One limitation in WPF and Silverlight is that a Binding can only have one converter. At least for me, this has meant that I've created a lot of very specific converters in my projects. If I needed a converter to format a string then turn it into a uri...

So I ran into a problem the other day where I needed to animate a margin of a control, but Silverlight doesn't allow for animating Thickness objects ( WPF does ). The solution I came up with is very simple and can be used to animate the Margin, Padding...

Before we get off to the fun stuff (a.k.a. programming), I think it's best for me to introduce myself. I'm a developer at Microsoft working for MSN. I began programming around age 14, working in QBasic 4.5, and have been addicted ever since. My language...