If you haven't seen, the February CTP of WinFX is live. Be sure to check out the release notes if you are having install/uninstall issues . Below is an incomplete list of breaking changes: 1) The following XML namespace Uris are modified: OLD...

I was recently doing a deployment of a non-browser hosted WPF application. It contained some XML files used as data. I used the Publish wizard in VS and ran my application. It blew up and, after debugging, I realized that my XML files hadn't been deployed...

If you are writing an .xbap/clickonce application, you may want to be aware of the mage.exe tool which is part of the .NET 2.0 SDK and the Windows Vista SDK. By running: mage -cc you can clear the clickonce cache. This comes in real handy when you...

I decided to try and improve the look of my Sandbox3D by opening and styling it in Expression Interactive Designer (EID). I'm still in the process, but three discoveries I made which others may find useful. 1. EID has a runtime XAML parser that displays...

With Daniel Lehenbauer starting a nifty GotDotNet 3dTools project and with Mike Hodnick writing a great tutorial about WPF 3D that references my out-of-date Sandbox3D project, I finally ported Sandbox3D to the Jan CTP. I was able to get rid of a ton...

Looking to go to MIX for free (including lodging) and win an XBOX 360? Check out the MIX contest just posted up on the MIX site.

I spent some time creating an application entirely in Expression Interactive Designer (EID)called Monkeys Jumping . The idea is that it would be an educational game for children with the purpose of helping them count. It was also an exercise for me to...

Heard about MIX yet? It is a Microsoft conference in Vegas focused on the "next" web -- should be good. I'll be there with some great new never-before-seen WPF demos and lots of folks I work closely with, including non-Microsoft folks like Darren David...