publication date: 2009-07-11 more

Silverlight Contest app updated with new RadialPanel

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Publication date: 2009-05-06 more

Your guided tour of the Microsoft Solutions Development Centre

When I decided to leave the patterns & practices team to move back to Australia, one of my big concerns was whether I would be able to work on teams with the quality and dedication I experienced on projects such as Enterprise Library. It turned out that my fears were unfounded, as Ive found myself working in the most high-performing team Ive ever experienced, Microsoft Australias Solutions Development Centre (SDC). The SDC is basically a software engineering team available for hire, buildi
Publication date: 2009-05-03 more

Blogs are the Most Important Innovation of the 21st Century

A case could be made that blogs and blog hosting websites like WordPress and Blogger are, so far,the most important innovation of this century, technological or otherwise. Prior to the advent of blogs, publishing online was a task reserved for the computer savvy. Sure, sites like Geocities and Tripod lowered the barrier, but still required a good deal of work and at leasta passing familiarity with HTML. It wasn't until blogs that the average person - my mom, my grandfather, etc. - could, with a
Publication date: 2009-02-14 more

Introducing the WebsiteSpark Program for Web Developers and Designers

Today marks the officially launch of the WebsiteSpark Program , which provides Web developers and designers access to Microsoft software and solutions, including Silverlight, as well as the training, support and, coming soon, market exposure to help great...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-09-26 more

Asp.net web site performance improvement

tips to speed up your asp.net application... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here .
Publication date: 2009-05-27 more

On Our Cross Plat Commitment

When I joined Microsoft and started talking about Silverlight, many in the Mac community expressed skepticism about Microsoft
Publication date: 2009-11-12 more

Placing 2D labels in a 3D scene

Hello everyone, Since that is my first blog, I suppose a short introduction won't do a harm. My name is Evtim Papushev and I am Software Developer @ Telerik. I'm in the Charting division and I currently work on the new RadChart for WPF. Well, that's enough about me, now let's move to the today's topic.   Placing labels in a 3-dimensional scene isn't an issue at all. Well, at least technically, it is simple - place a 3D model, then set text box as diffuse material, set the texture coordinates
Publication date: 2008-07-09 more

ClearRx Medical Prescriptions and Software Design

I understand that there was some folks at MIX09 who weren
Publication date: 2009-03-21 more

Grouping data in Silverlight DataGrid

Tim Heuer explains  how to add grouping to the DataGrid in Silverlight without using the RIA Services ObjectDataSource. Frankly I didn
Publication date: 2009-04-09 more

Eric Griffin

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Publication date: 2009-07-27 more

Silverlight 3 related information

Silverlight 3 has been release and now we have also the Unit Testing Framework binaries here that will help making Unit Tests in our solutions when using Silverlight 3. More information
Publication date: 2009-07-29 more

Business Apps Example for Silverlight 3 RTM and .NET RIA Services July Update Summary

This series on updating my Mix09 talk to current bits has sort of taken on a life of its own and I am not quite through, but I have had numerous requests for a directory of these posts so folks can quickly find what they are looking for.   Notice...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-08-03 more

How Silverlight 3 Validation Works

As RIA Services is plodding towards a release, many people are looking at it to help them with validation of data in Silverlight. Using this validation in Silverlight 3 is pretty straightforward but there are some caveats. I want to show you under the covers so you understand what is happening. In this first part of the series, let's look at what it means to use validation from the outside.
Publication date: 2009-09-28 more

Adobe helps search engines to handle Flash

Adobe helps search engines to handle Flash Jack Schofield / Internet / Search 02:11pm A number of web sites are written using Adobe's Flash technology, which search engines have not been able to search. Now some will be able to, according to Adobe. It says: Adobe is providing optimized Adobe Flash Player technology to Google and Yahoo! to enhance search engine indexing of the Flash file format (SWF) and uncover information that is currently undiscoverable by search engines. Google has
Publication date: 2008-07-01 more

Tips for Presenting

It
Publication date: 2009-03-05 more

Tech Ed 2009 Demo Files

It is always a blast to talk at Tech Ed and this year was no different. It was great to get to meet many of you and hear how you are using DataGrid, DataForm, Validation, and RIA Services in your projects today. As promised, here are the files for the...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-05-18 more

Interesting Finds: July 12, 2009

Other Google Stealing Apple
Publication date: 2009-07-12 more

Microsoft Live Mesh Ad In Google Search - Is Microsoft Using Google Adwords To Promote Its Products?[Screen Capture]

Today we spotted Microsoft Live Mesh product promotion link in Google Search Sponsored Links section. Google shows few top most links of products in search results as Sponsored Links when the product vendor use Google Adwords for advertising. Here is the screen capture of Google Search results when searched for Live Mesh. Clicking on the sponsored link leads to Microsoft Mesh Website. This shows that Microsoft is using its rival advertising platform for promoting it products. This is no
Publication date: 2008-08-24 more

PDC09 Talk: Building Amazing Business Applications with Silverlight 4, RIA Services and Visual Studio 2010

I had a great time at my talk today at PDC2009 .  I was able to spend much of the time in a demo
Publication date: 2009-11-20 more

Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 8/31/2009+

Windows Azure, Azure Data Services, SQL Azure Database and related cloud computing topics now appear in this weekly series. Note: This post is updated daily or more frequently, depending on the availability of new articles in the following sections: Azure Blob, Table and Queue Services SQL Azure Database (SADB) .NET Services: Access Control, Service Bus and Workflow Live Windows Azure Apps, Tools and Test Harnesses Windows Azure Infrastructure
Publication date: 2009-09-02 more

Greenery - Free DotNetNuke CSS Skin

Greenery is a free, tableless, W3C-compliant website design. This skin comes with 3 variations greenery
Publication date: 2008-07-01 more

Google Adsense - I Share Some Info And Tips

Google Adsense - I share some info and tips Go check out the new Flat House Share site if you need or have a room or property! Have you ever wondered what exactly is up with adsense? This informative report can give you an insight into everything you
Publication date: 2009-05-29 more

Link Listing - February 6, 2009

Link Listing - February 6, 2009 ASP.NET The ASP.NET Diet Part 1
Publication date: 2009-02-10 more

Speaking on Designer/Developer workflow tools with Ryan Stewart on Oct 21

Since its inception, the Seattle Interact group
Publication date: 2009-09-24 more

AT&T to provide the built in wireless access on Barnes & Noble

American operator AT&T will be providing the built in connectivity for the Plastic Logic eBook reader that will be offered by Barnes & Noble in early 2010 said The Wall Street Journal .
Publication date: 2009-07-24 more

Adding Silverlight Video to Websites with Expression Web 3

Expression Web makes it faster and easier to create standards-based Web sites with rich Silverlight content. With Expression Web 3, you can easily add and encode Silverlight video for your websites. And you can also add Silverlight content from Expression...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-10-15 more

RIA plug-in stats: Flash dominates

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Publication date: 2009-03-06 more

My ASP.NET MVC stack and why I chosen it

In my current project I'm starting to develop a new web application using ASP.NET MVC and given all the environmental conditions, choosing the stack, from the tools to the libraries was not an easy task. I had to come to a few compromise to cope with all the different "forces" involved, so I though it would have been a good idea to share my reasoning and the final decision to show an example how an architect that works in "normal" company (as opposed to HeadSpring and such kind of on-the-edge co
Publication date: 2009-10-16 more

Eloquera DB 2.1 is released (.NET object database)

http://www.eloquera.com Eloquera DB 2.1 is released. Eloquera is the object database for .NET. Eloquera supports native operations with objects, SQL queries, unique object identification for stateless environments like web applications (ASP.NET).  Eloquera's architecture and technology specifically targets at the Web developer. Eloquera Database is free. It costs nothing to use our database with commercial and non-commercial projects. For peace of mind you can buy support for your database...
Publication date: 2009-09-27 more

Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, a memorial

Today represents a significant moment in music history, as millions of eyes focus on one single event
Publication date: 2009-07-08 more

First Book on SketchFlow: A Chapter Available for Download

Sara Summers and Chris Bernard are writing a book on SketchFlow. Yay, thank you! You can get a free chapter including tutorial projects at http://www.dynamic-prototyping.com/....( read more )...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-07-14 more

Internet TV Pioneer, Narrowstep, Acquired by KIT Digital

KIT Digital, a provider of IP-based video technologies, announced Wednesday that it has acquired the assets (and assumed various current liabilities of) pioneering Internet TV company, Narrowstep. The deal follows the collapse of a previously announced agreement ( see [itvt] Issue 7.87 Part 1 ), under which Onstream Media was to acquire the company. KIT Digital says that the acquisition will expand its client delivery capabilities, particularly in live streaming, long-form delivery and delivery
Publication date: 2009-04-10 more

Control System Works 1.0.623.0

updated on Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:22:07 +0300 - Web HMI/SCADA/EMI Silverlight-based framework
Publication date: 2009-07-06 more

Pete Brown's Silverlight Development Machine

Pete Brown has posted the tools and products he uses on a regular basis when working in Silverlight . There are others that pop up now and again, but I figured I
Publication date: 2009-03-14 more

Silverlight Tip of the Day #87

When a Silverlight application is launched the entry point is a class that inherits from System.Windows.Application. By default, when you create a new Silverlight application project, this would be your App class which gets defined in App.xaml.cs. You...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-01-27 more

SharePoint CAML Query builder dialog for your Web Parts

SharePoint CAML Query builder dialog for your Web Parts... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2009-02-22 more

Microsoft To Bring Silverlight To Moblin Linux

Microsoft has announced plans to bring its Silverlight technology to Moblin Linux . This is the first time the company has mentioned anything about Silverlight running on any Linux distribution. Up until now the only way to access Silverlight content including web video and interactive web media on a Linux system was to use Moonlight , an open-source implementation of Silverlight developed by Novell and Microsoft. Moblin is an Linux Foundation project and is an open source Linux-based sy
Publication date: 2009-09-25 more

Silverlight 3 Controls Sample App

Want a quick reference and simple example of how to use all the cool controls in Silverlight 3?  Check out the Silverlight Toolkit Samples The best part is not only can you run it as a quick reference and get a feel for how the controls work, but...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-07-14 more

Silverlight in

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Publication date: 2010-01-30 more

See You on Microsoft Day @ Dhaka!

Microsoft Community in Bangladesh proudly presents Microsoft Day @ Dhaka. This is a special day dedicated to all Microsoft technology professionals and students in Bangladesh. We will be having the best Microsoft community technologists from Bangladesh - Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) delivering sessions at the event. This technology marathon is a great opportunity to learn from the best and network with each other. Both Microsoft developers and networking professionals
Publication date: 2009-06-17 more

HTML now a data format

About a year ago, I asked the question on this blog whether HTML could and should be used as a data format: http://weblogs.asp.net/bleroy/archive/2008/11/26/should-html-be-considered-as-a-data-format.aspx After all, it actually already has semantic constructs appropriate for tabular data, for collections, for hierarchical data and for object graphs of any kind. Well, apparently I wasnt the only one to think that (not that I expected I was): http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/m
Publication date: 2009-10-10 more

More Layoffs and Deals

With the confirmation that Yahoo and Microsoft have renewed their potential partnership discussions, analysts have taken a look at the new potential dealsandmdahs;and they say that Yahoo stands to benefit in several scenarios. And thats a good thing, since Yahoo is looking to make its first layoffs since Carol Bartz became CEO in January. Many analysts are basing their... Layoffs and Deals ...numbers on the terms set forth over the last year of negotiations between the two companie
Publication date: 2009-04-25 more

Bringing the Silverlight Toolkit's TreeMap to WPF [Silverlight/WPF Data Visualization Development Release 0]

Now that Data Visualization is part of the Silverlight Toolkit and the WPF Toolkit , it has an official release vehicle for both platforms of interest. This is great because it means that any customers who need to be running signed bits from an official...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-07-17 more

Expander Control Part 1

I recently described the HeaderControl from the Silverlight Toolkit. Derived from the HeaderControl (and thus, to be thought of as a specialized version of the HeaderControl) is the Expander. In its simplest form, the Expander has two properties that do all the work: the Header property and the Content property. Put text into each, and hey! presto! you have a working expander.
Publication date: 2009-02-03 more

Link Listing - September 1, 2008

Link Listing - September 1, 2008 Sharepoint Setting up your SharePoint development environment [Via: Andrew Connell ] SharePoint (WSS 3.0 & MOSS 2007) SDK Updated August 2008 (v1.4) [Via: Andrew Connell ] WPF XAML Power Toys [Via: Karl Shifflett ] Link Collections Some more interesting finds [Via: Jason Haley ] Some more interesting finds [Via: Jason Haley ] LINKBLOG for August 31, 2008 [Via: Steve Pietrek ] Dew Drop - August 31, 2008 [Via: Alvin Ashcraft ] Links of the Week #51 (week 35
Publication date: 2008-09-17 more

Market bullying

I wanted to find out what Microsoft Expression Media
Publication date: 2008-05-06 more

Microsoft Vine To Connect Family, Friends When Crisis Hits

Microsoft is launching a new product into private beta on Tuesday morning with the aim of keeping friends and family in touch during emergencies. The idea for product, called Microsoft Vine , came to Microsoft GM Public Safety Initiatives Tammy Savage four and half years ago during Hurricane Katrina . Development started a year and a half ago. Vine is designed to keep family and friends in touch when other communication methods are either broken or not particularly efficient. Times of cris
Publication date: 2009-04-28 more

Bytes by MSDN: Brad Abrams Interview with Billy Hollis: Silverlight 4, RIA Services and VS2010

Bytes by MSDN is doing a bunch of really interesting interviews with folks behind the technology.   In this interview I talked to Billy Hollis about Silverlight 4, RIA Services and VS2010. Tune in with Brad Abrams and Billy Hollis as they discuss...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-12-10 more

Live From Redmond

In response to your feedback, a couple minor changes to the schedule
Publication date: 2008-07-05 more

How to maintain and troubleshoot BizTalk Server databases

952555 ... How to maintain and troubleshoot BizTalk Server databasesThis RSS feed provided by kbAlerz.com.Visit kbAlertz.com to subscribe. It's 100% free and you'll be able to recieve e-mail or RSS updates for the technologies you pick from the Microsoft Knowledge Base.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2008-09-15 more

500 Screencasts and Counting

Yes, were gonna party like its 1999 because we've just reached a sweet little milestone for The DevExpress Channel. We published the 500th screencast this week with the WPF Grid - Feature Tour screencast. Since launching the DevExpress Channel in July 2008, weve pumped out about 38.4615 videos a month! Sure, Ill grant you that some months had more videos than others but I stand by the milestone. Therefore, in just a little over one year: over 403,000 total views (nearly 1/2 million)...
Publication date: 2009-10-16 more

Silverlight 2 B2 Resources

Silverlight 2 B2 Resources Posted by on June 24th, 2008 Based on the questions I received in the last period, I
Publication date: 2008-06-24 more

Streaming Media Webinar with Microsoft and Internap on Enterprise Video

We
Publication date: 2009-12-09 more

Dew Drop - August 1, 2008

  .NET / Visual Studio Using Regions in Code Files (Chris Love) VS + ViEmu + (ReSharper Modded with AutoHotkey) (Jean-Paul S. Boodhoo) Playing with ADO.NET Data Services (Mike Hadlow) How to Program Visual Basic 2008 - A Master Text (Joe Stagner) .NET Rocks! - Issam Elbaytam and Scott Wileke on Active Reports and More (MS Downloads) LINQ to AD - Refresh Release 1.0.1 Available (Bart de Smet) Extension Methods Roundup: Intersect, Union, AsNullable and GroupEvery (Omer van Kloeten) RockScroll F
Publication date: 2008-08-01 more

Silverlight Design Time: Toolkit July 2009 Release Update

I have been very busy and haven
Publication date: 2009-10-01 more

Custom ASP.NET Page Tracing

Starting a new large-scale project with an ASP.NET front-end, I wanted to add a mechanism to get constant feedback about what my app was doing. Something similar to the built-in tracing mechanism, but far more lightweight. is great for specific cases, but it probably isn't something you want to leave on all the time while developer and even if you do, there's so much noise you might miss out on those vital pieces of information. So after googling around for a good solution and being surprised...
Publication date: 2008-08-16 more

Pixel Lab Silverlight Site Launched

Funny how your own site is always the lowest priority when your job is to create websites for other people. It
Publication date: 2009-05-15 more

Desert Code Camp Is This Saturday (May 31st)

Arizona's Desert Code Camp is this Saturday (May 31st) at the University of Advanced Computing building.  Here's the address: University of Advancing Technology 2625 W. Baseline Road (map) Tempe, Arizona 85283 It looks like there are a lot of great talks scheduled covering everything from iPhone development to game development to line of business applications.  I'll be giving a talk titled Integrating Data Into Silverlight 2 Applications on behalf of Interface Technical Training which i
Publication date: 2008-05-30 more

Hey Startups – get some BizSpark

Remember DreamSpark , the program for students in higher education to get access to the developer tools and platforms from Microsoft at no charge ? How about some love for individuals in startup organizations trying to create the next great innovation...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-11-05 more

EVENT: Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2008 registration now open

The Professional Developers Conference is Microsoft's largest shindig for developer's in the world.  I've attended this twice in my life and... well... it's really something else.  Everyone there is a seriously hardcore developer of some sort - as in, this is their livelyhood.  Occasionally, you'll see execs or marketing folks from companies trying to court Microsoft or trying to sell to the developers there, and of course you'll also see recruiters galore hunting down good talent, but by far
Publication date: 2008-06-02 more

Zune HD to compete with ITouch

Microsoft just recently made some announcements that they will be releasing the new Zune HD. The new Zune HD will also support the now much loved multi-touch capabilities that has made the ITouch and the IPhone as famous as they are. From the image above you can see that the new Zune HD is going for an advanced look with the beveled edges. I owned a Zune first generation and then I bought myself a Zune (120GB version) later. I really did like it mainly because of the very large screen that
Publication date: 2009-05-29 more

ScottGu Mix Keynote coding demo posted

A ton of folks have asked us about getting the source code to Scott
Publication date: 2009-04-27 more

Link Listing - August 11, 2008

ASP.NET JavaScript ASP.NET Data Templates (or, I was missing Data Templates in Silverlight
Publication date: 2008-08-24 more

Books On My Reading List

Posted by Davy Brion on February 1st, 2009 What does any self-respecting European development geek do when the British Pound
Publication date: 2009-02-02 more

Multi-Mania 2008 slides and demo's

On 22th May, the 8th edition of Multi-Mania took place in Kortrijk. For the first time, I was invited there to do a talk on Silverlight 2. The crowd was really interested in what can be done with Silverlight, resulting in quite a lot of questions afterwards. The event itself is mostly organised by HOWest, a high school located in Kortrijk that is in Belgium a real frontrunner when it comes to multimedia courses, game development and the like. Fellow MVP Brecht Kets is also a teacher
Publication date: 2008-05-25 more

Thirsty Developer Show - Twitterlight (Silverlight + Twitter Client)

Last week Larry Clarkin of The Thirsty Developer and I sat down to discuss my hobby project Twitterlight, a fully-functional Twitter client written in Silverlight. We discussed Twitter's REST service, getting started with Silverlight development and some common pitfalls to avoid. I think it turned out nicely, check it out and let me know if you have questions or thoughts: Listen to the podcast The source code is available at http://employees.claritycon.com/sholstad/publicsource/Twitterlight_v22.
Publication date: 2009-01-28 more

SlideShare thrives with a 3 million funding round

In terms of documents recreation, the most saturated market in web 2.0 is without a doubt
Publication date: 2008-05-10 more

Index for Business Apps Example for Silverlight 3 RTM and .NET RIA Services July Update

  Thanks to all of you who asked
Publication date: 2009-10-28 more

4 Awesome Visual Search Engines To Transform Your Search

Microsoft
Publication date: 2009-09-24 more

Tip of the Day #31: How to Detect Alt, Shift, Control, Windows and Apple keys with Left Mouse Down in Silverlight

When clicking on your Silverlight application how do you know if the <Alt>, <Shift>, <Ctrl>, <Windows> and/or <Apple> key is down as well? To do this, you simply need to check the Keyboard .Modifiers member which returns...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-08-26 more

Whats new in jQuery 1.3? Drew Douglas Answers

This is well worth your time, Drew Douglass spends a few minutes creating a very detailed post about what
Publication date: 2009-01-29 more

A big step for Stored Procedures in EF4

When you are building or updating a model from a database, included Stored Procedures find their way into the SSDL (Store Schema Description Layer) of the metadata but not into the conceptual model. In order to expose them in your model, you need to create something called a Function Import which imports that stored proc from your SSDL into your model. In EF4, when you run the Function Import Wizard, you will see a new option: Complex. Complex Types have been around since the beginning of Entit
Publication date: 2009-08-02 more

TechSmith Camtasia Studio v6.0.1 Build787 Portable Precrackd

portable and precracked...just open and start using People don
Publication date: 2009-06-25 more

Cecil Conclusion

I finished the Cecil.Reflection.Emit prototype of ikvmc. As I, unfortunately, expected the performance isn't acceptable. Compiling tools.jar takes approx. 18 seconds with the Ref.Emit backend, but takes 51 seconds with the Cecil based backend. Now, I'm not knocking Mono.Cecil because of its performance, because I think the design was based on making it easy to load an assembly, tweak it and write it back out again. For that application the design makes a lot... Did you know that DotNetSlackers a
Publication date: 2008-08-27 more

Events - Unplugged sessions of interest to solutions architects and web designers

Events - Unplugged sessions of interest to solutions architects and web designers Posted by on September 17th, 2008 These Unplugged sessions by Nigel Parker are very much complimentary to the current series of Architect forums. We figured it would make sense to showcase some excellent work done with Silverlight via the architect forums at the same time Nigel was discussing the more nitty gritty aspects of Silverlight, WPF and several other technologies that drive towards service enabled ri
Publication date: 2008-09-17 more

Five Ways The Olympics Risks Losing The Online Audience

The Olympics are traditionally one of the biggest events in television, and the 2008 Beijing Olympics is sure to carry on this tradition. However, people
Publication date: 2008-08-07 more

Edit cells in gridview in asp.net

this article shows how to edit individual cells in gridview... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2009-02-13 more

Silverlight Tip of the Day #54: How to Develop with Silverlight Tools for Free

The recent RC0 release of Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio is now compatible with Visual Web Developer Express with SP1 installed! Express is FREE and can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/express/download/ . This version only supports the...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-10-01 more

Leo Tolstoy for Developers

All successful software projects resemble one another;each failed project fails in its own way. Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2009-03-05 more

Tips and Tricks for searching for Silverlight content on MSDN

Because of the nature of Silverlight 2's API library, and its relationship with the APIs in the .NET Framework, finding content in the MSDN library using Search can be frustrating. (Even more frustrating than usual, that is :-P ) Following are some...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-06-28 more

GridView Enhancements and Fixes

Enhancements and Fixes that add features like more control over column widthes and preventing wrapping.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2008-06-24 more

Did you know about protocol-relative hyperlinks?

If you use IE8, youve probably puzzled over this dialog dozens of times: Its kind of an odd question: Do you want to view only the webpage content that was delivered securely? Yes, of course! I mean, no. Well, whats that only bit mean? Fortunately, that dialog is explained in more detail in a post on Eric Laws IE Internals blog. Its a warning about a webpage which displays mixed content, meaning both HTTP and HTTPS. Eric explains the weird wording a bit, too: the old dialog said This page co
Publication date: 2009-10-16 more

How To: Telerik RadGrid for ASP.NET AJAX client-side data-binding to WCF

In continue to my previous posts related to RadGrid for ASP.NET AJAX client-side data-binding, I've created new example how to bind the grid to a WCF service: web.config service registration:
Publication date: 2008-09-17 more

LXer: Why Microsoft won't fight moblin

Published at LXer: There have been quite a few Moblin related announcements these last weeks: The release of the final version of Moblin 2.0, the Moblin Garage and the preview release of Moblin 2.1. More interesting is the news released by Microsoft's Silverlight team that they will develop Silverlight 3 for Moblin. Unlike Moonlight that is a Novel sponsored open source rewrite of Silverlight available for all Linux distribution, this looks like a binary only package that will be developed dir
Publication date: 2009-09-29 more

CBS Reports Huge Online Traffic for March Madness Video

CBS is once again offering live streaming video of every game of the first round of the NCAA Tournament on CBSSports.com. Today, they
Publication date: 2009-03-21 more

Deploying WCF EndPoints as solutions in SharePoint 2007

Ad:: SharePoint 2007 Training in .NET 3.5 technologies (more information). This feed URL has been discontinued. Please update your reader's URL to : http://feeds.feedburner.com/winsmarts Read full article .... ... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2008-09-09 more

Posts about Ecommerce as of March 16, 2009

Microsoft Small Business Manager eCommerce - Overview - consumerpost.com 03/16/2009 Microsoft Business Solutions Small Business Manager is scaled down Great Plains Dexterity based version of Microsoft Great Plains or former Great
Publication date: 2009-03-17 more

Check your Silverlight 2 apps for compatibility with Silverlight 3

One of the goals of new versions of Silverlight is to be be backward compatible with previous versions. We make this a priority goal so that people can keep their previous applications deployed while not worrying that people with newer Silverlight will...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-06-06 more

INFO:

Looks like we
Publication date: 2009-04-25 more

Flash vs Silverlight: 3D Image Space

3D Space is back again! My first post 3D Text Space received a lot of comments and I decided to apply the logic on images. The effect is much more groovy than the original one! And you may now vote your favorite sample! It included both Flash and Silverlight versions with complete source codes.
Publication date: 2008-09-09 more

Free is free

Following my review of Chris Andersons book Free: The Future of a Radical Price, I found a few interesting interviews and presentations by Anderson and most interesting, I found that you can get the book for absolutely free. The book is available online from Google Books and Scribd and the audio version is free at Audible.com or as zipped MP3 files from Wired. Heres a 5 minute overview by Chris Anderson: Chris Anderson on Charlie Rose show talking about new book "Free": Andersons... Did
Publication date: 2009-07-31 more

The Morning Brew #368

I
Publication date: 2009-06-16 more

Silverlight Tour Montreal in November

The Silverlight Tour is coming back to Montreal next week. When: November 02-04 Where: Montreal, Qc Registration (Fr): http://www.runatserver.com/SilverlightTraining.aspx If you are looking for 3 days of intensive Silverlight training in French this is your chance to learn it from soup to nuts! ... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: he
Publication date: 2009-10-28 more

Welcome

Welcome Posted by on June 16th, 2008 Hi Welcome to the Microsoft Worldwide Events weblog. Sign up to receive exciting news about upcoming features and enhancements in msevents.microsoft.com portal. Coming soon: A Silverlight based experience! This post originated from and is provided by the MSDN Blogs RSS feed. The original post of the article can be found here. Posted in MSDN Blogs | Comments Off
Publication date: 2008-06-17 more

Multi-Page Applications in Silverlight

I wanted to build a multi-page (Search - Results) application when I realized that isn't really our model. Fortunately, I wrote to Ashish Shetty , who combines enormous knowledge with enormous kindness, and even though he is in the middle of blogging...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-05-31 more

Digital Video Camera and Editing S/W for a Kid?

My youngest likes to record video, but has been doing so on busted equipment and doesn't have anyone that knows what to do with it once he's got it. His birthday's coming up and I'd like to get him a DV camera and sit down and learn a piece of editing software that folks recommend so I know he'll be able to do cool things with the resulting video. Does anyone have any recommendations? Is the video editing software that comes with XP any good (that's what he runs on his laptop)? How about the one
Publication date: 2008-08-12 more

Awesome Resources on WPF and Silverlight with Billy Hollis

This weeks Byte from MSDN and TechZulu is with Billy Hollis.  He brings some great resources on WPF and Silverlight and his list of favorite technical resources, which blogs he reads, and why he's hesitant to tell you about them!   About Billy Billy Hollis authored many of the earliest books on .NET, and has been working with WPF and Silverlight for over three years. He is a regular speaker at conferences such as Tech
Publication date: 2009-06-21 more

A slightly less trivial browser history example

One of the ASP.NET features that will be officially mainstreamed in the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 release is browser history. (Video) (The feature has been available in Futures releases and in the SP1 beta for a while.) In my editing role I keep crossing paths with the browser history feature, and in my limited exposure to it, I kept thinking that the examples I was seeing were sort of trivial.[1] In particular, the examples I was seeing either a) showed history for a single state change or b) in w
Publication date: 2008-07-04 more

92% of Flash users affected by 0-day hole?

Jul.26, 2009 in Security, Short newslinksSecunia released some interesting statistics last week; according to their numbers, at least 92% of the people using their PSI scanner that have Flase Player installed are running a version that is affected by the zero-day attack that was recently discovered. The real number might be even higher; they didn
Publication date: 2009-07-27 more

Using Popup to create a Dialog class

Presenting a dialog to the user is a common task for many applications. Silverlight 2 does not have a Dialog class, but it is possible to use the Popup class to create a very credible dialog. My Dialog class can
Publication date: 2008-06-09 more

Falling Snow in Silverlight

Learn how to create a falling snow effect in Silverlight using nothing more than a behavior....( read more )...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-12-21 more

Silverlight's Big Bang Moment

Silverlight's Big Bang Moment Tomorrow is the official start of the 2008 Summer Olympics and, along with it, the "big bang" moment for Silverlight. It's really the first site with mass appeal to really show off the capability of the platform, especially in places where it excels over Flash. Comparisons with Flash are unavoidable and expect pundits to dissect everything on the site. For decision makers and web designers, this will be their first chance to evaluate Silverlight in a real world
Publication date: 2008-08-08 more

DEVELOPER DINNER: Whats new in ASP.NET 4.0 (Web Forms, AJAX, and JQuery)?

Attend this event for your chance to win an Xbox 360 Xbox 360 will be raffled at the conclusion of the dinner. Wednesday, February 18, 2009 6:00 PM - Wednesday, February 18, 2009 8:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Welcome Time: 5:30 PM Microsoft Reston Office 12012 Sunset Hills Rd Reston Virginia 20190-5869 United States Event Overview Background: In October 2008 at the Microsoft Professional Developer Conference in Los Angeles, the ASP.NET 4.0 Roadmap was presented which... Did you know that Do
Publication date: 2009-02-10 more

St. Louis DotNet User Group Meeting

So I went to the St. Louis .Net user group meeting after work this evening, two months in a row now! It was definitely an interesting presentation from Denny Boynton . He was talking about Software + Services, rather than SaaS. It was a good talk, but...(read more)... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2008-07-29 more

Using Classes To Fight CSS Class Explosion

I previously wrote about taking CSS beyond a simple style library by writing HTML thats easy to style. Id like to go into one point in a bit more detail avoiding class explosion by leveraging descendant selectors: You might think that really stylable HTML needs classes all over the place. That's not true, thanks to descendant selectors, which let you target elements inside a parent element. For instance, descendant selectors will let you style all elements which appear inside a
Publication date: 2008-06-19 more

New: Security Developer Starter Kit

The Microsoft SDL - Developer Starter Kit offers 14 modules of content, labs, and training to help you establish a standardized approach to rolling out security development policies and industry best practices into your organization.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here .
Publication date: 2009-09-08 more

Paving my machine for a fresh 2009 - First-Pass Must-Haves

Back in 2006 I paved (or "formatted", or "torched", or "gave " a technical enema ") to my main machine and blogged about the what I call the first-pass software I installed on this new fresh machine . It was time to torch my Atwood Quadpower machine and name it Quadpower7 . Time for a clean install, and this time it includes Windows 7 x64 Ultimate . I know I have a Tools List (that I know needs to be updated, thank you) but what I needed on this new machine was to be as p
Publication date: 2009-03-31 more

gift of healing

is the gift of healing still operating today? who is the healer? how do we pray for healing?some people says that when you sin, you do not have the authority to make healing manifest. is it true?if it is not true, then how do we pray for healing?pastor prince talks about healing.this audio plays well ...Related posts:I hate Internet ExplorerFireFox 3 with Silverlight =
Publication date: 2009-08-23 more

Using statistics well

I recently wrote a rambling rant about the use (and overuse) of statistics, and pointed to the Twitter Influence Calculator (now Twitalyzer ) as a working example of statistics of questionable value. I should have paused. It turns out that (a) they are...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-03-08 more

Getting Started with Silverlight development

Over time a few people have contacted me about the missing WatermarkedTextbox from Scott Guthrie
Publication date: 2009-10-08 more

Web Hosting Provider, URLJet, Debuts Bulletin Message Board Backup Service (Try Hosted Kerio MailServer)

Web Hosting Provider, URLJet, Debuts Bulletin Message Board Backup Service (Try Hosted Kerio MailServer) July 29, 2008
Publication date: 2008-07-29 more

Silverlight soft-body physics

Here
Publication date: 2008-06-25 more

Nintex Offers Reporting Solution for SharePoint

In early August, Bellevue, Wash.-based Nintex rolled out a solution for those concerned with governance in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 environments.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2008-08-18 more

Silverlight and Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1

Well today was the public release of Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 . It is the first time developers will have the chance to take it for a spin and kick the tires. I wanted to share some information specific for Silverlight developers with regard to Visual...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-05-21 more

Nokia E72 - thin QWERTY messenger evolves - All About Symbian

Nokia E72 - thin QWERTY messenger evolves - All About Symbian Today, at the Nokia Connections Event in Singapore, Nokia announced its latest Nseries device - the Nokia E72. The E72 is an updated version of the Nokia E71, which was launched a Acrobat.com takes on Google and Microsoft - PC Advisor Adobe has moved its Acrobat.com web-based productivity and collaboration services out of beta and started offering for-fee subscriptions to provide what the company hopes will be a Microsof
Publication date: 2009-06-16 more

TechDays Toronto 2009 Begins!

Here are a couple of shots from the Toronto edition of TechDays , taking place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre right now. The Room I
Publication date: 2009-09-29 more

Pretty Code #1 Building SelectListItems

In ASP.NET MVC, you can use a collection of SelectListItems to help build an HTML . Just watch out for the HTML helper overloads. The question is what is the prettiest code that can change a list of Products into a collection of SelectListItems? Tonight, youll be the judge in this first contest of charm, grace, and readability. Contestant #1 hails from the System.Web.Mvc namespace. It likes pina coladas and string literals, but is turned off by tattoos that look like programming symbols.... D
Publication date: 2009-07-04 more

Four Twitter Silverlight Blogs

Because I
Publication date: 2008-07-28 more

Recent Podcasts

My recent DotNetRocks interview with Carl Franklin and Mark Dunn is live now. The three of us discuss our experiences as small business owners. I also did a show with Craig over at Polymorphic Podcast last week that should be live next week on caching and performance with ASP.NET. I did a similar caching show last year on dnrTV that runs through some nice demos and has sample code with it, but the show with Craig for PP adds a few more things (though without the screencast and demo code - au
Publication date: 2008-08-20 more

Building NBCOlympics.com with Silverlight - Video

NBCOlympics.com is one of the most ambitious projects on the web and one of the largest Silverlight applications today. Eric Schmidt takes us on a technical tour of how the site works and how it was built with Silverlight 2 and Windows Media. Watch: Video Source:
Publication date: 2008-08-08 more

Concurrent Basic on Channel 9 (Lisa Feigenbaum)

Concurrency is an important topic on everyone's mind, when considering future trends for computing and programming languages. Concurrent Basic is a variant of the Visual Basic language, with new constructs baked in to help handle concurrency and parallelism, in a very natural way. Watch this high-energy video with language guru Erik Meijer, VB spec lead Lucian Wischik, and MS researcher Claudio Russo, to learn more about what Concurrent Basic is all about! Expert to Expert: Inside Concurrent Bas
Publication date: 2009-02-26 more

Pandora to be Released for Windows Mobile

The full letter from Tom Conrad, CTO of Pandora, is available at http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=627. Basically, Tom has stated that a version for Windows Mobile devices will be coming out, but he refuses to guarantee when. One would assume it would be sooner rather than later and would hopefully support WMV 5, 6, and 6.1. If Tom or anyone is looking for a beta tester... :) Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articl
Publication date: 2008-09-12 more

Review of the SharePoint Scalability White Paper

A SharePoint Server 2007 Scalability and Performance whitepaper was recently released "to provide strategic information about designing a high-volume, high-availability enterprise solution that can easily grow." it was announced yesterday in the SharePoint Product Team blog. There is plenty of good content here, lots of good ideas, and many attractive diagrams. As for the tests, these are idyllic goals to shoot for if you want great performance minimize (or eliminate) inserts and deletes, keep..
Publication date: 2008-06-18 more

Silverlight Tip of the Day #101 - Bypassing the Image Cache

By default Silverlight will not download an image more than once if is contained within the image cache. That is, as long as the URI remains the same it will reference the image from the cache. So what if the image changed on the server even though it...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-03-27 more

Silverlight 3 and .NET RIA Services Keynote at VSLive!

I just finished up the keynote at VSLive in Vegas.     I did an update of my Building Amazing Business Applications with Silverlight 3 talk from Mix09 .  I updated to the latest internal builds of Silverlight 3 and .NET RIA Services late last week for this demo.  It was very fun to see stuff come together an improve.  There are some great updates to the Navigation Application template, navigation in general, authentication, master-details databinding, dataform and much more that makes t
Publication date: 2009-06-09 more

MIX09 News: Explore All the New Sessions

Explore sessions covering Web standards, workflow, Silverlight, Internet Explorer 8, WPF, Expression, SharePoint, and much more!... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2009-02-27 more

JavaScript ListBox Control

This article describes how to create a ListBox control using JavaScript.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2008-06-26 more

Issue 49 - DotNetNuke 5 Skin Packaging, Spam and SQL, OWS

October 2009 Welcome to Volume 5 / Issue 49 of DNN Creative Magazine This issue is the beginning of Volume 5, so it's our 4th birthday! We would like to say a special thank you to all of you who have supported us over the past 4 years, it means a lot to us. In this issue we demonstrate how to package skins for DotNetNuke 5. DotNetNuke 5 has introduced a new method of packaging skins using a .dnn manifest file. This allows you to install your entir
Publication date: 2009-09-21 more

Fun with Twitter for Mix09

One of the conference organizers for Mix09 gave me some free tickets to give away last week. I figured where better than Twitter for such nonsense, so we've been having some fun over there. (Here's how to use Twitter, if you care about the uselessfulness of Microblogging) *That Twitter Bird is from Kean Hui's collection of 100 Twitter Bird Icons. Twitter is limited, since you've only got 140 characters to be creative. Here's some of the things the "tweeple" have come up with. The "#mix09" c
Publication date: 2009-02-20 more

Silverlight 4 NotificationWindow and Queuing multiple notifications

One of the cool features for Silverlight 4 Out-of-browser applications that was announced as a part of the Silverlight 4 beta release is the NotificationWindow class. Most commonly referred to as
Publication date: 2009-11-23 more

Prism for Silverlight 2: Taking 'Hello World' to a Whole New Level

The world's most over-engineered "Hello World" application - a demo/reference sample of using Prism 2 for Silverlight with WCF and what I learned.
Publication date: 2009-09-13 more

Microsoft Invests in Video Delivery Firm Move Networks

Microsoft Invests in Video Delivery Firm Move Networks Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 25, 2008 - 11:38am. American Fork, Utah - Move Networks, a provider of Internet TV distribution technology, announced that Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) has paid an undisclosed sum for a stake in the company.
Publication date: 2008-08-26 more

Silverlight Tip of the Day #72 - How to call Page.xaml.cs from App.xaml.cs

Your App class (App.xaml + App.xaml.cs) is primarily used for global events and declarations such as styles. The primary events this class handles by default include: Application_Startup() - called when the applications starts. Application_Exit() - called...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-11-26 more

Silverlight Guidance: Whitepapers on SEO, Security, Media

Did you know that there are some whitepapers on Silverlight development? Just recently released is one on security in Silverlight development and deployment. You can view some others (some older, but there are still some gems): Security Guidance for Silverlight...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-03-08 more

Silverlight Tip of the Day #70

Silverlight provides a number of options for data collection, storage and retrieval. In this Tip I will be walking you through various ways of doing this. You will need to add a using statement in your page to reference System.Collections; BitArray. The...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-11-15 more

Silverlight 3 online and offline Docs updated

We just refreshed the online docs for Silverlight 3. In addition, the offline CHM has been updated. Most of the updates were just doc bug fixes. Right now writers are mostly focused on documenting Silverilght 4 Beta features (of course SL4 Beta hasn't...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-10-08 more

Internet Download Manager 5.16 build 3

Internet Download Manager 5.16 build 3 Internet Download Manager 5.16 Build 3 / 5.3 MB Information: Internet Download Manager (IDM) is a tool to increase download speeds by up to 5 times, resume and schedule downloads. Comprehensive error recovery and resume capability will restart broken or interrupted downloads due to lost connections, network problems, computer shutdowns, or unexpected power outages. Simple graphic user interface makes IDM user friendly and easy to use.Internet D
Publication date: 2009-04-06 more

Moonshine brings Windows Media to Linux

When I first looked at Moonlight, Novell
Publication date: 2009-02-14 more

Silverlight DataForm helpers

If you looked at the updated RIA Services Business Application template which had the authentication built-in, you may have seen the login screen with a little icon next to the password field: When you hover over this some helpful information displays...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-05-27 more

The Silverlight BlockText Control

Introduction Yes, I was searching for months if there is any possibility to simple justify block text! And I didn
Publication date: 2009-04-09 more

Version information

A simple regex to check a version information string of the style 1.0.0.0 Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2008-06-25 more

Silverlight Toolkit March 2009 released

Announcing the release of our latest Silverlight Toolkit: March 2009 edition. I just checked when I blogged last and that was in December 2008, when we released the December edition. Since then I have not posted a single thing
Publication date: 2009-03-20 more

Spotted First SketchFlow Prototype in the Wild :)

I spotted my first SketchFlow prototype running on a public-facing web site (without the player, but with a description): http://www.silverlightbuzz.com/ One note: If you like running storyboards as part of a screen, also consider using Visual States...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-07-15 more

Banner Ads Introduction

Website banners or just
Publication date: 2009-08-04 more

Silverlight, Deep Zoom & LOLCats.

Silverlight, Deep Zoom & LOLCats. Posted by on August 9th, 2008 I can haz ur LOLCats in DeepZoom Thx bai. Well, for those of you whom aren
Publication date: 2008-08-09 more

Flash vs Silverlight: JavaScript Sample 2

function updateProperty( x, y ) { var silverlightObject = document.getElementById("JavaScriptSample2"); silverlightObject.content.JavaScriptSample2.UpdateProperty(x, y); } Testing Vote for this sample Flash is Better? (0 votes) Silverlight is Better?...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-11-04 more

Silverlight

What if you want to get a Color from its hexa value (#FFBBCC88) ? Unfortunately Silverlight do not have the ColorTranslator class which allows you to do ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#FF1133") in ASP.NET. What we have is the Color.FromArgb() method which takes 4 parameters (alpha, red, blue and green channels as bytes). So here is a small method you could write: public static SolidColorBrush GetColorFromHexa( string hexaColor) { return new SolidColorBrush( Co
Publication date: 2009-04-23 more

Running a ASP.NET MVC project on Visual Studio 2010 Beta1

You probably already know that ASP.NET MVC is not included with Visual Studio 2010 Beta1 since MVC was released when Visual Studio release was being locked down. I hope it will be available from Beta2. It also looks like if you install ASP.NET MVC after Visual Studio 2010 it does not pick up as well. [...]... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look:
Publication date: 2009-05-24 more

Programming and Computer eBooks at wpspot

Here are many freely available Technical, Programming, and Computer eBooks at wpspot.info . These computer and programming ebooks cover many areas and topics, and their categories are linked here below. The ebooks are located on download sites, such as rapidshare and mediafire. This site also has download links for Video Training  (1511) and Audiobooks  (22). eBook Categories :   IT eBooks  (2022)  - Ajax  (68)  - Algorithms  (29)  - ASP  (23)  - Assembler  (8)  
Publication date: 2009-04-30 more

Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 10/21/2009+

Windows Azure, Azure Data Services, SQL Azure Database and related cloud computing topics now appear in this weekly series.
Publication date: 2009-10-25 more

I Cant Send E-Mail from localhost; Cannot connect to SMTP server

I see this question asked over and over in the ASP.NET forums and many times the answer is you have to have an SMTP server on your local machine. The person asking the question is usually under the wrong impression that setting the SMTP server property...(read more)... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here .
Publication date: 2009-09-07 more

Type-On Text for SketchFlow with a Behavior

Nick Josevski shows in an article on his blog how to create type-on animations using SketchFlow Animations. He also asks if anybody knows a different, maybe easier solution. Here is a really simple, quick&dirty behavior sample that handles type-on...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-08-25 more

Hanselminutes Podcast 164 - Silverlight 3 with Tim Heuer

My one-hundred-and-sixty-fourth podcast is up . When's Silverlight 10 coming out? These versions are moving pretty fast. Scott chats with Tim Heuer to try and make sense of it. How does offline for Silverlight work? What's the best way to keep on the...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-06-20 more

Visual Studio Add-In vs. Integration Package Part 1

It
Publication date: 2009-08-23 more

Weekend SharePoint Reading

Even though we all know how insanely bad SharePoint 2007
Publication date: 2008-06-09 more

WEB 2.0 Procurement platform by SammyD

We are looking for an experienced .NET developer to build a web SAAS accounting procurement platform. We have a basic design specification and reference sites offering similar features to what we are looking to build
Publication date: 2009-10-02 more

Web 2.0 AJAX Portal using jQuery, ASP.NET 3.5, Silverlight, Linq to SQL, WF and Unity - Omar AL Zabir blog on ASP.NET Ajax and .NET 3.5

Web 2.0 AJAX Portal using jQuery, ASP.NET 3.5, Silverlight, Linq to SQL, WF and Unity Dropthings
Publication date: 2009-07-06 more

Tip of the Day #19: Using Isolated Storage

Silverlight uses Isolated Storage as a virtual file system to store data in a hidden folder on your machine. It breaks up the data into two separate sections: Section #1 contains administrative information such as disk quota and section #2 contains the...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-07-19 more

Webcast Schedule for September 2008

Register today for our upcoming webcasts! DATE TIME LOCATION TITLE AND REGISTRATION LINK PRESENTERS OWNER TARGET AUDIENCE September 12, 2008 14:00 -15:30 EST Webcast Building Workflow Services (Windows Workflow (WF) and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)) Joel Reyes Joel Reyes Developers September 26, 2008 14:00 -15:30 EST Webcast Overview of Developer Identity Framework (Zermatt) Joel Reyes Joel Reyes Developers -Nandita... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles writt
Publication date: 2008-08-16 more

Silverlight and ADO.NET Data Service proxy generation

One of the nice little additions to the data client services in Silverlight 2 is the removal of the need to drop out of Visual Studio to do some proxy code generation. Prior to Silverlight 2 release, if you wanted to consume an ADO.NET Data Service (the...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-10-16 more

My Love Affair with FireFox 3

I get a pretty large number of hits to my old post on Speeding Up Firefox the Right Way. So much so that Brendan changed the algorithm we use to determine the top blog posts on CodeBetter.com! At least the ad revenue from that post helps pay for our servers and the large amount of bandwidth all of our wonderful readers consume (I'm not complaining, really). I downloaded Firefox 3 the day after it was released. Great download speeds and no dropped or busy connections. I have to say it is truly...
Publication date: 2008-08-12 more

What is needed is a revolution in Office

I think that Microsoft is missing a large opportunity with the Microsoft Office product. Ive been thinking about this for some time now. To me, it has been evolving in the wrong manner over these last few releases and it has bothered me greatly. You might be saying, what is Bill talking about here, they just did a major and well-received upgrade to Microsoft Office with the Office 2007 release!. I do have to say that you are right in that regard but what I am talking about is Microsoft Office f
Publication date: 2009-03-10 more

Play Olympic Games in Silverlight

With the Olympic ceremony only days away and being able to enjoy the Olympic experience online via Silverlight , why not get a little excited and play some casual games , Olympic style. All of these were build using Silverlight and the Popfly game creator...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-08-07 more

Share DataContext among navigation pages in Silverlight 3

I got an email the other day about if there was a way to pass an object between the navigation pages in Silverlight 3 .  The scenario was that the developer wanted to use the same data, but represent it visually in different ways. Silverlight 3 introduces a new navigation framework in the runtime making it easier to navigate to different areas of an application and assist in
Publication date: 2009-04-04 more

We love your comments!

Have you ever rated a topic on MSDN or provided a comment and a rating? Have you ever wondered if anyone looks at your rating or comment? The answer is yes. We (the User Education team) roll up the ratings data, and in particular, look at topics that...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-07-11 more

056 - Paolo Barone on academia, XNA, Silverlight, Twitter and Windows 7

Podcast feed - subscribe here! In this show, I
Publication date: 2009-03-09 more

Address Book and Events Reminder

Allows to maintain and backup your contacts and also maintains a reminder. You can store data in any of the three different databases like MS SQL Server, MySql, MS Access.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2009-02-14 more

IPL Cricket

Yesterday, I wrote about Indian Premier League
Publication date: 2009-04-19 more

Silverlight Tip of Day #97

Once you have an image loaded how do you go back and get the original file name for the source file? This can be accomplished through the Uri property of the images Source . However, you must first typecast the images Source to be a BitmapImage . The...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-03-01 more

PDC2008 Registration Opens with Preliminary Sessions

The wait is over! The public PDC2008 site just went live, and you can now register for the conference (and save $200 if you register early). We
Publication date: 2008-05-28 more

Is Microsoft/Novell

Microsoft betrays Moonlight in the sense that suddenly it gives Intel access to Silver Lie, for Moblin
Publication date: 2009-09-27 more

Fronteers 2009 and other conferences

After the success that was Fronteers 2008,Fronteers lost no time in starting up preparations for the next edition of our conference.I also want to inform you of the rest of my conference schedule this year.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2009-02-09 more

Testing Around ASP.NET Cache Features

It's still quite painful to try and test code that relies on ASP.NET Caching. Now, I love caching. Ask anybody. But testing around it can pretty much suck. The biggest source of pain for me at the moment is the SqlCacheDependency, which is freaking awesome in terms of functionality but freaking annoying in terms of testing around it. I have integration tests that, for some reason, occasionally fail claiming that "table X is not configured for SQL Cache dependency." This, despite a SQL scr
Publication date: 2008-07-09 more

ANNOUNCING - Government Software Developers Group on Facebook

I am pleased to announce the creation of the Government Software Developers Group on Face book. This group has been created to improve our ability to communicate digitally with YOU - software developers that develop applications for the US Federal, state, local government regardless of the technology platform that you develop on! We have also added a twitter application to the face book account so that any blog posts on http://blogs.msdn.com/publicsector conveniently show up as a twitter feed on
Publication date: 2009-02-10 more

Visual Basic How Do I Videos

Weve started two new How Do I videos series on the Visual Basic Developer Center. More to come, but heres the latest! ... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here .
Publication date: 2009-10-22 more

Beginning Silverlight 3

Coming soon... Product Description Silverlight design tools have important differences compared to those used to create Ajax and JavaScript functionality. Robert Lair takes you on a tour of all the tools, including Microsoft Expression Design, which plays an important part in creating Silverlight assets; Microsoft Expression Blend, which is used to build user interaction for Silverlight elements; and Microsoft Visual Studio, which manages the interaction between designers and developers,
Publication date: 2009-03-17 more

Tangram game using silverlight 2.0 by programmingbids

This is a quite short and easy project for the first version. Upon successful delivery, a second version with social networking features can be expected! OVERVIEW: The project involves creating a Tangram
Publication date: 2009-05-29 more

Silverlight Tip of the Day #62

Hyperlinks are a graphic or string that connects readers to another web site when clicked. Generally these are a few words that are identified by a blue color and a underline. Here is an example of a hyperlink: Click Me In Silverlight Hyperlinks can be...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-10-17 more

Fix the date: Italian ALT.NET Conference Summer Edition

We just booked the room, and fixed the date for the next Italian ALT.NET Conference: it will happen on Saturday June 27th, and will be held in Bologna (which is not where Spaghetti alla Bolognese was invented). The event is co-hosted by UGIALT.NET, the Italian ALT.NET user group, and DotNetMarche, the .NET user group from Marche. Im really happy to be able to organize this event together with the DotNetMarche guys, which proposed this collaboration last year when I talked about ASP.NET MVC at on
Publication date: 2009-02-26 more

FACTBOX-South Korea

FACTBOX-South Korea
Publication date: 2009-06-22 more

iPhone in the Enterprise

The new iPhone has hit the streets, and with its ActiveSync support, that means its hit our enterprise, too. We support Windows Mobile via Activesync and Blackberries via BES, and we enforce password and locking policies on all devices. The deal breaker is whether or not a device can be remotely wiped, which Windows Mobile and Blackberries can. One of our coworkers scored a new iPhone on Release Day, so we had a chance to test it out. After configuring ActiveSync, the iPhone picked u
Publication date: 2008-07-16 more

Standard Type Casting and "as" Operator Conversions

Converting objects from one type to another is a common practice in software development. When dealing with this, it is important to understand the difference between standard casting and using the "as" operator to convert. In this article, Brendan explains this difference and when to use each type of conversion. His code snippets demonstrate the information he is explaining in the article. Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We alread
Publication date: 2009-02-09 more

Microsoft to launch iPhone competing device - with Verizon?

Microsoft Corp. plans to take aim at Apple
Publication date: 2009-04-29 more

Virtual Earth Silverlight Control - Register Now

If you want to get your hands on the CTP of the Silverlight Virtual Earth Control then you will need to go to Connect. There you will have to complete a short survey and I guess you will then be informed when the download is available. https://connect.microsoft.com/silverlightmapcontrolctp -
Publication date: 2009-03-20 more

Adding a Location Crosshair to Silverlight Charts

Colin Eberhardt has a blog post in which he is described how to add a location crosshair to your Silverlight charts. Colin: The chart itself is rendered using the charting component of the recently release Silverlight Toolkit. Creating and displaying a simple line chart is as simple as referencing the correct silverlight toolkit namespaces and placing a chart with an associated lineseries into the XAML for your page.
Publication date: 2009-02-06 more

Binding a Silverlight DataGrid to Dynamic Data Part 2 - Editable Data and INotifyPropertyChanged

In a previous post Colin Eberhardt demonstrated a technique for binding a Silverlight DataGrid to dynamic data . With his next blog post Colin extends the previously described method by adding change notification . In my previous blog post I described a method for solving the commonly faced problem of binding a Silverlight DataGrid to dynamic data, the form of which is not know at compile time. This blog post extends on the method previously described, adding change notification, allowing
Publication date: 2009-04-24 more

Awesome WPF/Silverlight Guidance

The good news is that WPF and Silverlight are aligning, so
Publication date: 2009-06-15 more

.Net RIA Services: Sharing Code between the Client and Server

.Net RIA Services: Sharing Code between the Client and Server This is another post in a series of posts about building applications with Microsoft .Net RIA Services and Silverlight 3 and ASP.Net . Build a Simple Application with .Net RIA Services (Silverlight 3)
Publication date: 2009-04-15 more

How to Automate a Simple Deploy Using DataDude (Visual Studio 2008 Database Edition)

  Not sure why this was hard, but I wanted to make a trivial command file to deploy my database (or any change to it).  For those of you that dont know the DataDude project, I have to say... This site is a resource for asp.net web programming. It has examples by Peter Kellner of techniques for high performance programming... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlig
Publication date: 2009-10-25 more

"How can I filter out the images? I just want to read the articles."

NSFW-filter: Playboy Archive has 53 vintage issues of America's favorite gentleman's magazine up for free (legitimately). Requires a download of Microsoft's Silverlight. I know it's BEWBIEFILTER but hey, the advertisements alone are incredible.
Publication date: 2009-03-23 more

Running Silverlight 2 on Google Chrome using the Chrome Dev Channel

When Google Chrome first came out and I read that it used Webkit, the same rendering engine that powers Safari, I tried browsing a few Silverlight 2 sites. It kind of worked, as long as the sites didnt exclude browsers that werent on Microsofts official Silverlight support list. The controls loaded, but didnt animate or update smoothly. While Microsoft still isnt officially supporting Silverlight on Chrome, Chromes latest Dev Build (0.2.151.2) includes some specific fixes to support Silverlight
Publication date: 2008-09-17 more

Thursday Night Football

watch nfl thursday night football online watch nfl thursday night football Go-carting in Raleigh Thursday Night Football 9/10/2009
Publication date: 2009-09-11 more

Silverlight 2 in Action [ILLUSTRATED]

Chad Campbell, John Stockton,
Publication date: 2009-02-25 more

Silverlight 4 Adds Arabic Support

Silverlight 4 adds support for Arabic culture: Install, configuration and runtime UI are in Arabic and RTL layout on Arabic culture Support mixed BiDi/ComplexScript text Support RTL layout with FlowDirection attribute and implemented by all controls Below...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-11-19 more

Silverlight DeepZoom as an Ad Unit (MPU)

It turns out that the members of the Storm Ideas Team are big fans of Silverlight DeepZoom so they decided to create a prototype MPU for RoadRecord.co.uk . The MPU itself presents an image of a F1 car which in turn is made up of hundreds of images of cars which have been uploaded to the RoadRecord site. In place of the drivers visor is another image, this time of the RoadRecord logo, which is again made up of images which have been uploaded to the site.
Publication date: 2009-04-24 more

Silverlight Unit Test Framework will be updated for the Release Candidate tomorrow

Developers rejoice, ScottGu announced the wide availability to developers everywhere of the Silverlight 2 Release Candidate tonight. There were some changes since the Beta 2 release of Silverlight that require updated unit testing bits. I’ll be...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-09-27 more

500 Windows 7 tips, tricks and tutorials

From A About Windows - Open How to Open About Windows in Windows 7 To Z Zip Folders - Enable or Disable Windows Explorer View How to Disable Windows Explorer Folder View of Zip Folders in Windows 7 MVP Shawn Brink has collected near then 500 Windows 7 tips, tricks and tutorials.  Awesome! http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/257-windows-7-tutorial-index.html var addthis_pub="guybarrette";... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .ne
Publication date: 2009-10-14 more

Announcement: Windows 7 Rocks Screencast Contest: Now Accepting Applications!

Alright Keith and I are at it again and this time we want to give away the cool stuff like a: Lenovo T61P ! Okay do I have your attention now?  As some of you may recall we had a contest last time just for the MVP
Publication date: 2009-03-03 more

SQLAuthority News Shaivi Dave Baby SQLAuthority

Six days ago, on September 1st, 2009 07:03:40 AM, God blessed us with beautiful baby girl. As per Hindu Namkaran Sanskar (naming ritual), we have decided to name her as Shaivi. Thank you all for all the wonderful suggestions for the baby name. Selecting the right name for little one is really one of the [...]... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look
Publication date: 2009-09-08 more

Tweepware

Tweepware is a Microsoft Maps and Silverlight based Twitter Application. You can see exactly where in the world all your friends are. Tweepware also lets you send tweets and read messages all in a map interface. Advertisement 1. TwitSnaps is a much better way of sharing photographs on Twitter. It allows you to rotate and save, put a watermark, and get a magnified view of the images. 2. Update Twitter from your browser with Yoono 6.0 , plus you can manage Facebook and other soci
Publication date: 2009-06-21 more

Silverlight at Gamefest

This week I had the privilege of attending and helping with some Silverlight in casual games presentations at the XNA Gamefest conference happening in Seattle. I say helping because the real game experts were there. Two Silverlight presentations were...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-07-24 more

Silverlight 2

On Thursday night we published the first public release candidate for Silverlight 2, described in some detail by Scott Guthrie .  This is a developer-only release and you can learn all about what it is and how to get it in a terrific blog post by...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-09-27 more

iPhone - The truth does not change according to our

The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it. Author: Flannery O'Connor Using iphone @chrisledoux I just asked @shanselman when we'll be seing Silverlight for the iPhone . Apple apologizes for the "Baby Shaker" iPhone app. http://tr.im/jCOu Did you find it offensive? Currenlty programming an app for the Iphone . I hope to get it done soon. @frazzel their iphone interface is great, i think. better than the std version. Bump for the
Publication date: 2009-04-25 more

MySpace, Microsoft Partner for Windows Mobile App

In advance of this week's CTIA show , MySpace on Monday announced support for Microsoft Windows Mobile and Microsoft Silverlight. The social networking site's new mobile application, set to debut in the summer, will run on Windows-based phones. MySpace will also integrate Silverlight into the MySpace Open Platform. "Our relationship enables app developers to use Silverlight to create engaging MySpace apps and allows Windows Mobile users to have a more personal MySpace experience on thei
Publication date: 2009-03-31 more

Azure FAQ Part 1

Azure FAQ Part 1... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here .
Publication date: 2009-08-03 more

Asynchronous test support - Silverlight unit test framework and the UI thread

A discussion about the asynchronous, on-the-UI thread test features and methods found in the Silverlight unit test framework, along with some history....( read more )...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-03-05 more

Silverlight Support comes to MySpace

MySpace has announced support for Microsoft's Silverlight to deliver rich Internet application (RIA) experiences into the MySpace Open Platform....
Publication date: 2009-04-03 more

Hello Tekpub

James Avery and I have just launched a new site, Tekpub.com , that is focused on helping developers kick ass in their jobs. There have been a lot of questions about this after our
Publication date: 2009-10-25 more

Getting Started with Silverlight 3

Get an intro to Silverlight and learn what to install on your computer to get started with Silverlight design and development....( read more )...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-08-24 more

Forms Auth\Windows Auth

I was talking to some coworkers today about the scenarios for Forms Auth and Windows Auth in line of business applications.    We were having a debate about which was more common. As you might guess at Microsoft we are an all windows shop...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-06-06 more

Cross-platform feature parity: achieved [Silverlight version of ComputeFileHashes now includes MD5!]

I was very happy with last week's release of ComputeFileHashes supporting the command-line, WPF, Silverlight, *and* ClickOnce . Only one thing bothered me: the Silverlight version didn't do MD5 due to the lack of support for that type of checksum by Silverlight...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-01-27 more

SQL SERVER 2008 SSMS Feature Multi-server Queries

In my recent visit to TechEd India 2009 at Hyderabad, I had taken a technical session on SQL Server Management Studio 2008 New Features, which was attended by a huge number of participants and was very successful. I got loads of requests from my readers for posting the session online. My presentation involved several videos [...]... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Sil
Publication date: 2009-06-15 more

Dazzling Silverlight and SharePoint at SSWUG VConference

Here is the slide deck link: http://cid-8e2654c5f01e6069.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Presentations/Dazzling%20SharePoint%20with%20Silverlight.pptx Here are the code samples webservice and all: http://cid-8e2654c5f01e6069.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/CodeSamples?uc=1 If you have questions or comments don
Publication date: 2009-04-25 more

Announcing REMIX09 Australia call for Speakers

Following the sellout success of last years REMIX, I
Publication date: 2009-03-31 more

Netflix Watch Instantly coming to Windows 7 Media Center

Filed under: Media PCs In what is sure to be just the start of many announcements surrounding Windows 7 in the next few months leading up to the general release, Microsoft demoed Netflix on Windows7 Media Center at the Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting. No hard release date yet or big surprises here as Vista owners got this access some time ago and Extenders still don't support Silverlight. The good news though is that the app will be full touch screen capable, so for those with t
Publication date: 2009-07-31 more

Drop-Down Menu Button with Telerik ContextMenu for Silverlight

Sometimes, when a button is clicked we want to display a drop-down menu with options. This is handy interface, usually present in toolbars, but sometimes - as standalone buttons, like the Save As button in the the VS2008 Save As dialog. Sometimes the drop-down buttons consist of two parts action and menu, and are called split buttons. In this post I will demonstrate how to achieve the drop-down menu button part. If you need a split button, just add another button and keep track of what was the
Publication date: 2009-09-08 more

ASP.NET Membership and Roles in Silverlight 3

Shows how to hook up ASP.NET Membership and Roles providers for a Silverlight 3 Application using a WCF Service.   read more By Peter Bromberg Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here .
Publication date: 2009-05-03 more

Sunday March 1st, 2009 Ill be in a party with Palermo!

Party with Palermo: Alt.Net/MVP Summit 2009 Edition March 1, 2009 - Seattle, WA - 7:00PM - 10:00PM Jillian's: http://www.jilliansbilliards.com/ 731 Westlake Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109 Ph: 206-223-0300 Cover charge is 1 business card.  This will get you in the door and register you for the grand prize drawings. Free to attend Free fingerfood Free drink Free swag   Cheers AlPosted from http://weblogs.asp.net/albertpascual... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by to
Publication date: 2009-02-27 more

Why I'm Going To Mix

I confess, if I didn
Publication date: 2009-01-27 more

The problem going from Silverlight 2 beta 1 to Silverlight 2 beta 2

The problem going from Silverlight 2 beta 1 to Silverlight 2 beta 2 by Don Burnett I keep hearing of people doing scary things with Silverlight version 2 betas like deploying beta 1 application, then installing beta 2 and expecting it not to break.. Well most people who do have "broken" applications can rest assured there's probably not all that much to do to make your... Continue reading
Publication date: 2008-06-17 more

Data Binding Webcast

I presented a live Webcast today on Databinding and Data Templates, and a few resources were mentioned. As promised, here are links to all of them Learn Page Tutorials Videos Webcasts I have a tutorial specifically on data binding that is about to be...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-07-11 more

Microsoft Unveils Data Warehouse SQL Server Solutions

Microsoft and its hardware partners on Monday rolled out preconfigured data warehouse reference architectures that incorporate Microsoft SQL Server 2008.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2009-02-27 more

Use PopFly Game Downloader to nab your faves before it shuts down

Filed under: Fun , Games , Utilities , Microsoft , Freeware Microsoft may be pulling the pin on Popfly, but that doesn't mean you have to kiss your favorite games goodbye. What's that you say? You didn't even know there were games on Popfly ? Well, there are - and some are actually pretty fun. Over at Coding4Fun, they've released a handy tool that allows you to save the games you enjoy forever and ever. Or at least until you grow weary and decide it's time to delete them from your
Publication date: 2009-07-25 more

How to choose a client template engine

Disclaimer: I worked on the Microsoft Ajax 4.0 template engine, so my criteria are of course heavily influenced by our own design. Templates are a data rendering method that server-side developers have enjoyed since the old days of classic ASP and PHP. The idea was quite simple (add code blocks and dynamic expressions directly into HTML markup) but it revolutionized web development, which before that relied on the opposite method (spitting HTML from CGI code). On the client-side, the browser...
Publication date: 2009-02-06 more

Skyfire adds Silverlight support; Olympics fans rejoice!

Super awesome Skyfire browser, which is unfortunately still in the private beta stage, has added Silverlight support. The addition of Silverlight is made seamlessly in the backend, without requiring users to install a new plug-in or even update the browser version. The news is especially interesting in the times of Olympics, as all of the video footage of the summer games from Beijing is available through Microsoft
Publication date: 2008-08-18 more

Watch Olympics Online For Free

Watch Olympics Online For Free August 11, 2008
Publication date: 2008-08-12 more

10,000 netbook trial in victorian primary schools

There is a big netbook rollout underway in primary schools in Northern Victoria. The support wiki is netbook trial : 10,000 netbooks for 1:1 use in Year 5 and 6 classes (in Victoria Year 6 is the final year of Primary school) software is a mixture of proprietary (Microsoft, Adobe) and FLOSS (see list below) running Vista operating system (hard to figure since most netbooks are sold with XP) cost of each netbook is $550 - computer $480, bag $30, software $40 - this includes insurance cos
Publication date: 2009-04-04 more

Silverlight 3 and Flash: iPhone Dragging Effect

Here is a Flash vs Silverlight comparison on the fantastic iPhone Dragging Effect. it is a Text Dragger like the well-known dragging effect from iPhone or iPod touch. Simply drag the text up and down by holding down the mouse button. Let
Publication date: 2009-09-28 more

Introduction to HealthVault Development #8: Related items

Our current application allows users to track their weight, but some of our users also want to track the time they spend walking. In this episode, well extend our application to store and display that information. We will be storing that information in the Exercise type. First, well need to head off to the Application Configuration Center (theres a link at the bottom of the HealthVault Application Manager if you forget the URL) Locate your application, and look at the online access that is cu
Publication date: 2009-02-28 more

17 New Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Gallery Entries

Play games like Minesweeper, Cube Zone, War on Terrier and Shock or check out the newly submitted Silverlight applications such as Silverlight Presentation Tool, Deep Zoom Tag Browser and more!...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-07-19 more

Configuring WCF Services and Getting Them Ready to Ship

Get your WCF services production ready by learning all the configurable entities that make a WCF service rock solid and ready to ship.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2008-06-24 more

HTML5 Storage tests

I have started an HTML5 compatibility table today.For now it only contains a test of HTML5 Storage in all desktop browsers,and a short report is in order. I also retested the DOM HTML; no changes.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here .
Publication date: 2009-06-13 more

F# in VS2010

With Visual Studio, we strive to give your organization the tools to tackle a broad range of software problems with the interoperability and efficiency that you need and have come to expect from software based on the .NET Framework.   As part of this, Visual Studio 2010 marks the first release to directly support functional programming through the F# programming language.   F# is a highly productive .NET programming language combining functional programming and object-oriented
Publication date: 2009-10-10 more

OWL and Billboard Launch Landmark Concert Series using Microsoft Silverlight

Our World Live (OWL), a music marketing and broadcasting company, is partnering with Billboard.com to bring music fans a new internet concert series . Billboardlive.com utilizes OWL's state-of-the-art technology, powered by Microsoft Silverlight to provide...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-10-29 more

Get the Final Release of Expression Studio 2

The newest release of the suite of tools for creative professionals includes revolutionary capabilities such as Silverlight functionality, PHP support and Adobe Photoshop import capabilities....(read more)
Publication date: 2008-05-05 more

SQLAuthority News - Ahmedabad SQL Server User Group Meeting - August 2008

I will be attending Ahmedabad SQL Server Usergroup Meeting on August 30, 2008. I will be taking session about SQL Server CTE and Recursive CTE. The most important part of August Meeting is there will be presentation on
Publication date: 2008-08-25 more

Introducing nRoute.Toolkit for Silverlight (Part II)

Part one introduced a lot of new features in the toolkit like Bindable Dependency Objects, Bindable Triggers, Actions and Behaviours for Blend, an IObservable-based Messaging Framework, Services component, View Services component, Modules component, ViewModel component etc. Building onto that, the second part covers some of the other more component-oriented features like ICommand implementations, ICommand extensions, Weak Eventing handlers, Eventing extensions, and various Relays.
Publication date: 2009-10-13 more

SharePoint Quick Start FAQ - Part 4

SharePoint Quick Start FAQ - Part 4... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2009-02-09 more

More RFID wrap-up

More RFID wrap-up Posted by on September 6th, 2008 Here
Publication date: 2008-09-06 more

Clients are from Venus, developers are from Mars

Things to keep in mind: Through my life as a software developer, usually my clients did not possess the same technical skills that I did. They did not take "Systems Analysis and Design" course in collage, and they could make very little sense out of UML diagrams. Blueprints and such are waaaaay to abstract for them. And guess what? I also lack their knowledge. At best I had a vague idea about their field, and about the domain of their problem which the project I was working on shoul
Publication date: 2008-08-31 more

Tip of the Day #25: How to Build the XAP File to the Debug/Release Folders

By default when you build your Silverlight application you will notice the XAP file is placed in your web sites ClientBin folder: This is regardless of whether you are building under Debug or Release configurations. In Visual Studio 2008 you can choose...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-08-16 more

Follow the Cursor" Animation - lets do it with behaviors

Most day
Publication date: 2009-04-25 more

The Windows Web App Gallery

We launched the Windows Web Application Gallery at MIX on 3/18 with 10 open source and community applications, including DotNetNuke, DasBlog, Umbraco and Subtext. We are now experiencing thousands of application downloads per week! Are you working on a community/open source application ? Why don't you join the Web App Gallery? To get started: 1. Review the Web App Gallery Principles to get a sense of how we keep a c
Publication date: 2009-04-09 more

CSLA.NET Comes to Silverlight

I have heard many customers ask about building business applications on Silverlight... the union of a great .NET programming model web-style deployment\update and rich user experience makes Silverlight an attractive option.  Rockford Lhotka recently...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-09-29 more

XAML Power Toys v5 Published

It
Publication date: 2009-09-21 more

Press Release - DotImage Version 8.0 Released by Atalasoft, Enhances Web-Based Document Imaging Capabilities

EASTHAMPTON, Mass., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Atalasoft, Inc., the leading provider of imaging components and technology for Microsoft .NET Framework-based developers, announces the release of DotImage 8.0, the latest version of its .NET imaging toolkit. Atalasoft continues to save customers time and money when building enterprise content management (ECM) and electronic medical record (EMR) solutions. Atalasoft's DotImage 8.0 introduces Microsoft Silverlight viewing and annotating controls and a
Publication date: 2009-09-02 more

Visual Studio Smart Tag Expansion Tip

I used to find the smart tag really annoying in Visual Studio because it is such a small target to hit with the mouse. Silly me, trying to expand a smart tag with a mouse. When you highlight the tag with your mouse, it tells you that the keyboard combination of ALT + SHIFT + F10 will expand the menu. What it doesnt tell you is that theres a two key combination that will also expand it. I learned this one from Karen Liu of the C# IDE team who also happens to have a blog post with a nice collectio
Publication date: 2008-06-24 more

Watch Windows 7 Launch Event Live!

On the eve of Windows 7 Launch New York City, Microsoft is hosting an event party which can be watched Live Streaming Here. Steve Ballmer , Microsoft CEO will be donning the stage shortly to introduce Windows 7 to the world. There will be a live stream available (embedded below) and proceedings will begin at 11am NY time ( see other time zones ). Meanwhile the people of London have been queuing this morning to purchase Windows 7 at a PC World store. Watch the LIVE Video: Note:
Publication date: 2009-10-23 more

Microsoft Surface Video

Most people haven't had a chance to play with Microsoft Surface. It's one of the coolest technologies in a long time ! [ Click HERE to watch the video. ] ... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2008-06-29 more

Why OpenForce Europe?

Over the last several weeks I have had the opportunity to see new products from DotNetNuke Vendors or see the vendors discuss upcoming announcements that are being held until OpenForce Europe and OpenForce Connections. One thing that has caught my eye in these new product announcements is the level of polish and professionalism being shown in the current generation of DotNetNuke products. I personally cant wait to see the DotNetMushroom RAD module which is going to be launched at OpenForce Europ
Publication date: 2009-10-09 more

IT Freelance : E-Commerce Web Developer-RM1500/ month by HR

Responsibilities:
Publication date: 2009-06-25 more

NBC Sticking With Silverlight

Our colleague Chris Albrecht over at NewTeeVee has done some investigating around reports that Microsoft's Silverlight had been tossed overboard by NBC in favor of Flash. It's just not the case, Microsoft and NBC tell Chris. [...]
Publication date: 2008-09-12 more

Kindle for the iPhone

Ive had my Kindle 2 for a week and my early impressions are favorable, though I do have some dislikes already too. Overall its a great machine that handles books very well, is easy on the eyes and very easy to hold onto (form factor is sweet). Ill be posting a review on the Kindle 2 in the near future Ive been a bit sidetracked with the new birth of my son :) In the Twitterverse today I saw Scott Watermasysk point out a new app for the iPhone titled Kindle for iPhone. It is a free application an
Publication date: 2009-03-05 more

Introduction to SharePoint for .NET Developers Webcast Series - Demos & Slide Decks now available

Introduction to SharePoint for .NET Developers Webcast Series - Demos & Slide Decks now available If you've been keeping up with the Introduction to SharePoint for .NET Developers series, you can now download the slide decks and associated demos Rob and I have been doing the last two weeks. So far we've talked about Web Parts, Data Lists, Silverlight and Event Handlers.
Publication date: 2008-05-30 more

My new home page, enhanced [Updated collection of great Silverlight/WPF Data Visualization resources!]

In the time since posting my last collection of Silverlight/WPF Charting links , there's been some great activity! Of particular significance, the June 2009 WPF Toolkit includes the same Data Visualization goodness that was introduced for Silverlight...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-07-21 more

Skyfire For Symbian Goes Beta

Skyfire For Symbian Goes Beta Skyfire is currently holding the beta of its Skyfire browser for Symbian S60, which supports flash playback. Skyfire renders content on the server-side, just like Opera Mini and Deepfish. The cool thing about Skyfire is that it also supports Quicktime, Windows Media, Silverlight and AJAX. While this might sound like a dream come true in terms of mobile web browsing, it
Publication date: 2008-07-29 more

PhizzPop Online Challenge 2! Silverlight + Live Services

Hello! We’ve posted a new challenge for you. This time it is for you to create a Silverlight + Live Services experience. Very fun! Here
Publication date: 2008-11-27 more

New controls in Silverlight 3

Silverlight 3 runtime and SDK introduce many new controls. Some of these controls were previously released as part of the Silverlight Toolkit and some are completely new. Regardless of their origins, since they are now part of the Silverlight 3 product...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-07-23 more

Top 100 Global Brands of 2009

BusinessWeek published an article on the top global brands this year. It
Publication date: 2009-09-20 more

Expression Blend 2 SP1, Expression Media 2 SP1 and Silverlight 2 Released

Hello! As many of you know already the buzz about Silverlight 2 being released started over the weekend. We first announced this during the Silverlight Day (MIX Essentials) event in Tokyo last Friday. Forest Key hinted about this imminent release. Today...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-10-16 more

Silverlight Virtual Twilight Tour

In anticipation of the opening of the Twilight Saga: New Moon movie on November 20th, MSN has created a Virtual Twilight Tour . Created entirely in Silverlight 3.0 - from the video player to the map interface - the Tour brings Forks, La Push, Port Angeles...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-11-18 more

We love to measure everything

I just received a note from a colleague about the " Twitter Influence Calculator ."  Not being able to resist, I immediately put in my name and out popped more statistics than you can shake a stick at
Publication date: 2009-02-26 more

PSSUG: Tech Summerfest, Entity Framework and easter

The last evening before our long Easter weekend saw Zain Naboulsi present on the Entity Framework. We haven't done many LiveMeeting events, yet, but it is a way to reach some very high profile presenters both from overseas and interstate - so we might see more of these. April is going to prove to be a busy month as we'll most likely have two events. The first was yesterday, Zain Naboulsi's Entity Framework presentation - and then again on the 20th of April with Dave Glover. Dave wil
Publication date: 2009-04-10 more

More About the Layout System

I recently posted about the Silverlight Layout System (and now have posted videos on the subject here and here ). But this can get quite confusing and a reader posted this question: You mention PreArrange() and it is called but you are not clear on which...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-02-22 more

TechEd Schedule is filling up

And I haven't even had a chance to look at any presentations yet. Here's what's on my schedule so far. Monday morning - speaker training Monday afternoon - INETA User Group Leader Meeting (yay!) Monday evening - Speaker dinner Tuesday 1-2: Vista Ask the Experts Booth demoing Annotation in Silverlight Wednesday Lunch: Women in IT Panel (yay) Wednesday 2:45: Birds of Feather "Is Entity Framework right for your application?" Wednesday 7pm: Birds of Feather with Steve Smith: "Going Sol
Publication date: 2008-05-07 more

Silvelight Resources Directory Update (13 Aug)

12 new Silverlight Resources Entry...( read more )...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-08-14 more

Customizing the User Profile

Is there a way to extend the information captured in the user profile? Right now I am evaluating the express edition. thanks, ... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2008-08-25 more

Caveats with WPF dynamic resources and animations.

Recently we've been building some cool stuff in WPF with resources and animations. In this post I will share some experience with a bug from our code base I fought recently. The actual code is complex, so here is a simple example that I used when hunting the nasty bug (source code is in the bottom of the page):
Publication date: 2008-06-28 more

Bing Visual Search powered by Silverlight

This morning (Sep 15 2009) at TechCrunch 50 , Yusuf Mehdi showed Bing’s new Silverlight powered Visual Search experience. Visual Search is using images to help customers refine and complete common vertical search galleries such as shopping, travel...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-09-15 more

Silverlight Tip of the Day #104

With the release of Silverlight 3 Beta 1 GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) acceleration (or hardware acceleration) is now available. The GPU is a processor attached to your graphics card that is generally used for calculating floating point operations. In...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-04-02 more

Your New Excuse to Get an Xbox

Games are fun, addictive, beautiful, and immersive. Websites, for the most part, are not. Take a moment and think about what video games look like, what they sound like, the way you can move on the screen, what
Publication date: 2008-08-08 more

LINQ and Entity Framework Posts for 5/29/2008+

Note: This post is updated daily or more frequently, depending on the availability of new articles. Mike Taulty Demos ADO.NET Data Services' New Batching Feature Mike's ADO.NET Data Services - Batching in Action post of May 29, 2008 demonstrates use of the proxy.ExecuteBatch() method to send a single POST message to the $batch endpoint and issue multiple GETs to retrieve multiple records from different tables. Similarly, he shows you how to use the proxy.SaveChanges(SaveChangesOptions.Batch);
Publication date: 2008-05-30 more

Smooth Streaming Technical Overview

IIS Smooth Streaming dynamically detects local bandwidth and CPU conditions and seamlessly switches, in near real time, the video quality of a media file that a player receives. This technical overview provides background information and technical details...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-03-28 more

Select beta testers gain Skyfire browser for Symbian: Video

For those that have been waiting ages the awesome Skyfire mobile web browser is now available for S60. Like Opera Mini and Deepfish, Skyfire renders server side along with Flash and also packs support for Quicktime. According to the likes of symbian-freak, intomobile, and engadget, Skyfire is open only to select private beta testers so isn
Publication date: 2008-07-29 more

Get Ready To Watch Flash On Your TV

Adobe Flash is unquestionably the most popular video format on the Internet. If Adobe has its way, it will also be the dominant video format on televisions too. Right now Flash powers everything from... (Click on the title for the full story...)
Publication date: 2009-04-21 more

XAML: Level 100

Since you are reading my blog, chances are that you are a .NET developer. Do you realise that eXtensible Application Markup Language (XAML) is now part of .NET? Are you familiar with it? How would you describe XAML (pronounced "zammel") to someone that is not familiar with it if you only had 10-20 minutes? Below is my take. Background XAML was introduced as part of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) which was released in November 2006 as part of .NET Framework v3.0. In addition, XAML is at t
Publication date: 2008-05-20 more

CRM as a Rapid Development Platform

CRM as a Rapid Development Platform Product Description Leveraging Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 as an application development platform to build real world business solutions that go beyond what you think of as
Publication date: 2009-05-29 more

SQL SERVER - Add or Remove Identity Property on Column

This article contribution from one of my favorite SQL Expert Imran Mohammed. He is one man who has lots of ideas and helps people from all over the world with passion using this community as platform. His constant zeal to learn more about SQL Server keeps him engaging him to do new SQL Server related [...]... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look:
Publication date: 2009-05-03 more

Alexi Giannoulis at the DNC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU8djhl0o14 Whomever at the DNC decided to use the Move Player and Silverlight needs a good smacking around.
Publication date: 2008-08-27 more

Silvelright Resources Directory Update (11 Aug)

Silverlight Resources Directory Update (11 Aug)...( read more )...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-08-11 more

IIS Smooth Streaming Player Development Kit Beta 2 released

Today the IIS team released a Beta 2 of the IIS Smooth Streaming Player Development Kit, allowing for rich Silverlight experiences that take advantage of IIS Smooth Streaming capabilities. With this release, the IIS team has added support for Fast Forward...(read more)
Publication date: 2010-01-16 more

ColorPicker Control for WPF/Silverlight

A while back I was looking around for a color picker control for Live Geometry. The ColorPicker from http://silverlightcontrib.codeplex.com was exactly what I was looking for
Publication date: 2009-09-28 more

Sunbelt Personal Firewall 4.6.1861

Silverlight 3.0.40818 | 7MB Microsoft Silverlight is a programmable web browser plugin that enables features such as animation, vector graphics and audio-video playback so you can experience rich Internet applications. Silverlight offers a flexible programming model that supports AJAX, VB, C#, Python, and Ruby, and integrates with existing Web applications. It supports fast, cost-effective delivery of high-quality video to all major browsers running on the Mac OS or Windows.
Publication date: 2009-09-04 more

IE won't run

Here is the thread I first openned. I was instructed to open a new thread here. The URL was http://www.windowsbbs.com/internet-e...tml#post443377 Internet Explorer won't run. I think my browser has been hijacked. When I double click on the desktop icon or when I choose it from the Start menu, the cursor changes to an hourglass for a second or two as if I.E. were about to start, but nothing happens. Luckily all of my other programs seem to work. At first I couldn"t access the internet but I
Publication date: 2009-02-09 more

Blog Post of the Month

Every once in a while I read a blog post that is so good I have to pass it on. Scott Hanselman said it perfectly today ....( read more )...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-06-01 more

Adobe offers up more Flash technology to open source (InfoWorld)

InfoWorld - Adobe Systems will offer more of its Flash rich media application platform up to open source Tuesday, a move viewed by analysts as reactive to the fierce competition Adobe faces in the rich Internet application space from the Microsoft Silverlight platform.No tag for this post.
Publication date: 2009-07-22 more

VS2008 SP1 Beta and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Beta is now available

We will be releasing the beta of Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and the .NET Framework SP1. Each of these releases contains a significant amount of new functionality and bug fixes for developers which will further enhance their experiences with our products. However, this bulletin is focused on new functionality specifically in .NET Framework SP1 and Visual Studio SP1 for Client development. The .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 Beta delivers more controls, a streamlined setup, improved start-up per
Publication date: 2008-05-09 more

Optimization Tips: RadCompression Module

Welcome back to the ongoing Optimization Tips series. It's been a while since the last installment, so it's high-time we took a look at more tips and tricks for optimizing your Telerik-powered web applications. In this the seventh article in this series, we'll take a look at Telerik's brand new RadCompression HttpModule and try to gain a deep understanding of how this tool can help improve application performance. Some of the concepts in this article build on things we've discussed in previous
Publication date: 2009-01-29 more

Vista & Glass

I really like glass - it's just so clean & elegant. The only thing I don't like is the default "color" - it comes out way too blue. I know the hue is subtle, but it just clashes with everything else on the desktop. My recommendation...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-05-10 more

Friday Books - Introducing MS Silverlight 2

Product Description Get a jump on the next release of Silverlight with early insights from a Technical Evangelist on the Microsoft Silverlight team. This guide describes how you can simplify the development and deployment of rich interactive applications (RIAs) by using Silverlight 2 tools with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and the Microsoft .NET Framework. RIAs are Web applications with the features and functionality of full desktop applications. Processing tasks are performed on the client, but
Publication date: 2009-04-04 more

Multi-Connected Consumer Web Parts

Allow consumer web parts to have multiple providers in ASP.NET, WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2008-07-24 more

Download Internet Explorer 8 Optimized for MSN, Yahoo! and eBay

As we all know Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 8 to web and its available for download: Internet Explorer 8.0 Released, Download NOW Now you can also download a few specialized versions of IE8. Microsoft has released an optimized version of IE8 for MSN users. It comes with Silverlight and MSN toolbar preinstalled by default. On the other hand, [...] Visit AskVG.com for full article.
Publication date: 2009-04-03 more

Make Routing Ignore Requests For A File Extension

By default, ASP.NET Routing ignores requests for files that do not exist on disk. I explained the reason for this in a previous post on upcoming routing changes. Long story short, we didnt want routing to attempt to route requests for static files such as images. Unfortunately, this caused us a headache when we remembered that many features of ASP.NET make requests for .axd files which do not exist on disk. To fix this, we included a new extension method on RouteCollection, IgnoreRoute, that cre
Publication date: 2008-07-15 more

Url pattern matching

match http urls in format http://kamitsinha.com/regex/191929393-latestnews.htm Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2008-09-17 more

MultiSelect Dropdown Control

This simple and lightweight control allows user to select multiple itms from the dropdown list of checkbox items.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2009-02-26 more

Membership roles in CS2008

Hi, Does anyone know where I can read/update the membership details at the database schema for a user so that I can add/remove him from a certain role? For example, say I want to promote a user to "Trusted User" whenever he has more than 10 posts submited. I know where to find the # of posts, but I can't find the table and attribute for the user/role association. Anyone know where is it?... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We
Publication date: 2008-08-25 more

Javascript Awesome Bar

Javascript Implementation of Firefox's "Awesome Bar"... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2008-06-18 more

Microsoft's new version of Silverlight on Moblin [video]

At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Microsoft General Manager Ian Ellison-Taylor and Intel General Manager Renee James show attendees Silverlight 3 running on an Atom-based Moblin device. The new software will run on mobile Linux Netbooks, phone as early as 2010. read more
Publication date: 2009-09-25 more

New Tutorial: DataGrid Binding via Data Entities & WCF

    I'm very pleased to announce the posting of my latest Silverlight 2 Tutorial: ADO.NET Data Entities and WCF Feeding A Silverlight Datagrid, available in both C# and VB in HTML and pdf. This is the first (but not the last) in an occasional series on how Silverlight can be combined with other aspects of .NET 3.5 to create complete applications. This tutorial touches on WCF, Data Entities, LINQ and SqlServer. Complete code is available for download on the html pages as well.... Did you know tha
Publication date: 2009-02-06 more

Trend Check on Flex, Silverlight and JavaFX

It
Publication date: 2008-07-01 more

Olympic YouTube Channel Puts International News in One Place

No doubt about it. Many eyes are tuning into the Summer Olympic Games. A record count, according to NBC Universal, which this Saturday divulged statistical details for the first day of its video-rich online venture, NBCOlympics.com. But say you
Publication date: 2008-08-11 more

Programming news: iPhone development emergency guide, Embarcadero's great deal

Get highlights about these releases: Dryad, Iliad, Ruby 1.9.1-p243, Ruby 1.9.2 preview 1, Rails 2.3.3, IronPython 2.0.2, Bing#, Gestalt, and the JIRA Connector for Jama Contour. Also, learn about Embarcadero
Publication date: 2009-07-27 more

Fluent Silverlight

In the last two posts I introduced Fluent Silverlight which is a new framework designed to offer a strongly typed alternative to the XAML based definition of Silverlight views and its
Publication date: 2009-06-13 more

ComponentOne new Silverlight controls

ComponentOne released Studio Enterprise 2009 and new Silverlight controls have been added. Below is an overview of What
Publication date: 2009-03-20 more

Silverlight Podcast: IIS7 Media Services 3.0

Introducing the Silverlight Podcast series, which we’ll use to go deep on features and projects. In this first installment, Silverlight Senior Product Manager David Sayed and IIS Senior Program Manager Chris Knowlton talk about IIS7 Media Services...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-11-17 more

Link Listing - June 30, 2008

Link Listing - June 30, 2008 ASP.NET How to use the IHttpAsyncHandler in ASP.NET [Via: Mads Kristensen ] SQL Server SQL SERVER - Find Current Identity of Table [Via: pinaldave ] Installing Clustered SQL Servers - Outline, Checklists, Document Sheets [Via: Chad Boyd ] Database Performance: The Web Layer [Via: KenDowns ] How to Track Down Deadlocks Using SQL Server 2005 Profiler [Via: Brad McGehee ] Link Collections Weekly Link Post 48 [Via: Rhonda Tipton ] Interesting Finds: June 30, 2008 [Vi
Publication date: 2008-07-01 more

MySQL chief leaving Sun

Former MySQL CEO Marten Mickos is leaving Sun Microsystems, a Sun spokeswoman confirmed Friday.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2009-02-08 more

Is in design Mode?

Detecting whether the control is in design mode in both - Blend and Visual studio is an interesting task. Check Delay's post showing how for sure to detect the control mode. Unfortunately, the official mechanism for this, DesignerProperties.GetIsInDesignMode, doesn't always return the correct value under Visual Studio. :( Well, I needed something reliable for the Charting assembly in the Silverlight Toolkit, so I checked with the experts (i.e., members of both teams) and came up with the fol
Publication date: 2009-02-28 more

DAISY Translator for Word gets an update: Save as MP3 from Word?

Gray Knowlton heeft een erg interessante blogpost over de Daisy Translator voor Office 2007: In case you missed it yesterday, DAISY Consortium announced the release of the second version of the DAISY Translator for Word . I've said it a few times on my blog , but I did want to say again how much we value our partnership with the DAISY Consortium, and our gratitude towards them for their help on this work. Microsoft Office is the leader in providing accessibility support in bus
Publication date: 2009-03-20 more

Silverlight 3 Hits the Street

Microsoft Silverlight 3 was released today and is now available for download , as is the Release Candidate for Expression Blend , while the associated Expression Studio 3 tool suite will be available within 30 days. This media and rich Internet application solution, along with Microsoft Visual Studio, provides a highly collaborative development and design environment that simplifies the process of delivering engaging user experiences. Silverlight remains a free runtime that almost anyone c
Publication date: 2009-07-12 more

Looking at Google Chrome

Well, like most, I downloaded Google Chrome and gave it a whirl. So far, I like it. There are things that bother me - but overall - I like it. Here are some of my likes: It is faster. It does seem to deal with JavaScript quite a bit faster than other browsers. Pages load faster than before for me. This is probably the biggest plus of the whole thing really. The look and feel of the application is more modern looking (again, from my perspective) and it provides more real estate for browsing... Di
Publication date: 2008-09-12 more

Olympic swimming gold captured by Silverlight

Have you seen the amazing Olympic final in the men's swimming 4X100 relay? World records were set by many swimmers in this race and it all came down to the final touch at the wall. The Americans beat the heavily favored French team by .o8 of a second. You can see it again thanks to Microsoft's Silverlight and NBC. The Wall Street Journal says NBC is providing some 3,600 hours of coverage of the games, about 75% of it live, across its broadcast and cable networks and its Web site -- even as it
Publication date: 2008-08-11 more

Patent suit alert: This time, Google and Verizon on the hot seat

Patent suit alert: This time, Google and Verizon on the hot seat Posted by Sam Diaz @ 1:56 pm Categories: General, Legal, Apple, Google, Microsoft, iPhone, eBay, AT&T Tags: Google Inc., Patent, Verizon Communications Inc., Inventor Judah Klausner, Sam Diaz Inventor Judah Klausner has settled with the best of them: AT&T, Apple, Comcast and eBay. Now, he
Publication date: 2008-08-27 more

MySpace Adds Silverlight Support

By teaming up with MySpace, Microsoft hopes it can drive adoption of Silverlight as a development platform
Publication date: 2009-03-31 more

Get Into The Groove*

Isn't technology wonderful? It seems like only yesterday that the only way to see a top band live was to pay for a ticket, queue up at some venue or other, wonder whether it was worth queuing again to check your jacket in, pay for an overpriced, watered down drink, and fight your way as close to the front as you could physically bear with collapsing due to a combination of asphyxiation and body odour poisoning. Don't be so 20th century, daddio! Now, thanks to the magic of something called Sil
Publication date: 2008-09-04 more

links for 2008-05-03

Architecture astronauts take over - Joel on Software Joel doesn
Publication date: 2008-05-03 more

SnagIt 9 Is Released and Ready for Download

TechSmith makes 2 of my favorite applications: SnagIt and Camtasia. SnagIt 9 was just released this week and it has some great new features. You can check out the full story on the new release and whats new from this link. You can upgrade to SnagIt 9 by clicking on this link. This page also shows the differences between the features in SnagIt 8 and 9 in a chart. I use SnagIt just about every day for grabbing screen captures of samples for presentations, articles, my book, sending images to clien
Publication date: 2008-06-21 more

Are you in to robotics?

I mean, after all who doesn
Publication date: 2008-04-25 more

New Embarcadero Tool Suite Bridges Multiple Platforms and Roles

Embarcadero Technologies has taken the integration of its CodeGear assets to the next level with what it is coining "on-demand multiplatform software development."... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2009-02-20 more

Google Chrome gets first update and more confusing

The new web browser that everyone is talking about and not using, Chrome, just got an update to it.  This update is kind of unusual though in the fact that you now have a choice of how beta and unstable you want it to be.  If you are into trying out new things, reporting bugs and getting fresh updates daily or every few days, this is for you.  If you use Chrome on a regular basis though, the update is kind of mandatory as it fixes bugs with areas including Microsoft
Publication date: 2008-09-17 more

Building Silverlight 2 and 3 applications with Visual Studio 2008

As we
Publication date: 2009-07-18 more

Silverlight: DragSelect component

Ofir Shemesh has posted a new component -  drag select an area . This all started as a requirement for zooming in a chart, then later I decided to make a component out of it
Publication date: 2009-04-24 more

Announcing SecureDeveloper.com

For many years I've had an interest in and a focus on Application Security. Now, I'll be ramping up and doing a bunch of security related work in my role here at Microsoft. I hope you will add www.SecureDeveloper.com to your blog reader. I expect...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-07-19 more

LINQ to SQL cannot read XML fields on SQL 2005?

This is a limitation I found using LINQ to SQL creating a class. I use a table that had a field as an XML element and I received this error below. DBML1005: Mapping between DbType 'Xml' and Type 'System.Xml.Linq.XElement' in Column I found only this information on the web about this problem a bug that Microsoft already close and no new comments can be added. http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=361451 I make sure I have VS2008 and Service Pack 1 in
Publication date: 2009-04-17 more

TechDays Toronto Schedule and Details / FailCamp Toronto 3

TechDays Canada 2009 is Microsoft Canada
Publication date: 2009-09-28 more

Silverlight vs Flash: Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope is an attractive toy for me when I was young. You can use any image you like and it will produce many amazing effects via mirror reflection. You won't be able to figure out the original image if you don't download the source now~ Difference: Triangle Mask: mask [AS3] vs PathGeometry [C#]
Publication date: 2008-09-16 more

Shoutouts

Before I take off, a couple of shoutouts that I
Publication date: 2008-11-10 more

Links on a Rainy Sunday

It may not be raining where you are, but it is in Southern New England. Such a drab day, but it's time for linkage so let's get to it. Newsday's Neil Best goes over his week in blogging . Over to the New York Post's Phil Mushnick who says Bruce Springsteen handled a ticket reselling scheme better than MLB Walking, Talking Conflict of Interest Bud Selig (yeah, it's a stretch, be patient). Bob Raissman of the New York Daily News feels Charles Barkley's apology last Thursday did not carry mu
Publication date: 2009-02-23 more

A Flash Developer

In LABS , the blog of the creative agency Big Spaceship , Jamie Kosoy tells all about his experiences building the Victoria
Publication date: 2009-10-09 more

No Close Memory Stream - For When you Just Gotta Leave the Stream Open

Click Here to Goto my Blog HomeTargeting visual studio 2005,2008; wpf, xbap, silverlight, winforms, asp.netI experienced an issue recently with the way StreamReader interacts with the stream it was instantiated with. Turns out the StreamReader will close the stream it was passed when the close... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here .
Publication date: 2009-06-13 more

Versioning your Silverlight application

When writing an enterprise level application it
Publication date: 2009-06-13 more

Silverlight 2 Released: New controls, tools, announcements!

Whew, we made it! Silverlight 2 is now released (and available for download)! (Official press release here .) I know we
Publication date: 2008-10-14 more

Google Wave: the sky is falling and Flash/Silverlight are dead

At the Google I/O conference this past week, they announced Google Wave . Almost immediately, I started seeing Twitter replies, blog posts and various articles talking about how Google Wave is going to kill Flash/ Silverlight /JavaFX. None of these made...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-05-31 more

DataBase Design & Creation

(click on the image to see other Mini-tutorials ) Turing Page [Novice: 5, Advanced: 3]  FAQ Table of Contents         This project will explore, among other things, getting data into and out of a SQL Database. In fact, we
Publication date: 2009-08-12 more

Terrain Tutorial Part 2

For this tutorial we will make use of matrix transforms to skew and scale an image in a terrain tile while moving the individual vertices of the terrain tiles. This will give the terrain a 3D look and feel. Make certain to read Part 1 of before reading...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-08-19 more

BBC Silverlight Zoom and Wow

Apparently Radio 1's Big Weekend is a big thing in England, and to launch the festivities they've made The Big Zoomy Photo Thing a central piece of the action (as you may guess, this is Silverlight/Zoom incognito). (picture cropped to save room...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-05-10 more

Microsoft invests in online video startup Move Networks

Microsoft just made a strategic investment of undisclosed size in Move Networks, a startup that helps companies offer high-definition video on the web. The investment should promote Move Networks
Publication date: 2008-08-26 more

Optimizing LINQ Queries

Ive been asked a few times about how to optimize LINQ code. The first step in optimizing LINQ code is to take some measurements and make sure you really have a problem. It turns out that optimizing LINQ code isnt that different from optimizing regular C# code. You need to form a hypothesis, make changes, and measure, measure, measure every step of the way. Measurement is important, because sometimes the changes you need to make are not intuitive. Here is a specific example using... Did you kn
Publication date: 2008-07-15 more

Silverlight Resources Directory

Having develop Silverlight more than a year, I find that I am lacking of a good management tools to organize all of my Silverlight Resources. For example, suppose I want to add a Gradient Background in one of my control. The xaml coding is somewhat like                                                                        
Publication date: 2009-07-27 more

Principles of Design Series: Learning about Balance using Expression Design

This is the first in a series of 13 Principles of posts created by Arturo Toledo on the Expression team. In this video Arturo demonstrates Balance, a principle of design that will help you achieve harmony in your designs and compositions. Watch it to...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-06-20 more

Upgrading vs Fresh Install

Hello, we installed CS in 2006 Dec, however we lost the admin password and cant seem to retrieve it with the password recovery. How do we uninstall CS and reinstall the latest edition ? Do i just delete the files and database ? Thanks Ehi... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2008-08-21 more

How to tell a Silverlight assembly from a .NET Framework one?

Silverlight 2 application code is compiled to Common IL and packaged into assemblies (.dll) which are in turn deflated into a Zip file (container with .xap extension). The IL is a CPU- and platform- independent instruction set. The Silverlight runtime...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-06-09 more

Bing it!

Instead of 'Google it!' now there's new verb Bing it! Its Microsofts new and improved search engine.Though number of results returned is still less compared to that of google, the format and quality of results seems better. I personally like the category filter and price compare. There's lot more to bing, find out here http://www.decisionengine.com/Default.html It still has long way to go to catch up with googles indexes, and hopefully will get there. It has been released internally for a long t
Publication date: 2009-05-29 more

AutoCompleteBox: Video introduction

A video introduction to the AutoCompleteBox control that shipped with the Silverlight Toolkit. This is a 720p HD video. I’m also publishing an introductory guide to the control that can be read here. Duration: 12m:55s Description: This video walks...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-10-31 more

My Secure Development Interview from TechEd 2008

While at TechEd 2008 I got to spend some time in the "Fish Bowl" with Georgeo Pulikkathara . Georgeo interviewed me on Microsoft's Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) and my upcoming Developer Security Activities. Please [ click HERE ] to...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-06-28 more

Parts & States Model with VisualStateManager (Part 1 of )

In Silverlight 2 Beta2, we've added significant new support for managing states and transitions inside of controls. To help explain the Parts & States Model, I've put together a 4 part post series that will show how to: Create a control contract...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-06-12 more

Can presentation layer abstraction ever replace desktop and Web apps?

Can presentation layer abstraction ever replace desktop and Web apps? Date: May 3rd, 2008 Author: Justin James Category: Web Development, Application Development Tags: Java Application, Desktop, Web, Application, HTML, Microsoft Silverlight, HTTP, Applet, ActiveX, Channel Management
Publication date: 2008-05-04 more

Creating CheckAll UncheckAll Gridview Webpart with Paging, Sorting Functionalities in Sharepoint 2007 in a Step by Step Manner

An article about Creating CheckAll UncheckAll Gridview webpart with Paging, Sorting functionalities in Sharepoint 2007 in step by step manner... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here . Presented By: Intel
Publication date: 2009-04-08 more

Project Spotlight: WhatIWantMost

Well, its been awhile since the last one of these, about 8 months to be exact, but I want to keep this series alive so I am going to try and do at least one a month. I did decide to change the name of the series to Project Spotlight from Side Project Spotlight because I don't think it necessarily matters if the project is on the "side" or not and I think some people might prefer not to refer to their project as a side project. I will continue to focus on small projects that are created and launc
Publication date: 2008-07-09 more

SQL SERVER 2008 Customize Toolbar Remove Debug Button from Toolbar

In todays article I have combined two different questions. I was fond of SQL Server Debugger feature in SQL Server 2000. To my utter disappointment, this feature was withdrawn from SQL Server 2005. However, because of loads of requests from developers it was re-introduced in SQL Server 2008.Developers were extremely happy with
Publication date: 2009-06-12 more

Expression Blend 3 released!

On July 10th Scott Guthrie and Soma launched Expression Blend 3 and and SketchFlow, and today, the full version of Expression Blend 3 including SketchFlow was released. You can check out the Expression Web site , and don't forget to download the 60 day...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-07-23 more

Ajax

The objective behind writing this article is to make use of Ajax Control Toolkit into implementation.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2009-03-06 more

Register Silverlight Controls with Visual Studio and Blend

Introduction This is part of the series on design time implementation changes in Silverlight Toolkit March 2009 Release. This post illustrates the integration of Silverlight Toolkit with Visual Studio and Blend 3 after running Silverlight 3 Toolkit March...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-05-01 more

Silverlight-powered Virtual DVD now available from Tesco

In September, we announced that Microsoft and Tesco intended to collaborate and use Silverlight to deliver the next generation of Home Video entertainment to consumers. Dubbed
Publication date: 2009-12-16 more

Looking for a front-end jedi/ninja/warrior/whatever

Pathfinder is recruiting! Although it's not yet listed on our career portal, we're looking to beef up our Ajax practice with a talented front-end programmer. This person should be a jack of all trades, master of several, and flexible about which warrior metaphor to adopt for professional use. Please give me a shout if the following describes you: You enjoy hand-coding complex DHTML and Ajax applications. JavaScript is your passion ... ... but not your only passion. You also make room i
Publication date: 2008-05-06 more

Is there a Microsoft tax for attending Microsoft

Microsoft
Publication date: 2009-04-19 more

Building extensible Silverlight applications with MEF

At PDC09, Glenn Block delivered a great presentation on building extensible RIAs using the Managed Extensibility Framework ( FT24 from the PDC09 sessions ). Glenn is one of the PMs and face-man for MEF. He
Publication date: 2009-11-30 more

Join Microsoft during SxSW

Hello!, here is a summary of the activities Microsoft will host during SxSW. Hope you can join us! lots of opportunities to talk about Expression, Silverlight, Windows Mobile, Web Standards. Lots of parties too :) Also in the Microsoft Tradeshow booth...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-03-14 more

Business Apps Example for Silverlight 3 RTM and .NET RIA Services July Update: Part 15: ASP.NET MVC

Continuing in our discussion of Silverlight 3 and the update to .NET RIA Services.  I have been updating  the example from my Mix09 talk
Publication date: 2009-07-31 more

Barcode Professional SDK 2.0 for .NET just released

Neodynamic is proud to announce the availability of Barcode Professional SDK 2.0 for .NET Framework! Neodynamic Barcode Professional SDK for .NET is a royalty-free lightweight .NET assembly (DLL) which can be used for adding advanced barcode capabilities such as barcode image generation and printing support to any .NET Framework-based applications. Version 2.0 features new barcode standards including UPS MaxiCode (2D), Micro QR Code (2D), all GS1 DataBar family (formerly RSS-14) and many more! S
Publication date: 2009-01-30 more

IronPython in Action

IronPython in Action Product Description In 2005, Microsoft quietly announced an initiative to bring dynamic languages to the .NET platform. The starting point for this project was a .NET implementation of Python, dubbed IronPython. After a couple years of incubation, IronPython is ready for real-world use. It blends the simplicity, elegance, and dynamism of Python with the power of the .NET framework. IronPython in Action offers a comprehensive, hands-on introduction to Microsoft
Publication date: 2009-07-28 more

Networking in Silverlight 2 Beta 1

For the actual real content of this post I'll defer to other links, but at least you'll have all those links collected in one place: here ;-) In a nutshell, Silverlight 2 fully supports networking and calling services. It would be crazy if it didn't because by choosing the SL model you are choosing to run your application entirely on the client side (i.e. with no postbacks) so where will the real data come from (given that you are sandboxed in the browser and hence cannot access local data sour
Publication date: 2008-04-22 more

New Silverlight 2 Video

Todd Miranda demonstrates how to dynamically create objects from XAML in Silverlight 2. Watch this and other Silverlight videos on the Learn page....(read more)
Publication date: 2008-11-14 more

Introducing WebsiteSpark

What is WebsiteSpark? If you run or work at a small web design or development firm, WebsiteSpark might be for you! WebsiteSpark is Microsoft
Publication date: 2009-09-25 more

Maintaining balance [A versatile red-black tree implementation for .NET (via Silverlight/WPF Charting)]

Problem I spent some time in my last post explaining how Silverlight/WPF Charting takes advantage of an ordered multi-dictionary to improve the performance of various scenarios . I wrote about Charting's use of a custom binary tree implementation and...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-06-04 more

TechMixer University in Birmingham, AL, October 13th

Organizers of the largest single day of training in the Southeast
Publication date: 2009-10-12 more

Alan Cheslow: Alchemy: Turning Microsoft

Alan Cheslow Alchemy: Turning Microsoft's embedded platforms into consumer gold | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com - http://blogs.zdnet.com/microso
Publication date: 2009-05-29 more

IE will include Porn Mode

IE will include Porn Mode Published on August 25th, 2008 Posted by John C Dvorak in General 3 Comments Microsoft versus Adobe. Silverlight versus Flash. Microsoft selling Avenue A. AMD selling TV chip business. IE will include Porn Mode. Microsoft looking at HD online video services. Cows line up North and south. Why? Mac Clone company for sale. People do not want VOIP on airplanes. Everyone going to game conferences. Gold farming worth $500 million. People not ready for
Publication date: 2008-08-26 more

Why care about Google Chrome?

In the last 24 hours there's been a lot of conversation about Chrome. When Safari was released for Windows, why was so little written about Safari's SharePoint compatibility? I used Opera for years, but why never a post about Opera and SharePoint (summary: it stinks, even drop-down menus fail to render)? What's the big deal about Chrome? Web developers certainly don't need another browser to support, unless this is the one that finally gets it right, and the odds of that are way high against...
Publication date: 2008-09-04 more

DivX Looks Outside The Codec For The Future Of Web Video

DivX Looks Outside The Codec For The Future Of Web Video May 7th, 2008 Davis DivX reported their 1st quarter earnings on Monday and while I
Publication date: 2008-05-08 more

How to Add Silverlight to your Website

The following recordings were done by Mr Edu Lorenzo when he gave his workshop at Bitstop Inc 3rd Floor learning center. Silverlight 2.0 Driven Web App Demo Part 1 Silverlight 2.0 Driven Web App Demo Part 2 Silverlight 2.0 Driven Web App Demo Part 3 Silverlight 2.0 Driven Web App Demo Part 4 Silverlight 2.0 Driven Web App Demo Part 5 Silverlight 2.0 Driven Web App Demo Part 6 Silverlight 2.0 Driven Web App Demo Part 1
Publication date: 2009-04-22 more

SQL SERVER Languages for BI MDX, DMX, XMLA

Today, we have a very basic thing to go over. Few days back, I was discussing with one of my friends regarding BI. He told me that he knows that BI stands for Business Intelligence but he would like to know what languages BI uses to achieve the goal. The reason I found this question [...]... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here .
Publication date: 2009-07-06 more

Introducing Silverlight 2: Table of Contents and bonus chapters!

  Technorati Tags: Silverlight del.icio.us Tags: Silverlight Lots of folks have been asking me for a TOC for the Silverlight 2 book, so here it is. The book is divided into 2 parts (Introducing Silverlight 2, and Programming Silverlight 2). Note...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-07-25 more

Opening up Silverlight 4 Navigation: Authentication/Authorization in an INavigationContentLoader

Continuing my series of posts on ways to use INavigationContentLoader (a feature in the Silverlight 4 Beta SDK), in this post, I
Publication date: 2010-01-01 more

New Tutorial - Expression Blend for Developers

This tutorial will show you how to use the second major development tool for creating Silverlight Applications: Expression Blend. Jesse Liberty walks you through Expression Blend 2.5 using a chat client as a metaphor....(read more)
Publication date: 2008-05-24 more

SQLAuthority News FIX : Error : HP OfficeJet Scanning and Printing Gray or Pink Shades

Unlike my usual articles todays article is not at all related to SQL Server but something drove me to include it on my blog. This issue snatched away my precious few hours. It took me over 2 hours to resolve it yesterday, which barred me from doing research on SQL Server. I am sure many [...]... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here .
Publication date: 2009-07-05 more

Uri property in a Silverlight 2 UserControl

Uri property in a Silverlight 2 UserControl Posted by on July 29th, 2008 In creating a Silverlight 2 UserControl, I had a need to include a Uri parameter, so I added a property.  class MyControl : UserControl {
Publication date: 2008-07-29 more

Bitter Sweet - Free DotNetNuke CSS Skin

Bitter Sweet is a free, tableless, fixed width, XHTML compliant website design. This skin comes with 2 layouts in 2 versions: Index 2 pane skin with text header Index 2 pane skin with logo Admin 1 pane skin with text header Admin 1 pane skin with logo It also comes with 3 containers: h1 content pane h2 right pane transparent, no title container Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in severa
Publication date: 2008-06-30 more

Accordion Part 4 templating example

Mehdi pointed me to a great accordion on this site . It is a horizontal accordion that only uses images. In this post I
Publication date: 2009-04-07 more

Parallels Virtualization and Automation Products Power New ActiveHost Services

Parallels announced that ActiveHost will offer Windows virtual private server (VPS) packages based solely on Parallels products. The new offering will be delivered by the newly created ActiveVPS division of ActiveHost. ActiveHost is using Parallels Virtuozzo Containers, Parallels Plesk Control Panel and Parallels Business Automation software to provide its customers with a complete platform to manage their own VPS resources and billing account information.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers als
Publication date: 2008-06-18 more

Code Camp Montreal 2009

The next Code Camp Montreal will take place on Saturday, May 30th 2009. Local speakers interested in presenting (French or English)? submit your sessions! http://www.codecampmontreal.com/Appel%20aux%20conf%c3%a9renciers.ashx I
Publication date: 2009-04-13 more

Software Plus Services Recap and Resources

First, I'd like to thank everyone who came to my talk last night at the St. Louis .NET User Group meeting. I was nice to see so many people from the community come out and support this group. I hope that my presentation helped clarify what software plus services really means from and architectural and development standpoint, as well as providing you with some ideas on how you might apply some of these principles to your work as well. As promised, I've uploaded my deck from last night. There
Publication date: 2008-07-29 more

What if Microsoft bought Ubuntu?

My previous post was from a humorous side by asking the question
Publication date: 2009-07-06 more

Microsoft Expression Studio 2.0

Microsoft Expression Studio 2.0 Windows |580 MB Microsoft Expression Studio is a suite of tools for designing and building web and Windows client applications and rich digital media contents. It consists of: * Microsoft Expression Web: Website designer and HTML editor. * Microsoft Expression Blend: Visual user interface builder for Windows Presentation Foundation and Silverlight applications. * Microsoft Expression Design: Raster and vector graphics editor. * Microsoft Expression Media: Digi
Publication date: 2009-08-07 more

Virtual Earth Silverlight: Basics of Adding Polygons and Polylines using XAML and Code

Now that we
Publication date: 2009-03-21 more

Turing Project Code

Guaranteed to have the quality of Example Code - Every Time  Information on Turing Project Samples While I make every effort to thoroughly test my examples, it is not possible to subject them to the rigorous multi-machine testing that is the norm for Microsoft production code.  In addition, I intentionally strip away much of the bullet-proofing to keep the examples simple and easily understood.  It is, important, however, that you know my development & testing environment: ... Did you
Publication date: 2009-09-21 more

Silverlight 3 Is A Lot Cooler, But Still Not Worthy Of Taking Seriously

While Silverlight is proving a fantastic competitor for Flash particularly in enthusiast content, it still has a lot more ground to cover before it can be used heavily in the enterprise.
Publication date: 2009-08-08 more

The Use Of Adobe Flash

by Bonita Li The question is often raised during meetings with managers and business top dogs: Is it alright to have a flash animated web site? How do we use Adobe Flash properly to build a web site? Flash is a software for creating graphic-based animation that can help a website become richer and more interactive. Flash is a great tool for creating online training modules, product demonstrations and other types of contents that require interaction. However, one major drawback of Flash is th
Publication date: 2009-09-28 more

The Silverlight Toolkit team is on top of your feedback

Earlier this week, Jesse Liberty posted some great tips for providing the Silverlight Toolkit team the right amount of information to help solve your issues. On the team, we
Publication date: 2009-02-18 more

Using Visual Studio 2010 for Silverlight development

Previously I made note of things about the release of Visual Studio 2010 beta 2 with regard to Silverlight development. Ive gotten a few questions about if people should start using it for Silverlight development. Perhaps I can help provide you with the best information I can to make that decisionso here it goes. Go-live support Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 both have go-live support as indicated in the license terms (which are available on the VS2010 download). If you have never bot
Publication date: 2009-10-23 more

Dew Drop - May 31, 2009

  Web Development New jQuery Ribbon release! (Mikael Söderström) First Look: Google Wave (Paul Thurrott) ASP.NET 4.0: Modifying ClientID of controls (Gunnar Peipman) Sample Code for New Windows Azure Blob Features (Steve Marx) Using
Publication date: 2009-06-01 more

Microsoft India Has Launched The Official Website Of IPL

Microsoft India Has Launched The Official Website Of IPL - Microsoft India has launched the official website of Indian Premier League -- www.IPLt20.com -- in partnership with TMT (official owner of IPL website). The website will be built on the Silverlight platform, Microsoft's cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of inte 1 Vote(s)
Publication date: 2009-04-19 more

Tip of the Day #28: How to Implement a Custom Mouse Cursor

In Tip of the Day #27 we talked about how to change the mouse cursor. But what if you want to have a cursor icon that is not supported by Silverlight? This tutorial will show you how to do it. For a complete demo of this tip visit: http://silverlight...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-08-19 more

Collision testing on a free moving object in Silverlight

In a previous post Gavin Wignall dabbled in making a dragable bouncy ball that simulated a gravity effect when released. Now he has taken that project and cleaned it up a bit to get rid of most of the bugs. In addition to the dragable ball there is also a box (
Publication date: 2009-03-14 more

Expression Studio 2 Released to Web

Microsoft released Expression Studio 2 on Thursday, giving multimedia designers a toolset that includes support for its Silverlight technology in all the suite
Publication date: 2008-05-03 more

MIX Essentials Mexico and unique cuisine

Well, I have about 3 hours until I leave this little city called Mexico City . Sarcasm of course, did you know there are roughly 25 million people in Mexico City. I didn
Publication date: 2008-06-07 more

VSDB 2008 GDR R2 Released or DataDude for 2008 GDR++ RTM

Home of the Data Dude - RTM of VSDB 2008 GDR R2
Publication date: 2009-04-22 more

Interactive Microsoft Partner Website Widget

Microsoft is offering a new set of free interactive web tools
Publication date: 2009-07-16 more

Silverlight 4 Rough Notes: Mousewheel Support in Controls

Note
Publication date: 2009-11-19 more

Oxite: what

As probably you read somewhere else, a few days ago the Channel9 team released the latest version of Oxite. If you remember, when it was first released back in December, there was a lot of negative feedbacks, but now it seems like the latest release contains a lot of refactoring. I think Ill start to play with it. All the team members have a blog (which runs on Oxite, of course) and they posted some blog posts to explain the new changes. Duncan Mackenzie, which is the PM, wrote a post explaining
Publication date: 2009-02-20 more

ViewModel Pattern in Silverlight using Behaviors

(Nikhil Kothari) The MVC pattern is quite widespread, and lots has been written about it. Clearly, it is a popular addition to ASP.NET. MVC works especially well for request/response style web apps as well as in navigation-based client apps.
Publication date: 2008-07-01 more

I just redid my home page

Ad: : SharePoint 2007 Training in .NET 3.5 technologies ( more information ). Okay so I was heckuva bored of my prev. home page. Plus, the wording there made me sound too full of myself! I love Silverlight! I really do. I am so enthused by this technology lately, that I could spend day and night futzing with it. In fact, when dev
Publication date: 2009-06-02 more

What do you call that small white square icon in Expression Blend?

A question to all users of Expression Blend: What do you call that small white square icon? The one that is also yellow when bound to a property and disabled when not available? I believe we need a name for it if we
Publication date: 2009-09-06 more

June 27th, 2008

Today is an interesting day - at least for those of us at Microsoft. As the world knows, today is the last day for Bill Gates as a full-time employee of Microsoft. I wanted to share some of my thoughts and reflections as we go through today. I have had a fantastic time being a part of Microsoft and being able to work on some great products and technologies that a lot of people around the world use. Being able to do this in an environment with Bill Gates at the top of Microsoft... Did you
Publication date: 2008-06-28 more

Typemock Isolator 4.3 and future syntax

We just released Typemock Isolator 4.3 (here is the blog post with details). It's an awesome product but I envy the speed and ease with which oren can change his syntax (it's nice to work alone!) . I can tell you that the next version of Isolator is going to have a new syntax that is more towards the Arrange-act-assert meme (but you could still use the old one if you wanted to) plus lots of cool goodies. the new version has full support for Ivonna (for ASP.NET webform testing in process) and we.
Publication date: 2008-07-04 more

Virtual Windows For all

Do you know about online virtual operating system? most probably many company
Publication date: 2009-07-27 more

Custom MembershipProvider and RoleProvider Implementations that use Web Services

Custom MembershipProvider and RoleProvider implementations that use web services in order to separate the application and database servers.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here .
Publication date: 2009-10-04 more

Solve the riddle, and get a free pass to MIX

Technorati Tags: Silverlight , MIX09 del.icio.us Tags: Silverlight , MIX09 As you may know, MIX is coming up very soon
Publication date: 2009-02-18 more

H.264 and AAC support coming to Silverlight

So you want H.264 support in Silverlight ? So do we. In fact we will be showing a preview of H.264 and AAC support in Silverlight at the International Broadcasting Conference (IBC) this week in Amsterdam. Scott Guthrie comments on this saying:
Publication date: 2008-09-09 more

NEW RELEASE: Silverlight for Designers Getting Started Guide

Hello! We’ve published new training content for Expression called: Silverlight for Designers Getting Started Guide. This content is available in the Expression Community site. This content includes a manual, assets and 11 videos. The content was...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-03-13 more

More on Foreign Keys in EF

For some background, check out a previous post called "Where's my Foreign Key?" I came across a scenario where I have a foreign key for an entity in the form of an ID. And the scenario is in a web page. I need to turn that ID into an EntityReference, but I don't think that it's fair to ask the UI developer to know enough about EF that they should have to know how to create an EntityKey, much less know about EntityReferences. Rather than force them to pass the ID up to the business layer, I final
Publication date: 2008-08-31 more

http://silverlight.net/riaservices/ is Live!

We have been working for a while to get a community site together where we can aggregate all the great buzz, resources and discussions about .NET RIA Services.   We hope you enjoy the content we already have up there and help us get more good...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-11-08 more

[Slashdot] Headlines for 2009-02-14

======================================================================Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco | March 31 April 3, 2009Meet and Learn form the Greatest Minds on the Web TodaySave $100 or Get a Free Expo Pass with Discount Code websf09bn5Register today at http://p.sf.net/sfu/web2expo-com======================================================================Slashdot Daily Headline MailerMoonlight 1.0 Brings Silverlight Content To Linux from the cue-the-brouhaha dept. posted by timothy on T
Publication date: 2009-02-14 more

We have uploaded 3 new Learn pages to our site, 2 pages for ASP.NET unit testing : an ASP.NET page and an ASP.NET Article

We have uploaded 3 new Learn pages to our site, 2 pages for ASP.NET unit testing : an ASP.NET page and an ASP.NET Article . And a page for Silverlight unit testing with SilverUnit . A big thanks goes to Artem Smirnov , creator of Ivonna , for writing the ASP.NET unit testing article. Moran marketing department
Publication date: 2009-03-17 more

Favorite Twitter Posts

Not to be confused with the seminal What I think I think series , these are what I think are the best things I
Publication date: 2009-06-03 more

Microsoft Expression Studio v3.0.1061-Lz0

This article has been published at RLSLOG.net - visit our site for full content. Lz0 brought to us the lastest version of this web designers and developers software. Enjoy Description : Microsoft Expression Studio takes your creative possibilities to a new level. The professional design tools and innovative technologies in Expression Studio give you the flexibility and freedom to bring your vision to reality
Publication date: 2009-07-24 more

Returning XML or JSON Is Easy with RESTful Services

Someone asked me recently a quick question on how to set up a RESTful service to return JSON instead of XML. Th person already had a RESTful service they had created in WCF that returned XML, so most of the hard work was done already. This was a quick answer (nice to have a quick question/answer once in a while!)  since the WebGetAttribute class expose a property called ResponseFormat which accepts a WebMessageFormat enumeration value. The values are Xml and Json. So to configure a method to...
Publication date: 2008-08-28 more

Hospital Implements High-Tech Emergency Response System

The project I develop is in the news today: From Information Week: GPS-enabled cell phones and other mobile location-tracking technologies used for Enhanced 911 capabilities are helping emergency response workers find people in trouble. The deployment of a geographic information system and mobile applications in southern California is enabling emergency response personnel to more quickly and efficiently deploy rescue teams based on near real-time data about traffic conditions, the location... Di
Publication date: 2008-06-26 more

Using the ESRI JavaScript API as the Silverlight control SDK

After Richie released the Map Viewer Silverlight control I thought to provide the control with an SDK.  Completely write an SDK in Silverlight for queries and tasks would take a long time. However ArcGIS 9.3 comes out with the Rest Api and Silverlight can talk to Javascript without any problems. ESRI Javascript API uses rest to talk to the server. So I would use the Javascript API from Silverlight as the SDK. This is how a little application using the JavaScript API looks like
Publication date: 2008-08-25 more

Super Secrets to be Revealed at Mix09

Attend a keynote at a big Microsoft conference and at some point in the presentation you will hear a musical fanfare followed by a breathless product announcement. Depending on the show and the time of year the announcements can be hum-drum or spectacular.  Do you remember when Microsoft announced a new development framework called .NET a few years ago?    Of course Scott Guthrie
Publication date: 2009-03-17 more

Silverlight + MySpace = WayCool!

Today MySpace announced support for Silverlight on their Open Platform. Yes, you can start leveraging the power of .NET in your MySpace apps. How cool is that? You can get the details here . You will be able to download an open source MySpace Silverlight...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-04-02 more

Composite Application Guidance for WPF

We try to regularly update our guidance library with content we have developed to meet the demands of architects and application developers seeking guidance on how to apply Microsofts array of products and technologies to common application development scenarios and technical challenges, We recently shipped the latest edition to our guidance library - Composite Application Guidance for WPF (CAB). This guidance package is designed to help developers more easily build enterprise-level... Did
Publication date: 2008-07-16 more

Twitterlight

Twitterlight - Microsoft Silverlight Twitter client. Post to Twitter and view Tweets, replies, archive and public timeline. Couldn
Publication date: 2008-07-20 more

Travel stories and session recaps from Mozilla Camp Europe Prague, 3-4 October 2009

Late last night I came home from the fantastic event that was Mozilla Camp Europe Prague, 3-4 October 2009 , and I thought I
Publication date: 2009-10-07 more

Robust, Reusable Drag-and-Drop Behavior in Silverlight

By manipulating an element's RenderTransform with attached behaviors, you can greatly increase the overall robustness and reusability of any drag-and-drop implementation in Silverlight.
Publication date: 2009-05-28 more

What is lacking in your WinForms app?

My name is Peter and I am a member of the Telerik WinForms team. Today I had to help a customer of ours, who was building a nice looking and very professional LOB application. He was looking for a control that would display the status of a process that he could incorporate in his app. The reply was simple, although not so obvious
Publication date: 2008-09-05 more

Dew Drop - August 19, 2008

  Silverlight / WPF WPF Datagrid & the WPF Toolkit (Marc) Prism, MEF and DI oh my (Glenn Block) The Curious Incident of the MessageBox in the Silverlight App (Mike Taulty) Terrain Tutorial Part 2 - Using Transform Matrices to Create 3D Looking Terrain and Tip of the Day #28: How to Implement a Custom Mouse Cursor (Mike Snow) Silverlight 2 Samples: Dragging, Docking, Expanding Panels (Part 2) (Martin Grayson) Deep Fried Bytes Episode 10: A Practical Look at Silverlight Part 2 (Keith Elder)
Publication date: 2008-08-20 more

Microsoft details AJAX navigation implemented in IE8

Microsoft has given more details on a HTML5 Ajax feature included in Internet Explorer 8. The company has also taken the time to include guides for implementing the functionality into a Silverlight application. Read More...
Publication date: 2008-07-16 more

PDC Session: Silverlight 4 Beta Overview

Thank you to everyone who came to my overview talk yesterday! My session video has already been posted online. You can also download the deck here. You can find online all the other Silverlight PDC session videos. ......( read more )...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-11-20 more

Silverlight 2 Beta 2 updates for web services

We were all jumping for joy when Silverlight 2 beta 1 was released and the ability to connect to services was more readily/easily available to us. For discoverable services that provided a WSDL we were quickly able to implement them using the Add Service...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-06-07 more

Silverlight Attached Behavior and Commands

Recently, I am doing some research related to Attached Behavior and Command. The attached Behavior and Command features are only available in Silverlight 3 Beta and also Blend 3 Preview. If you want to experience how useful is it, please install those...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-06-26 more

Behind the Curtain

Our team (officially Community Program Managers, but from time to time our conceit is to call ourselves STO Ninjas) has quietly expanded over the past few months, including the additions of two amazing and terrific new voices: Pete Brown and Jon Galloway...(read more)
Publication date: 2010-02-07 more

Silverlight for WordPress

Ive made no hiding the fact that my blog is build on Subtext and that Im very happy with it right now. Lately though my wife has been blogging more (thats another story) and she also started her own business. Being curious about all the WordPress love, I decided to start checking it out. Thankfully, the Web Platform Installer helped me get started on WordPress without any troubles at all and I was up and running on my Windows server (I didnt want to start another hosting account anywhere). I ha
Publication date: 2009-03-29 more

Chroma Key Pixel Shader Sample

Here
Publication date: 2009-03-24 more

Atlanta Geek Dinner, June 25, 2008

URL: http://geekdinners.com/dinnerinstance.aspx?id=10 The next Atlanta Geek Dinner has been announced for June 25th, 2008 at Repast in Atlanta. We will be arriving at 6:30pm for scintillating conversation about programming, technology, who's phone is cooler and why we all stopped watching Lost after season one. Everyone is welcome. Please RSVP here: http://geekdinners.com/dinnerinstance.aspx?id=10
Publication date: 2008-06-21 more

Introducing SilverUnit

SilverUnit is a new open source Unit Testing framework for SilverLight ( true unit testing, not the Integration style, browser-backed, Async-driven C#-only-friendly, monster of a Test Framework from Microsoft). All the gory details
Publication date: 2009-02-25 more

The Travelling Salesman Web Service

JOpt.AAS reduces the number of vehicles in a fleet at the same volume of jobs/deliveries and optimizes overall route times and distance 2009/02/21 - The Travelling Salesman Problem is probably one of the most studied problems in computational mathematics. Due to its practical relevance for many applications in the field of logistics and field force planning there are many studies dealing with algorithms and approaches to solve the TSP programmatically. Now DNA Evolutions offers a web service pla
Publication date: 2009-02-23 more

MvcContrib version control has moved to GitHub

MvcContribs version control is now managed on GitHub.com.  Thanks to Jeremy Skinner for doing the work necessary to move the Subversion repository.  Thanks to Eric Hexter for reconfiguring the TeamCity build to work with GitHub and publish artifacts to teamcity.codebetter.com.  Jeremy also has a tutorial for how to work with GitHub. http://MvcContrib.org continues to be the main URL for the project.  It currently directs to CodePlex for all SCM except for version control. What... Did you know
Publication date: 2009-08-23 more

Huge Microsoft Security Patch Hits Tuesday, Includes Windows 7 Updates

Microsoft will release a huge security patch tomorrow October 13th containing eight critical and five important security bulletins fixing 34 vulnerabilities. Affected software includes Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, Silverlight, Forefront, Develope...
Publication date: 2009-10-13 more

Weekend Shootout Round 1: MLB.TV Premium

Lets just cut right to the chase. I
Publication date: 2008-04-22 more

Stream Video And Location Together With GPS-Enabled Mobile Video

Stream Video And Location Together With GPS-Enabled Mobile Video by Sunshine on 10 Sep 2008, 09:20 AM with 2 comment(s) Want to show off your route along with your position on a Virtual Earth map? Take people on a tour with you without them physically there? All possible if you have a Windows Live Mobile phone with GPS. Chris Pendleton, VE Evangelist, reports: Inca Mobile is rolling out some interesting technology to simultaneously stream video from a mobile phone while leveraging the onb
Publication date: 2008-09-10 more

Microsoft Announces Source Code Analysis for C#

URL: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/sourceanalysis/R... Interestingly, Microsoft has released a new tool that they've used for years internally to analyze code in their code base. Its been informally called "StyleCop" and differs from FxCop in that it analyzes source code, not compiled binaries. If you are interested in consistency in your code base, you should take a look!
Publication date: 2008-05-25 more

Silverlight, MVVM, Prism and More at VSLive Orlando

Are you planning on attending VSLive Orlando t his week? If so, please stop by the 3 sessions I will be presenting at VSLive Orlando and say hi. I really enjoy speaking at the conferences and getting the chance to have great conversations with all the people. Often it gives me a greater breadth of understanding of what people are trying to accomplish and the struggles they face. For me the conferences have always been about the conversations and the people. If you are going to be at the c
Publication date: 2009-10-04 more

Firefox 3 and Silverlight

Well today (17 JUN 2008) will be the release of Firefox 3, a seemingly much anticipated browser update. I checked out an earlier build (I think beta 2) and it was a nice browser. I
Publication date: 2008-06-23 more

Silverlight, Syndicated Feeds, and Isolated Storage

Silverlight, Syndicated Feeds, and Isolated Storage Posted on Sunday, February 01 2009 by John Papa In the latest issue of my Data Points column in MSDN Magazine (Feb 2009 issue) I wrote an article titled
Publication date: 2009-02-02 more

CommunityOne and RedMonk

CommunityOne and RedMonk May 7th, 2008 So far so good. My talk at CommunityOne went off without a hitch and was possibly even well received. After which Andre and I went on to check out the RedMonk track at CommunityOne, which was inciteful as one would expect. We participated in a few discussions around cloud computing, twitter and, of course, RIA. I think from the discussion about RIAs I pretty much decided the only thing that makes an RIA is when an online application does not use page
Publication date: 2008-05-07 more

Tip of the Day #23

Silverlight currently does not support mouse wheel events. However, you can attach an event to capture the mouse wheel movement through the HtmlPage object. This tutorial will show you how to do it for IE, Opera, Mozilla and Safari browsers. To start...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-07-31 more

Link Listing - July 13, 2008

WPF WPF.JoshSmith [Via: Josh Smith ] SQL Server Get ready for SQL Server 2008 RTM release! [Via: ssqa.net ] Link Collections Best of the Web - June [Via: Sean Hodge ] New and Notable 251 [Via: Sam Gentile ] LINKBLOG for July 12, 2008 [Via: Steve Pietrek ] Interesting Finds: July 13, 2008 [Via: Jason Haley ] Dew Drop - July 13, 2008 [Via: Alvin Ashcraft ] LINKBLOG for July 13, 2008 [Via: Steve Pietrek ] Weekly Link Post 50 [Via: Rhonda Tipton ] Links (7/13/2008) [Via: Arjan Zuidhof ] Miscellan
Publication date: 2008-07-24 more

The ABCs of Alpha, Beta, CTP

A commenter to my last post asks the following question, What is the difference between a beta, a CTP, a fully-supported out of band release, an RTM feature, and a service pack? The answer you get will differ based on who you ask, but Ill give you my two cents on what these terms mean. Beta Lets start with Beta. A great starting point is this post by Jeff Atwood entitled Alpha, Beta, and Sometimes Gamma. The software is complete enough for external testing -- that is, by groups outside... Did yo
Publication date: 2008-08-16 more

140+ hours of video on Expression training

See you in 5.83333 days... :) Hat tip to Arturo Videos are here ( RSS feed here )...( read more )...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-11-20 more

Silverlight Slider and Absolute values

If you use the Slider object in Silverlight (or WPF for that matter) you may have experienced some similar frustration that I have recently. Lets take a look at what the Slider is first. The Slider is a simple control on the surface providing a track and a thumb (if you arent familiar with that term) that enables value changing. Some of the key properties are: Minimum the number that represents the lowest (left or bottom) value Maximum the number that represents the highest (right... Did you kno
Publication date: 2008-09-09 more

Dell Mini 9 Project

I ordered the following Dell Mini 9 from Dell on one of their one day only sales ($50 off) (which seem to occur every few weeks, so it pays to be patient
Publication date: 2009-03-28 more

Introducing the AutoCompleteBox

The Silverlight AutoCompleteBox is now available. This guide covers the control’s properties, usage, and demonstrates how to hook it up to a JSON web service. Note: This post contains live Silverlight content that your news reader may not be able...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-10-31 more

Annotating Code with .NET Reflector and Review Add-In

Ben Hall takes a look at a simple add-in to .NET Reflector that helps team development work in a number of ways, and show how useful it can be in understanding how an API to a third-party assembly works.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2009-01-29 more

10 Expression Blend 3 Tutorials for Silverlight available for download

The 10 tutorials from the Eyes of Blend series on Project Rosetta site are now available for download in both Word and PDF format. The .zip files also contain source code for the starter projects and resource files if appropriate. One thing that’s...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-10-28 more

Flash Penetration: The Truth

Last week I posted an item questioning Adobe
Publication date: 2009-02-28 more

Great architectural overview of RIA with Silverlight 2.0

If you want to get a nice comprehensive overview of Silverlight 2.0 Architecture Development and Deployment then check out this 4 part series from my colleague Bob Familiar. There
Publication date: 2008-05-08 more

In DAM, Flashy does not always mean Flex

I mentioned in an earlier post (about the recent Henry Stewart DAM Symposium ) that one of the big trends right now in the DAM world is a shift toward client apps built on Adobe Flex technology. Sometimes it's hard to tell the Flex from the non-Flex players, however, because the grey-on-grey look and feel can also be achieved with ordinary HTML and CSS, and some vendors have actually used those technologies to achieve a distinctly Flex-like appearance for their new UIs. A good case in
Publication date: 2009-06-12 more

Make your Silverlight site ready for Firefox 3

The forthcoming Firefox 3 release will break some Silverlight 1.0 installation experience on web sites that used the original Silverlight 1.0 SDK Silverlight.js file. The Silverlight 2 SDK has an updated Silverlight.js file that not only solves this problem...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-06-14 more

Interesting Finds: July 29, 2009

Other Why Is Network Solutions Covering Up Breach News? , Michael Hickins UnTeams and Real Teams , Esther Derby Putting Search into Context , Microsoft Research Monads and my many language road to more functional programming , chrisdonnan.com Team Office Hours , Kris Gray Babel 2.0.0.0 Has Been Released , Alberto Ferrazzoli Developer evangelism handbook released , Chris Heilmann Incremental Delivery and Continuous Design , Jeremy D Miller Pro
Publication date: 2009-07-29 more

Shamelessly benefitting from the work of others [Links to Silverlight Airlines and Surface samples for RTW!]

I try to keep up with migrating my various samples to the latest Silverlight Beta/RTW releases, but I don't always have the chance to do so as quickly as I'd like. That's why it was great to find that someone had already done some of the work for me....(read more)
Publication date: 2008-11-14 more

Mozilla & Microsoft, Strange Bedfellows, Stranger Allies

You know things are getting weird when Microsoft and Mozilla agree on anything. After all, one is a closed source developer, the other is open source. The one uses bullying tactics and sheer market drive to push its browser, the other has used an appeal of quality to the prospective users. This is one of those
Publication date: 2009-10-02 more

20 Social Media Sites For Web Designers / Developers

Digg and Reddit are growing so fast that they are losing their community feel. If you are a social media enthusiast, and you love web design, you might be looking for new places you can go that are more focused on the web design niche. If you run a web design blog, becoming an active member of communities focused solely on web design might be a good way to improve your readership. Whatever your motivation is, I put together this list of 20 social media sites focused solely on web design. Some of
Publication date: 2009-03-28 more

LINQ and Entity Framework Posts for 8/3/2009+

Note: This post is updated weekly or more frequently, depending on the availability of new articles. Entity Framework and Entity Data Model (EF/EDM) Alex James delivers Tip 30
Publication date: 2009-08-09 more

SQL SERVER - FIX : ERROR : Could Not Connect to SQL Server - TDSSNIClient initialization failed with error 07e, status code 060

This is a very common error faced by so many people and I get lots of questions regarding this error. This error occurs due to many reasons and I have already posted few solutions on this error, see if you can find your solution here SQL SERVER - Fix : Error : 40 - could [...]... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2008-08-31 more

Samedi .NET Silverlight event recap part deux

Co-presenters Laurent and Louis-Philippe blogged in details about the event.  Louis-Philippe even captured my fantastic designer skills. Here showcasing Sketchflow: and here in Expression Design: Ohhhhhh, much better! This one also in Expression Design: Of course, I only did the logo  ;-) A great way to learn SketchFlow is by downloading the Expression Blend Starter Kit called Introduction to Prototyping with SketchFlow: http://expression.microsoft.com/en-us/cc197141.asp
Publication date: 2009-10-28 more

Load Balancing IIS Web Farm with EC2

Weve been looking to find the best Cloud based host to put our soon to be virally growing web site up on.  Our requirements are it must run IIS7 and use Sql Server 2008 as its...This site is a resource for asp.net web programming. It has examples by Peter Kellner of techniques for high performance programming... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look
Publication date: 2009-04-21 more

Programming news: Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 Beta 1 shipping and Mozilla's Jetpack unveiling

This week
Publication date: 2009-05-27 more

Silverlight XAP File Out of Date When Built with Expression Blend

  The latest project I am working on involves some rather tight integration between Silverlight and SharePoint so I
Publication date: 2009-05-22 more

Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) Preview 6: V1 Feature Complete Silverlight Support and Much More!

Today we released MEF Preview 6 on codeplex .  Not only is this the feature complete build for MEF V1.0 (which will ship with .NET Framework 4) but it also has the first drop of MEF for Silverlight!   Nick has the best summary of what is new...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-07-14 more

Postgresql - Day 2

My migration from SQL Server to PostgreSQL for an upcoming project continues. On day 1 I managed to get the application up and running quickly, thanks to NHibernate. Ayende was kind enough to post some advice to minimize the already-few problems I ran into (I've since implemented the ISQLExceptionConverter and am really happy about it). Today I had a bigger challenge - making the OLTP to OLAP transformation script work. I knew this would be more difficult because I'm using straight up SQL... Did
Publication date: 2009-10-25 more

PC versus Mac

Here at Pageflakes, it
Publication date: 2008-06-24 more

Merged Resource Dictionaries in Silverlight 3

Merged Resource Dictionaries provide a way to define and split resources into separate files. By locating application resources in external file we can then reuse them between applications. This feature can be helpful in custom control development, but not only. In Silverlight 2 resources cannot be factored into separate files and that leads to large App.xaml file holding application-wide shared resources. The same problem exists while developing custom controls. All default style keys must be
Publication date: 2009-03-24 more

Low Cost Hardware Platform for .NET Micro Framework - USBizi

GHI Electronics (known from the great Embedded Master
Publication date: 2008-07-13 more

ADO.NET Data Services + Silverlight 2 B2 = Happiness

ADO.NET Data Services + Silverlight 2 B2 = Happiness Posted by on September 5th, 2008 This one almost snuck by me, but on my Microsoft Downloads email today I saw that the ADO.NET Data Services bits had been updated to work work with Silverlight.  I had a demo a week or so ago that I tried to do where I was wiring up an ADO.NET Data Services service (that sounds weird) to a Silverlight client and it just didn
Publication date: 2008-09-06 more

Practical ASP.NET: Updating Multiple GridView Rows

Putting updateable controls in the ItemTemplate in a GridView gives developers what they want: the ability for users to change more than one row at a time. The cost is writing some extra code.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2009-01-29 more

Link Listing - February 25, 2009

Link Listing - February 25, 2009 Podcasts Alan Stevens on Community 2.0 [Via: dotnetrocks ] Episode 26: Discovering Azure SQL Services [Via: Deep Fried Bytes ] Derik Whittaker on nHibernate [Via: dotnetrocks ] Uncle Bob Martin: SOLID, this time with feeling. [Via: Scott Hanselman ] Elegant Code: Code Cast 22
Publication date: 2009-02-28 more

Check us out at TechEd North America 2009

I hope you enjoy the content we post on this blog. I
Publication date: 2009-04-21 more

April 28th Links: ASP.NET, ASP.NET AJAX, ASP.NET MVC, Silverlight

Here is the latest in my link-listing series .  Also check out my ASP.NET Tips, Tricks and Tutorials page and Silverlight Tutorials page for links to popular articles I've done myself in the past. ASP.NET Displaying the Number of Active Users...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-04-30 more

Off Topic: Building NBCOlympics.com with Silverlight

OK, I know this has nothing to do with SoftGrid or App-V but with the Olympics starting tomorrow I thought some of you might be interested in this.  I love watching the Olympics and the fact that NBC's site is running some really cool Microsoft tech is icing on the cake.  ======== NBCOlympics.com is one of the most ambitious projects on the web and one of the largest Silverlight applications today.  Eric Schmidt takes us on a technical tour of how the site works and how it was built with Silverl
Publication date: 2008-08-08 more

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Publication date: 2008-08-10 more

AJAX World RIA Conference - Building Rich Internet Applications Using Microsoft Silverlight 2

Many of today's (and tomorrow
Publication date: 2008-09-12 more

Microsoft Web Application Toolkits

Web Application Toolkits are designed to enable Web Developers to simply extend their web application capabilities by providing them with a packaged set of running samples, templates and documentation. The goal for the Web Application Toolkits is to provide Web Developers with resources such as project templates, controls, and code samples along with simplified documentation all in a consistent packaged format that is easy to download and run in a very short period of time. One of the key crite
Publication date: 2009-09-28 more

.Net RIA Services: Custom Validation

.Net RIA Services: Custom Validation This is another post in a series of posts about building applications with Microsoft .Net RIA Services and Silverlight 3 and ASP.Net . Build a Simple Application with .Net RIA Services (Silverlight 3)
Publication date: 2009-04-15 more

Updated Code: XAML Power Toys for Visual Studio 2010 Beta2 Cider Designer

I was working on a post for T4 Preprocessed Text Templates (I
Publication date: 2009-10-29 more

Microsoft health hazard?

Microsoft health hazard? Tue,06 Oct 2009 07:22 GMT -4:00 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/29438 news viewAdvertising | Freedom:- Seriously, would you want Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer (right) to be in charge of your health records? That
Publication date: 2009-10-07 more

AgOpenSource Project Touring

Today, after a bit of design work, I begin very frequent updates on a new application to be created under the AgOpenSource project, code named: project Touring .   [This is a place holder
Publication date: 2009-08-02 more

Channel 9 Interview: Jared Parsons on the P-Invoke Interop Assistant (Beth Massi)

Today I posted an interview screencast on Channel 9. In this interview, Jared Parsons, a Developer on the Visual Basic IDE, shows us the P/Invoke Interop Assistant available on CodePlex. The tool helps with converting unmanaged C code to managed P/Invoke signatures and vice versa. Say goodbye to digging through random header files or MSDN documentation to find the right constants, structures and signatures. The P/Invoke Interop Assistant does a smarter translation for you using... Did you know t
Publication date: 2008-07-29 more

Silverlight 2 Release Candidate 0 Available

Start your preparations for the final release of Silverlight 2 with this release candidate of the Silverlight tools and developer runtime....(read more)
Publication date: 2008-09-26 more

The Attention Race

It
Publication date: 2008-08-11 more

September 9th 2008 say goodbye to your laser mouse.

I have a little problem with buying a new mouse once in a while, my wife has the same problem with shoes. I dont try to understand it, I just let it be. A new mouse is coming out from Microsoft on September 9th that I must have. Like any gadget, this one has something new, better than laser. Microsoft claims that will be able to be used in any surface. What can be better than laser? And whats that great blue glow the radiates? Worth to get a mouse that glows I may add. So I am going to spoil...
Publication date: 2008-08-28 more

Accessing the DropDownList Control's SelectedIndex or SelectedValue Properties Selects the First ListItem

I was recently helping a colleague squash a bug that had popped up on a page that involved a DropDownList. Specifically, an HttpException was being thrown with the error message Cannot have multiple items selected in a DropDownList. This exception is raised, as the message notes, if a DropDownList contains multiple ListItems whose Selected properties are set to true. The page in question had a DropDownList whose values were populated from a web service on the first page load. Shortly after this
Publication date: 2009-02-08 more

Permanent Link to Geek Dinner in the Chicago Burbs

Geek Dinner in the Chicago Burbs Posted July 8th @ 2:52 pm by Dave Update: an RSVP link has been created, http://www.geekdinners.com/DinnerInstance.aspx?id=11 Shawn Wildermuth is swooping into town next week for one of his Silverlight Tour training events and we thought what better to do than to resurrect the old Geek Dinner. Come join us at The Real Time Sports Bar in Elk Grove Village, IL on Monday, July 14th at 6:30PM for some cocktails, food and geek fun. What: Geek Dinner Where: The
Publication date: 2008-07-29 more

RIA BOF at GUADEC

RIA BOF at GUADEC Thanks to Behdad and the organizers at GUADEC, I will be having a BOF/discussion session tomorrow at 4:30pm to discuss a new class of applications built on Silverlight or Flash and how they relate to the future of the Linux Desktop. Some of the ideas are clearly derived from Alex and Chris thinking about the desktop; it is heavily influenced by our work on Moonlight; by the recent strides that Adobe has made on creating great looking applications on the web (Buzzword and Phot
Publication date: 2008-07-09 more

Generating PDFs in ASP.NET Pages PDF Duo .Net

In my current contract, I need to generate database-driven PDFs on the fly. Ive done the first prototypes with my copy of Aspose.Pdf for .NET *. Its an enterprise-ready, robust, and extremely functional component with a rich API, XML content input,...(read more)... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here .
Publication date: 2009-09-02 more

Full Implementation of a Silverlight Policy Server.

In Silverlight Beta 1 you could only use sockets to connect to the same host the Silverlight application was served up from. In Beta 2 a change was made to allow you to connect to any server. However, before the Silverlight application can connect to...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-06-28 more

Microsoft's 'Signature PCs' show its vision of computing perfection

Microsoft's 'Signature PCs' show its vision of computing perfectionTechFlash (blog)
Publication date: 2009-10-28 more

Engineering Excellence recognition for the Silverlight Unit Test Framework

I
Publication date: 2009-06-02 more

Principles of Design Series: Learn about Emphasis using Expression Design

In this video from the Principles of Design Series, Arturo Toledo of the Expression team at Microsoft, demonstrates Emphasis, a basic principle of design. Watch this video to learn more about the concept of Emphasis while using Expression Design. Principles...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-06-23 more

RIA technologies: lets compare font rendering.

The idea is to compare the current RIA frameworks like Flex(Flash), Silverlight and JavaFX and see what are the fonts that they produces. We are in 21th century most of the people have laptops and use TFT screens and windows is the most usedOS this days, so most of the people use clear type font rendering. Lets see how each technology uses clear type.
Publication date: 2009-08-20 more

10 New Silverlight 2 Beta 1 Gallery Entries!

The Silverlight 2 Beta 1 Community Gallery grew today to include 10 new submissions: a 1977 Chip8/SChip computer emulator, a 3D earth viewer, a chat client and more! The Silverlight 1.0 Community Gallery grew last week too, so do have a look!...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-05-24 more

Oldschool 10 Free Wordpress Theme

Wordpress Theme Compatable with WordPress version 2.7. A clean, optimized with enhanced archives and a large header image, designed for professional and/or photography blogs. This version adds support for threaded comments and sticky posts. Download Theme | View Demo More Free Wordpress Themes: Old School 15001 Free Wordpress Theme Stacko Theme SilverLight Eclair Theme InnodeMag ModuleMag Financial Circle
Publication date: 2009-06-09 more

September 1st : SharePoint 2007: Deep Dive for the Developer

Advertisement: SharePoint 2007 Training by Sahil in Europe and United States (more information). I have been INSANELY busy for the past 3 months. Every weekend, morning till evening, and every weekday, as much as I could. Why? I wanted to put together the absolute best, no prisoners taken SharePoint 2007 training course. Those who have worked with me,... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several ca
Publication date: 2008-08-21 more

Follow Microsoft

Hello! I just signed up to Twitter. Actually I did months ago but never used it. Now I want to get started. It seems pretty easy to use but still confused with the @reply or @ this or that not sure what it is… If you have tips let me know. Follow...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-03-08 more

Software Tool Design: Remote User Testing

If you are developing a software product, you'll know that the sooner you can get feedback from the users, the better. But, what sort of feedback, which users, and how? If your users have to test your software within their own development environment and workplace, you are presented with a challenge. Stephen explains a practical solution... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories inclu
Publication date: 2008-08-18 more

On The Bleeding Edge: Where All The Fun Is.

Tim Heuer did a brilliant job in his recent blog post sorting through and summing up some of the confusion that has arisen out of the current unusual circumstances of Silverlight, Blend and Visual Studio all having two versions available at the same time...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-05-25 more

SQL SERVER - Introduction to Force Index Query Hints - Index Hint - Part2

In my previous article SQL SERVER - Introduction to Force Index Query Hints - Index Hint I have discussed regarding how we can use Index Hints with any query. I just received email from one of my regular reader that are there any another methods for the same as it will be difficult to read [...]... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2009-02-09 more

Gary Krakow is off his rocker, blames MSFT for iPhone battery woes

Gary Krakow has gone insane. I was going to say hes an idiot, but Ill leave that up to Cali. In his latest article on TheStreet.com, he writes (regarding the iPhone and battery life): In our tests, iPhone batteries really can't handle the extra drain of Microsoft Exchange mail. Blame it mostly on Microsoft. Microsoft's mobile email software is a pig. It always has been a battery hog. Everyone who has ever lived with a Microsoft Mobile phone knows that battery life stinks if you constantly... Did
Publication date: 2008-07-16 more

New Silverlight 2 Video: Using Silverlight 2 Graphics

Watch Todd Miranda demonstrate how to use shapes and geometries to create graphics in Silverlight 2. View this and other Silverlight videos on the Learn page ....(read more)
Publication date: 2009-06-04 more

Introduction to HealthVault Development #6 Fixing a mistake

After weve released our application, some of our users complained that they accidentally entered an incorrect weight, and would like to have a way of fixing it. We will therefore extend our application to be able to update a weight. Were going to do that by creating a separate edit page (editing in-line would be nicer, but this way is simpler). For the update page to know which weight it should be editing, we need a way to uniquely identify a specific weight instance. Every item that is sto
Publication date: 2009-02-08 more

Microsoft Analysis Services 2005: Displaying a grid using ADOMD.NET and MDX

The article explains how to fetch data from Microsoft Analysis Services 2005 (OLAP) Cube using ADOMD.NET and MDX, and display it in the form of a grid.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2008-08-20 more

Silverlight minor update released today - Tim Heuer

Small public service announcement here for Silverlight developers
Publication date: 2009-09-04 more

Silverlight Tip of the Day #98

I would like to announce that I am currently working on a book titled
Publication date: 2009-03-10 more

Posts about Politico as of March 5, 2009

A nearly $410 billion omnibus appropriations bill advanced steadily in th
Publication date: 2009-03-06 more

New Silverlight 1.0 Video

In this video, Michael Palermo will demonstrate a simple, minimalistic way to approach Silverlight. This video will stress just the necessary requirements and steps to get started with Silverlight....(read more)
Publication date: 2008-04-25 more

SQLAuthority News Best Practices for Integration Services Configurations

This article explains what SQL Server Integration Services configurations are used for, why you should use Integration Services configurations, and what options you have for leveraging configurations. It will also make some simple recommendations that are based on my experiences of building Integration Services packages in a real-world environment. An understanding of the terms package, [...]... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We a
Publication date: 2009-10-25 more

SQL SERVER - FIX : ERROR : The SQL Server System Configuration Checker cannot be executed due to WMI configuration on the machine Error:2147749896 (080041008)

A couple of days back I had my computer formatted. I reinstalled it with Vista SP1 32bit. Subsequent to installing other indispensable software I tried to install SQL Server 2005 . However, it instantly displayed the following error message.The SQL Server System Configuration Checker cannot be executed due to WMI configuration on the machine Error:2147749896 [...]... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles
Publication date: 2009-04-13 more

Becoming a better blogger, reader and helping me take out the trash: Trimming in Public: Episode 2

Trimming in Public is a series where I go through my list of 293 RSS feeds, 10 RSS feeds at a time, give some detail as to why I subscribed to a particular feed, and then decide whether or not to keep on consuming that feed. In Episode 1 I explained what RSS is and how to use it, please read that if you need a refresher on why RSS is awesome and why you should be using it if you take reading news on the internet seriously . The prefix to Trimming in Public is
Publication date: 2009-06-16 more

Validation with Silverlight 3 and the DataForm

My latest Data Points column is now online and in print in the October 2009 issue of MSDN Magazine. The column
Publication date: 2009-10-04 more

Deep Fried Bytes is MMMMM Good

So the latest thing to enter my regular schedule this month is Deep Fried Bytes , a new podcast hosted by Keith Elder and Chris Woodruff . So far they have published 4 episodes, with the first one being an introduction to what they wanted to do with Deep...(read more)... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2008-06-18 more

Programming news: Oracle Application Testing Suite 9.0, JPA 2.0, IronScheme

Read about the Beginner Developer Learning Center, Oracle
Publication date: 2009-09-29 more

MIX09

   Scott Guthrie on Advances in the Design Experiences      - Web            - powerful set of tools and technologies            - Expression Web 3                   - Standard based web authoring                   - Multi-language targeting    Erik Saltwell (Group Program Manager) about Expression Web 3.0       -   Preview Feature that allows us to test the same design against several browsers and versions, and look at what are the differences    Announcement -
Publication date: 2009-03-21 more

Using web service faults with the new SL3 client HTTP stack

Carlos, one of our team members, has posted an quick blog post on how to use SOAP faults with the new client HTTP stack , introduced in SL3. This makes configuring faults significantly easier: there is no need to write custom code in your WCF service...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-08-18 more

DotNetNuke Tip: Changing Who Administrator Emails are From

This will be a quick DotNetNuke Tip, but a worthwhile one nonetheless! I've seen this question asked tons of times, and even got an email from someone this weekend asking the very same thing. "Where do you change the
Publication date: 2008-08-12 more

Is seeing demo programs on the Mac or Firefox Important?

Please take a moment to fill out this 4 question survey on whether we should be demonstrating cross-platform and cross-browser capabilities in Silverlight. Thanks....( read more )...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-10-07 more

DNNVoice Show #6

So Tom and I finally recorded Show #6 of the DNNVoice Thursday evening. I didnt get a chance to edit until this evening. Below is a copy/paste of the show notes from www.dnnvoice.com   Heres a very nondescriptive overview of Show #6 of the DNNVoice...(read more)... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here .
Publication date: 2009-05-04 more

MIX Essentials Mexico!

This week I
Publication date: 2008-06-03 more

Becoming a better blogger, reader and helping me take out the trash: Trimming in Public: Episode 5

Trimming in Public is a series where I go through my list of 293 RSS feeds, 10 RSS feeds at a time, give some detail as to why I subscribed to a particular feed, and then decide whether or not to keep on consuming that feed. In Episode 1 I explained what RSS is and how to use it, please read that if you need a refresher on why RSS is awesome and why you should be using it if you take reading news on the internet seriously. The prefix to Trimming in Public is
Publication date: 2009-06-21 more

CSS: a long wait for the aha moment

I
Publication date: 2009-04-03 more

SQLAuthority News Search SQL Server Solutions

So far, I have written over 1030 articles on my blog, and I have received an astounding 12,000+ comments. Undoubtedly, it has acquired the status of a huge database now!I nearly receive 200+ emails and lots of comments on this blog every day. I do maintain a log of all the comments and emails received. [...]... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look:
Publication date: 2009-07-26 more

Link Listing - June 17, 2008

Link Listing - June 17, 2008 MSBuild MSBuild Reserved Properties [Via: Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi ] Sharepoint Adding Copy and Paste to SharePoint with the SmartTools [Via: Jan Tielens ] Customizing Application.master [Via: Greg Galipeau ] WPF Three tips for working with XBAP [Via: Josh Smith ] WPF WebBrowser [Via: llester ] Dynamic UI with WPF and LINQ [Via: Beth Massi ] Learning WPF with BabySmash - Pushing things up a level with another set of eyes [Via: Scott Hanselman ] Learning WPF with Bab
Publication date: 2008-06-19 more

Silverlight Migration Guide - Upgrading Your Online Media Experiences

See how to provide Rich Interactive Applications using your existing media assets and Microsoft Silverlight to bring your video and audio content to Mac, Windows, Linux and Mobile Devices everywhere the Web works. Silverlight gives you the power to create...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-02-18 more

ASP.Net DomainDataSource with Select Parameters

ASP.Net DomainDataSource with Select Parameters Continuing with .Net RIA Services with Silverlight and ASP.Net. In the last port I wrote about Using DomainDataSource in ASP.Net , and showed its basic usage. In this post I
Publication date: 2009-04-13 more

Silverlight 3 and the Data Form Control

(Dino Esposito) A significant share of Web and Windows applications exists only to let users edit and save data. Data? What data? Unfortunately, each application has its own
Publication date: 2009-07-30 more

Bing Indexing NoIndex/Nofollow Content

August 8th, 2009 Goto commentsLeave a comment Bing
Publication date: 2009-08-09 more

The new Google-friendly 301 redirects in asp.net 4.0

Take a glance at one of the new features in asp.net 4.0 and expand our redirection repertoire by embracing the permanent 301 redirect:http://runtingsproper.blogspot.com/2009/10/new-google-friendly-301-redirects-in.html... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here .
Publication date: 2009-10-24 more

World's first NVIDIA Ion-packing PC plays back 1080p with ease

Here's the Acer AspireRevo, the first of many tiny PCs with NVIDIA's latest Ion graphics chips inside. Ion combines Intel's power-sipping Atom 230 processor with NVIDIA's graphics, resulting in a hot box that can easily play back high-resolution 1080p video clips
Publication date: 2009-04-10 more

If you can do it in JavaScript, you can do it in managed Silverlight .NET code

Just because you can do something doesn’t mean that you should do something. Just because you can get Quake to run on your iPhone doesn’t mean that’s the best way to do things. But it’s pretty cool! Now that we’re clear on...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-09-29 more

Silverlight Geek Dinner, Sep 15th - Seattle/Redmond/Bellevue

We
Publication date: 2009-08-29 more

Silverlight out-of-browser apps: Network Awareness

There will be times when your Silverlight app is run but the end user does not have a network connection. A key attribute of making a functional offline Silverlight app is building in network awareness. In this post, we
Publication date: 2009-04-25 more

Reviewing the ORCS WEB web hoster.

All web developers eventually require to get a hosting place to add their web application online, I for one, been doing that for years every blog, web app or crazy idea that Ive created required a hoster to see the light of the day. My search for web hosters is a constant task. I have before blog about my experience with other hosters that I have used in the past. After almost 2 years of using ORCS WEB I believe that a review is due, Im shock I havent post any of this before. ORCS Web is without
Publication date: 2009-02-18 more

NY Times Reader on Mac with Silverlight

A while back the team at the New York Times newspaper produced a digital reader for their content, dubbed
Publication date: 2008-05-24 more

Welcome to Talking Points

Starting with this entry I am adding a Talking Points session to our blog intended to give you Talking Points on a particular topic with an easy to read bulletized approach accompanied (if/when available) with a link to a video from channel-9 or some other Microsoft resource including links to other blogs. So today I am going to touch on the new enabling feature of the ASP.NET MVC: ASP.NET Routing. ASP.NET Routing This capability is at the heart of a new approach that makes possible the Model-Vi
Publication date: 2009-02-09 more

How to Change the Size/Format of Multiple Images in One go

Today, a friend came to me with about 300 pictures in his cell phone that he wanted to email someone. The only issue was that each image was about 1MB big. So sending 300MB over email is really not that easy. In fact it
Publication date: 2009-09-04 more

SQLite C# port raises hopes for a Silverlight local database manager

Yesterday programmer Noah Hart announced a port of SQLite to C#: I am pleased to announce that the C# port is done to the point where others can look at it. Unfortunately the code was taken offline almost immediately afterwards, thanks to the intervention of the author of SQLite, D Richard Hipp: Noah, you are welcomed, even encouraged, to take the source code to SQLite and translate it in any way you want and do whatever you want with it. But you need to make it abundantly clear to
Publication date: 2009-08-03 more

Silverlight DataForm and confirming deleting an item

I was talking with a good friend the other day about some feedback about DataForm.  It
Publication date: 2009-08-08 more

Windows4all.com moves to Silverlight 3.

Windows4all is an online virtual operating system. It is is a website that simulates an operating system inside your web browser. You can launch applications right away without installation.  This project has now moved form Silverlight 2 to Silverlight 3. Right click on its desktop and it will give you 2 options : (a) Silverlight Settings and [...]
Publication date: 2009-08-22 more

Silverlight in Seventy Seven Slides ( yes, I know ;-) )

Back in the old days, I used to do a lot more in-person talks/sessions for developers and one of the things that myself and colleagues would discuss is whether a topic was well developed enough to warrant a; What Is? session or a; What
Publication date: 2010-01-18 more

QuickGraph for Silverlight (new release)

I just released a new version of QuickGraph for Silverlight on http://quickgraph.codeplex.com . You can grad it to run your favorite graph algorithm in the silverlight browser!
Publication date: 2009-04-09 more

Palm Pre Users Reporting Possible Heat-Related Screen Distortion (Jack Loftus/Gizmodo)

Jack Loftus / Gizmodo : Palm Pre Users Reporting Possible Heat-Related Screen Distortion Related posts: Palm Pre
Publication date: 2009-06-09 more

One Last Riddle: Solve this and win a pass to MIX09

del.icio.us Tags: MIX09 , Silverlight Technorati Tags: MIX09 , Silverlight So, if you haven
Publication date: 2009-02-21 more

Seadragon.Com

Microsoft Live Labs recently released Seadragon.Com . Using Seadragon, you can share any size image on the net as a zoomable photo. You can then share the image on Facebook, Twitter, or embed it directly on your blog or any other site. The picture viewer...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-08-07 more

Search Your Site Using Google's Custom Search Engine

Remember when people used to debate what search engine was the best among the bunnch? Do you remember back in the day when Yahoo! differentiated itself from other search engines by having actual human beings catalog, summarize, and rate large swaths of the World Wide Web? Today, search is a commodity.It's ubiquitous.Web surfers expect there to bea search box and expect accurate results returned in the blink of an eye. Because of these expectations, it's now more important than ever that your we
Publication date: 2008-09-16 more

Bing Tips & Tricks

Now that Bing is available for use outside Microsoft, here are some quick tips and tricks that will help you do more with Bing.com. 1. Use the full version of Bing If you are using Bing outside North America, chances are that you seeing a localized version of Bing that may be missing some features. For instance, the Indian version of Bing.com doesn
Publication date: 2009-06-01 more

Learning to Create Icons using Expression Design

In this video, part of the Principles of Design Series, Arturo Toledo, demonstrates the basics of designing icons. Icons are a way to abstract a real visual object into a usually smaller representation that preserves the essence of the original object...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-06-26 more

Veteran iPhone/mobile developer concerned about

Ilium Software are one the long time mobile software publishers, and their blog is considered must reading for those that follow the business side of the mobile industry and has consistently good content on lots of mobile topics in general.Their Product Manager Marc has a very good post up on whether cheaper really is better
Publication date: 2009-03-23 more

Silverlight 4 Links

Here
Publication date: 2009-12-01 more

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 and Silverlight updates

Today (19 Oct 2009) the Visual Studio team released the second beta for Visual Studio 2010 to the public. This is a significant milestone for the team and a huge improvement over the previous beta in my opinion as a user. As a developer, you can find...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-10-21 more

Create a nice Silverlight game, win $5000

Microsoft is organizing a Silverlight contest: create a cool game with Silverlight 2 for the Server Quest Contest 2009 and you could win $5000 cash. >> www.serverquestcontest.com   Video: Server Quest Trailer ... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2009-02-23 more

Exploding Objects in Silverlight with a Behavior

Peter Blois explains about one of his favorite things to do with behaviors - to make interfaces explode . I've been doing this for years and it never fails to lighten up my day. With behaviors in Blend 3 and perspective transforms in Silverlight 3 I was finally able to make an decently gratifying explode behavior.
Publication date: 2009-07-16 more

Pixellated

  I had a great time discussing Silverlight with Craig Shoemaker on his PodCast Pixel8.   Craig is a terrific interviewer; well informed, passionate, smart, Microsoft MVP , ASP Insider, developer, podcaster, blogger, co-author of Beginning ASP...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-09-01 more

See the Light

Publication date: 2009-07-07 more

Microsoft Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 30730.126

Microsoft Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 is a useful package that is designed to provide tooling for Microsoft Silverlight 2. It can be installed on top of either Visual Studio 2008 SP1 or Visual Web Developer 2008 Express with SP1, and it provides a Silverlight project system for developing Silverlight applications using C# [...]
Publication date: 2009-07-20 more

Clashing titans: Microsoft vs. Adobe

Publication date: 2008-07-09 more

SOA security reminder

My friend Gunnar Peterson asked about my opinion on SOA and security concerns. Here's what I wrote him:In a paper I wrote a couple of years ago I examined the relevancy of the fallacies of distributed computing defined by Peter Deutsch almost 20 years ago. Writing about the Network is Secure fallacy I wrote that after all these years you would think that the fact you cannot assume the network is secure would be a no-brainer. Alas it still it happens all the time - and that's for "regular"... Did
Publication date: 2008-07-13 more

RadTips, Episode 5: Getting Started with the RadScheduler

I'm pleased to announce that another episode of RadTips is ready for your viewing pleasure. If you missed the first four episodes, I highly recommend you check them out as they covered the new client-side data binding feature of the RadGrid. This episode breaks away from the topic of the first four episodes and covers a new control: the RadScheduler for ASP.NET AJAX! The RadScheduler is a powerful scheduling control that can be used to create and manage appointments in the browser. Follow alo
Publication date: 2008-09-06 more

Intel announces Moblin 2.1 for phones

Intel has just announced a new version of the Moblin user interface, 2.1. The UI runs on an Atom-based device and it has been redesigned for handhelds. During the presentation, Intel also displayed a Smartphone running the OS as well and proclaimed:
Publication date: 2009-09-24 more

How to get a dynamic Copyright in your DotNetNuke Portal

Here's a quick DotNetNuke Tip. If you want to have your Copyright statement that will appear in the DNN Copyright token (skinobject) of a skin you can do the following. Edit your Portal's settings, in the copyright section remove the copyright statement...(read more)... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2008-06-28 more

Twitter Said To Be Abandoning Ruby on Rails

Not really "new" news but I stumbled across this while trying to figure out why Twitter seems to be down every day these days. http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/01/twitter-said-to-be-abandoning-ruby-on-rails/ Were hearing this from multiple sources: After nearly two years of highprofile scaling problems, Twitter is planning to abandon Ruby on Rails as their web framework and start from scratch with PHP or Java (another solution is to stick with the Ruby language and move away from the Rails fram
Publication date: 2008-07-29 more

The Future of ASP.NET AJAX

Bertrand LeRoy recently published a 13 page document on CodePlex, describing the ASP.NET Team
Publication date: 2008-07-15 more

Expression Studio Resources - now including myself, Adam Kinney

Before MIX09, I was completely prepared for the new features in Silverlight 3 that we demoed for the first time in public. It was my job to know and I was excited to see the features released. What I wasn
Publication date: 2009-08-07 more

Inserting Silverlight DeepZoom images into your Web page

An Overview of Deep Zoom Technology Deep Zoom Composer is a free application that creates either Silverlight or AJAX content that displays images in a fixed area on a web page. Users can pan and zoom within high-resolution images inside this area. In...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-12-05 more

Windows Mobile 7: Silverlight in ROM

WMExperts reports that Windows Mobile 7 will have a version of Microsoft
Publication date: 2009-03-23 more

Microsoft Pro Photo Tools.

Publication date: 2008-05-10 more

Silverlight Tip of the Day #93

XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a great format for saving structured data in. In this Tip I will be showing you how to read and process XML files from Silverlight using the XmlReader object. Let
Publication date: 2009-02-11 more

Generating Word Reports / Documents

Generate Word documents by appling XSLT on XML data.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here .
Publication date: 2009-10-04 more

Guardare il guardabile dei Giochi in rete

Via Silicon Alley Insider Easiest steps first: Figure out when the event you want to watch is on (the NY Times has an excellent event tracker for this) and then try to figure out if it
Publication date: 2008-08-07 more

ARTICLE: RIM to add full Flash and Silverlight support to BlackBerry Browser?

Despite the fact that BlackBerry devices are the best in the world (okay, maybe I'm ever-so-slightly biased), the browser can certainly use a bit of improvement - especially in today's world, where an efficient browser is a must on a smartphone.  It wouldn't be very smart if it had a completely non-functional browser, now would it? The good news?  Apparently, RIM has been cooking up a solution to the issue by building in full support for Flash and Silverlight into their browser.  And when they
Publication date: 2009-08-20 more

Hanu Kommalapati's MSDN Magazine Articles

Hanu Kommalapati decided to create a blog post in which to present the  MSDN Magazine articles that he has recently written: ".NET Framework Internals: How the CLR Creates Runtime Objects", "Build Line-Of-Business Enterprise Apps With Silverlight, Part 1" and "Build Line-Of-Business Enterprise Apps With Silverlight, Part 2". I wrote some MSDN magazine articles but never really blogged about them.
Publication date: 2009-07-06 more

Silvester is on my Home Page

Silvester is a tool that I ran across on Emil Stoychevs site. It is a simple UI for showing the latest tweets from a Twitter account in a Silverlight 2 beta 2 widget. You simply copy some HTML to your site, change the Twitter account name, and its off and running.   The explanation of the widget and some examples of how the code works can be found on this post.var dzone_url = 'http://johnpapa.net/all/silvester-is-on-my-home-page/';var dzone_title = 'Silvester is on my Home Page';var dzone_blurb.
Publication date: 2008-08-12 more

Microsoft Explosion Ultimate edition

Ad:: SharePoint 2007 Training in .NET 3.5 technologies (more information). This feed URL has been discontinued. Please update your reader's URL to : http://feeds.feedburner.com/winsmarts Read full article .... ... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known
Publication date: 2009-06-15 more

Microsoft Killed the Virtual Earth ASP.NET Control

Yesterday, Chris Pendleton officially announced that the Microsoft Virtual Earth ASP.NET Control is now Dead . Frankly, I
Publication date: 2009-08-23 more

Creating a Project from xaml and xaml.cs files

I posted the code for the PageSwitcher app described in a previous blog post , but to save space and to make the download faster, I didn't include anything but the code (no solution or project files). A reader wrote asking how to create a project...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-06-01 more

IE8 beta 2

So far in the last couple hours I have found 3 great benefits of IE8 beta 2.   First IE8 is launching really fast. This is great since I am doing a lot of Silverlight stuff lately
Publication date: 2008-08-28 more

REVIEW: First Look at Microsoft's New BING Search Engine

  Microsoft is about to release the third incarnation of their online search platform.  Originally called MSN Search , then  Live Search . . . it's now being rebranded as  "Bing"   Bing's technology attempts to be more than "just search" and deliver something Microsoft refers to as a
Publication date: 2009-06-01 more

A Photosynth of Neil Gaiman

A well composed Photosynth can offer an interesting way to explore 3D space. Even better when the content is as interesting as the method of exploration. Above is a distorted view captured from the Neil Gaiman
Publication date: 2009-11-04 more

April 29th - Silverlight Special Interest Group

Ad: : SharePoint 2007 Training in .NET 3.5 technologies ( more information ). I will be speaking at the Silverlight Special Interest Group. Here are the details -   Event Details |   Map |   Add to Calendar Title: SharePoint and Silverlight, perfect together Abstract: Silverlight is one of the most exciting things to come out of Microsoft lately. In this session, Sa
Publication date: 2009-04-03 more

Music Streaming Service Grooveshark Lite Takes Aim at Pandora and Last.fm

Grooveshark is launching a new online music streaming service called Grooveshark Lite today that aims at creating a better all-around experience than what you
Publication date: 2008-08-18 more

Interesting Finds: October 10, 2009

Other Event Aggregation , Davy Brion Coding: API readability/testability , Mark Needham Visual Studio Add-In vs. Integration Package - Part 6 , Keyvan Nayyeri Investigating Locks , JohanS Hybrid App Debugging
Publication date: 2009-10-12 more

Silverlight Tip of the Day #3: Silverlight Game Support, Limitations and Workarounds

While exploring techniques for game programming with Silverlight I came across some hurdles and discovered some workarounds. I plan to use this blog to track these issues for the purposing of hopefully saving you time from having to do similar research...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-11-19 more

Want to see some cool Silverlight sites?

The Microsoft Art & Technology site showcases a load of Silverlight based web sites from Ice Cube through to Presidential Election sites. The site has: Background Hands on Sandbox Gallery of Silverlight sites Case studies Microsoft Art & Technology...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-06-28 more

Blending HTML into Silverlight page seamlessly

This article will show one technique to blend HTML page into Silverlight page seamlessly through .NET/Javascript interop and HTML frames... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2009-02-09 more

Carrying sensitive information in SAML assertions

When SAML is used in conjunction with WS-Security, only an small piece of the token is encrypted, the proof key for the relying party. The rest of the token goes in plain text, that also includes the user's claims. ... Did you know t
Publication date: 2009-02-25 more

SQL SERVER - Start SQL Server Instance in Single User Mode

There are certain situation when user wants to start SQL Server Engine in
Publication date: 2009-02-10 more

A screenshot from Office 2010

This is a splash screen from a recent internal build of Office 2010, previously known as Office 14 posted by Zack from iGeneration . Nothing more to know about this build though. There are news that Semblio might or might not be a part of Office 14, which is aimed at students. What is Semblio ? According to Zack: The Semblio application will allow you to create and add rich content and objects, such as human-interaction applets which are all available in the existing Semblio SDK. As eve
Publication date: 2009-04-10 more

How to Install a Module in DotNetNuke 5 - Free Video

In this free tutorial we demonstrate how to install a standard module to DotNetNuke 5. There are many modules available to extend the functionality of your DotNetNuke website, some of the modules require you to purchase them from websites, such as snowcovered.com and there are also many free modules available as well. In this tutorial we demonstrate how to install a module using the Install Extensions method and also how to auto install a module using FTP. The video contains: Video 1 - H
Publication date: 2009-09-01 more

View Model Pattern with .NET RIA Services

Over the weekend, I saw a question on StackOverflow about combining .NET RIA Services and the ViewModel pattern and answered briefly there, but the topic is worthy of a blog post. At a high level, .NET RIA Services generates a data model for use in the...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-04-21 more

Bigger, Stronger, Faster

I have a new talk I am giving this Fall at user groups called Bigger, Stronger, Faster : Making Quality .NET Applications Fast and Bug Free. The premise behind the talk is really an answer to a common question I get, How do you create web sites so fast?....(read more)... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here .
Publication date: 2009-10-12 more

Fixing Visual Studio 2010 and Blend Preview for .NET 4 integration

If you
Publication date: 2009-11-23 more

NBC, NFL Deal Puts Adobe One More Step Back

Quietly, a sleeping giant has been evolving. That sleeping giant is Silverlight, a Microsoft rich media technology to rival Adobe
Publication date: 2008-07-29 more

Shawn Wildermuth - Choosing a Data Access Layer for Silverlight 3

If you're a regular reader of my blog, you'll probably remember my pithy blog post where I stated that "It all depends..." to the question "Which Data Access Should I Use for Silverlight 3?"  The reality is that much like the similar question I am confronted with at user groups for the past decade ("What data access should I use in my .NET app?"). The reasons for picking a strategy are wide and varied so I will not try to analyze all possible outcome...
Publication date: 2009-10-02 more

Oh that no-confidence vote on E.F.

Anyone who knows me knows that I just LOVE being in the middle of a controversy. Well, that's a lie. I sure know how to pick'em, though, eh? I have to deal with java and open source people (many whoI am friends with, respect and admire)harassing me because I use Microsoft products. I have to deal with C# developers (many who I am friends with, respect and admire) harassing me because I code with VB mostly. Now I have to deal with Domain Driven Developers (many who I am friends with, respect and.
Publication date: 2008-06-25 more

Principles of Design Series: Learning about Emphasis using Expression Design

This is one of the 13 videos in the Principles of Design Series created by Arturo Toledo of the Microsoft Expression team. In this video he shows how you can use Emphasis, a basic principle of design, in Expression Design. If you like this video and want...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-06-20 more

Silverlight, Bing Maps, Vectors and

I was looking for an example of how Silverlight content is drawn with vectors that I could use in a slide-deck and it occurred to me to look at Bing Maps . I think the Bing Maps beta is pretty stunning and I was searching my blog for where I
Publication date: 2010-01-13 more

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Publication date: 2009-07-12 more

Summer ASP.NET Missions

Spring is ugly in my job. From early March until late June I'm on the road. Conferences, Meetings, etc. Then when I finally get done my spring traveling.... There is "make up" work to do. I have to "make it up" to my two little...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-07-19 more

Framework Design Guidelines: the System.* namespace

Today we have a guest post from Kit George who is the keeper of much of our internal Framework Design Guidelines.  This is the stuff that Krys and I based a the book on.  I asked Kit to post this internal information so you can get a feeling for what our guidelines are and why
Publication date: 2009-03-28 more

NASA releases Silverlight powered Photosynths of the International Space Station and Mars Science Lab

As part of its charter, NASA is tasked with providing public education on its work and programs. To that end, NASA teamed up with Microsoft to bring the public an up close and personal view of the International Space Station and a full scale model of...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-05-07 more

.NET 4.1 Preview - New Base Class Library (BCL) Extension Methods - RFC

As web programmers, we use a lot of strings to move data around the web. Often we
Publication date: 2009-04-02 more

Styling a Silverlight Twitter Application with Expression Blend 2

Silverlight 2 provides a rich platform for building cross-browser/cross-platform RIA applications.  One of the things that makes Silverlight so powerful is the ease with which developers and designers can collaborate together on projects.  Developers...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-11-14 more

A teaser from my upcoming .NET 3.5 + SharePoint 2007 training

Advertisement: SharePoint 2007 Training by Sahil in Europe and United States (more information). I wanted to share a little tasty appetizer from my upcoming SharePoint 2007 training. As I mentioned, this training focuses on SharePoint 2007 in a Windows 2008, IIS 7, SQL2k8, VS2k8 setting. It will cover things such as Silverlight, LINQ, WCF, eF, AJAX, etc.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several
Publication date: 2008-06-22 more

Office 2010: Outlook

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Publication date: 2009-04-19 more

Wrox Silverlight 2 Programmer's Reference Early Access

Wrox has started a new thing as of late they're calling Wrox First. It's essentially a wiki of the book that I and my fellow Silverlight 2 authors are working on--Silverlight 2 Programmer's Reference. Not only do you get early access, you can also shape how the book develops by making comments and suggestions. My understanding is that it's just $19.99 and will get you access to drafts, revisions, and the final chapters as they are in the book for up to a year after publishing. Seems like an inte
Publication date: 2008-07-29 more

ADO.NET Data Services v1.5 CTP2 usage in Silverlight

   After all the information
Publication date: 2009-09-08 more

Speaking at London Geek Girl Dinners on October 9th

Thanks to Kathleen Dollard for hooking me up with the London Geek Girls giving me somewhere to go and something to do with myself in the 3 days between SDN in Amsterdam and DevReach in Bulgaria! I'll be heading to London for the interim and speaking at the 3rd Anniversary of the London Geek Girl Dinner. I'm so looking forward to this because I get to talk about being a geekette and don't have to write a lick of code. The geek girl dinner's are non-denominational, so to speak, crossing over many.
Publication date: 2008-09-17 more

Using Blend with Visual Studio

For the past six months or so I've been experimenting with and then "preaching" the idea of developing with two tools: Expression Blend for the UI and Visual Studio for the code.  This has paid big dividends for me in productivity and it...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-11-09 more

IIS Smooth Streaming with the Apple iPhone

At PDC09 two weeks ago, Scott Guthrie announced that the next release of IIS Media Services will deliver adaptive streaming video to the Apple iPhone. If you haven’t seen the demo, you can check the preview out by going to www.iis.net/iphone on...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-12-03 more

Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky in the TOP 100 Web Celebrities

TechCult, a famous blog about whats going on in the Net world just published the list of the top 100 web celebrities. The standing is mainly based on how many results they have on Google. Pretty strange that Bill Gates or Steve Jobs dont show up in this top 100, even though they influenced the web much more than Tila Tequila, Perez Hilton or Beppe Grillo which are the top 3 web celebrities of the list. The list is full of web developers, Web2.0 startups founders, but only 2 from the .NET bloggin
Publication date: 2008-07-15 more

If a Technology Advisor Got Married

Living in a country with rich culture like Indonesia make us have to follow the tradition, particularly if we want to get married. We have to invite all of our friends. This tradition can causing a problem if you have a lot of friends, especially in term of budget. But we have the technologies that can enable us to save cost. This is what we called a Green Wedding. Main Technologies   ü   Office Communication Server 2007 R2 (Live Meeting @kintan.narenda.com)
Publication date: 2009-04-23 more

SQL SERVER Index Seek vs. Index Scan Diffefence and Usage A Simple Note

In this article we shall examine the two modes of data search and retrieval using indexes- index seeks and index scans, and the differences between the two.Firstly, let us revisit indexes briefly. An index in a SQL Server database is analogous to the index at the start of a book. That is, its function is [...]... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a loo
Publication date: 2009-08-24 more

.NET Fireside Chats - Brad Abrams and Krzysztof Cwalina

The .NET Zone just published an interview with Kry and me. Check it out: .NET Fireside Chats - Brad Abrams and Krzysztof Cwalina You can learn some interesting stuff about what lead to writing the first edition of the book, what a 'Framework' is and what the hardest framework design problems are. I'd love to hear your feedback and thoughts Oh, and they published a sample section of the book for free in PDF format. This is from Chapter 9 and covers LINQ guidelines. Enjo... Did you know that
Publication date: 2009-01-29 more

SQLAuthority News - SQL Server 2008 Pricing and Licensing

SQL Server licensing and pricing are to intervined subjects and very important. I strongly suggest to use properly licensed SQL Server in any production environment. The concept of licensing can be confusing sometime to new administrators. If there is any confusion one should read following documentation from Microsoft for the purpose of clear idea and [...]... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in sev
Publication date: 2008-08-12 more

Maximum TV Launches Silverlight-based Spanish Language TV Site

Maximum TV has just launched a Spanish language TV station on the web using Silverlight, IIS Smooth Streaming, SQL Server, and Windows Server to deliver an amazing ad-supported video experience. We really like the video walls (shown below) that show 12...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-12-29 more

The Morning Brew #316

Looking forward to SQLBits IV tomorrow. Software MvcContrib v1.0 Released! Download now - Jeffrey Palermo announces the release of MvcContrib, he library of extensions for ASP.NET MVC v1 including new view engines, controller factories and a whole load of other bits and pieces Announcing Gallio and MbUnit v3.0.6 - Jeff Brown announces the release of the latest version of MbUnit and the Gallio framework, giving a detailed run down of the included functionality Grommet: Linq, HTTP
Publication date: 2009-03-28 more

Are you using Windows Presentation Foundation with Visual Basic? (Lisa Feigenbaum)

After watching this video, you just might be convinced to try it out! VB MVP Billy Hollis demonstrates that Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is about a lot more than just pretty UI. He shows how the technology can be used in an extremely useful way, to create killer line-of-business applications. Watch a few minutes, and you'll understand what I mean! The webcast is hosted on http://www.dnrtv.com/. You can find a direct link to the video HERE. Brad Abrams has also created a post about... Di
Publication date: 2008-09-10 more

40 Fixes/Features Wishlist for Live Spaces (7/11/08) - revised

Just recently, I wrote a post on things I'd love to see for Live Spaces, but I think I put more new features, than I did put about fixing Live Spaces. I'm a Windows Live fan and all, and sometimes I think Microsoft could so much more to make something that exists much more neater, but they just don't. For some reason. To me, Windows Live is similar to a big puzzle with most pieces in place, but some aren't positioned right, some pieces can't be found, and some are just plain wrong. You can see
Publication date: 2008-07-13 more

Sorry boss, I just released the new Silverlight Controls source code to the world.

Last night, I signed on to the CodePlex site and checked in the source code to all the Silverlight controls we’ve been working on night-and-day. Like an open source ninja! On just about any other team at Microsoft, I might have some major explaining...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-10-29 more

VideoPlaza: right place and time for a video ad overlay service

Swedish video advertisement overlay service VideoPlaza has received
Publication date: 2008-07-13 more

Tweet! ( 2008-05-06 )

Tweet! ( 2008-05-06 ) May 6th, 2008 Back from Dojo. Arms & Abs killing me # Gonna watch Hitman and get 8 hours of sleep. I deserve it. # Ubuntu Server went into Hyper-V fine. SSH goodness. # @Digitalsulis Enjoy it! Cute avatar pic by the way # Big code day today. Time to get going # MS should offer Yahoo! $32 < a share. Its clear that the Yahoo management will try and poison any deal. http://snurl.com/27dls # It is SO frustrating Mosso has an overbearing "morality" clause ont heir host
Publication date: 2008-05-08 more

Upcoming Silverlight events

I have the pleasure of being invited to participate in two Silverlight events coming up soon (one very soon). These are a part of a
Publication date: 2009-08-14 more

Programatically Set or Change DataRow's RowState

The .NET Framework 2.0 adds a new feature: SetAdded, SetModified. You use this feature to set DataRow's RowState programatically.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2008-09-17 more

Take Charge of Your Security

Today I read something where someone was comparing Web Forms to ASP.NET MVC and suggested that Web Forms does a lot more than ASP.NET MVC to protect your site from malicious attacks. One example cited was that Server controls automatically handled HTML encoding so you dont have to really think about it. The idea here is that Web Forms automatically protects you from XSS attacks. My friends, Im afraid this is just not true. Take a look at the following page code.
Publication date: 2009-02-08 more

Glimpse for Silverlight

Introduction After my previous blog post, “Troubleshoot Silverlight 3 Data Bindings” I got some feedback and while in Phoenix I upgraded the code and have decided to call this Glimpse. This initial release of Glimpse is a proof of concept...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-06-08 more

Working on a Silverlight Multi-Player Library

Cameron Albert has been porting out the multi-player aspects of Perenthia into a separate library . As soon as he gets it cleaned up a little he will put it up on CodePlex and provide a tutorial and sample application showing how to implement and use the component. The library will be focused on providing an easy way to get setup and implement a multi-player structure. You will still need our own game engine and associated components.
Publication date: 2009-03-14 more

Silverlight out-of-browser support: What kind of apps can you build?

This is first in my series of technical drilldown posts on the new offline and out of browser support in Silverlight 3. It is something of a tradition in Microsoft to list out scenarios when a new feature set is being conceived. This practice is by no...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-04-03 more

Silverlight 3 Beta Offline MSDN docs (CHM) is available

You can get the MSDN offline docs here . The CHM is nice if you're offline plus it's faster than the online content, has an index, and only contains Silverlight content. IMPORTANT! If you open the CHM and cannot view content, do the following to resolve...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-03-19 more

Code Cast #9, Ward Bell

Ward Bell, VP of Product Management for IdeaBlade, talked to me at TechEd about DevForce, his company
Publication date: 2008-06-17 more

Why Silverlight is going to fail

Right, now that
Publication date: 2008-07-15 more

Microsoft Might Support Intel

The prominent role of Silverlight in the Intel-Microsoft collaboration leads to a new set of questions Advertisement Your ad here!
Publication date: 2009-10-03 more

Microsoft BizSpark Startup Night - 14 Aug

The next Microsoft BizSpark Startup Night will be held 14 Aug. Look forward to anther evening of networking, discussing Silverlight and XBox 360! Event Details Date: Friday, 14th Aug 2009 Time: 645-9pm Venue: Microsoft Auditorium (Microsoft office, 21st floor) Agenda Business Value and Developer Productivity with Silverlight 3: Tan Choon Ngee / Lee Kai Boo (aZaas) ...
Publication date: 2009-07-22 more

Tag Property

I received feedback from a few sources recently expressing confusion about the Tag property, which resides in the class FrameworkElement.  Notice, first that Control (the base for all visible controls) derives directly from FrameworkElement and thus...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-10-07 more

MTV & Silverlight 3 at NAB 2009

Jit Ghosh wrote about the  very cool Silverlight 3 application that a team from MTV, Vertigo, and Microsoft is building. Viacom/MTV announced a web based Digital Asset Management Workflow application completely built in Silverlight 3 (of course using the beta bits for now) and .Net 3.5.
Publication date: 2009-04-28 more

Keeping LINQ Code Healthy

In the BI space Ive seen a lot of SQL queries succumb to complexity. A data extraction query adds some joins, then some filters, then some nested SELET statements, and it becomes an unhealthy mess in short order. Its unfortunate, but standard SQL just isnt a language geared for refactoring towards simplification (although UDFs and CTEs in T-SQL have helped). Ive really enjoyed writing LINQ queries this year, and Ive found them easy to keep pretty. For example, suppose you need to parse some valu
Publication date: 2008-07-09 more

SketchFlow: Conditional Navigation Behavior Sample

Yesterday, somebody asked me how to do conditional navigation in SketchFlow. Out of the box, there is no built-in behavior to do conditional navigation, but the good news is that it is not hard to write one. Here is an example for how to do it. There...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-09-02 more

Top Free and Open Source Apps for Mac Users

A couple of days ago, I met an old friend of mine who just got his hands on a brand new Mac and, after about half an hour of showing the ins and outs of the machine, he asked me why the Mac community has so few free applications. If he had known that I would start writing down every piece of free and/or open source software capable of running on a Mac and keep talking about them for a whole hour, I think he wouldn
Publication date: 2008-08-08 more

NBC's Olympics Online Player Reviewed (Verdict: A Necessary Evil)

The 2008 Olympics have already started, but those of us stuck here in America and not lucky enough to own Vista must deal with NBC's often delayed event broadcasts. Sure, if it's American basketball or track you're looking for, you can find everything you need without stepping away from your HDTV set. But if you've waited four years to watch table tennis or want to see how that Latvia-Angola rivalry plays out, you'll definitely have to use NBC's streaming online player. The Silverlight-based pl
Publication date: 2008-08-09 more

IronPython and Silverlight - Part 2

There is a new post on "Kim's Blog" about Silverlight. This is a follow-up to IronPython and Silverlight Part 1. IronPython and Silverlight - Part 2The blog entry is in French, but with clear example code using WebClient to make network requests and fetch a page (or data) from a specified Url. WebClient is asynchronous, so to fetch resources with it you must call DownloadStringAsync and provide a handler for the DownloadStringCompleted event. (Although I'm pretty sure that you don't need to wra
Publication date: 2008-07-27 more

Microsoft StreamInsight and BizTalk Server - Preliminary Thoughts

Richard Seroter talks here about feeding BizTalk events into StreamInsight or receiving events out as BizTalk messages. I spent a little time considering the possibility of using StreamInsight in conjunction with BTS messaging infrastructure by building custom BTS adaptersor pipeline components that directly hook into StreamInsight. A preliminary look through the code samples (the best way, currently, of understanding this new engine, given that the CTP documentation is somewhat sparse) suggests
Publication date: 2009-08-24 more

The Connected Show

Dmitry Lyalin has been a longtime friend/supporter of the Sparkling Client.  Along with co-host Peter Laudati, he
Publication date: 2009-07-07 more

Rich Internet Applications: "This Conversation Is Bullshit"

The liveliest session at RedMonk
Publication date: 2008-05-08 more

Why Only Two Concurrent Requests for WCF Load Testing?

This is not a new topic in the world of traditional web service usage. But I was still asked by people who use WCF. So I think it would be valuable to post a blog entry here. One of our customers asked me the following question: We are using WCF in our application on Windows 2008 Server. We found the web role instance only have two concurrent threads to handle the incoming requests no matter how many requests we throw into it. We tried 50, 100, 200 clients sending requests to the WCF service at
Publication date: 2009-02-09 more

GraffitiCMS troubles, Microsoft SQL Server and my blog future.

Winston Churchill said - Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those others that have been tried. This sums up by blog experience with GraffitiCMS. As many of you have emailed me, my blog has been having problems for about a month. The default install of GraffititCMS has just crumbled over the increased traffic. It does down and my server needs to be rebooted (restarting IIS doesnt always fix the issues.) Files get locked and my server needs to be rebooted. The stats
Publication date: 2009-08-31 more

Subclassing Shape (or more accurately, Path)

One of the more subtle improvements in Silverlight 4 is that we unsealed the Path class. That means you can write a class that behaves like a shape without re-implementing properties like Fill, Stroke, etc. -- just subclass, set Path.Data to render what...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-12-03 more

Download Windows 7 Enterprise 90-day trial

If you are considering Windows 7 Enterprise for your small business, Microsoft is offering a free 90-day trial of the 32-bit and 64-bit, both with the license key packaged in the download. The 90-day Trial is the full working version of the Windows 7 Enterprise, the version most of you will be working with in your corporate environment. It will not require a product key (it is embedded with the download). Download from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/cc442495.aspx?ITPID=sprblog
Publication date: 2009-09-08 more

Some Tips On Using Animations In Your RIA.

Last week at RIAPalooza a number of the presenters mentioned the use of animations in the design and development of RIAs. No one got very specific, but nearly everyone agreed that some amount of animation was helpful in assisting users with cues on how to use the application or letting them know that they have affected something. In general, I would agree. In my opinion, before you go off and idly start animating those widgets or state changes, though, it would pay off to think through the appl
Publication date: 2008-06-09 more

Silverlight HVP Design Update

  This blog post is part of the documentation for the Silverlight HyperVideo Player Open Source Project Design Change: Create an Interface: IMarkerEventHandler Optionally derive a base class MarkerEventHandler that implements the interface Instantiate...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-12-28 more

Transforms in Silverlight

In this mini-episode, Erik reveals a common misconception about transforms in Silverlight.  What are transforms?  Why are they useful?  What don
Publication date: 2008-09-18 more

Tip: Don

Yesterday I was working on some Silverlight production and needed to create a custom UserControl that had some text. The trick was that I wanted the user placing the control to choose which color the text would be, inturn effecting the second key frame on a simple ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames My animation was really simple, I wanted the text to start out as white old for a few milliseconds then fade into my dynamic color. My first tendency was to just create the Storyboard procedurally, but
Publication date: 2009-02-18 more

Are You a Webkit Developer? RIM

Want to complain about your BlackBerry browser, or do you want to actually do something about it?  Now
Publication date: 2009-10-22 more

Silverlight 3 and RIA Service

Mark Monster has created  a proxy service to overcome cross domain issues . One of the first things I thought about after writing my first two articles on RIA Services ( Basic and Advanced ) was how I could take advantage of this new technology. The first thing I could thing of was a solution that helps overcoming the Cross Domain Issues when accessing resources on the internet. What about something like a proxy service to overcome cross domain issues? Access our known proxy server whic
Publication date: 2009-04-10 more

Beta 2 Tutorials Available Now in PDF

I
Publication date: 2008-06-07 more

Silverlight Twitter Tips Launches

Very proud to announce the launch of #stwip -  si lverlight tw itter t ip s. Find them by following my Tweets or by the meme...( read more )...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-10-01 more

The Key To Happiness

People nowadays work so hard to sustain a living and think too much of how to earn as much as they can. We often find ways to attain happiness but we usually forget what happiness is. Before we do anything, I think we should have a better understanding on what happiness is.It means differently to different people.
Publication date: 2009-09-18 more

Hypervideo put to work

Eric Mork (of Sparkling Client ) has created a site with videos using Joel Neubeck & Tim Heuer's video player that makes terrific use of Hypervideo. Eric creates short teaching videos, and embeds markers in each.  When the video hits each marker...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-03-01 more

JSON to JSONP: Bypass Same-Origin Policy

This article shows how JavaScript Object Notation with Padding (JSONP) can be used to get data from different domains bypassing same-origin policy.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here .
Publication date: 2009-09-27 more

SILVERLIGHT 101 FROM LEARNVISUALSTUDIO.NET

Silverlight 101 from LearnVisualStudio.NET 106 Mb This textbook (PDF) and video series demonstrates and explains the concepts behind building rich interactive applications using Silverlight. Covers 1.0 and 1.1 Alpha. Will be released to LearnVisualStudio.NET subscribers. Tags: .NET, ebooks, Programming 02 September 2009 11:10pm - Programming
Publication date: 2009-09-03 more

My History of Visual Studio (Part 8)

[All the other Parts: History of Visual Studio]  I cant really talk about what was going on in the IDE without covering what was happening in the runtime because their fates are so intertwined, so even though its off topic a little bit, allow me to cover some details from Framework 2.0. Longhorn, which became Windows Vista, was probably the single greatest influence on the Developer Division during the years when .NET Framework 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005 (collectively Whidbey) were being develop
Publication date: 2009-10-15 more

Silverlight 3 tutorial: How to use ChildWindow (webcast)

This Silverlight tutorial (webcast) will show you how to use and customize ChildWindow object. ChildWindow can be used as a pop-up dialog or window in your Silverlight 3 applications. This webcast shows how to add, launch, change background overlay color...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-09-01 more

Silverlight Resources

The following is my list of Silverlight Resources including blogs, tutorials and more. If you know of any other good ones please let me know as I will keep this list updated on a regular basis: Install The Latest Tools http://www.microsoft.com/downloads...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-05-06 more

Windows 7 and a Quick Launch Toolbar

I installed Windows 7 this week after my Vista installation finally started going really whacky while I was in Europe. All things considered Vista has been good the previous install lasted nearly 2 1/2 years without a repave which is more than any OS Ive had ever had installed before. The Windows 7 install went fairly smooth for me no install problems although I screwed myself royally doing an upgrade from Vista using an RC build instead of final! Duh! In the end I reinstalled from scratch an
Publication date: 2009-08-23 more

Entrepreneurs and the Economy

ScottW pointed me to Entrepreneurs Can Lead Us Out of the Crisis, which has some very interesting ideas.  As an entrepreneur and small business(es) owner myself, I have to say that I agree with the ideas presented in the article pretty strongly.  Im not an expert on the stimulus plan that was recently passed but I can say with some confidence that thus far it hasnt turned around the economy (though of course its a bit early to have expected it to do so).  However, I do believe that the way to f
Publication date: 2009-02-25 more

Super Simple MVC Ajax With JQuery Demo

During the recent Insiders summit, Wally cornered me into recording a really short video demonstrating a feature of ASP.NET MVC. I decided to sprinkle a little Ajax in my demo by showing how to use jQuery to call an action that returns a JsonResult. Specifically, I show how to update a couple of regions in the page (two dom elements) with data pulled from the server. I then add a little sparkle to the demo by implementing the ubiquitous yellow fade when adding the content to the DOM. As youre wa
Publication date: 2008-07-29 more

Symbian-Guru Featured In SkyFire

The SkyFire web browser was updated a few weeks ago with a hot new Facebook and Twitter integration - allowing you to customise the browser
Publication date: 2009-03-08 more

Olympics Video Player Debuts

The summer games are just a little over a month away, but you can start catching Olympic fever online now, thanks to the new video player on NBCOlympics.com. With more than 2,200 hours of live footage being streamed from the event, the new player offers a host of features that will literally let you catch all the action (though some of it will be delayed). To try it out, visit NBCOlympics.com and click on video. It
Publication date: 2008-07-04 more

See how simple is to create a great user interface for you app

See how simple is to create a great user interface for your WPF or Silverlight application. You can simply use almost any vector drawing application (Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Inkscape, Visio, Autocad, Excel, Word, etc.) and then with the ViewerSvg or Paste2Xaml convert the drawing into XAML. Or even simpler, you can use one of the thousands vector images that are already available on the internet - see links. There are also samples that demonstrates the power of vector images and how simpl
Publication date: 2008-05-06 more

Some Great New Mix09 Sessions Posted

We recently got some great new Mix09 sessions posted. Here are a few that I think are cool as they directly relate to what my team is doing.. if you can make to Vegas, please come by.. if you can
Publication date: 2009-03-05 more

View count not being updated

Hi, got another problem with my upgrade of a site from CS 2007 SP2 to CS 2008 SP1, the view count is no longer being updated. I've looked through everything I can think of, and it still doesn't want to play ball. The Job Reports page doesn't seem to want to work either. I'm stumped, cause it's a really strange issue.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight.
Publication date: 2008-08-25 more

Building A Casual Game in Silverlight

Technorati Tags: Silverlight del.icio.us Tags: Silverlight If you attended MIX08 you would have had a free sample copy of my Silverlight 2 book in the attendee bag. The book has 3 chapters, one on XAML, one on Silverlight 2 in Visual Studio and one on...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-04-22 more

Jimmy Nilsson on LINQ to SQL and EF

A few months ago I came across this great interview with Jimmy Nilsson where he is talking abot LINQ and Entity Framework. I love what he says about LINQ - that it's a beatiful thing and it's small & compact. And I'd been very curious to know what Jimmy thought of EF since I missed my chance to meet him and ask directly when I went to Stockholm. The most memorable thing he said is that it is "very big". Indeed it is. And of the things he didn't like about it, the most critical was the lack of va
Publication date: 2008-06-25 more

March Madness: CBSSports.com Draws 4.8 Million Uniques During First Three Days

The second round of the NCAA Div. I Mens' Basketball tournament is on its final games and, aided by increased cross-platform marketing, CBSSports.com has already broken last year's streaming media totals for its March Madness on Demand video player . paidContent has obtained the numbers for the first three days:
Publication date: 2009-03-24 more

Google O3D: Mind-Blowing Open-Source 3D API in the Browser with JavaScript + OpenGL, DirectX

Wish granted! Think 3D in the browser will never catch on? Think again. The folks at Google Labs have built an incredible-looking 3D API called O3D. It does just about everything you want, and then some: It
Publication date: 2009-04-22 more

MICROSOFT PLANS SURGICAL STRIKE ON THE E-SPACE WITH ITS NEW BROWSER PLUGIN

Microsoft is nonetheless again toying with the thought of broker marketing, by rising the Silverlight (SL), the middle they exploited to disintegrate Netscape in the 1990
Publication date: 2009-08-31 more

SOA Patterns chapter 2 for free download

DZone recently published an interview with me on my SOA Pattterns book. Along with the interview you can also download chapter 2 of the book (I think you need to be a DZone member to actually download it). Chapter 2 includes the Edge Component , Service Host , Active Service , Transactional Service and the Workflodize patterns. Additional downloads related to the book includeChapter 1 which you can downlaod directly from Manning The Service Firewall Pattern which I published on InfoQ The... Did
Publication date: 2008-07-29 more

Silverlight Toolkit Drag Drop (Part 2): Customizing Drag and Drop Behavior

In part 1 you were introduced to the new Silverlight DragDropTarget controls.  In addition to being powerful these controls are very flexible, allowing developers to customize almost every single aspect of their behavior.  In order to understand...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-10-24 more

Windows Hosting with Silverlight

For some time now, the Microsoft brand has been synonymous with information technology and more recently, formed close ties with the web hosting industry.  Over the years, Windows hosting has made a name for itself with powerful features such as ASP, ASP.NET, FrontPage and MS SQL among several others.  One of the most highly sought after features these days is a Microsoft technology known as Silverlight. What is Silverlight? Silverlight is a browser plugin that supports major web br
Publication date: 2009-10-14 more

Include Some Flash Animations Onto Your Website

It should be a piece of cake to increase the number of daily website visitors nowadays given that there are plenty of existing strategies for search engines to function effectively. Rating: 0.0/5 (... Writers Wanted: Join Our Blogging Community Today!
Publication date: 2009-10-04 more

Silverlight vs Flash: Matrix Text Effect

It has been a long time that I didn't implement text effect comparison. Text Rendering is a very interest topic when comparing Flash and Silverlight. It's because they have different rendering system which result in a dramatic differences on performance...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-03-02 more

Dew Drop - June 8, 2009

  Design / Methodology / Testing Reflecting reality (Jimmy Bogard) TDDing an Interface - a Twitter influenced discussion (Brett Schuchert) The Impact of Staffing Practices on Software Quality and Productivity (Derick Bailey) Multiple roles (Steven
Publication date: 2009-06-09 more

ASP.NET Podcast Show #119 - Using the History (Back) Functionality with the ASP.NET AJAX Web Services in .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1 Beta 1

Subscribe to Everything.Subscribe to WMV format.Subscribe to M4V for iPod Users.Subscribe to MP3 (Audio only). Download WMV.Download M4V for iPod Users.Download MP3 (Audio only).Download PPT associated file. Show Notes:This show is an extension of Show #110 on ASP.NET AJAX and Live Maps.Back and forward are now enabled.Data stored on the url.Upcoming Community Events:GiveCamp in Ann Arbor, MI. http://www.annarborgivecamp.org. Check for Satellite events.CodeStock in Knoxville on August 9. ... Di
Publication date: 2008-07-01 more

Silverlight 2 Changes

Between Silverlight 2 Beta 2 & Silverlight 2 RTW, there were a few changes and additions. Here's a brief rundown on the areas I directly worked on. The overall breaking change list can be found here. Control Model Silverlight 2 RTW Updates generic.xaml...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-11-01 more

Using the Silverlight HeaderedContentControl

This article examines the Silverlight HeaderedContentControl class, which displays content with a header and content pane. It takes a look at the various ways Silverlight can use this control. Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here .
Publication date: 2009-06-17 more

ASP Dot Net Developers (Karachi)

Employer: Softech Worldwide LLCIndustry: Software DevelopmentLocation: Karachi, PakistanExperienced ASP .Net Developers are required to work on Rich Media Platform.Using the following Latest Tools, Technologies and Platforms, at our Karachi-Pakistan officeDot Net 3.5. Windows Communication Foundation.Windows Workflow Foundation.Web Services.Microsoft Silverlight 2.MS Live authentication.MS Live Streaming Services.Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007.Identity LifeCycle Manager (ILM)
Publication date: 2009-04-03 more

Rounding Up SXSW Week

Aral gave a talk on the Open Source Flash Book at the SXSW Interactive 2009 and his blog made to the Wikio top 30 UK technology blogs for March 2009. Ryan has some details about the Adobe Events at the SXSW . Many people on the blogosphere recommend a session on Flash Player Internals available on Adobe TV as a must-watch for all Flash developers. But Jens, the Flashgamer, warns us to watch it from Peter Elst
Publication date: 2009-03-17 more

ElementName binding in Silverlight via Attached Behaviour

Colin Eberhardt has a blog post concentrated on ElementName binding in Silverlight via Attached Behaviour. As a relative newcomer to Silverlight I was happily greeted by the warm feeling of familiarity when I started developing. It is surprisingly easy to make the transition from WPF to Silverlight developer, with most of the core concepts being just the same. However, there are some parts of the WPF framework that you start to miss. One of those is ElementName binding.
Publication date: 2009-02-23 more

DDJ: One Perspective on Silverlight

Written sometime ago, but only recently published.
Publication date: 2008-08-05 more

Bunnikins!

When an IT manager is selected as a victim of office politics of a large corporate, it is time for him to engage in intelligence-gathering. Phil Factor exposes a ruthless streak when called to account over an Engineering Workflow system.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2008-08-25 more

Business Apps Example for Silverlight 3 RTM and .NET RIA Services July Update: Part 20: NHibernate

I am having a blast with the series where I am updating my simple Mix 09 Business Application demo.  In this part, I wanted to explore one of the most popular data access solution for .NET
Publication date: 2009-08-07 more

The real reason Microsoft has given in over Internet Explorer

So why is Microsoft giving in over Internet Explorer? What
Publication date: 2009-08-03 more

The Dynamics Duo talk about CRM and Silverlight

The Dynamics Duo talk about CRM and Silverlight Posted by on August 15th, 2008 In yesterday
Publication date: 2008-08-16 more

Business Apps Example for Silverlight 3 RTM and .NET RIA Services July Update: Part 9: POCO and Authentication Provider

I have gotten lots of good comments on my series updating my Mix09 talk
Publication date: 2009-07-23 more

I'm Deep Fried - It's live today !

The Deep Fried Bytes guys caught up with me at DevLink and we had a talk about developer security needs, mistakes, activities, etc ! Listen Here http://deepfriedbytes.com/...( read more )...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-09-03 more

Microsoft Web Application Installer

The Web Application Installer Beta is designed to help get you up and running with the most widely used Web Applications freely available for your Windows Server. Web AI provides support for popular ASP.Net and PHP Web applications including Graffiti...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-02-04 more

Peeps love Silverlight too!

Okay
Publication date: 2009-04-15 more

Twitter Updates for 2008-05-07

@jaredbangs looks like you
Publication date: 2008-05-08 more

What I've Been Up To

I've been away from blogging for a loong time so have some catching up to do. I spent most of last year building out the new Dallas Microsoft Technology Center while delivering customer engagements and working on a few side projects. The MTC build out is mostly done (a few items remain but I'm spending little time on it) and has turned out pretty nice. You can see a synth of the reception area here but you really have to come visit and see it for yourself. Recently, the Dallas Morning News wrote
Publication date: 2009-02-18 more

Trying to get the story straight [A brief summary of Storyboard differences between WPF and Silverlight]

I was investigating a Silverlight Toolkit bug this morning and got into a spirited discussion about Storyboard behavior with Jafar . We disagreed on a couple of points, so I [grudgingly :) ] coded up a quick test application to help sort things out. Unfortunately...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-05-01 more

The Weekly Source Code 39 - Commodore 64 Emulator in Silverlight 3

I had the pleasure of interviewing Pete Brown this last week and talking about the Silverlight 3 Commodore 64 Emulator he's been working on . He just launched the CodePlex site a few minutes ago (my time) , but I've had the code for a while to play with...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-03-27 more

Interesting Finds: June 1, 2009

Other stuff A closer look at the upcoming RSS Bandit ribbon , Dare Obasanjo The Future of GhostDoc , Roland Weigelt VS 2010/Silverlight 3 stuff Clearing some air in Silverlight, Blend and Visual Studio Beta land , Tim Heuer Database stuff SQL SERVER
Publication date: 2009-06-01 more

.NET RIA Services Notes

A few people have shared their opinion about the .NET RIA Services. Brad Abrams has an article called " What is .NET RIA Services? ". Bob Baker has a post concentrated on  Silverlight 3, .Net RIA Services, and common lookup data .  At Lee's Corner there is also a post  on the same topic. He started playing with the beta bits of the RIA Services and created a simple app, where list of customers will be displayed in a DataGrid.
Publication date: 2009-03-20 more

Microsoft Readies Second CTP of VS Extensions for SharePoint

Microsoft will release the second CTP of its Visual Studio Extensions for SharePoint in the coming weeks, a company official said on Friday.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2009-02-14 more

Generating thumbnails in ASP.NET (DotNetSlackers)

I just published a new article on DotNetSlackers. The post is about generating scalable and secure image thumbnails. http://dotnetslackers.com/articles/aspnet/Generating-Image-Thumbnails-in-ASP-NET.aspx... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2008-06-22 more

Twitter Purchased by MTV

In shocking news today, Twitter was purchased by Rock Band publisher, MTV. MTV has been slowly getting into technology and video games, and the Twitter acquisition comes as no surprise to most industry insides. Check out the video announcement below. You will need Silverlight installed. All attempts to contact Twitter have failed. Apparently they wanted to release a statement through Twitter last night, however were unable to do so as Twitter kept going down. They finally gave up and sent out
Publication date: 2008-05-28 more

MIX 09

Two weeks ago we held our MIX conference in Las Vegas.  MIX is my favorite conference of the year
Publication date: 2009-04-02 more

How to create a AddIn for Visual Studio 2008

I had to create a Visual Studio AddIn, no as simple task as I thought in the beginning. What do you need. Visual Studio 2008 SDK The Visual Studio 2008 Software Development Kit (SDK) 1.0 includes tools, documentation, and samples for developers to design, build, test and deploy extensions for Visual Studio 2008. You can also use the VS 2008 SDK 1.0 to create custom tools environments based on the Visual Studio 2008 Shell. How to find the commands in VS2008 to attached to. This example... Did you
Publication date: 2009-01-28 more

Upcoming Silverlight 2 and ASP.NET AJAX Workshops

It
Publication date: 2008-09-10 more

Microsoft Invests in Heavily-Backed HD Online Video Service Move Networks

So Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is also jumping into the online video investment space, and has done an undisclosed amount of strategic investment in already-heavily backed online HD video tech provider Move Networks. This is technically part of its third round, which it earlier closed in at $46 million from investors such as Benchmark Capital, as well as Cisco, ComcastInteractive Media, and Televisa. Prior to Microsoft coming in, the American Fork, UT-based company had raised $67.3 million in fundin
Publication date: 2008-08-26 more

Silverlight 4

This one
Publication date: 2009-12-04 more

EF Table Splitting The Opposite of Entity Splitting

There
Publication date: 2009-08-09 more

Installing and Setting Up and Encoding for IIS 7 Smooth Streaming and Silverlight

I heard someone saying they were having trouble setting up Smooth Streaming for IIS, so I wanted to try it myself. If you just want to see Smooth Streaming work, visit http://www.smoothhd.com/ for some sample demos. They'll adapt to your bandwidth and...(read more)
Publication date: 2010-02-05 more

Hanselminutes Podcast 120 - The Odd Couple - A Developer and a Designer talk about working with XAML

My one-hundred-and-twentieth podcast is up . In this episode, I talk to Felix, a Designer, and Richard, a Developer about their Odd Couple relationship as they create Silverlight and WPF applications. They also speak frankly about their opinions as full...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-07-08 more

ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA

ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA Here
Publication date: 2009-03-05 more

Test, test... is this still working?

We've got some great things to share with some updates to the Telligent platform.  In a few weeks we'll share some examples of how you can use ASP.NET MVC to build some really cool applications on top of the Telligent Evolution platform. Posted to Uncategorized Similar Posts Community Server session at Mix06! Community Server... now with email support New Year's resolution ... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have ov
Publication date: 2009-10-07 more

RIApalooza – I’ll be there!

I
Publication date: 2008-05-18 more

Drawing Names (A Christmas Name Drawing Application)

A Christmas Name Drawing Application Using DHTML JavaScript XML C# FORMS VS2008 .NET 3.5 ENCRYPTION... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2009-01-29 more

Animating items part two

In my previous post , I introduced my thoughts on how animation between positions should be done. Today I will walk you through some of the technical benefits of that approach with a cool animated wrappanel sample. Yes, the silverlight control toolkit...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-11-27 more

Creating an Image Frame

Yesterday I answered a question on the ASP.NET forums on how to create a frame around an image . I answered it with some code from the new Beer House I wrote last fall. In the book I show how to add a drop-shadow around an image using CSS. The code...(read more)... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here .
Publication date: 2009-09-07 more

What I did to get Silverlight Working in SharePoint in Today's Webcast

What I did to get Silverlight Working in SharePoint in Today's Webcast In today's MSDN webcast, Introduction to SharePoint for .NET Developers: Silverlight & SharePoint, one of many in the Introduction to SharePoint for .NET Developers series, you'll see Silverlight 2.0 Beta 1 working within SharePoint. One thing you won't see is me configuring the virtual machine (VM) so that I can not only do Silverlight development in the VM but also to have it run within a SharePoint site. I thought i
Publication date: 2008-05-27 more

Swivel Behavior in Silverlight 3

A while back I created a pair of Storyboards that make a pair of panels swivel to show a front side and a back side. The key ingredients in the storyboards are: Plane Projection using Perspective 3D Easing Visibility (Opacity can be used instead if you prefer) Easing and 3D features are new to Silverlight 3 but really give it a nice effect. The easing makes it start slowly, then appear faster at the 90 degree turn, and then ease out. Storyboard The storyboards are
Publication date: 2009-08-08 more

LINQ and Entity Framework Posts for 3/23/2009+

Note: This post is updated daily or more frequently, depending on the availability of new articles. Entity Framework and Entity Data Model (EF/EDM) Binary Bob
Publication date: 2009-03-28 more

Interesting Finds: October 1, 2009

Other Allowing a host machine to talk to guest VM
Publication date: 2009-10-02 more

Bing

Roz Savage, the Ocean Rower I linked to the other day, recently mentioned that she was a feature on Bing.com
Publication date: 2009-07-21 more

Silverlight powered Bing 2.0 on its way this month?

September 11th, 2009Evil virusLeave a commentGo to comments That
Publication date: 2009-09-11 more

More on layout and the LayoutInformation APIs

As I was digging around in an old spec, I came across some very enlightening drawings which I pushed through art review and I will now share with you. Ashish wrote a nice post on the layout and rendering engines which might help you understand what's...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-05-07 more

Two steps forward, one step back: NBC's online Olympic coverage

Ever since NBC announced their very ambitious plans for online coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, I have been very excited to see how well they execute it. Promising 3,500 hours of online video, with 2,200 hours of live streams, full event replays, and highlights, for free, how could they go wrong? It has recently come to light that the online coverage may not be as complete as we were hoping. NBC will not be offering live online feeds of any events that will be broadcast on TV. The one
Publication date: 2008-06-29 more

Silverlight Firestarter Event- Today Sept 17th

Be sure to check out the remainder of today
Publication date: 2009-09-18 more

Looking for a few Silverlight contractors in Austin, TX

Email jobs@headspringsystems.com if you are interested.  Need: desired rate range (low-high) cover letter (with what you know about headspring and why you are interested) resume
Publication date: 2009-08-08 more

Is Bing Ignoring The NoArchive Tag?

August 4th, 2009 Goto commentsLeave a comment A WebmasterWorld thread has a senior webmaster claiming that in some cases, Microsoft Bing is ignoring the tag. The noarchive tag basically tells the search engine not to display a
Publication date: 2009-08-05 more

LINQ and Entity Framework Posts for 2/16/2009+

Note: This post is updated daily or more frequently, depending on the availability of new articles. Entity Framework and Entity Data Model (EF/EDM) Danny Simmons describes associations between Room and Exit entities in his D3: Modeling Part 1
Publication date: 2009-02-19 more

Mix 2009: So Much to Tell You about Blend

In just a few short days, Mix 2009 will open in Las Vegas. This is very exciting for the Blend team, as we have lots of news to share. I want to type it all right now, but I
Publication date: 2009-03-16 more

Programmer Symbology

Have you ever taken a step back and looked at all the funny characters we use in programming computers? I did this yesterday. Sometimes, when you look at familiar things in just the right light, they seem so strange. I use the period to terminate all my sentences. In many programming languages the period is more of a continuation character. It says: Im going to act on this thing, and here is what I want it to do. boss.MakeMeASandwhich(); That code uses a semicolon to finish a statement
Publication date: 2009-10-09 more

Silverlight Controls, Controls Team, and Testing

This blog will rarely be the place for breaking news, but there are two related pieces of information I want to ensure you know about at the risk of repeating news that has been blogged by others.  First, Shawn Burke
Publication date: 2008-10-05 more

The Browser Wars Redux: Why Safari, Chrome, Firefox and IE Matter More Than Ever

Two seemingly unrelated developments this week have convinced me that we are on the verge of a tectonic shift in
Publication date: 2009-02-26 more

Microsoft Rolling Out Bing 2.0 Next Week?

Microsoft
Publication date: 2009-09-12 more

View Hard Rock's Dinosaur Memorabilia (Through The Past Darkly)

The Hard Rock Cafe isn't really my idea of a good time, although the one in Vegas has a decent music venue and a nice selection of blackjack tables. But thanks to its new memorabilia site, it's now possible to check out 257 of the items on display at the chain's various locations without actually going there. You can sort the shots by genre, decade, type or location, and each one comes with a little nugget of information. Regardless of whether you're curious about John Lennon's handwritte
Publication date: 2008-05-10 more

Intro to XAML in 20 Minutes (or less) - Or "What the heck is this XAML thing?" - Or "How I learned to love my zammel"

The Moth - XAML: Level 100 "Since you are reading my blog, chances are that you are a .NET developer. Do you realise that eXtensible Application Markup Language (XAML) is now part of .NET? Are you familiar with it? How would you describe XAML (pronounced "zammel") to someone that is not familiar with it if you only had 10-20 minutes? Below is my take. Background XAML was introduced as part of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) which was released in November 2006 as part of .NET Framewor
Publication date: 2008-05-20 more

Introducing Silverlight 2 Book now available

del.icio.us Tags: Silverlight       Technorati Tags: Silverlight   My Silverlight 2 book is finally available! Amazon's page for this book is a little confusing, so I thought I'd clear some stuff up :) Despite the...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-07-24 more

Microsoft job posting confirms Silverlight UI, OpenGL presence

Interpreting the Microsoft job posting tea leaves are always fun, and the latest one is pretty interesting. The ad appears to be for Microsoft developers to create demonstration applications to give developers an idea of what the platform is capable of. Product: Windows Mobile Division: Entertainment & Devices Division Do you dream about building cool iPhone applications that will make the current crop of applications look downright plain? Ever wonder what it means to del
Publication date: 2009-10-25 more

Is it worthwhile to keep AutoCompleteBox

We're considering simplifying the AutoCompleteBox API be removing a few rarely used events, and would love to get some feedback from scenarios this might impact....( read more )...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-05-01 more

This Is Why I Don

We
Publication date: 2009-08-03 more

Skyfire Releases Version 1.0

Publication date: 2009-05-28 more

Yes, I Am Still Talking About Prism - On The Connected Show!

URL : http://www.connectedshow.com/default.aspx?Episo... I had a chance to sit down (metaphorically) with Dmitry Lyalin  and Peter Laudati and talk about Silvelright, MVVM and Prism 2.0. Let me know if you agree, disagree or think that I am a little obsessed with IoC containers. The Connected Show is a podcast on New Microsoft Technology for the developer community, produced independently by Dmitry Lyalin and Peter Laudati.
Publication date: 2009-07-07 more

Presenting Expression for Developers on a European ReMix Tour

The next few months will be full of conference visits and presentations. I
Publication date: 2009-08-11 more

MVVM

There
Publication date: 2009-07-12 more

Dont Believe Anything I Say

That is, dont believe anything I say when you ask me about Silverlight vs. some other technology such as well the one people keep asking about is Flash (or Flex). Heres why. 1. Once a person has a stake in a product that person is physically incapable of having an objective opinion. In my experience that is a fact of life no matter how honest, reputable, sincere or incorruptible the person. Set aside cigarette scientists and those who work for (your pick: nuclear power companies,... Did you
Publication date: 2008-06-21 more

Stop Using Flash From Now On!

by Nick Martin Adobe Flash is being widely used in this modern world, as it can handle unmatched interactivity, protect source code and also well-suit for animation and media. Moreover, it can add interactive elements or movements to make a vivid website. However, there are various reasons for us not to recommend flash to all of you, when you need to build an entire website or want your main website functionally within Flash. Not Search Engine Friendly: Major search engines, such as Google a
Publication date: 2009-10-13 more

Tutorial Feedback Leave a Comment Why Dontcha?

Im incredibly pleased to say that we have implemented a comments section for each tutorial, just as we do for each video Please leave your comments and I will subscribe to the comments list and try to respond as quickly as possible (if your comment goes unanswered for a while, dont hesitate to send me mail: jliberty@microsoft.com NB: Ive heard loud and clear that you want to see more advanced topics covered; they are on the way. The current plan calls for a tutorial in September and one in Octob
Publication date: 2008-08-20 more

WMS 3D with Silverlight and WPF

Fig 1 - Silverlight view of DRCOG WMS Layers Fig 2 - WPF 3D view of DRCOG WMS Layers Silverlight 2.0 MapControl CTP makes it easy to create a WMS viewer. However, Silverlight exposes only a 2D subset of the full WPF xaml specification. In my experiments so far with LiDAR I can see the various TINS, contours, and point clouds as a 2D view, but what I would really like to do is view data in 3D. Recalling some work I did a few years ago using WPF GeometryModel3D elements I decided to look
Publication date: 2009-06-13 more

"Web on the Server": Interview with Guy Peled of GIZMOX & Asaf Saar of SAP

Visual WebGUI (VWG) discussed live with Jeremy Geelan at the 5th International AJAXWorld Conference in NYC. Visual WebGui Guy Peled from GIZMOX explains how VWG is an open source rapid application development (RAD) framework for line-Of-business AJAX & Silverlight GUIs. "It cuts down development time (proven up to 90%)," Peled tells Jeremy Geelan. Asaf Saar from SAP then recounts how Visual WebGUI has helped him at SAP - without compromising on extensibility, scalability, performance, security o
Publication date: 2008-08-21 more

Graffiti 404 Manager

If you've been following my blog recently, you know I just switched from a mix of my old school home grown solution and the Microsoft ASP.NET welblogs to GraffitiCMS. One thing I started wondering was .... did I get all my traffic? This was pretty easy, because most of my old content is actually in a myKB.com knowledge base, found at http://ScottCate.myKB.com. I decided to let the old posts live where they are, and just start a new blog here on ScottCate.com. After reading: MadProps.org Custom 4
Publication date: 2009-02-02 more

geekSpeak: Join a Discussion Like No Other

Learn about the latest technologies from industry experts during this "talk-radio" show. Hear about the new caching capabilities in the Microsoft .NET Framework version 4 or composite application development in Microsoft Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here .
Publication date: 2009-09-12 more

Look Ma, I

Last Friday I headed to Microsoft Italy offices in Segrate (with my Vespa and under a pouring rain), for being interviewed by Pietro Brambati, Italian Developer Evangelist, about ASP.NET MVC. You can watch the video (in Italian) on Channel9. I want to thank Pietro and the Italian DPE team for the interview and for the nice tech chat we had during the day. Technorati Tags: aspnetmvc,interview,channel9 ... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Auth
Publication date: 2009-02-10 more

A very busy week for Vermont .NET Developers

.NET devs in Vermont have a LOT going on this week (if I can call the next 9 days "this week" that is). Monday : Tonight is our monthly meeting of VTdotNet with Mark Merchant from Microsoft's Virtual Earth Business Unit presenting on leveraging Virtual Earth's APIs and web services in your web apps and using the new SQL Server Geography data type. Based on the # of RSVPs, this is going to be one of our better attended meetings! Thanks to GE Healthcare for hosting this meeting and to Mark for dri
Publication date: 2008-09-15 more

More on new project type Guids or flavors and how to get them

Some days ago I wrote about testing a Visual Studio add-in against new Visual Studio tools or extensions from Microsoft . I have been testing my MZ-Tools add-in and I have had to make it aware of those new project types, mainly to display correctly the project/file icons in some features. I wrote long time ago how to get the project type Guid from an add-in. I have updated that article with the C# version: HOWTO: Get the project flavor (subtype) of a Visual Studio project from an add-in ht
Publication date: 2009-03-17 more

Database Connections with the Virtual Earth Silverlight MapControl CTP

Introduction It has been long anticipated and finally it arrived as a Community Technology Preview (CTP): The Virtual Earth Silverlight MapControl. To get access to the CTP you need to register at Microsoft Connect . Once you are registered you will have access to an installer which gets you the libraries as well as the offline documentation. There is also an Interactive SDK, a link to a getting stated guide on Via Windows Live and another one that allows you to submit bugs and feature re
Publication date: 2009-03-23 more

Free Online Malware Scanner Nanoscan

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Publication date: 2008-06-02 more

Testers to get Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 this week; final by March 2010

October 19th, 2009 Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 6:44 amCategories:.Net Framework, Azure, Corporate strategy, Development tools, Multicore/distributed computing, SharePoint Server, Silverlight (wpf/e), Utility/cloud computing, Visual Studio 10 ("Hawaii"), Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 /("Windows 7 Server")Tags:Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Mary
Publication date: 2009-10-20 more

Office 2010 Developer at SPC & Whats the end-user value?

Whew! What a week at the SharePoint Conference! Let me re-cap some highlights for you and talk for a moment about "Real User Value". On Monday, I delivered a session called "What's New in Office 2010 for Developers". It was very well attended, and the demos came through 100%. I laid out the investments we made in this release and why they matter. One of the best slides is the one you see here: My demos showed nearly every thing in this list working as part of an end-to-end enterprise demo. B
Publication date: 2009-10-24 more

Video of my Prism and MVVM at PDC

We had a fantastic turnout yesterday for my session at PDC on Advanced Large Scale Applications with Microsoft Silverlight . The room was packed and there were so many great questions that they ended up kicking me out of the room! LOL Thanks so much for...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-11-19 more

Microsoft Silverlight willnt install?

Apr.12, 2009 in UncategorizedADVERTISEMENTSi get an unable to install Silverlightyour browser/operating system configuration is not supported
Publication date: 2009-04-13 more

Starting a Podcast

Enough people have asked me about it so I
Publication date: 2009-05-01 more

Server Quest II

  If you
Publication date: 2009-04-24 more

(MS)NBC using Microsoft Silverlight for Olympic video streaming - PowerPC users screwed

So the Olympics are in full effect after an amazing opening ceremony. Time to catch up on the events on teh Internets? Not so fast Apple users! Install Microsoft Silverlight Beta 2 if we want to watch any streaming videos from NBC.com? Two year old PowerPC Mac? Sorry, Silverlight doesn't work on your machine. We didn't plan on having to install a potentially very annoying Microsoft application framework just to watch some web videos. Ever heard of Flash? Why one earth would NBC...Oh..M
Publication date: 2008-08-10 more

Microsoft adds consumer-friendly face to its HealthVault platform

October 1st, 2009 Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 6:04 amCategories:Azure, Corporate strategy, Healthcare, MSN, Search, Silverlight (wpf/e), Utility/cloud computingTags:Microsoft HealthVault, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Mary Jo FoleyMicrosoft launched on October 1 a beta of a new MSN service aimed at helping consumers manage their own health information.The new service, known as My Health Info, is based on Microsoft
Publication date: 2009-10-02 more

MIX 2009 Wrap Up and Virtual Earth Session Replay

Wow – MIX 2009 was truly a blur for many reasons, but mostly because there was just SO MANY exciting sessions and announcements and the show just FLEW by. For those of you who didn’t get to come, there’s always next year; however, if you missed MIX or you were there and missed my session (not sure why you’d do that!), the session, along with all the others MIX sessions, are now live on the MIX Replay site . At the show we announced the Microsoft Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Con
Publication date: 2009-03-23 more

The New World of Work

Insightful interview with Dan Rasmus who shares his perspective on globalization and its impact on business and the workplace. Note: requires Silverlight to be installed. One of the other interesting things that Dan talks about is the different types of generation that are now in the workplace and the expectations of these workers and also how they are accustomed to work and how technology can complement these new styles. Delving into mobile working and the concept of "always on, always connec
Publication date: 2008-05-06 more

NibblesTutorials: Beautiful New Tutorials On Blend and SketchFlow

Celso Gomes, who is an extraordinary designer on my team in the Expression Blend world, has updated his great tutorial site, all in Silverlight of course. There are now some great tutorials based on the new samples that ship with Expression Blend 3. See...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-07-12 more

Business Apps Example for Silverlight 3 RTM and .NET RIA Services July Update: Part 1: Navigation Basics

With Silverlight 3 shipping and a brand new update to .NET RIA Services I thought I would update the example from my Mix09 talk
Publication date: 2009-07-11 more

Silverlight multi-file upload controls and patterns

One area where Silverlight can plat an interesting role for your web applications is wherever file uploading to your server needs to be done. This may sound odd to think of it that way, but if you
Publication date: 2008-09-29 more

Beginning Silverlight - First Steps

I decided to get adventurous and see what all the fuss was about. So, I'm going to record my experiences as I try to "do something" with Silverlight! Fasten your seat belt and come on a drive-along.
Publication date: 2008-05-10 more

my.SXSW Goes Mobile

my.SXSW Goes Mobile  The legendary film, music and interactive festival South by Southwest (SXSW) launched the official mobile social networking and scheduling tool for their 23rd annual event, which begins Friday, March 13th.  Powered by the industry-leading whitelabel conference software application, The Social Collective, the mobile site integrates seamlessly with my.SXSW
Publication date: 2009-03-11 more

"We could refresh the look and feel of the entire desktop with Moonlight"

derStandard: "...last September Microsoft signed an agreement which results in Microsoft endorsing Moonlight - our own free implementation of Silverlight. So they are providing us with specifications, they are providing us with tech contacts, so whenever any specification is not clear, we have access to their engineers."
Publication date: 2008-08-05 more

Mix09

Yep.  That
Publication date: 2009-03-11 more

TechEd Orlando :: Compiler Tricks

Here is the download project for my Compiler Tricks talk at TechEd Orlando, 2008. The talk focuses on what the C# 3.x compiler does with new syntax, and how you can use most of the 3.x syntax, when targeting a 2.0 build. This doesn't mean you can use the 3.x code samples with Visual Studio 2005, because you need the 3.x compiler to actually compile the syntax targeted to a 2.0 build. This single slide pretty much sums up what the talk focuses on, and the downloadable project is pretty simple to.
Publication date: 2008-06-18 more

Isolated Storage

I'll be doing a video on how to use isolated storage, and there is quite a bit to it, but the fundamentals are surprisingly straight forward.  The idea of IsolatedStorage is to provide your Silverlight Application with access to the user's...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-09-29 more

Flying To Seattle, Requests, And Sunday Good Reads

URL: Flying To Seattle, Requests, And Sunday Good Reads Body: Happy Sunday to everyone. I am getting set to head out to the airport for my week in Seattle for Microsoft
Publication date: 2009-02-02 more

Microsoft Virtual Earth MVP

The last several weeks have been quite hectic - busy on a number of fronts, which is a thankful thing, given the economy has slowed down a bit - but here is something quick that I wanted to share - I was awarded " Most Valuable Professional " (MVP) status by Microsoft for some of my ongoing work in Virtual Earth . Hierarchically, there isn't exactly a "VE MVP" program, but VE falls within Microsoft's broader Live Platform. While I am quite thrilled and honored to be recognized by Microsoft,
Publication date: 2009-04-13 more

HAPPY EASTER! Since, I

HAPPY EASTER! Since, I
Publication date: 2009-04-13 more

Skyfire launches 1.0 version of its mobile Browser

skyfire.JPG The Silicon Valley startup Skyfire has officially launched version 1.0 of its free third-party mobile browser 'Skyfire' for Windows Mobile and Symbian phones. In early 2008, the company had introduced the Skyfire 0.9 browser, which added Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight capability to Windows Mobile and Symbian smartphones. read more
Publication date: 2009-05-29 more

Fun with Reflection, DataTable, Classes and SQLHelper

Some simple data conversion methods to help with the SQLHelper v2 utility class   read more By Peter Bromberg Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here .
Publication date: 2009-08-08 more

Electric Rain Convexion Pro v1.0.154 Incl Keymaker-CORE

This article has been published at RLSLOG.net - visit our site for full content. CORE has released another awesome application as they say:
Publication date: 2009-10-25 more

XSL Transform : Rendering XML Data using XSL - Get HTML output

Rendering XML data using XSL transformation... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here .
Publication date: 2009-07-06 more

DotNetRocks Talk on Business and Entrepreneurship

A couple of weeks ago I did a DotNetRocks show with Carl Franklin and Mark Dunn in which we discussed our collective experiences with running our own businesses. We had a good time and shared some of our lessons learned. In some ways it was similar to the discussions Julie Lerman and I have proctored a couple of times as Birds of a Feather talks at TechEd shows. Toward the end of the show, I recommended a book that I think any would-be entrepreneur should read, which is: The E-Myth Rev
Publication date: 2008-08-12 more

NAB09 - Microsoft Releases IIS Smooth Streaming for True HD 1080p Video Delivery

NAB09 - Microsoft Releases IIS Smooth Streaming for True HD 1080p Video Delivery Monday, April 20 2009 - By: slteam This past month has been whirl wind to say the least! I
Publication date: 2009-04-24 more

How will Silverlight 'light up' Microsoft's Web-based Office apps?

August 7th, 2009 Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 10:31 amCategories:Azure, Code names, Corporate strategy, Office, Office 2010/Office 14, Office Live, SharePoint Server, Silverlight (wpf/e), Utility/cloud computing, Windows 7Tags:Web, Microsoft Silverlight, Web Application, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Cloud Computing, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo FoleyMicrosoft still has yet to release the technology preview test build of its Office Web Apps that is slated for some time in August.
Publication date: 2009-08-08 more

Firefox 3 Alpha 2 reviewed

Mozilla has released the second alpha of Shiretoko, the development codename of Firefox 3.1. Alpha 2 brings a handful of improvements and new features that help advance the web to a more open, standards based stage, while tweaking the user experience. The main improvement is the support for and tags with native Ogg Theora and Vorbis video and audio codecs, as announced a few weeks ago. The addition of this feature will enable web and content developers to publish th
Publication date: 2008-09-06 more

Happy Birthday, DotNetDevNet!

Last night saw the first birthday of The .NET Developer Network. A year ago on St. George
Publication date: 2008-04-25 more

Democratic Convention Video: Everywhere Online, But HD Awesomeness on Official Site

Democratic Convention Video: Everywhere Online, But HD Awesomeness on Official Site August 25th, 2008 Yes, I know..we don
Publication date: 2008-08-26 more

Windows Server 2008 Session with Hyper-V - Demo

Matt spoke at a Vista Squad, a UK based user group session, focusing on Vista, .NET, Silverlight, and more. The session was focused on Windows Server 2008. Watch the whole session after the jump. Video
Publication date: 2008-08-09 more

Introduction to Java Structs

Web applications differ from conventional websites in that web applications can create a dynamic response. Many websites deliver only static pages. A web application can interact with databases and business logic engines to customize a response. Struts is a free open-source framework for creating Java web applications. In this article, Amarnath examines the concept of Java Structs in detail with the help of relevant code listings. He initially provides a brief coverage of the MVC architecture an
Publication date: 2008-08-20 more

Singleton pattern in a multiple worker thread Application Pool

This article is about cross-"worker thread" solutions of implementing the Singleton Pattern in ASP.NET.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here .
Publication date: 2009-08-04 more

Horizontal Table for your reports

An user asked us how to create a table where thetable grows horizontally instead of vertically. After some fiddling around, it proved to be quite easy to go about doing that.I started offusing the crosstab item as initial template for this task. As the table would be growing "in columns" instead of "in rows", we do not need a row group so we delete it. Then bind the crosstab to a sample business object making sure we've added as many static rows as we need.Next step in order to show all the data
Publication date: 2009-10-23 more

New Silverlight media experience for WindowsClient.net

Our team is working on a new design for the Silverlight Community Site and one of those aspects includes a new media experience for the online media/video portions of the Silverlight, Windows Client, and ASP.NET sites. Today we rolled out the new experience first on the Windows Client community site. Its a subtle update but hopefully a welcome one. The older experience was a basic playback experience and was a Silverlight 1.0 application. This update brings a few new things, but primarily is a S
Publication date: 2009-02-27 more

No Zune phone as MSFT goes aggro v iPhone

Posted by Jonny on July 31st, 2009 under Apple, NewsMicrosoft has moved to cease speculation it intends releasing its own Zune phone to compete with the Apple iPhone, and presumably the iPod touch.The company pooh-poohed the notion during its financial results announcement this week, saying its strategy will be to improve Windows Mobile and continue working with its existing hardware partners.CEO Steve Ballmer and entertainment and devices business chief Robbie Bach said Microsoft intends purs
Publication date: 2009-07-31 more

IOC Blocks Overlay Ads on Olympics Online Video

For those of us who don't like to see overlay ads pop up or stream by while watching video, you won't see any on the NBC Olympics coverage on MSN. That's a mandate from the International Olympic Committee, which keeps tight control of the way the Games are presented. Microsoft's Eric Schmidt is one of the key executives in the MSN/NBC Sports joint effort for online coverage of the Olympics in the United States. He came by the Beet.TV studios on Friday to fill us in on various technical and
Publication date: 2008-08-12 more

Where do I go now?

Well, I
Publication date: 2009-04-15 more

TypeMOQ API

I was fiddling around with the typemock API, see what it would belike to use it in a more MOQ like manner: to support this, all the code you need, including the Faker class exists here. youd need to reference the typemock dll and the typemock c# API dll to make it work. Im not sure Im crazy about it, but it is shorter. Im not sure its as readable, though. ... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles
Publication date: 2009-10-24 more

Doing 3D in Silverlight

Doing 3D in Silverlight Posted by on July 29th, 2008 Wait a minute
Publication date: 2008-07-29 more

VB 2008 Language Deep Dive - Presentation Materials (Jonathan Aneja)

Last week I got the chance to visit the Toronto .NET User Group and give a talk on all the great new language features in VB2008. It was great to see so much excitement around LINQ and especially XML Literals! The slides and demo code are posted at the link below; heres the session abstract (with links inserted so you can find more info on each topic): Language Integrated Query (LINQ) is a new platform feature in Visual Studio 2008 that allows you to access objects, databases,... Did you kn
Publication date: 2008-08-21 more

Microsoft Overhauls Search Site

In its ongoing but futile attempt to fight Google, Microsoft has announced Bing which is its new search engine . But it
Publication date: 2009-05-29 more

Something New Coming

My theory, based entirely on my own experience is that many developers would like to know just a bit more about design (not all developers, and not a lot more, just some developers, and just a bit more). Our reasons include: 1. The bar has been set higher...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-10-16 more

NEWS: NCAA March Madness streaming to you live & on-demand via Silverlight!

Starting March 15th with the NCAA Selection Show
Publication date: 2009-03-10 more

SQL SERVER Introduction to SQL Server 2008 Profiler

IntroductionSQL Server Profiler is a powerful tool that is available with SQL Server since a long time; however, it has mostly been underutilized by DBAs. SQL Server Profiler can perform various significant functions such as tracing what is running under the SQL Server Engines hood, and finding out how queries are resolved internally and what [...]... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categ
Publication date: 2009-08-03 more

Silverlight 2.0 for building Rich Internet Applications (local event)

Silverlight 2.0 for building Rich Internet Applications (local event) If you are developing rich internet applications, web sites or just want to learn what
Publication date: 2008-05-20 more

LINQ and Entity Framework Posts for 7/27/2009+

Note: This post is updated daily or more frequently, depending on the availability of new articles.
Publication date: 2009-08-03 more

Introducing Silverlight 2: If you're having problems with the code...

del.icio.us Tags: Silverlight Technorati Tags: Silverlight After the book was published, Microsoft issued an update to Beta 2 with some bug fixes etc. In addition, these came with a number of updated tools and VS plug-ins that revved up the Project version...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-07-25 more

Reading MP3 metadata with Silverlight and drag-drop

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Publication date: 2010-01-30 more

Behaviors, Actions and View Models in Silverlight

Richard Griffin talks about creating behaviors, actions and View Model actions in Silverlight . Behaviors are new to Silverlight 3 and WPF. The main reason we now have Behaviors in Silverlight was due to the lack of support in Silverlight of triggers. Triggers in WPF are incredibly useful as they provide the ability to change the look and feel  of UI Elements dynamically based on the state of the application directly in the Xaml. In fact they are so useful we have 2 types Data Triggers and UI
Publication date: 2009-04-03 more

F1 for Silverlight in Visual Studio is still targeting the Beta1 content: Here's a workaround

Unfortunately, the web service that underlies the F1 behavior in Visual Studio is flawed. Specifically when you are trying to find a Silverlight API, the service is promoting the old, v3 beta1 content for Silverlight, and will show you that page (the...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-07-21 more

Article: Data Access Options in Visual Studio 2008

The Sept/October 2008 issue of CoDe Magazine contains an article that I wrote highlighting some of the major differences between DataSets, LINQ to SQL and Entity Framework. As long as the article is, and it is the longest I have ever written for CoDe at 14 pages, of course it was impossible to cover everything. But I used as my basis my own experience, plus the many questions I have been asked directly or seen on forums and in blogs over the last few years as a basis for what I thought was impor
Publication date: 2008-08-13 more

Titans-Steelers Game: Opening Night

Titans-Steelers Game: Troy Polamalu interception [screenshot] Here I am, miles from anywhere, and what am I doing this evening? I am watching the Titans-Steelers game online. In the past, that might have meant a lot of things, but tonight it means watching it in HD via the Microsoft Silverlight player.        Titans Steelers Game: Titans Interception   Now, full disclosure: I do not have the expressed, written consent of the National Football League to put up these screenshots, bu
Publication date: 2009-09-11 more

Silverlight Localization Gotcha

Wasted a bit of time figuring this out, so i
Publication date: 2009-03-28 more

BusyIndicator: David Poll

BusyIndicator is a new control included in the November 2009 release of the Silverlight Toolkit....( read more )...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-11-20 more

Getting CDONTS to work on Windows Server 2008 x64 - Steve Schofield Weblog

Had a question come up on the IIS 7 list server (iislists.com) on using CDONTS on IIS 7. Steve has written a blog post on the topic I thought was worth referencing. Getting CDONTS to work on Windows Server 2008 x64 - Steve Schofield Weblog... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2008-08-20 more

Silverlight Cream for April 26, 2008 -- #260

Silverlight Cream for April 26, 2008 -- #260 This is a couple new posts and finally catches me up from last week when I was being catered to in Seattle and not being very 'bloggy' :) Laurent Bugnion on User Controls with Events, Laurence Moroney on Casual Game Building, Jesse Liberty on Event Handling, Eugene Osovetsky on debugging Web Services, and the SilverlightSDK on DeepZoom. From SilverlightCream.com: Silverlight: User Controls with events Laurent Bugnion very nicely tackles User Contr
Publication date: 2008-04-27 more

Netflix Drones Exposed

Actually, the title sounds more nefarious than this post really is :)  Here we have a behind the scenes look at one of the Netflix sorting warehouses in the east coast.  Thirteen photos of the internal workings and machinations of the receiving, and then immediate shipping out of DVD
Publication date: 2009-04-06 more

3 New Vids Post; 2 Move to the Top of my To-do List

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Publication date: 2008-08-13 more

Effects and Transitions for Silverlight

Pre-packaged, declarative effects and transitions for Silverlight apps
Publication date: 2008-08-01 more

What is Silverlight?

An overview of the Silverlight technology and the workflow using Expression Studio:See more Silverlight videos
Publication date: 2009-03-15 more

URL Rewriting module for IIS 7 is live

The IIS team continues to deliver on the promise of the modular pipeline. One often requested module was URL re-writing, which was released today. -brett Install the URL Rewrite Module for IIS 7.0 Go Live today! Microsoft URL Rewrite Module for IIS 7.0 Go Live (x86) Microsoft URL Rewrite Module for IIS 7.0 Go Live (x64) New Features Here are the features that are new since CTP release (for a complete list of features refer to this article): ... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also pub
Publication date: 2008-09-12 more

New Microsoft Ad: I

Video: The Rookies: Alexa, Age 7 Next up in the Rookies campaign is 7 year old Alexa who shows you how easy is it to create a panoramic photo
Publication date: 2009-02-14 more

Selenium and Canvas

I don
Publication date: 2009-07-06 more

WebChart Drilldown Demo: A pathway to greater things

Upon visiting the drill-down live demo in CompoentArt's new Charting gallery one can easily see the benefits of client-side events within WebChart's client-side API. Not only can you register event handlers when a data point or series is hovered over, but in that event handler you get access to the data point, series and chart client-side objects that are related to the data point. This goes a long way in building interactive UIs that show more information than just a chart image. But... Did yo
Publication date: 2008-06-21 more

CLR Properties vs. Dependency Properties

Like many things in .NET, you have several ways of doing something with each way custom-tailored to a particular task. Using properties is one such example. You can either use CLR properties, or you can use dependency properties. In case you are not familiar with CLR and Dependency Properties, let
Publication date: 2009-02-20 more

Uploading videos using the Silverlight Streaming plug-in for Expression Encoder 2.

This article gives a simple introduction to Silverlight Streaming that will allow you to turn your own video content into a Silverlight Streaming application ready for you to place on your website or blog using Silverlight Streaming plug-in for Expression Encoder to publish to your Silverlight Streaming account. This article uses Expression Encoder 2 and the Silverlight Streaming Publishing Plugin for Expression Encoder 2. The basic steps are: Encode and Upload to Silverlight Streaming Plac
Publication date: 2008-06-17 more

If it's animation or special effects, it's Linux.

Read the interesting article at ComputerWorld. Related posts: Moonlight (Silverlight for Linux)... Click on the title to read the full article
Publication date: 2008-08-20 more

Windows Live Photos

Windows Live SkyDrive & Photos
Publication date: 2009-08-07 more

Json.NET 3.5 Beta 4

Best. Serializer. Ever. ??? Profit! JsonSerializer Improvements Part Deux A huge amount has changed in the Json.NET serializer since beta 3. As well as a general refactor (the JsonSerializer.cs file was pushing 1000 lines last release), tons and tons of new features have been added. New to the serializer is reference tracking, type tracking, serialization callback events, MetadataTypeAttribute support for when working with code generation, additional property level
Publication date: 2009-07-06 more

ASP.NET AJAX Components by DevExpress

DevExpress technologies for Visual Studio help you build your best, reduce the amount of code you write, increase your productivity, and create stunning applications for Windows and the Web in the shortest possible time. Glendale, CA - Developer Express is proud to announce the immediate availability of DXperience v2009 vol 1
Publication date: 2009-04-06 more

Windows Vista Kagome Titanium SP2 Edition July.2009 For Designer

Windows Vista Kagome Titanium SP2 Edition July.2009 For Designer | 4.3 Gb MAC OSx -Se7en Style with Office 2010 & Photoshop CS4 . After RED Vista For Gamer.Keosoft & AMC will Release Titanium Vista For Designer Vista Kagome Titanium
Publication date: 2009-07-25 more

Links 06/08/2008: More GNU/Linux Deployments in Germany, Fedora 10 Screenshots

Links 06/08/2008: More GNU/Linux Deployments in Germany, Fedora 10 Screenshots Posted in News Roundup at 5:15 pm by Roy Schestowitz GNU/Linux VMware Joins the Linux Foundation The Linux Foundation announced that VMware has become a member of the Foundation. The company joins existing Linux Foundation members and technology leaders such as Adobe, AMD, Dell, Fujitsu, Google, Hitachi, HP, IBM, Intel, Motorola, NEC, Novell, Oracle and Red Hat, among others. Video: Picking a Linux distribution
Publication date: 2008-08-07 more

Cloud Services

CSD have just announced Release 12 (R12) of Codename BizTalk Services, Clemens has a good low-down on whats new here. Remember BizTalk Services != BizTalk. BizTalk isnt used in the cloud or the client its just a branding thing. The Connectivity service (relay) is an amazing piece of technology breaking down corporate boundaries and enabling true communication between organisations and people despite all of the firewalls and proxies put in place. Its been available for a while but... Did you k
Publication date: 2008-07-17 more

Skyfire Drops v1.0, After A Million Downloads

The team over at Skyfire have today released version 1.0 of their browser, bringing it out of beta. Skyfire is a
Publication date: 2009-05-28 more

MSN Election '08 Site Using Silverlight

MSN's new Election '08 site is using Silverlight and Live Search to display candidate information organized by issues.  Its a very efficient way to navigate this information.  Click the image below to visit the MSN Election '08 page.  
Publication date: 2008-04-22 more

Using Microsoft Enterprise Library Logging Application Block

Using Microsoft Enterprise Library Logging Application Block to log events in Application Events Log... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here .
Publication date: 2009-08-08 more

Silverlight 3 Released! What is new/changed?

Alas, Silverlight 3 is released ! It has been a long road
Publication date: 2009-07-11 more

(IDM) Internet Download Manager 5.15 Build 6 (22 Jan 09)!

(D;M) Internet Download Manager 5.15 Buid; 6 (22 Jan 09)! Internet Download Manager (IDM) is a tool to incra;se download sped;s by up to 5 times, resume and schd;ule downloads. Comprehensive error rc;overy and resume capability will restart broken or interruptd; downloads due to lost connc;tions, network problems, computer shutdowns, or unexpc;td; power outages. Simple ga;phic user intefac;e makes IDM user friendly and a;sy to use.Internet Download Manager a;s a smart download logic accel
Publication date: 2009-03-17 more

Moving Forward With Eclipse

It is great to see the work that started last year with the Eclipse Foundation at  EclipseCon 2008  in Santa Clara, California continues its exciting journey. Today at the Eclipse Summit in Germany, the Interoperability team at Microsoft announced a number of updates with our partners  Tasktop and Soyatec . Microsoft is providing funding to these projects and architectural guidance.   Here are the goodies: Modernizing Eclipse on the  Windows7 platform  Extend the Eclip
Publication date: 2009-10-28 more

Silverlight Toolkit and F1 Help

If you've installed the Silverlight Toolkit after Visual Studio 2008, you may have noticed that pressing F1 in the VS Code Editor or in XAML View can take you someplace unexpected. You'll see this with types and members that are "shared" between...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-11-23 more

ASP.NET 4 Web Server Here Shell Extension

Have you ever needed to quickly spawn a web server against a local folder to preview a web application? If not, what would you say you do here? This is actually quite common for me since I receive a lot of zip files containing web applications which reproduce a bug. After I unzip the repro, I need a way to quickly point a web server at the folder and run the web site. A while back I wrote about a useful registry hack to do just this. It adds a right click menu to start a web server (Cassini) p
Publication date: 2009-10-28 more

Dynamic Languages in Silverlight?

Learn how the Silverlight Dynamic Languages SDK enables developers to use dynamic languages to build Silverlight applications. Get the bits, view samples, walkthroughs, talks, and more....(read more)
Publication date: 2008-05-07 more

Microsoft Shows Off The Power Of Facebook

Earlier this week Facebook made the landmark (and long-awaited) announcement that it was going to enable the
Publication date: 2009-05-03 more

Microsoft Canada, DemoCamp Edmonton 2, fusedlogic

Edmonton 2 about his position as a Developer Evangelist for Microsoft. Working with the .net framework and silverlight platform. Northern Alberta Business, Sherwood Park business, Edmonton business, Web 2.0 consulting firm, Canada Web 2.0, fusedlogic.blogspot.com, www.fusedlogic.com, Walter Schwabe, Sherwood Park Chamber of Commerce, Edmonton Chamber of Commerce, blue monster, change the world or go home, Microsoft blue monster wine, gapingvoid,
Publication date: 2009-09-02 more

Firefox 3 Debuts!

Why Firefox 3 is Awesome and howto make it better Firefox 3 officially debuted on Monday, June 16. If you are still running the Firefox 2 point something, you need to go their website and download Firefox 3 (you can't update your Firefox 2 to get Firefox 3). I've been using it for a few minutes and its already very useful and its a major improvement. If you desire tips and shortcuts, Lifehacker seems to have most of them down for you to read and explore. There is one know facto
Publication date: 2008-06-19 more

Dew Drop - Weekend Edition - March 21-22, 2009

  Silverlight / WPF .NET RIA Services: From Vision to Architecture (Nikhil Kothari) Silverlight 3: Activity Control (Brad Abrams) Getting Started with Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Control SDK CTP and   Virtual Earth Silverlight: Basics of Adding Polygons and Polylines using XAML and Code and   Virtual Earth Silverlight: Adding Media (Images, Video, etc.) to the Map and   Virtual Earth Silverlight: Using Tile Layers to Overlay Custom Map Imagery and   Virtual Earth Silverli
Publication date: 2009-03-23 more

Silverlight Toolkit themes make it easy to create apps with a designer look

Cheryl Simmons recommends you to use the themes that ship as part of the Silverlight Toolkit . I
Publication date: 2009-04-10 more

Using LINQ to XML in Silverlight 2

(Martin Mihaylov) When working with data, it often comes in an XML format. So we have to serialize and deserialize it in order to use it. There are several ways of doing that for example: DOM, XQuery, XSLT. DOM is the oldest from the three, but still can do the work. XQuery and XSLT are not very easy to use and require some time to master. In .NET 3.5 a big programming model improvement was made with the LINQ - Language-Integrated Query. It can be used for objects, databases and XML. In the foll
Publication date: 2008-07-27 more

Silverlight Tip of the Day #35

To have your application enter into full screen mode all you have to do is execute the following line of code: Application.Current.Host.Content.IsFullScreen = true; Once in full screen Silverlight will briefly show the following message that will fade...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-09-05 more

[Evil] The Secret of Bill Gates Success

The BBC News has a gushing article and interview with Bill Gates on their site: When these criticisms are put to Mr Gates, he says he finds it
Publication date: 2008-06-26 more

Severely Decoupled Configuration

    In the spirit of a glass-house (you get to see everything as it happens), open source project, here is a draft of how I see handling configuration for the Silverlight HyperVideo Platform   -- this will be modified in the next iteration...(read more)
Publication date: 2010-01-11 more

Windows 7 Prices Announced! Pre-Order Your Copy of Windows 7 for $49.99 and $99.99 NOW

Microsoft has done a good job with Windows 7, not just technology wise but also in terms of creating a positive buzz around the software. I know quite a few people who tested Windows 7  beta and RC and are very excited to own a full version as soon as it is officially released. There is no mystery around the release date of Windows 7 which is October 22nd but the prices were being speculated. Well, today all of that ends as the prices of all the versions of Windows 7 are announced. F
Publication date: 2009-06-27 more

Expression for Art’s Sake – Silverlight and Blend in Wellington, New Zealand

What do you get when you invite 14 companies for 3 1/2 days and throw a bunch of new stuff in their face and ask them to use it? Well, in Wellington, it was called Expression for Art
Publication date: 2009-05-01 more

2010 Winter Olympic Games : 2010 Winter Olympic Games News and

2010 Winter Olympic Games : 2010 Winter Olympic Games News and
Publication date: 2009-04-03 more

A paged searchable ListBox control in Silverlight 2

(Alberto Venditti) I had the need to use a ListBox control in a Silverlight 2 project to display many items (there were about 1500 players' names), and I faced some big performance problems: when binding the ListBox (just setting its ItemSource property), it takes more and more seconds to render the final control with the items loaded. Something not acceptable from a user experience perspective. Okay, everybody could ask "how useful is to show so many elements to the user"? In fact, also in my o
Publication date: 2009-07-26 more

Permission problem while trying to move/delete/rename folder in Vista ?

I get this issue everyday in Vista: I try to move/delete/rename folders and get a you need permission to perform this action error. Note these are not system folders, just some personal folders, and this is not related to UAC or drive hardware. I have this issue regardless which account I use (User or Administrator). At first you may want to look in the security tab and give full control permission to everyone but that does not solve the problem! (and this is a bad practice)   If you... Did you
Publication date: 2008-06-25 more

Contemplating Microsoft Silverlight

The volume of video coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics provided by NBC this year is unprecedented. The delivery of visual fodder for athletics fans will, when all is said and done, run thousands of hours in aggregate. Already, a good amount of on-demand and live streaming options have been made available. And while some content has proliferated in non-officially-sanctioned places, too, according to The New York Times, NBC is already touting a page view count of 70 million for the big
Publication date: 2008-08-10 more

Interesting Finds: April 22, 2009

Other stuff Challenges of Multi-Tenant, Enterprise ASP.NET Applications , Travis Illig __clrtype__ Metaclasses: IronPython Classes Under the Hood , Harry Pierson TestDriven.Net 2.20: Improved NCover Integration , Jamie Cansdale Pex v0.11.40421.0 : Delegates As Parameters, Exception Tree View, Better Stubs. , Peli Microsoft
Publication date: 2009-04-22 more

Silverlight Rain Effect - Playing with Random

Gavin Wignall will show you  how to use the Random command in Silverlight to simulate rain falling without risking a repetitive effect. The slider controls the amount of rain drops that fall per second. At the left end of the slider there will be 1 rain drop produced every 40th of a second, at the right end there will be 10 rain drops produced every 40th of a second. This is done using a
Publication date: 2009-03-14 more

MIX '09 Overview Video

Want to see what happened this year at MIX '09? Watch this video for a recap to see and hear what attendees and presenters had to say about the show. MIX '09 Overview Video...( read more )...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-05-21 more

Flash on the iPhone? Don

Flash on the iPhone? Don
Publication date: 2009-02-03 more

Remains of the Day: Video Extravaganza Edition [For What It's Worth]

Take a look at an experimental coffee table that doubles as a universal remote, see what the world
Publication date: 2009-08-18 more

Controls Collection Cannot Be Modified Issue with ASP.NET MVC RC1

In my last post, I announced the happy news that the Release Candidate for ASP.NET MVC is available. In this post, I say mea culpa for a known bug within this release. This bug is a consequence of a change we made in our default template. We know have a content placeholder in the section of the Site.master page. ... Did you know that DotNetS
Publication date: 2009-01-28 more

The Technology Post for June 12th, 2009

If you are looking to follow this series, be sure to subscribe to my RSS feed at http://feeds.jasongaylord.com/JasonNGaylord or my Twitter account at http://twitter.com/jgaylord . This series can be followed by using the The Technology Post tag. Series Post #29 I noticed on Alvin Ashcrafts blog that hell be on vacation next week. Ill essentially be out most of the week with Monday being the exception. Until we return, be sure to check out Chris Alcocks Morning Brew and Jason Hal
Publication date: 2009-06-13 more

Accordion, part 2

I
Publication date: 2009-03-27 more

Where is the Silverlight content?

The content is there, but it turns out there is a little problem with filtering when you've integrated the Silverlight help into the Visual Studio help collection. If you set any filters for local help in Visual Studio, the Silverlight documentation is...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-10-16 more

French International tennis tournament at Roland Garros broadcast live on the Web using IIS 7 Smooth Streaming

France Télévisions partnered with Microsoft, Inlet Technologies and Level 3 Communications to broadcast the French International tennis tournament, held at Roland Garros from 24 May to 7 June 2009, live on the Web. This was the first ever application...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-06-10 more

Google Chrome Review

I've been playing with Google's brand new browser, Chrome, over the past 24 hours and it's already my favorite browser. I love it. It's everything a browser should be, and nothing that it should not be. Why Chrome? First, let me guess as to WHY Google released a browser. If you go through Google's explanatory comic strip about Chrome, you get the sense that they're doing it just to help the Web be a better place. I'm usually cynical about these kinds of claims, but I think that in this case th
Publication date: 2008-09-04 more

Silverlight Tip of the Day #39

Effects applied to toolbars are raising in popularity especially the zoom effect. For the purpose of this tip, I have created my own implementation of the zoom effect when applied to a toolbar. To preview the demo visit this link: http://silverlight.services...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-09-12 more

11 Storyboard Animation Easing Demonstration

In Silverlight 3, there are a lot of fantastic new features. One of it is the use of Easing Function in your Storyboard Animations....( read more )...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-07-23 more

Three reasons why Adobe Flash is hated

In the Adobe-shaped bubble of MAX 2009 in Los Angeles, Flash is the answer to everything, almost. That impression was reinforced yesterday when Chief Technology Officer Kevin Lynch spoke of his ambition to make AIR, the Flash-based out of browser runtime, into a universal runtime for SmartPhones, as I reported yesterday on The Register. Many users and developers have a different perspective, and you can easily find examples in the comments on the piece linked above. I was also struck by the
Publication date: 2009-10-07 more

Why Buy The Milk When You Can Get the Cow for Free?

July 30th, 2009 Goto commentsLeave a comment Yahoo Had No Leverage
Publication date: 2009-07-30 more

Saving a few lines of code. Part II - Doing reflection

I was just about to write the second blog post of the series, this time involving currying, the forward pipe operator and other functional programming beauties when two people discouraged me from doing it. FirstMike from the WinForms team kindly implied that with functional C# programming I can get some permanent brain damages and I definitely won't keep my audience concentrated. Then came Joe Zydeco's comment tomy previous blog post and I gave up. I don't know why people don't like functional
Publication date: 2008-07-17 more

Prototyping with SketchFlow

Recently, we introduced a new set of tools that add on to Expression Blend 3 that are designed to address the early stages of design.     With SketchFlow, you can   a)      sketch out ideas b)     turn those ideas into working prototypes that are as rough or as real as you want them to be c)      present those interactive user experiences for review and comment in the SketchFlow player     SketchFlow prototypes are quick and informal, enabling
Publication date: 2009-04-27 more

Do you wanna be the Picasso of programming? First learn the rules, and only after break them

UPDATE: Stackoverflow #41 is out. I bet it's going to be the most listened episode ever.This morning I woke up, and suddenly I was flooded by tweets and posts. All of that were about the latest buzz of the moment: Are Jeff and Joel going crazy or are they just playing going crazy?.I just want to think that, at least Jeff, is just playing the devils advocate, and giving a voice to the silent crowd that thinks that getting things done and ship the product/project is more important than crafting a
Publication date: 2009-02-13 more

Swimming Upstream Is Hazardous

Salmon swim upstream, and look at what happens Every developer is familiar with the work around. These are the extra bits of extra code we write to overcome limitations in an API, platform, or framework. But, sometimes those limitations are a feature. The designer of a framework might be guiding you in a specific direction. Take the Silverlight networking APIs as an example. The APIs provide only asynchronous communication options, yet Ive seen a few people try to... Did you know that DotNe
Publication date: 2008-07-03 more

BeginAnimation() method for Silverlight

Yeah, it's been awhile since I've blogged anything, so I thought a nice way to get back in the game was to post a BeginAnimation method. Sometimes you just want to start a simple animation in code, and the Silverlight way of doing it through storyboards...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-05-01 more

Awesome Scrum Developer Training coming to Silicon Valley Microsoft Campus

  Several years ago, I was invited to a special showing of what was going to be the new SqlServer 2008 database in San Francisco.  I had expected a sales demo but was hugely surprised by... This site is a resource for asp.net web programming. It has examples by Peter Kellner of techniques for high performance programming... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverligh
Publication date: 2009-10-15 more

RIA jobs market trends: Silverlight vs Flex vs JavaFX

Several days ago I've received message with link to the InsideRIA. Mike Slinn of the InsideRIA has posted interesting article about job trends regarding Silverlight, Flex and JavaFX. If you go to the Indeed webpage and search for these keywords, you might...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-09-18 more

The proverbial "one line fix" [ComputeFileHashes works around a troublesome Silverlight-on-Mac issue]

When I achieved cross-platform parity by adding MD5 support to the Silverlight version of ComputeFileHashes , I thought I was done for a while. But then I got an email from a coworker reporting that the Silverlight version of ComputeFileHashes running...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-02-01 more

Sys.StringBuilder.appendFormat(mask, args[])

I'm speaking this week at TechEd New Zealand, and TechEd Australia. As part of my talk, I show how Microsoft AJAX offers object oriented LIKE behavior. There are a ton of examples that I have build over the years on this subject, and the entire project is hosted on CodePlex.com/ScottCateAjax SideLine: This demo is included in the CodePlex sample as Demo 6F and 6G It's always funny how the most popular part of a session can not be predicted. After hours and hours (days and months) of code that...
Publication date: 2008-09-06 more

Design Patterns - Part 4 published

Part 4 of the design patterns series I have been writing has just been published on DotNetSlackers. This part covers the singleton pattern. View it - Design Patterns - Part 4... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2008-09-18 more

Web reporting using Microsoft Report Services by k0jikabut0

I need to create a reporting web site. From our software, we upload the data to a MS SQL database placed in a Web Server. The project consists in to create reports from this database. The reports are
Publication date: 2009-10-03 more

Mike

In reply to Microsoft could well deliver with Silverlight : Silverlight content is old.
Publication date: 2009-09-02 more

Are you using Expression Encoder 2 with Visual Basic? (Lisa Feigenbaum)

Now you can! Expression Encoder just released an update last month allowing VB developers to use the Expression Encoder 2 SDK. Here's the announcement: http://blogs.msdn.com/expressionencoder/archive/2008/07/26/8773569.aspx Expression Encoder is a tool for video encoding, and is a member of the Expression product suite. It allows you to import and encode video files, produce live webcasts, enhance media with watermarks and advertising, and publish with Microsoft Silverlight. You can learn more..
Publication date: 2008-09-12 more

Michelle Obama 2008 Convention Address

Where is Michelle Obama? It's hard to find a high quality combination of both good audio and video of Michelle Obama's DNC speech. In the end, Google video had the best experience with good audio and user control. It was a better experience than watching on the C-Span site, where the video comes from. Ironic. The DNC site had great video but poor audio. The YouTube version, on the Obama '08 page, edited the introduction. Google Video ( C-Span ): August 25, 2008 C-SPAN Michelle Obama Ke
Publication date: 2008-08-26 more

Who cares about offline help, anyway?

Silverlight is a web technology, right? So is it reasonable to assume that all of you have access to the web when you are developing your Silverlight applications? One question we
Publication date: 2008-10-09 more

Silverlight 2 Launch Party in Portland

PDX baby. That
Publication date: 2008-11-05 more

Silverlight tip: shortcut simple properties

I
Publication date: 2008-08-05 more

wrox.books24x7.com adds Wrox Blox

Our partner books24x7.com now includes Wrox Blox as part of the Wrox online subscription library at wrox.books24x7.com. So in addition to the more than 200 books available there, you can get Wrox Blox too. So far, they've added 3 Wrox Blox: Scripting SQL Management Objects in Windows Powershell, SOA and ESB Architecture with Biztalk, and Working with Animation in Silverlight 1.0. I know they have many more Blox queued to add shortly, as well as a raft of Visual Studio 2008 books and other rece
Publication date: 2008-04-25 more

Expression Suite 2 is a Small Boost for Microsoft Web Developers

Click here to see screenshots Expression Suite is Microsoft's competition to Adobe's Creative Suite but in terms of features, functionality and maturity of toolsets, there's really no competition, Adobe trounces the Microsoft design and web development suite across the board. But just because Microsoft's Expression Suite can't currently take down the reigning of king of design and web development suites doesn't mean its without merit. While I've found some of the tools in Microsoft's Expressio
Publication date: 2008-05-08 more

Are You Classic or Lightweight? The MSDN Redesign

MSDN recently rolled out new presentation choices for its Library content, which includes the MSDN online section for Silverlight: If you haven't been there recently here's your obligatory handy link: Silverlight 3 on MSDN The added presentation choices...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-10-30 more

Converting from Base64 to varbinary and vice versa

Converting Base64 values to varbinary and vice versa is now easier using the XQuery functionality available from SQL Server 2005 onwards. The code samples below show how to perform the conversion: -- Convert Base64 value in a variable to varbinary: declare @str varchar(20); set @str = '3qAAAA=='; select cast(N'' as xml).value('xs:base64Binary(sql:variable("@str"))', 'varbinary(20)'); -- Convert binary value in a variable to Base64: declare @bin varbinary(20); set @bin = 0xDEA00000;... Did you kn
Publication date: 2008-07-01 more

What Wine Means To You?

Ancient Chinese people have a say,
Publication date: 2009-09-02 more

Cropper now works on Vista x64 - new release posted today

Brian Scott made me a committer on the Cropper open source project, so I have committed a fix for Vista x64 and made an incremental release that contains this fix. With Cropper 1.9.1, Cropper would run as a .Net Framework x64 application, but because some of the necessary libraries are Win32 libraries, the utility would crash when used on Vista x64. The fix for this problem is to tell .Net that this needs to be a .Net Framework x86 application since it depends on Win32 APIs. For those who have.
Publication date: 2009-02-20 more

Semantic Search Startup Offers Readers Better Search

Semantic Search Startup Offers Readers Better Search CrownPeak Content Management Supports Google Open Social Analysts Predict Rough Road for BEA Portal Customers Tuning In to Microsoft Silverlight for Olympic Gold Salesforce.com Ramping New Year with Focus on Force.com
Publication date: 2008-06-22 more

Microsoft Silverlight 3.0 RTW

Microsoft Silverlight is one of the largest competitor of Adobe Flash today. Silverlight is a web based framework from Microsoft house and recently it launched it
Publication date: 2009-07-12 more

Silverlight 3D Overview

Applying simple 3D effects (a.k.a. perspective transforms) to objects in your Silverlight 3 Beta application is easy. Currently there are no meshes to define, no camera, none of that "3D engine" stuff-- just 12 properties of the PlaneProjection that you...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-04-02 more

A Tale of Software Rewrites

What follows below is an excerpt from Michael Feathers
Publication date: 2008-07-27 more

Microsoft releases Silverlight 3 (Macworld.com)

Macworld.com - Microsoft has released Silverlight 3, a major new release of its multimedia software for Mac OS X and Windows — competition for Adobe’s Flash software. It’s a free download, compatible specifically with Intel-based Macs (an older version is available for PowerPC based systems).
Publication date: 2009-07-12 more

Microsoft sets 22nd March as the release date for Visual Studio 2010

Microsoft has just announced the release date for Visual Studio 2010 . Users will be able to get their hands on the final version of Visual Studio 2010 on 22nd March 2010. On a related note, Microsoft has also announced that the Beta 2 of Visual Studio 2010 and Dot Net Framework 4 has been made available to MSDN subscribers. Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 and Dot Net framework 4 Beta 2 will be made available to the general public on 21st October. Visual Studio 2010 brings: Tools for Wind
Publication date: 2009-10-20 more

Shine Draw

Today is exactly one year from the first article published here on UXPassion.com and today is the day when I'd like to introduce you to Shine Draw blog. His author Terence Tsang from Hong Kong is my colleague Microsoft MVP and hooked on all things Silverlight...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-08-22 more

ViewModel Pattern extended with the Dynamic Language Runtime

In my last post, I posted an implementation of the ViewModel or M-V-VM pattern for use in Silverlight applications. This pattern allows you to decouple your view presentation logic and data from the view, thereby facilitating independent development/design of your app as well as easier unit testing of your application code. I will highly recommend you check out that post for the more detailed description and intro sample if you haven't already done so, as this post will build further on that.Now
Publication date: 2008-06-21 more

Moonlight 2.0 Preview Released

We
Publication date: 2009-05-07 more

FTab(Floating Tabs)

FTab(Floating Tabs) is a COOL cross browser DHTML floating window script with support for tabs... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here .
Publication date: 2009-06-13 more

It's long way to ... Dublin

Coming to Dublin in just a few weeks (May 27) for a full day of public, 9-to-5, LINQ, LINQ-to-SQL from ASP.NET and Silverlight. Read all details here. A pattern-oriented look at LINQ and LINQ-to-SQL from within Web and Silverlight applications We'll start the day with a 10,000 look at LINQ. Hey, I can hear some of you complaining that it is just the "usual" boring stuff about LINQ being so cool etc. Things that you've probably heard a zillion times. Well, sort of. As Don Box told me once, it
Publication date: 2008-05-06 more

URL Rewriting using ASP.NET for SEO

An article describing how to implement URL rewriting in ASP.NET using three different methods... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2009-02-13 more

PowerShell CMDLets for WebSphere MQ - administer queues on Windows or Linux

Last year, I wrote about the idea of PowerShell CmdLets for WebSphere MQ. PowerShell is a beautiful scripting environment, you see, and it allows you to load any managed class library and then call into it. This is what allows me to, for example, create zip files within Powershell. But there are of course a zillion other possibilities. On the other hand if you are doing scripting, another opportunity for integration with PowerShell is CmdLets. CmdLets are little... Did you know that DotNetS
Publication date: 2008-07-01 more

The Silverlight App Store

OK. Did Microsoft just absorb Yahoo for zero additional cost beyond its oft-stated plans to spend some 10-15% of its budget on search per year? Did Apple really stifle innovation with its carrier-friendly App Store rules? And what
Publication date: 2009-07-31 more

Tracking Michael Jackson

In an interesting visualization with convenient timing, a chart of Micheal Jackson
Publication date: 2009-07-07 more

Is Tiny Seesmic Going to Take Over the World?

Andy Plesser at Beet.TV got the scoop from video chat platform Seesmic that the company will be powering video comments for Moveable Type and TypePad blogs beginning next month, just like they have for WordPress.com since last month. Founder Loic Le Meur wrote this week that Seesmic will this month become the first Silverlight video service on mobile phones and next month the company will be integrating XMPP real-time messaging into Twhirl, the leading 3rd party Twitter client that they recentl
Publication date: 2008-05-08 more

How great is the Hong Kong Educational Situation?

Every year, there are two public exams for secondary school students in Hong Kong, which are the HKALE and HKCEE. They are held in March to May. This system runs for more than thirty years. But, can students really get something form it?
Publication date: 2009-08-08 more

Video: Windows Mobile 6.5 now with less Honeycomb, more Trix

If you, like us, thought the honeycomb UI in Windows Mobile 6.5 was a solution to a problem that didn't exist then you're in luck; after some internal backlash from its own employee beta testers, Microsoft has tweaked the UI making it "a lot more usable." According to Loke Uei Tan, anyway -- a Microsoft senior technical product manager demonstrating the updated WinMo interface at MIX09. While the enlarged, more finger-friendly icons retain the exact same off-set distribution, gone are the rigid
Publication date: 2009-03-20 more

The Morning Brew #393

Software Welcome NHibernate 2.1.0 - The NHibernate Team announce the GA release of NHibernate 2.1 GA, along with the news that the NHibernate 2.1.x releases will be the last releases to target .NET 2.0 IIS 7.0 URL Rewrite Module 2.0 beta released - Steve Schofield shares the news that the beta release of the IIS7 URL Rewrite Module 2.0 has been released by the IIS team. Available as a standalone install or through the Web Platform Installer this rules based rewriting engine allows you
Publication date: 2009-07-20 more

Digital Rapids Extends Video Solutions with Support for Microsoft Silverlight 3

Digital Rapids announces support for Microsoft Silverlight 3 in Digital Rapids' comprehensive range of studio encoding, transcoding and live streaming systems. Silverlight 3 support further extends the proven abilities of Digital Rapids' award-winning solutions for delivering unparalleled, high-quality, live and on-demand online video experiences. Silverlight 3 is the newest version of Microsoft Corp.'s powerful platform for creating and delivering rich Internet applications and media exper
Publication date: 2009-07-29 more

What fun: Popfly gets a game builder

Microsoft's Popfly team is rushing to finish a major addition to its mash up maker so it can do demonstrations at the Maker Faire in San Mateo, Calif., tomorrow. I got a quick demo earlier this week and I hope the product is ready in time, because it's a great new service, and just perfect for the audience the Maker Faire draws. The new feature: an environment for building casual games (think Solitaire, not Half-Life), called Game Creator There are several templates with generic titles to
Publication date: 2008-05-03 more

Attractive Flash Web Sites

by Bonita Li A lot of businesses use Adobe Flash when they create their company websites but only a few of them know how to use Flash in a proper way. So what are the points that one should pay attention to when creating a website using Flash? In case you are not acquainted with Flash, it is an animation software which is graphic-based and can make websites look fruitful and interactive. Flash is particularly good at developing different types of interactive content, such as product demonstr
Publication date: 2009-10-02 more

Taking XML Validation to the Next Level: Introducing CAM

The generic-sounding Content Assembly Mechanism, or CAM, is actually an exciting step forward from XML Schema, but it's new, and not well documented. This article series represents CAM: The Missing Manual.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2009-03-06 more

Plugg Announces 20 Finalists For Startup Pitching Competition (15% Discount Codes Here)

We
Publication date: 2009-03-03 more

Refreshing the view of grid control

How to reflect the changes made to the itemsource of grid control in wpf... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2008-09-04 more

6/01/09 Weekly Wrapup: @rjacquez on Twitter

By RJ Jacquez. Follow him on Twitter in English  @rjacquez and in Spanish @rjacquezEspanol , for real-time announcements, tips & tricks, how-to tutorials, Adobe-branded giveaways (including software at 1K followers) and more.   Last week was an exciting week with many announcements coming from our Adobe Labs. Specifically, Flash Catalyst and Adobe BrowserL
Publication date: 2009-06-09 more

MLB.TV Sees New Features, Lower Prices for 2009

MLB.TV Premium will see several new features for 2009, including "DVR" functionality. Fans will also see prices down $10 from last year for the streaming video package. MLB.com has rolled out the latest offerings of their streaming-video package for out-of-market games via MLB.TV and MLB.TV Premium, adding new functionality, and at a lower price than last year. Fans will find the price of both online packages down $10 from 2008, showing that MLB is working to pull in subscribers that are bei
Publication date: 2009-02-06 more

Techdays sessions and agenda online

For the past weeks, I've been busy preparing my sessions for the upcoming Techdays here in Belgium. Techdays is the event every .net developer and IT Pro in Belgium should attend. You'll have the choice of over 60 sessions over a period of 3 days. You
Publication date: 2009-02-02 more

Business Apps Example for Silverlight 3 RTM and .NET RIA Services July Update: Part 25: ViewModel

ViewModel (or Model-View-ViewModel) is an emerging pattern in the WPF, Silverlight space which enables a separation of concerns similar to that of the MVC pattern that is popular on for stateless web apps today (for example: ASP.NET MVC).  John Gossman...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-09-09 more

Tafiti.com - Searching in Silverlight

The good folks at Jackson Fish have built a very slick Silverlight front end for Live Search called Tafiti.  Tafiti lets you search the web, blog feeds, images, books and news.  It also has deep linking support so that you can drive it to specific queries via URLs.  Click the image below to launch Tafiti.com.  Note that when you click this, news results for LCD Soundsystem come up.
Publication date: 2008-04-22 more

Updating Prism-v2 Reference Implementation from Static to Remote (Dynamic) Module Loading

Today, the Patterns & Practices Sustained Engineering Team, added a new article to the Composite WPF & Silverlight Knowledge Base that explains the required steps to migrate the Prism-v2 Reference Implementation to use Dynamic Module Loading. Although the article explains the specific migration steps for the latest drop
Publication date: 2009-02-03 more

Issuu goes for Scribd iPaper, releases Issuu Paper and Turns into a platform

  I wrote about Issuu Flash Magazine Widgets almost 6 months ago. when they had just released them and i remember thinking they were the slickest ones. but that Scribd iPaper was superior because of its features. that is no more true. issuu was heavy at work during that time and now they got their own markup language and Ajax implementation and while they still do flash. they are now also offering a choice called
Publication date: 2008-08-11 more

SQL SERVER - Introduction to Force Index Query Hints - Index Hint

This article, I will start with disclaimer instead of having it at the end of article.
Publication date: 2009-02-09 more

Silverlight 3 Out-of-Browser Support

Chris Koenig has posted an article that will give you an overview of creating a simple Out-Of-Browser experience for Silverlight 3 . I know it was just announced today, but I had to play with the OOB experience in Silverlight 3 and give it a quick Road Test.  Luckily, it is just as simple as it looks. 
Publication date: 2009-03-20 more

Head First C#: Silverlight Supplement For Chapter 1 (pages 8-16)

Silverlight Concepts Covered: Building a basic Silverlight project Creating code behind for a event triggered by the user Creating an HTML alert (a fake MessageBox) in Silverlight Project Files are available for download at the bottom of the page. Because I
Publication date: 2008-08-07 more

Streaming Media Reader

We
Publication date: 2009-10-15 more

Adventures in MVVM

One of the most important aspects of implementing the MVVM pattern in WPF and SIlverlight is the ability for the UI layer to bind directly to commands in the ViewModel.  The only problem with this:  commands were never implemented in Silverlight.  This article will walk you through implementing commands in Silverlight. This technique can be used in WPF as well.
Publication date: 2009-05-24 more

Quick Bit on Turing Project

Publication date: 2009-08-06 more

VideoWicki

VideoWicki Project and Meta-Project
Publication date: 2009-04-07 more

Silverlight BluePrint for SharePoint working on W2K8

I still have a small list of things to get working on wssdemo.com since migrating to the W2K8 Hyper-v platform. Today I managed to tick one off the list. The SilverlightPart web part would give a 403 error whenever I tried to edit the web part properties. The Sysinternal Process Monitor is a gre ... (More)
Publication date: 2008-05-25 more

Silverlight RC0 Offline Documentation Download

You can get the RC0 offline docs here . Using this file you don't have to deal with the delay of online browsing and when you do a search, you are only searching in Silverlight content. One tip: If you are running Vista you might run into an issue...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-10-04 more

Introducing Silverlight 2

Technorati Tags: Silverlight del.icio.us Tags: Silverlight Lots of you nice folks who bought my Silverlight 2 book have been asking for updates and fixes to the code. Once we got RC0 out the door, I started updating the code, a process which is now finished...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-10-10 more

What's the Fastest Way to Get Data to AJAX, Flex, Silverlight, and JavaFX?

'Should CFML developers switch to Java?' asks Andrew Powell in an article this week at SYS-CON.com. 'No,' he answers. ColdFusion is the fastest way to get data to AJAX, Flex, Silverlight, and even JavaFX, according to Powell, who adds: 'ColdFusion also provides complex services easier than Java, .NET, Ruby or whatever wishes they could.'
Publication date: 2008-05-25 more

Personal - Software Development Meme

Personal - Software Development Meme My buddy Dan Rigsby called me out in his Software Development Meme. I guess it's my turn... How old were you when you first started programming? When I was about 12 years old, my parents were building a house. By building a house, I mean they were physically building it. During that process, there were some stages that I couldn't help with. To keep me busy, my dad showed me a book that had some old BASIC code in it. He told me if I entered all of that cod
Publication date: 2008-06-18 more

BarCamp KL Day 1

So I start the day pretty late coming into silverlight sessions by Kok Chian and another Silverlight developer. I can see the increase of Silverlight portfolios and they also introduce a new format called XBAP with the example can be seen on photosynth.net. Next, I
Publication date: 2009-04-06 more

Can the U.S. Government Help Cloud Computing Reach a Tipping Point?

It used to be that large corporations were the biggest boosters of new and cool technologies; more recently the consumer has been driving technology trends. But with the timing of an economic recovery still uncertain and VC dollars hard to come by , it may be the Feds
Publication date: 2009-07-24 more

RIM To Add Full Flash And Silverlight Support To The Blackberry Browser

Details over the last month have showed that Research In Motion (RIM), the recently named fastest growing company in the world and the mastermind behind Blackberry, are planning to add full Flash and Silverlight support to the phone company
Publication date: 2009-08-20 more

Internet Explorer 8

Microsoft sure stirred up some controversy with this browser comparison chart . Here is a picture, because I suspect they
Publication date: 2009-06-21 more

Getting Expression Encoder 2 SP1

The new Silverlight 2 media player that Expression Encoder 2 SP1 ships with is great. You can encode video and output Silverlight content in minutes. With SP1, when you select one of the new templates, the only bits generated are your video asset + thumbnail...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-11-03 more

Web Cast and Digging Deeper

Today I had the pleasure of presenting a web cast on building an application with more than one page and passing data among those pages. I have 2 videos on this topic, so if you missed the web cast and are interested, you may find this first video on...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-08-07 more

Ninite, a powerful tool

Ninite offers a very simple way to eliminate the boring task of installing the programs after formatting the computer. You select the programs you want to install and it automatically downloads and installs all the programs selected for you, completely free User interaction. The task is so simple, that in just three steps you will be assisting the installation of all your programs having a coffee. All you have to do is (1) access the site Ninite to select which programs you install, (2) down
Publication date: 2009-10-28 more

John L. Scott Real Estate Launches Social Networking Experience

As a part of its ongoing technology partnership with Microsoft, John L. Scott Real Estate has entered into the social networking space through the launch of JLSconnect. JLSconnect augments the previous
Publication date: 2009-06-01 more

REST Q & A - enough already

Tim Bray at Sun has some questions and comments on REST. First, let me say that the religious wars over WS-* and REST seem to be generated by a very small number of people who have a very large amount of spare time. Don't these people have things to do? Can it possibly be enlightening or helpful for anyone at this time to read Mr Tim Bray's opinion, once again, that XSD and WSDL are "lousy and malformed"? Really? Wait, let's read four other "Thinkers" who chime in with their... Did you know t
Publication date: 2008-08-18 more

Maj Nelson says chillax, more ads are not incoming

Major Nelson made a post in response to the uproar from the community over the possibility of more advertising on Xbox 360
Publication date: 2009-07-05 more

The Morning Brew #359

Software SubMain acquires GhostDoc, releases new version, integrates it with CodeIt.Right - SubMain have taken on the GhostDoc tool, and have been further developing it to add in VB support, VS2010 support and done some re-architecting. Part of the agreement is that GhostDoc will continue to have a free version. Roland Weigelt, the orignial creator of Ghost Doc gives further details in his post The Future of GhostDoc Nova Commons - Nova Software make their first release of Nova Comm
Publication date: 2009-06-03 more

Lucene.net: your first application

Lucene.net tutorial How to get started with Lucene.net Lucene.net: the main concepts Lucene.net: your first application In the first two posts of the tutorial you learnt how to get the latest version of Lucene.net, where to get the (little) documentation available, which are the main concepts of Lucene.net and Lucene.net main development steps. In this third post Im going to put in practice all the concepts explained the previous post, writing a simple console applicat
Publication date: 2009-09-02 more

Molding code to your will with Sculpture

CodePlex
Publication date: 2009-03-06 more

Multi-Touch 101 - Silverlight TV Episode 3

The latest episode of Silverlight TV is now available on Channel 9 ! Since this is our opening week we have published 3 new episodes. We
Publication date: 2010-01-20 more

Time Flys Like An Arrow; Fruit Flies Like A Banana

We recently released my video on the new Animation Transition Control and in looking it over I noticed that I promised to follow up on the definition of a Date/Time
Publication date: 2009-05-09 more

Beijing Olympic Games: Streaming Video

Missed the USA basketball team's victory over China? (It wasn't a nail-biter, I'll say that much.) You can catch the missing footage online from NBC. And not just basketball--NBC's making an effort to put a ton of Olympic events and highlights online, 2200 hours of it, as opposed to 100 in 2004. Not bad. You'll have to download Microsoft Silverlight to access the video--other then that, it's painless.
Publication date: 2008-08-11 more

SQL SERVER Introduction to Spatial Coordinate Systems: Flat Maps for a Round Planet

I recently read this very interesting white paper. I really found it very interesting as this one was one very easy to read and humourous white paper related to SQL Server. The white paper is starts with very interesting note regarding Columbus.Contrary to popular opinion, Columbus did not prove that the Earth is round. Pythagoras, [...]... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories inclu
Publication date: 2009-09-13 more

links for 2008-05-25

Tom Raferty Accepts offer to Join Redmonk on Twitter (tags: greenmonk redmonk redmonkreferences) Self-promotion: Gartner selects MuleSource as Cool Vendor in SOA Governance | Negative Approach - CNET News.com Gartner thinks MuleSource is cool at SOA governance. (tags: gartner mulesource esb middleware quotes) Adobe Air and Microsoft Silverlight are not Same | ReadersZone (tags: ria riaweekly air silverlight flash flex microsoft adobe) Share This
Publication date: 2008-05-25 more

Visual Studio Project Sample Loading Error: Assembly could not be loaded and will be ignored. Could not load file or assembly or one of its dependencies. Operation is not supported. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131515)

Some folks have mentioned to me that they are having trouble getting some of my samples to work.  And in fact, just the other day, I ran into a problem getting my own samples to work.  It turns out to be a problem with the way windows treats...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-12-12 more

Idle Timeouts in RIA Services Authentication

A question came up in the Silverlight Forums about how to timeout a user when using .NET RIA Services. Since I have implemented this before I thought I would share an approach I used. There might be a better way that is more integrated with the ASP.Net security, but for now this works. To start with, youll need the Sample Application that Brad Abram has been building and blogging about and you might want to read through this post on Authentication in RIA Services before going any further. Once.
Publication date: 2009-10-28 more

Silverlight Tip of the Day #61

If you have a FrameworkElement such as an Image , Button, TextBlock , etc. you can add a tooltip to the element. Tooltips are usually small, boxed text that popup when a user hovers over the control. The purpose of the tooltip is to tell the user what...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-10-16 more

Book Plug: Silverlight 2 Unleashed

I was very honored when Laurent Bugnion asked me to write the forward for Silverlight 2 Unleashed .  Laurent has long been a very active member of the Silverlight (and general .NET) community.    He is plugged in and deeply understands...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-11-04 more

Don Burnett on Prototyping with SketchFlow

Interesting article on SketchFlow by Don Burnett: http://uxmagic.com/blog/post/2009/07/12/Prototyping-a-WPF-3D-game-design-workflow-using-TrueSpace-3D-Expression-Blend-3-with-Sketchflow-and-exporting-the-prototype-XNA-Game-Studio.aspx...( read more )...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-08-02 more

Free Silverlight Streaming for Video & Other Stuff

Snapshot of what
Publication date: 2009-09-04 more

Visifire - open source data visualization components

Visifire - open source data visualization componentshttp://www.visifire.com/Visifire is a set of open source data visualization components - powered by Microsoft
Publication date: 2009-02-08 more

Re: Firebug 1.2b3 won't install to FF3 under Vista

I also experienced this problem. I could not install Firebug 1.2 on Vista. I disabled all the plugins and it installed. The following plugins were disabled: Adobe Acrobat iTunes Application Detector Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U5 Microsoft Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin Mozilla Default Plugin Quicktime Plug-in 7.4.5 RealPlayer Version Plugin (huh.. gotta get rid of this crap =) RealPlayer(tm) G2 LiveConnect-Enabled Plug-In (32-bit) Shockwave Plugin Silverlight Plug-In Not sure which one it's con
Publication date: 2008-07-09 more

August 2007 Microsoft Virtual Earth Newsletter

What
Publication date: 2008-09-10 more

Tell us what you think about Expression Blend 3

Tell us what you think about Expression Blend 3 The Expression Team has been running a survey for the last few weeks looking to gather feedback as we start planning for the next version of Expression Blend. We want to make sure you’ve seen the survey...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-09-30 more

Make Games with Microsoft Popfly

Microsoft Popfly is a Silverlight based game creation tool. You are supposed to be allowed to share your game creations. Let's see if it works :)
Publication date: 2008-05-03 more

ToolBox Panels

Lately I
Publication date: 2008-11-10 more

Amyuni PDF for Silverlight (Freeware)

Use Silverlight to view PDF documents and forms 1 Stimmen
Publication date: 2009-07-26 more

Meeting A New Pen Pal

I highly recommend people who would like to get a pen pal to try International Pen Friends. The organization promotes the art of letters writing. Although now I seldom write, I do think this is a good way to get a pen pal. When I had pen pals, I looked forward to receiving letters from them. The nicest thing of having pen pals is that you may receive some little gifts from them. I had a Norwegian pen pal who loved native American history, but he couldn
Publication date: 2009-09-12 more

Hey! There Is Such A Thing As A Free Lunch!

Free eBook: Chris Anderson: The Kindle Store ASIN : B002DYJR4G You have to respect a man who believes in his message.  Chris Anderson , author and editor in chief of Wired Magazine , and formerly Internet Editor at the Economist ,  has followed...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-07-17 more

TechEd Orlando

I've landed in Orlando for the dev week of TechEd 2008! And it's raining. (Seattle weather haunts me.) Anyways, for those of you in Orlando, I'll be giving two talks on the Silverlight Control Model: WUX206 An Introduction to Microsoft Silverlight...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-06-04 more

Live Search from Silverlight

My first article is now online over at CoDe Magazine.  The article is a short one that explains how to use Live Search from a Silverlight application using HTTP communication. I modified an excerpt from my book Data-Driven Services with Silverlight 2 (with the permission of O
Publication date: 2009-02-28 more

Essential Silverlight 3

Coming soon... About the Author Ashraf Michail is the only Microsoft architect who has continued to work on Silverlight since the original project began. In 2001, he joined Microsoft's newly forming WPF team, where he built the GPU accelerated graphics engine used to render WPF content and included in the Vista Desktop Window Manager. In 2004, he became a WPF architect focused on improving the end-to-end WPF experience. In 2005, he became an architect on the new Silverlight team, where
Publication date: 2009-03-17 more

Telerik RadGrid Section 508 Compliance

Ever wonder how to make a pageable & sortable grid Section 508 compliant? Well with RadGrid this is trivial task! The tricky part is to tell the grid to not render or require any JavaScript on the page: 1. Inherit from RadGrid and override three methods: public class MyGrid : RadGrid { public MyGrid() { // } protected override void RegisterScriptControl() { // do not register as ScriptControl }
Publication date: 2008-07-16 more

Mac Users Watch Streaming Videos Too

Many content providers don't seem to realize it but Mac users watch streaming videos too. It amazes me with the millions of Mac users worldwide, many don't seem to think these users count in terms of the streaming content that is made available for them. There are so many high profile websites that don't allow any type of streaming experience available for Mac users. At least in many cases it doesn't work properly. Amazingly some of my favorite websites to watch streaming content on don't del
Publication date: 2009-02-23 more

Zoho Integrates With Google

Zoho Integrates With Google
Publication date: 2009-10-22 more

John L. Scott Real Estate Launches Social Networking Experience

by admin on June 1, 2009 John L. Scott Real Estate Launches Social Networking Experience IT Business Net, CA
Publication date: 2009-06-01 more

Flash vs Silverlight: Flip Rotator

This is a very simple rotator with flip effect. You may further customize it by modifying the scaleY and rotation as well. Personally, I really like making image rotator since I always got many ideas on the transition effect. I hope I can implement as many as possible.
Publication date: 2008-09-17 more

Link Listing - August 21, 2008

ASP.NET Dependency injection made easy for the ASP.NET MVC [Via: cibrax ] A simple jQuery Client Centering Plugin [Via: Rick Strahl ] Ajax Control Toolkit released for .NET 3.5 SP1 [Via: Bertrand Le Roy ] WPF Building a WPF Application: Part 3 [Via: Christopher Bennage ] Link Collections Interesting Finds: August 21, 2008 - [Rough Cut] [Via: Jason Haley ] The Morning Brew #163 [Via: Chris Alcock ] Dew Drop - August 21, 2008 [Via: Alvin Ashcraft ] Interesting Finds: August 21, 2008 - [Final Cu
Publication date: 2008-08-24 more

Kitchen Updates

I updated my Kitchen PhotoZoom gallery with a few photos to show some progress I made over the last few weekends. Updates include adding crown to the cabinets some casing updates and we put in the backsplash (not grouted yet). The backsplash, shown below...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-11-03 more

The ESRI Web ADF 9.3

Remember this post ?  Count that as the most popular post ever on my blog (so much for a positive post being my watermark).  Anyway Doron Yaacoby has followed up almost a year and a half later with another look at where ESRI has taken the Web ADF since then. Almost none of the issues I addressed in my original post were fixed. The API is still overly complex. Resources, functionalities and all these so-called abstractions remain in place, emphasizing the strength of the JavaScript API
Publication date: 2009-06-17 more

How to completely process and filter all bounced e-mail messages and get a notification via email when it's completed!

You can easily process, filter and categorize all bounced email messages with NetXtremeBounceFilter component for .NET. The feature-rich, robust and high-performance NetXtreme Bounce Filter Component enables your .NET applications to quickly and easily analyze and categorize bounced email messages with a few lines of code. The result after processing can be used to update your address list, create reports, etc. You do not need to have knowledge of how the EML parser is implemented, NetXtrem
Publication date: 2009-05-24 more

Using the Silverlight Accordion Control

(Brian Mains) If you've worked with ASP.NET AJAX and used the AJAX control toolkit, you may have noticed the Accordion control. This control provides an expandable and collapsible view of accordion panels within the accordion control. By clicking on the header expands or collapses that accordion panel. It's also possible to bind data to the Accordion control in ASP.NET, a subject I've written about before on this site.
Publication date: 2009-06-15 more

SQLAuthority News Interview with SQL Server MVP Glenn Berry

Glenn Berry works as a Database Architect at NewsGator Technologies in Denver, CO. He is a SQL Server MVP, and has a whole collection of Microsoft certifications, including MCITP, MCDBA, MCSE, MCSD, MCAD, and MCTS. He is also an Adjunct Faculty member at University College
Publication date: 2009-08-09 more

GoGoPin Announces Free Online Marketing Tool

* Classified Customers Delighted with Competitive Ads at Zero Cost * Realtors
Publication date: 2009-04-10 more

OpenUp and my Open Source submissions

OpenUp and my Open Source submissions Amir Shevat from Microsoft Israel DPE department started cool competition, named OpenUp. I decided to give hand to this initiative and posted sources of some of my applications on CodePlex and submit it to the competition. Currently, my submission includes (except old Vista Battery Saver and Windows Live Writer Plugins): WebCam control for WPF Silverlight controls library Duplicate images finder (yes, yes I posted sources for this application too) Lat
Publication date: 2008-05-14 more

links for 2008-08-25

Microsoft to roll out more granular
Publication date: 2008-08-26 more

On My Way to AjaxWorld!

I have very excited to be going to AjaxWorld in San Jose, CA next week.  I love getting a chance to get out of Redmond and talk to real-life developers and an industry wide event such as AjaxWorld gives me such a great opportunity to see what is...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-10-18 more

LINQ Tip of the week: A quick peek behind the curtains

In our previous post in this series we had a look at how to optimize query execution with the help of parameterized queries. Today we will briefly look at what actually happens behind the curtains when a LINQ query is executed and you get back  the results.   As you already know LINQ can be used to query various data sources like in-memory objects, XML or databases,which is of particular interest to us. Consider the following example where we query for all employees who are born in the sam
Publication date: 2009-07-31 more

Animation in-depth with Silverlight 2.0 Beta - Part Three

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
Publication date: 2008-05-27 more

Terrain Tutorial Part 1

For this tutorial we will be generating a 2D terrain map. Preview and Run App: http://silverlight.services.live.com/invoke/66033/Scrolling%20Terrain/iframe.html Source Code : Scrolling Terrain The view is a straight down birds eye view. As shown in Figure...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-08-09 more

re: Some keyboard input tricks for Silverlight 1.1 (Alpha)

Hello to all ! Greetings From Poland. very Good Page !
Publication date: 2009-03-07 more

Divelements Releases SandDock for Silverlight and SandRibbon for Silverlight

Divelements Limited announced today the immediate availability of SandDock for Silverlight and SandRibbon for Silverlight. These products are being used by developers to bring line-of-business functionality to their web applications with cross-browser capabilities. SandRibbon is a comprehensive implementation of the Office 2007 Fluent User Interface, delivering features like dynamic resizing, popup resizable galleries, contextual tabs and conforming to all relevant sections of the guidelines pu
Publication date: 2009-02-09 more

Will Wimbledon Be a Grand Slam Online?

Wimbledon starts today, and you can catch all the action online through the magic of livestreaming. Well, you can catch it if you run a Windows machine and if you want to pay $24.99 (though we have some free passes
Publication date: 2008-06-24 more

Silverlight Debugging Challenge

In about a week, I'll be posting a video on creating a form that responds to keyboard shortcuts (as an intro to a video on user controls). This is also covered in the tutorial User Controls ) As a challenge to those of you who are already comfortable...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-05-01 more

Works On My Computer

Starting immediately, I will be adding this logo to all the code I post so that you know where the code has been tested. For Silverlight 2 code I've created since the beginning of the year, you can find the guarantee here . For Silverlight 3 code I've posted (since Mix) you can find the guarantee here .   It is important to know where the code has been tested, and I'm grateful to Darshini Aithal for creating the logo and to Scott Hanselman for the original idea (which in the s
Publication date: 2009-03-31 more

Check Out the Security Development Lifecycle War Story Video with Steve Lipner

Follow the story of the security struggles that began with Code Red and led to the Microsoft Security Push.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2009-02-08 more

Links of the Week #37 (week 20/2008)

Development 6 useful visual studio tweaks you need to know Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 Beta - A long list of changes and improvements in SP1 of .NET 3.5. It looks like this is bigger that 3.5 altogether! ;) Looking forward to Astoria, Entity Framework and more. Yaml .NET Parser - Yaml is much like JSON and a really nice way to represent data in lists. Redirect LINQ to SQL DataContext Log Messages To Log4Net - I'm going to implement this first thing Monday morning...
Publication date: 2008-05-19 more

Permalink to Media & Politics (only one section today)

Media & Politics (only one section today) 06-Aug-08 Permanent link to MTA daily media news PEJ: McCain made almost as much news as Obama last week For the first time since the general election campaign began in early June, John McCain attracted virtually as much media attention as Barack Obama last week, according to the Project for Excellence in Journalism. McCain
Publication date: 2008-08-10 more

Renaming Xap to Zip is dead. Long live renaming Xap to Zip!

Teach Windows to treat Xap files as first class compressed folders with this simple registry entry. After applying, you’ll be able to open .Xap files and view their contents, and get the same shell experience as Zips have: If you’ve ever had...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-11-02 more

September's Toolbox Column Online

MyToolbox column in theSeptember 2008issue of MSDN Magazine is avaiable online. TheSeptember issue examines: LINQPad- A free stand-alone LINQ editor/tester created by Joseph Albahari, author of C# 3.0 in a Nutshell. LINQPad is like SQL Query Analyzer, but for LINQ. Blogs of Note -Rob Waling- Rob is an ASP.NET developer, independent contractor, and micro-ISV. Many blogs examine the latest coding tips and tricks, but Rob's blog is unique in that it focuses more on the business and interpersonal
Publication date: 2008-09-10 more

Firefox 3.0 and (ASP.NET) caching observations

1. Have a page with code in Page_Load Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load Response.Cache.SetAllowResponseInBrowserHistory(False) Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache) Response.Cache.SetNoStore() Response.Expires = 0 Response.Write("" & DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString()) End Sub 2. In aspx ...
Publication date: 2008-07-01 more

Open Source Video Player - Open Video Player Initiative

The Open Video Player Initiative is a community open source project dedicated to sharing player code and best practices around video player development and monetization. This Open Source Video Player comes for Flash & Silverlight . This Open Source Video Player can be customize easily from colors to buttons. A configuration tool is also provided with the source code for easy configuration. Website: http://www.openvideoplayer.com Demo: http://www.openvideoplayer.com/sh
Publication date: 2009-05-04 more

Scrollable GridView

Creating a scrollable gridview with a fixed header.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2008-07-16 more

Sample The Web

R eminder: this list is largely culled from taking a look at my 500+ feeds in Fever
Publication date: 2009-07-19 more

Troubleshooting Windows MSI Installers

Having an installer crap out on you when youre excited to try out a new piece of software is an incredibly frustrating experience. Frustrating both for the user as well as for the product team. Every time I read on Twitter that someone is having trouble installing ASP.NET MVC, a new ulcer throbs in my side. A big part of the frustration is the lack of control and insight into whats going wrong. Jacques (no blog), a developer on the ASP.NET team has put together a troubleshooting guide based on h
Publication date: 2009-03-06 more

Flash Search Being Enabled By Google, Yahoo; Images/Video Still Not Searchable

Flash Search Being Enabled By Google, Yahoo; Images/Video Still Not Searchable By Rafat Ali - Mon 30 Jun 2008 10:03 PM PST In a major step forward in search technology, Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) is working with Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) to make Flash files searchable in online search. The project will enable searches on Flash content to return text and links, which can then be indexed, and hence available in search results for the users. Content from a Flash application or even a
Publication date: 2008-07-01 more

Inspiration for Next Generation UX

An inspiring concept video of what next-generation UX could be and what digital life might be... [ Full post continued here... ]...( read more )...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-03-04 more

Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Update - kb955011

Since yesterday there is an update available for Silverlight 2. This update improves stability, media streaming, and the auto-update component. This update also improves support for Firefox 3. Microsoft Support kb955011 More details on Silverlight and Firefox 3 for Web developers: Silverlight 2 and Firefox 3
Publication date: 2008-07-17 more

Making XQuery Control Structures Work for You

The XQuery language is the XML analogue of SQL, designed to augment XPath 2.0 by working with sets of values, not just with single scalar values.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2008-08-20 more

Build Profit Not DMCA Suits: YouTube and the Wedding March

An unconventional wedding march in Saint Paul, Minnesota sent sparks across the web. Not only was it a celebration of couple Jill Peterson and Kevin Heinz
Publication date: 2009-07-31 more

Free Data Structures and Algorithms Book from the Slackers

Data Structures and Algorithms: Annotated Reference with Examples This book written by Granville Barnett and Luca Del Tongo is part of an effort to provide all developers with a core understanding of algorithms that operate on various common, and uncommon...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-08-28 more

Mental Image

Mental Images, creators of MentalRay, have just released RealityServer2.3, a web-based 3D rendering system based on Service Oriented Architectures (SOA).  All this means it
Publication date: 2009-07-22 more

View and print Reporting Services Reports from Silverlight.

Perpetuum Software LLC announces the release of a new version of Silverlight Viewer for Reporting Services 1.1 an up-to-date decision making solution which combines two powerful Microsoft technologies: MS SQL Reporting Services 2005 and Silverlight 3.0. The product represents a native Silverlight control which is easily integrated into any Silverlight application thus providing the ability to view Reporting Services 2005 reports in Silverlight. A new version of Silverlight Viewer for Reporting
Publication date: 2009-10-28 more

Remedie

Remedie
Publication date: 2009-02-22 more

Making use of your JSON data in Silverlight

Wait! Don
Publication date: 2008-05-07 more

The Silverlight-Tour comes to Quebec!

The Silverlight Tour now have some dates in Quebec! My company RunAtServer Consulting will manage this training for this part of Canada. The Silverlight Tour Workshop is a high quality three-day course on Silverlight 2. It divides the content into three distinct areas: Design, Development and the Server-Side. Students should be able to develop Silverlight 2 applications once attending the workshop. The Workshop is structured with a mix of didactic lessons, demonstrations and hands-on labs. Each.
Publication date: 2008-07-17 more

Configuration Files for Silvelright HVP

This mini-tutorial is part of the Silverlight HyperVideo Project documentation .   Taking Risks One of the great pleasures, and total terrors of documenting this open-source application is that occasionally I have to offer up some half-baked ideas...(read more)
Publication date: 2010-01-03 more

Expectations Are Everything

Quick Bit Anyone who has ever debugged a program knows that you tend to see what you expect. I
Publication date: 2009-10-24 more

Online Library of UX Design Patterns - Quince

Quince is an on-line directory of UX design patterns created by Infragistics . If you are looking for design patterns or script resources or some inspiration with examples, then your search is over, you are at right place. A beautifully managed collection of design patterns, and what makes it good is it contains all these with a number of examples. I was thinking for some ajax type thing but i discovered that this online directory has been developed using Silverlight. Qu
Publication date: 2009-04-29 more

Metric-Driven Refactoring with .NET Reflector

Software Metrics are a great way of suggesting those parts of your code that may need refactoring, if they are treated purely as an aid to judgment. Nick Harrison shows how metrics can be done simply with NET Reflector and Peli's CodeMetrics Addin, and explains some details of the Smelly Metrics that are often used.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take
Publication date: 2009-01-29 more

Windows 7 Glass "Must Have" Nice Theme For Your XP

Windows 7 Glass "5.68 MB" Windows 7 Glass Visual Style for XP What's New? - Redesigned titlebar background - Enhanced window borders and taskbar buttonsWith Silverlight wallpaper and Segoe UI font. Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/208915650/7_Glass_www.dl4all.com.rar Thanks to: Dl4all
Publication date: 2009-03-15 more

SharePoint Magazine chats to Mike Fitzmaurice about Nintex Reporting

As you are well known to the SharePoint Community, why not start by giving us a brief bio and letting us know how you ended up at Nintex? I
Publication date: 2008-09-17 more

VS2010 Beta 2 : Pin to Source for debugging COOL! But with a caveat

Theres a new debug feature called Pin to Source. You can use it from a DataTip or the from context menu. Heres the pin on the DataTip. You need to click it to engage it and then click again to pin it down. When you want to inspect a variable, this will leave the DataTip hanging around in the code window while you continue debugging. (Another benefit of the new WPF code editor.)   So as I continue debugging, I can scroll back to that code line and the DataTip is still there. You can...
Publication date: 2009-10-24 more

Snap-together games

This is certainly turning into a booming segment. The latest is Microsoft
Publication date: 2008-05-03 more

SilverlightContrib - Nice Open Source Library

Ever week a new crop of Silverlight/WPF tools crosses my desk. It
Publication date: 2009-02-23 more

Turning off Cider

If you work with Silverlight a lot like I do, you might be frustrated with the time it takes Visual Studio to try to render the preview of your Silverlight Views. This can be a painful process, especially when the View gets more complicated
Publication date: 2009-06-12 more

Calling secure (SSL) services from Silverlight 2

Now that Silverlight 2 has been released , one of the features (or should I say fixes) that is included is the ability for non-secure applications to call secure services. Previously this was not allowed and we referred to it as
Publication date: 2008-10-16 more

Windows Mobile Ultrasound

We have heard of Micosofts Silverlight application in the medical field But this new Microsoft funded venture could EASILY revolutionize the medical world. Computer engineers at Washington University in St. Louis are bringing the minimalist approach to medical care and computing by coupling USB-based ultrasound probe technology with a smartphone, enabling a compact, mobile computational platform and a medical imaging device that fits in the palm of a hand. William D. Richard, Ph.D., Was
Publication date: 2009-04-22 more

Updated Silverlight getting started for beginners

If you
Publication date: 2009-10-07 more

Url.Action() and RouteValue Encoding

As Im working though my first MVC application Ive run into a few problems with creating URLs based on special characters. Heres a specific example, where I need to create links from a list of tags. In the example above a list like C#,ASP.NET,MVC is turned into a list of links that looks like this: The tags are stored as a simple comma delimited string and are split and turned into links using the UrlHelpers Action() method. The following is an extension method on my application specific UrlHe
Publication date: 2009-07-20 more

ABC iView Launched and other local Digital TV happenings..

ABC TV in Australia (the gov run station) have launched an online video service iView - accessible via your browser (flash based) - featuring 5 channels of full screen on demand video (taken from their on air content). The service is free to the public (not clear if you can access it from outside Australia) - but might gobble up your monthly bandwidth if you don't keep an eye on things. (currently iiNet is the only ISP to announce they will make this site unmetered - however more will follow s
Publication date: 2008-07-24 more

Dialogs and ViewModel - Using Tasks as a Pattern

The ViewModel/MVVM pattern continues to gain popularity, with a blog post showing up every so often, and with tweets and retweets popping up even more often :-). At the same time, there are some interesting topics beyond the core pattern that continue...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-09-12 more

Links (5/21/2008)

.NET **** Data Dynamics Analysis - I was a heavy DD Dynamicube user for many years. Lots of features I was looking for have now been included. Definitely something to check out. Strongly typed property names Enterprise Library 4 Released - And It Is Fast! Obtain the Identity of a New Row Using LINQ Using LINQ to SQL and ConnectionStrings in a Class Library Using let in LINQ to Objects Generic types and IDisposable, the "using" trick Using "Like" in LINQ to SQL Using Linq's DataContext to (
Publication date: 2008-05-22 more

Book Excerpt: Microsoft Expression Blend Unleashed

Targeted toward both developers and designers, readers will find this book invaluable for gaining the familiarity and skills needed to build Windows Presentation Foundation visuals using Microsoft Expression Blend.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2008-08-31 more

Harvard School CIO Speaks out on the move to electronic records..

Dr. Halamka addresses a couple good points with his presentation, as always and he is also very good with keeping up updated on his blog as well.  One topic I agree with and I think any physician does is to
Publication date: 2009-04-25 more

LineRider

One of the funniest time-wasters I
Publication date: 2008-07-03 more

Microsoft and Capgemini Ink ERP Partner Deal

Microsoft and Capgemini announced a partnership deal on Friday that aims to better integrate Microsoft's software with SAP's enterprise resource planning solutions.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here .
Publication date: 2009-10-10 more

Silverlight Tip of the Day #102

When calculating the positions of objects such as Images make certain to use integer values not floating point values. For example, take a look at this code that centers a map around a given position: private void CenterMap( double windowWidth, double...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-03-27 more

Microsoft unbundles Internet Explorer from Windows 7

Microsoft is to offer a special version of Windows in Europe. Called Windows 7 E, it will be identical to Windows 7 elsewhere except for one thing : The E versions of Windows 7 will include all the features and functionality of Windows 7 in the rest of the world, other than browsing with Internet Explorer.  Computer manufacturers will be able to add any browser they want to their Windows 7 machines, including Internet Explorer, so European consumers who purchase new PCs will be able to acces
Publication date: 2009-06-12 more

Silverlight SEO Testing

However, in order to attach more visitors from the search engine, there is a need for my new Silverlight site to be SEO (Search Engine Optimization) friendly. Amazingly, my site is able to be listed in Google within 48 hours. Besides that, the content...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-08-06 more

Ok, so tell me.

At the suggestion of a reader, I've created a survey to find out what topics are most important to you. It won't be 100% scientific, and of course I can't guarantee instant responsiveness, but I really am interested in what you'd like to see more of, learn about, hear about and have us focus on. So if you have a moment, please do take the (very short) survey. Thanks! -jesse ... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have ov
Publication date: 2008-09-17 more

IIS Smooth Streaming Beta Released

It's been a while since I've posted - a bit of a blog break in favor of Twitter and FriendFeed I guess.  But today's post is one worth noting for Digital Media professionals- the release of the IIS Smooth Streaming module for IIS7.  Why does it matter?  Well, this is in part, the technology that enabled the NBC Olympics experience to deliver buffer-free HD streaming last summer.  Based on that experience and the learnings, this standards-based solution (using HTTP and MPEG-4 container + VC-1, H.
Publication date: 2009-02-28 more

Interesting Finds: July 18, 2009

Other Solving 2 pesky Windows behaviors , Patrick Smacchia A Quick Description of MEF , Kathleen Dollard Tuning ConnectionBufferSize , Nicholas Allen Realtime Reading of Windows Internals , Dmitry Vostokov Anemic Domain Model Anti-Pattern , Salvador Gascon Upgrading my Lenovo W500 to a OCZ Vertex 250GB SATA II Solid State Disk (SSD) , Scott Hanselman Great Explanation on Why 32 Bits Instead of 64 , Mauro SantAnna MEF and XAML integration
Publication date: 2009-07-19 more

ScrollViewer Mouse Scroll Support!

URL: http://www.adamjcooper.com/blog/post/Improved-M... This took me a few days to get around to, but Adam Cooper sent me a link to his utility class for supporting the scroll wheel in ScrollViewers the other day. I am very impressed by it so far and wanted to share it with all my Silverlight 2 readers!
Publication date: 2008-09-15 more

Getting Started with WCF

A very quick and simple introduction to using WCF.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here .
Publication date: 2009-03-09 more

BTSUG Aug27th - A4SWIFT and BizTalk

Hi folks, Have I got a deal for you.... no seriously we
Publication date: 2008-08-18 more

Microsoft to Yahoo: Forget it, then

Microsoft is walking away. The right thing to do in my opinion. Could Microsoft have bought Yahoo? Clearly, it could have done - for more money: In our conversations this week, we conveyed our willingness to raise our offer to $33.00 per share, reflecting again our belief in this collective opportunity. This increase would have added approximately another $5 billion of value to your shareholders, compared to the current value of our initial offer. It also would have reflected a premium of ove
Publication date: 2008-05-04 more

RIA Svcs Data Source Control

Turing Project Page : [Novice: 11 | Advanced: 8 ] FAQ | Table of Contents | Definitions What is this and where do I start ? Part 3 of 3 This is the last of a three part sub-series on using Entity Frameworks and RIA Data Services to move data from our...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-10-01 more

First Moonlight Release

First Moonlight Release Today we are making the first public release of Moonlight, supporting the Silverlight 1.0 profile for Linux. The release comes in two forms: No-media codecs supported, but easy to install: head to http://www.go-mono.com/moonlight and click on the cute installer for Moonlight. This currently hosts builds for Linux x86 and x86-64 for Firefox. Source-code compilation, but you can optionally compile FFMpeg codecs yourself. To do this, download our moon-0.6.tar.bz2. And foll
Publication date: 2008-05-14 more

Who Ate My Mouse Down Event??

Before I leave, I want to squeeze in one quick note about a problem a lot of folks are running into as they upgrade from Beta 1 to Beta 2. I
Publication date: 2008-06-14 more

Microsoft-Yahoo Search Deal: The Official Press Release

Microsoft-Yahoo Search Deal: The Official Press ReleaseIn: Microsoft| News Article| Search Engine| Web| Yahoo| home 29Jul2009 By: techcrunch.comMicrosoft and Yahoo have now officially announced the search deal that has been rumored for long and finally confirmed by us and other news outlets yesterday evening.Official press release (emphasis ours apart from title and subtitles): Microsoft, Yahoo! Change Search Landscape Global Deal Creates Better Choice for Consumers and Adve
Publication date: 2009-07-29 more

Glue

What is Glue? Definition from the Merriam-Webster Dictionary : 1  a : any of various strong adhesive substances ; especially : a hard protein chiefly gelatinous substance that absorbs water to form a viscous solution with strong adhesive properties and that is obtained by cooking down collagenous materials (as hides or bones) b : a solution of glue used for sticking things together Hm
Publication date: 2009-02-25 more

Moq 3.0 Released

Version 3.0 RTM of the popular Moq .NET mocking library is now available. Moq 3.0 includes Silverlight support, improved event and property mocking, Pex integration, and improved samples. By Al Tenhundfeld
Publication date: 2009-03-11 more

SharePoint Saturday - Example Code and Slides

URL : http://wildermuth.com/Talks#SharePoint_Satuday_... I had a great time today at SharePoint Saturday in Atlanta. I gave a presentation on using Silverlight in SharePoint WebParts. If you want the code or slides, you can get them here: http://wildermuth.com/Talks#SharePoint_Satuday___Atlanta,_GA
Publication date: 2009-04-19 more

Ultimate Fighting Championships 102 weigh in tomorrow via Silverlight

It’s time! The Ultimate Fighting Championship #102 on August 29 th will use Silverlight to bring the fights to online viewers at http://www.ufc.com . While this in itself is great news, there will be an exciting addition to the coverage –...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-08-29 more

Interesting Finds: May 31, 2009

Other stuff DevDays Holland
Publication date: 2009-06-01 more

Virtual Earth Silverlight: Using Tile Layers to Overlay Custom Map Imagery

One of the features that the Virtual Earth JavaScript Control has is the ability to add custom Tile Layers to overlay your own custom imagery over the map. The Virtual Earth Silverlight control also supports this feature. Before I begin to explain how to add custom Tile Layers to the Map it
Publication date: 2009-03-21 more

Yahoo Offers Redesign as Talks with Microsoft Continue

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009 by Steven 0 Add a CommentYahoo rolled out a customizable home page design Tuesday amid uncertainty about whether Microsoft and Yahoo may announce a search-advertising deal. The new portal is called Yahoo Front Doors and enables users to build a customized home page and add widgets to display special content like the weather. Direct links to popular sites like Facebook, Twitter and eBay can be added to a My Favorites menu on the left side. It
Publication date: 2009-07-22 more

Silverlight out-of-browser apps: The Install

There are three main pillars to the new offline and out-of-browser feature set in Silverlight. These pillars are also tied to user experience; namely Install, Launch and Manage. In additions there are framework-level APIs and behind the scenes support...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-04-13 more

.NET Micro Framework 3.0 Multi Targeting

The .NET Micro Framework 3.0 beta now enables developers to use Visual Studio 2008 for the current version 2.5 and the upcoming version 3.0. This was introduced for other .NET frameworks with Visual Studio 2008. Wow, now I don
Publication date: 2008-07-29 more

May 23rd, 2009Professional Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Development Using Microsoft Silverlight 2

May 23rd, 2009Professional Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Development Using Microsoft Silverlight 2
Publication date: 2009-05-24 more

On the Web, competition is just one click away (JustHost is our new host)

This is a post about customer service, customer frustration and customer / user experience. I've made a move from my old webhost Inside.hr to JustHost.com. Reason? Well, I was frustrated with their
Publication date: 2009-11-03 more

Silverlight 2.0.40115 Beta: The new challenge for Microsoft interactive websites

Silverlight 2.0.40115 Beta is Microsoft's new bet to improve the interactive experience between websites and their visitors. Silverlight 2.0.40115 Beta is in the form of web browsers for added which incorporates and facilitates the integration of video and interactive animations and applications, above all, stunning user interfaces. read more
Publication date: 2009-04-10 more

Press Release - Infragistics Ships User Interface Components for Microsoft Silverlight 3

PRINCETON, N.J. and ELSTREE, United Kingdom, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Infragistics, a world leader in user interface (UI) development tools and experts in the User Experience (UX) market, today shipped the NetAdvantage Silverlight control toolset to develop UIs in Line of Business applications that is part of NetAdvantage for .NET 2009 Volume 1 and NetAdvantage for Web Client 2009 Volume 1. Built on Microsoft Silverlight 3, Infragistics provides developers with advanced, unique controls to quick
Publication date: 2009-07-29 more

RIM

Publication date: 2009-07-29 more

Google Friend Connect

Google Friend Connect is a new service by Google thats allows site owners to grow traffic by easily adding social features to their website. With just a few snippets of code, webmasters get more people engaging more deeply with their site. In order words, this service will help non-technical site owners add social features to their website by using small snippets of codes and widgets. Google Friend Connect will enable users from other social networks like Facebook, Orkut, Hi5 to interact wit
Publication date: 2008-05-14 more

@orph for 2008-08-08

@gabaug nah, it
Publication date: 2008-08-09 more

Microsoft Download Center Website Gets a New Look

Microsoft has made some significant changes to their Download center website. Microsoft quietly working on Download center website since 2003. After six years later they come up with a completely new download website. New download website does not look like other website including MSDN and TechNet. Microsoft Download Center website also have different colour scheme as compare to Windows or Windows Live Website. Microsoft tweak the home page of download center website by adding categories and ban
Publication date: 2009-03-03 more

Daily news blogs about .NET and related creatures

A friend asked me how I know about so many things that happen in the .NET sphere. the answer is very very simple. All you have to do is follow a few blogs on a daily basis, and youll have access to a whole world of new and existing things you didnt even know existed in .NET. here are the first three blogs I subscribe to on a daily basis. These are link blogs, they only supply links to cool and interesting stuff that happens in .NET land. Dew Drop (Alvin Ashcraft) Interesting finds (Jason
Publication date: 2009-06-01 more

Turing Project: Level 100, 300 AND 400

TURING Entry [100:2] [300:2] [400:2] [ What are these numbers? ] In previous post I described Project Turing. This is the second entry for that project and will describe how I hope to meet the needs of three audiences: Beginner [Level 100] novice programmers who may or may not have experience with other languages, may not know C# (or advanced C#), .NET or the fundamentals of Silverlight (e.g., what Xaml is) Intermediate [Levels 300] programmers who have looked at but not really
Publication date: 2009-07-31 more

Update on Silverlight 2 - and a glimpse of Silverlight 3

We shipped Silverlight 2 last month.  Over the last 4 weeks, the final release of Silverlight 2 has been downloaded and installed on more than 100 million consumer machines.  It has also recently been published to corporate administrators via...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-11-17 more

Please Don

Scott Hanselman , who has the most popular blog in the world, will tell you that if you want to have a popular blog you must never make promises
Publication date: 2008-11-13 more

Introducing Project Niagara

URL : http://niagara.codeplex.com The goal of Project Niagara is to democratize the validation support. The project wants to help developers add validation support to ADO.NET Data Services as well as Web Services in Silverlight . In addition, it has the goal of allowing multiple ways to supply the validation metadata to the different data access strategies. As it is my opinion that there are scenarios where attributes are not the best idea. The deliverables for this project will in
Publication date: 2009-09-28 more

Wrap music [A more flexible balanced WrapPanel implementation for Silverlight and WPF!]

In my last post , I told the story of a customer who asked for an easy way to make the Silverlight/WPF WrapPanel use all available space to spread its children out evenly instead of bunching them up together. The following sample shows off the default...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-12-14 more

Silverlight Tower Defense

Silverlight Tower Defense , as the name implies, is a tower defense game written in Silverlight. This tower defense game is a bit different from other tower defense games. The goal is to defend your area from the onslaught of 100 different waves of enemies. The difference is the path is a simple fastest straight line path from the beginning to the exit. The exit and entrance is marked by gaps in the borders of the game board. The
Publication date: 2009-02-22 more

Traditional Media In Transition

Watch out the video series called Traditional Media In Transition. We have some episodes where companies share their stories about using the Silverlight application. Here are some of the videos about Silverlight: Traditional Media in Transition: DNCC Traditional Media in Transition: Stimulant Traditional Media in Transition: Hard Rock International
Publication date: 2009-06-21 more

Top 20 Resources to Get Started with Silverlight and Blend

I know I know - I deserve a tomato (or two) in my face for not posting since Kawasaki’s talk in SxSW early this year. Man, blame Twitter! that little thing got me to feel I didn’t need to blog anymore as kind of satisfied my need to reach...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-11-05 more

Composite Application Guidance for WPF & Silverlight (Prism-v2) Reference Implementation Using Silverlight 3 Validation

In this post Damian Schenkelman compares the validation provided by the RI to the one that comes with Silverlight 3 . I came up to the conclusion that the approach provided by p&p is pretty similar to one of the approaches Silverlight 3 allows related to validation. You can watch this video about Silverlight 3 Validation which explains some of the possibilities you have. After that I decided to replace the RI
Publication date: 2009-07-16 more

3D in Silverlight

Telerik, a leading vendor of developer tools and user interface components for .NET announced the work in progress on its own Silverlight 2 3D engine. The 3D engine will be first implemented in the upcoming RadChart for Silverlight. The new 3D functionality, together with the animated, fully customizable RadGauge and RadChart, empower enterprise application developers to rapidly create high performing, interactive, and powerful Business Intelligence applications. The unique Telerik 3D engine fo
Publication date: 2009-02-13 more

Announcing Popfly Game Creator

My boys (11 and 13) *love* playing video games.  I've also spent time trying to get them interested in authoring their own game software using Visual Studio.  I once started writing a game with my son, showing him how to create a project, importing System.Drawing, then drawing a line. Next we changed the color.  I was proud of transferring my vast knowledge to my prodigy as well as the high quality of my product.  His response?  "Yeah, that's interesting, but where do we put Mario?"
Publication date: 2008-05-03 more

Accessing the Parent

Learn how to access the root as well as any parent element in-between in WPF and Silverlight....( read more )...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-08-24 more

Animated Visual State Transitions with the Transitioning Content Control - Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Animated Visual State Transitions with the Transitioning Content Control The Silverlight Toolkit is innovative in many ways, not least of which is that controls are released in one of four quality bands:Mature: ready for release Stable: suitable for most scenarios Preview: suitable for most basic usage scenarios, may have moderate number of breaking changes as the control is developed. Experimental: intended for evaluation purposes The control I
Publication date: 2009-05-03 more

All Your Bots Are Belong To Us

On April 21st, Microsoft unveiled RoboChamps (www.robochamps.com), a simulated robotics league that is open to academics, hobbyists and developers from around the world, that demonstrates the power of the Microsoft platform to enable a broad range of developers to explore new ways to use .NET for robotics programming. RoboChamps is built on top of the Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio(MSRDS) 2008 CTP, and uses that product
Publication date: 2008-04-25 more

NewsGator Launches Social Sites 3.0

Today NewsGator announces the general availability of the newest version of its enterprise social computing platform, Social Sites 3.0; this latest version includes new features for tracking colleagues
Publication date: 2009-09-29 more

Business Apps Example for Silverlight 3 RTM and .NET RIA Services July Update: Part 17: Evolving an Application

More from my Mix09 talk
Publication date: 2009-08-05 more

Experience Sirius 2.0, a new and stunning UX concept for Silverlight 2.0 platform

In this blissful August 2008, Intersoft Solutions has once again rewritten the history of Web with the launching of Sirius 2 showcase. Sirius is the codename for Silverlight development in Intersoft Solutions. It shows strong innovations and unique concept in order to push the Web beyond. With careful study on User Interface and User Friendliness aspects, we are proud to say that this showcase is the best description for the future of Web UI. The non-blocking concept enables user to use only...
Publication date: 2008-08-25 more

Microsoft hopes users see the (Silver) light

At an event in San Francisco, Microsoft launches the latest version of Silverlight, its would-be rival to Adobe's Flash.
Publication date: 2009-07-12 more

On Learning New Technology

  I had a great PDC.  I arrived with a schedule filled with sessions I intended to go to, and (shhhhh!) I skipped them all (except, ScottGu
Publication date: 2008-11-01 more

Microsoft updates Smooth Streaming

Microsoft has updated its Smooth Streaming technology to offer 1080p web-based video content via Silverlight and IIS.
Publication date: 2009-04-24 more

Akamai aims to bring HDTV to the Web

Akamai unveiled a network for high-definition video designed to deliver content via Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight and Apple's iPhone. The goal: Deliver an HDTV experience online. read more
Publication date: 2009-09-29 more

March Madness Brings The Big Dance to Plex Media Center [Downloads]

Track your bracket and catch up on the latest nail-biting, sextuple-overtime NCAA games in HD with March Madness, a plug-in for the Plex OS X port of the XBMC project. Plex has a lot going for it lately, including a status of being just under the radar enough to keep Hulu working just fine . To get started with the March Madness plug-in, make sure you">keep Hulu working just fine. To get started with the March Madness plug-in, make sure you've got the latest beta version of Plex, head to
Publication date: 2009-03-20 more

MIX

If you're headed to MIX'09, there are some great talks available on the Silverlight Toolkit, Silverlight controls, rich Internet applications, and more......( read more )...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-03-08 more

Silverlight 4 Rough Notes: SelectedValue

Note
Publication date: 2009-11-19 more

Life changer XAML tip for Visual Studio

If you've worked with XAML in Visual Studio 2008 (SP1), either for WPF or Silverlight work, you know how painful it is.Of course, the first thing to do is to get rid of the design view. It's slow as a snail and it's pretty useless anyway.Make yourself a favor, and check "Always open documents in full XAML view" in "Tools | Options | Text Editor | XAML | Miscellaneous".Even if this a great improvement, you'll soon realize that Visual Studio still sucks up a lot of your time and energy when you sw
Publication date: 2009-01-29 more

Announcing the new Microsoft SDK for Facebook Platform

Today, as part of our ongoing collaboration with Facebook, we released a very exciting new developer resource: the Microsoft SDK for Facebook Platform ( http://www.microsoft.com/facebooksdk ). This SDK combines the power of Web, client and social technologies...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-11-10 more

Episode #1 of the Misfit Geek Podcast is now LIVE !

The first podcast in my new series is now live at http://misfitgeek.com/podcast/misfit-geek-podcast/ This episode is an interview with Senior Lean PM Scott Hunter on the future of Web Forms. Hope you will listen, subscribe and enjoy ! Technorati Tags...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-05-29 more

Get Started with Silverlight 3 and Expression Blend 3 - Full course - Davide Zordan

I
Publication date: 2009-09-08 more

BizTalk Blog

My experiences with BizTalk related to architecture, development and performance in my enterprise.   read more By Abdul Rafay Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here .
Publication date: 2009-05-03 more

Testing Legacy Code

Oren wrote today about a fun problem he'd run into with trying to TDD some changes to some code about which many of his assumptions were proving incorrect. The problem is that each test he wrote that verified one of his assumptions needed to later be fixed when he found the underlying assumption wasn't true. The result was a lot of thrashing and not a lot of productivity. The solution in this case for him was to worry first about just verifying that the code does what it does. This caugh
Publication date: 2008-08-28 more

AjaxWorld Talk: Building Rich Internet Applications Using Microsoft Silverlight 2

It was another fun day AjaxWorld .  I had a good time during my talk Silverlight 2 .    Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform, cross-device.  Plug-in for building and delivering the next generation of .NET based media experiences...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-10-22 more

SketchFlow Map: A Mini Tutorial, Part I

This is a very brief tutorial on how to use the SketchFlow Map. If you don’t know yet what SketchFlow is: SketchFlow is a fun, informal, flexible, quick and powerful way to sketch and prototype rich, dynamic interactivity with Expression Blend....(read more)
Publication date: 2009-07-11 more

Using SSL in your application

One of the ways to add another security level to our application is to use SSL. SSL gives the ability to encrypt messages between two endpoints. If you will search the web youll probably notice that this ability is given to you [almost] out of the box. If you are already using IIS as your web server and you want to add this security level, all you need to do is to check some check boxes in your web site configuration. In order to accomplish the configuration part you will be asked to provide a
Publication date: 2009-07-12 more

stracture and use of SiteUrls_Override.config problems adding a new node in the navigation bar

hey there, i was trying to add a new navigation node in the navigation bar, when i tried to add it in the SiteUrls.config everything was alright but when i try to put it from the SiteUrls_Override.config, nothing happen i tried to add this to the file:
Publication date: 2008-08-21 more

MonoDevelop

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Publication date: 2009-10-16 more

RadioButtons in a DataTemplate in Silverlight

To illustrate the mechanics of Attached Behaviors, Karim Hernandez decided to implement a working RadioButtonGroup . I was recently asked by a customer,
Publication date: 2009-03-14 more

Link Listing - February 26, 2009

Link Listing - February 26, 2009 Podcasts Recording of Sebastien Lambla @ E-VAN 25 February 2009 [Via: Jan Van Ryswyck ] DNN Change your default favicon in DotNetNuke [Via: Brian Scarbeau ] WCF A Gotcha Writing Messages [Via: Tomas Restrepo ] Code Camps 4th Orlando Code Camp coming up [Via: Brian Scarbeau ] SQL Server SSIS Insert Statement Using an OLE DB Destination [Via: Jessica M. Moss ] ASP.NET MVC ASP.NET MVC: Ignore requests to favicon.ico [Via: DigiMortal ] Book Reviews Book
Publication date: 2009-02-28 more

My new home page, revised [Updated collection of great Silverlight/WPF Data Visualization resources!]

In the time since sharing my last collection of Silverlight/WPF Charting links , there have been some great new articles I'd like to highlight. And in case you haven't heard, we published the October 09 release of the Silverlight Toolkit last week, so...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-10-29 more

Windows 7 logon background changer

Windows 7 Logon Background Changer is a nice WPF open source software that lets you change the wallpaper of your Windows 7 login screen. For developers source code is also available. Download it for free: http://www.julien-manici.com/windows_7_logon_background_changer/   Technorati Tags: Windows 7 ... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look
Publication date: 2009-10-15 more

PDF for Silverlight

Leveraging the power of Silverlight to view PDF documents and forms
Publication date: 2009-04-29 more

AlertFox Lets You Monitor Your Website In High Technology !

Now you can feel the hardcore website monitoring technology with a powerful application called AlertFox Free Website Monitoring Tool. This tool is available in beta version, which can provide website monitoring service for Web 2.0 and SaaS web application. It has come out with the capability to monitor all the popular internet applications, which can comprise ActiveX, AJAX, Flash, Flex, complex HTML and Silverlight technology. Click to know about Network Monitoring Software
Publication date: 2009-04-28 more

CodeCast Episode 17: Visual Basic 2010 Preview with Lisa Feigenbaum

I recently recorded a CodeCast interview with Ken Levy. We discussed the VS2010 Editor, VB.NET line continuation removal, interop with dynamic languages, the Microsoft languages strategy, and the upcoming VS2010 Beta1 release. Recording: CodeCast Episode 17: Visual Basic 2010 Preview with Lisa Feigenbaum This episode includes Ken Levy with a part 2 interview with Microsoft
Publication date: 2009-05-04 more

Have A Great Drawing

by Jason ChanSinging and playing sports requires talent, drawing needs it too. You need plenty of practice to draw good pictures. Attending a drawing class helps improve your drawing skills as a teacher will introduce you some basic drawing techniques. The teacher will teach you the right posture of holding a pencil and the way of using color. Though the teacher may assist you in certain extent, drawing is most likely coming from you.Patience is needed to do anything and there is no exception fo
Publication date: 2009-09-21 more

Silverlight Tip of the Day #55

Styles are extremely important because they allow developers to control the look and layout of controls across their application. By using styles you can simply change the style declaration and all controls in the application are updated automatically...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-10-03 more

Elevator Pitch: Skyfire has designs on your mobile browsing habits

Elevator Pitch: Skyfire has designs on your mobile browsing habits Since 2006, Skyfire has been trying to do something different with your mobile web experience by simply making it better. The latest version of the free, downloadable browser supports the usual text, video and audio but also lets users download media files, update their social networking profiles and supports Silverlight, Ajax and Flash 10. Skyfire employs 40 staff, has already raised $17.8m in venture funding from Lightspeed
Publication date: 2009-02-20 more

Test Message -- Please Ignore :)

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Publication date: 2008-04-22 more

New Popfly Game Creator Features

Adam Nathan recently blogged about some of the new features they've added to Popfly Game Creator including the color swapper for skinning actors, guidelines and snapping for aligning characters, actor stamping for easier tiling, new events, and the ability to clone a level! All-in-all, this should make building games using Popfly even easier. Check out Adam's post for the full details. Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We alrea
Publication date: 2008-06-18 more

Microsoft Backs Down from Yahoo

The web is afire with the news that after its latest bid attempt to takeover Yahoo failed, Microsoft decided to back down. My desktop news widget is going wild with this news... updating every 30s or so with more updates from Wall Street Journal, CNN Money, Forbes, Information Week, CNet News, etc; hot news indeed. All those big time journals aside it appears that BoomTown's Kara Swisher was the first to break the news. So what happened? Why not read it directly from Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballme
Publication date: 2008-05-04 more

Forum 4.5.3 User Control Panel

In 4.5.3, one of the primary goals was to minimize post backs. This goal was across the entire module, from end users to moderators and module administrators. For moderators and module administrators, finding areas to enhance via Ajax was pretty easy, all we had to do was look at where those users spend a large portion of their time within the module. However, for typical end users the areas a developer can expose an Ajax experience quickly is very limited because... Did you know that DotNetSlac
Publication date: 2009-07-27 more

Solving Cross Domain Issues - Tim To the Rescue

I received an email today asking that I post a reference to Tim Heuer's excellent blog entry on Silverlight Cross Domain Policy File Helpers . My hope is that you are all subscribed to Tim's blog as it is excellent and he and I now share the job...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-04-30 more

Creating A Form

(click on the image to see other Mini-tutorials ) TURING Entry [100:4] [ What are these numbers? ] In Entry [ 100:3 ] we were about to create a form and then go on to data validation. Here is the form we
Publication date: 2009-08-05 more

Test Center review: Office killers pack some heat

There are few pieces of software that users touch more often than office productivity suites. The market monster is, of course, Microsoft Office, with the lion's share of all licenses for office productivity tools. But two trends -- open source and cloud computing -- are offering a new generation of Office alternatives that businesses may want to consider.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in sever
Publication date: 2008-07-16 more

Silverlight install experience too hard?

Man, I feel like Im constantly on this soapbox about creating a good non-installed experience. Im recently sparked again by reading a recent post from Pascal Leloup entitled Silverlight Its too damn complicated to setup. These are the times that I wish I could sit next to every developer at the moment they experience this frustration. Part of the time it can be dealing with beta software (as is the case in one of Pascals scenarios here), and others I think just take some time to understand the..
Publication date: 2008-09-09 more

Silverlight vs Flash: Passing Query String / Parameters

It's very common that you have to pass some predefined parameters to Flash / Silverlight in different pages of the website. How can we achieve that? Here is a simple example....( read more )...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-11-23 more

Particle System Envy

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Publication date: 2008-09-09 more

Link Listing - June 27, 2008

MSBuild MSBuild Conditions on Targets [Via: Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi ] ASP.NET ASP.NET tips: Golden rules for Dynamic Controls. [Via: Shahed Khan ] ASP.NET Dynamic Data: Customizing the UI [Via: BradA ] Sharepoint Opening and Reading an XML file in a document library [Via: axshon ] SharePoint DateTimeControl Validation [Via: Greg Galipeau ] WPF Contrasting Control Templates & Styles in WPF [Via: Christopher Bennage ] Code Camps Code Camp San Diego [Via: communitymegaphone ] Conferences de
Publication date: 2008-07-24 more

Three New Silverlight 2 Beta 1 Videos

This week Jesse Liberty presents a two-part video series, Silverlight 2 Beta 1 Introduction to Blend Part 1 and 2. Jesse also demonstrates how to create user controls dynamically in Dynamic UserControl for Silverlight 2 Beta 1....(read more)
Publication date: 2008-05-16 more

Works on My Machine

Scott Hanselman used an icon in one of his presentations that I will rip off, steal , borrow (?) take/use/modify/
Publication date: 2009-02-05 more

Dynamically Setting a Style at Run-Time in ASP.NET

Trolling the ASP.NET forums this week I came across a good question, setting the background on a master page div at run-time? . Even though the person posted he found an acceptable solution before I posted my response, I think the user has a complicated...(read more)... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here .
Publication date: 2009-09-21 more

RIM bringing Silverlight and Flash to BlackBerry Devices

The word has been dropped by BGR that RIM may soon be loading Silverlight and Flash on BlackBerry devices. With Flash being one of the most sought after features this can only be taken as extremely good news for BlackBerry owners, as at present there are no workarounds or even third party apps that will allow Flash video content on BlackBerry devices. Sorry, no solid word on any release details yet, but as I
Publication date: 2009-08-20 more

IPhone UI with Silverlight 2 beta 2

It's been quite a while since Microsoft has introduced the Beta 2 release of Silverlight. There are plenty of Silverlight enthusiasts who are passionate about this cross-platform browser application programming. They've already given us some useful and eye catching applications. Some applications have given us the feel that this is the future of web programming. I'm a great follower of WPF. In fact I've always been and will be. Silverlight has many things in common with WPF but also many differe
Publication date: 2008-08-31 more

SketchFlow helps deliver an ambitious new auction tool - meeting tight time and budget constraints

Each year, in the lead up to Thanksgiving, Microsoft holds its annual Giving Campaign where as a company we focus on giving back. This can be by either giving time to our local communities, schools and other organizations, or through donations to registered...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-12-10 more

Mix Essentials Event in South Africa in June

I am very excited that Joe Stagner and I will be heading to South Africa the week of June 23rd.   While we are there, we will have a chance to interact with the very passionate .NET community in both Johannesburg and Cape Town.  The South...(read more)
Publication date: 2008-05-30 more

Credenz

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Publication date: 2009-09-11 more

Holding a conference? Spice it up with these geeky ideas

The mark of anything well-made is found in the details, and when it comes to geeky conferences for designers and developers, organizers are coming up with geeky new ways to spice up the offline event experience. Badges Gravatar-enabled WordCamp Badges Let me first say that Gravatars , or globally recognized avatars, should be a staple in every social network or web app that lets uses upload avatars, because why upload one everywhere when it can be pulled from a centralized location?
Publication date: 2009-09-01 more

Managing Files with SQL Server 2008's FILESTREAM Feature

SQL Server's new FILESTREAM feature simplifies the process of keeping file-based data, such as images, in sync with relational data.... Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.
Publication date: 2009-02-06 more

A Brief History of MIX: Feet on Ground, Eyes on Cloud

What can we expect at this week
Publication date: 2009-03-17 more

LINQ and Entity Framework Posts for 3/1/2009+

Note: This post is updated daily or more frequently, depending on the availability of new articles. Slim pickings in the LINQ and EF department this week. Entity Framework and Entity Data Model (EF/EDM) Rob Bagby
Publication date: 2009-03-07 more

DotNetRocks - Show #441 - Shawn Wildermuth on Silverlight 3.0

Shawn Wildermuth talks about the new features in Silverlight 3.0. Shawn brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table. Lots of great tips!
Publication date: 2009-05-03 more

Link Listing - July 17, 2008

AJAX ASP .net AJAX Event handlers - the very very basics [Via: xxxd ] AJAX: Working with Events [Via: bmains ] Sharepoint WCF SharePoint integration MSDN WebCast [Via: gsusx ] WPF Learning WPF with BabySmash - Customer Feedback and a WPF Font ComboBox [Via: Scott Hanselman ] Link Collections Interesting Finds: July 16, 2008 [Via: Jason Haley ] The Morning Brew #137 [Via: Chris Alcock ] Dew Drop - July 16, 2008 [Via: Alvin Ashcraft ] LINKBLOG for July 16, 2008 [Via: Steve Pietrek ] Interestin
Publication date: 2008-07-24 more

David Kelley on "Is Silverlight 3 ready for business"

  Introduction Silverlight 3 is on its way with tons of new goodies. But each technology has to be well accepted from the business users in order to be successful. But what can help the business to take such a decision? We, at SilverlightShow.net , think that sharing experience is a good start. This article is a part of our
Publication date: 2009-04-08 more

Programming for Absolute Beginners

You, Dear Reader, very likely don't need this information. I assume you're probably not a beginner. BUT, you likely KNOW a beginner. Share this information with them! A bunch of people on Twitter discovered the MSDN Beginner Developer Center today. I...(read more)
Publication date: 2009-09-22 more

Essential Silverlight 2.0 (Microsoft .NET Development Series)

Coming soon... Product Description After building an application, people often ask why theirs doesn
Publication date: 2009-03-14 more

Interesting Finds: July 31, 2009

Other Rebasing System.Reactive to the .net CLR , Jb Evain
Publication date: 2009-07-31 more

Silverlight 3 Firestarter in Portland

Announcing: Silverlight 3 Firestarter Simulcast in Portland, September 17th. Scott Guthrie keynote followed by presentations from Tim Heuer, Brad Abrams, Karl Shifflett and others. Register here .
Publication date: 2009-08-18 more