Kathy Kam

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Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I have been pretty busy working on the controls! I want to thank everyone who responded to my previous blog on what controls they want. Here are some of the controls left by my readers: - DataGrid - DateTimePicker...

One breaking change you may have noticed between Silverlight 2 Beta 1 and Beta 2 is that WatermarkedTextBox is no longer available in the Silverlight SDK (System.Windows.Controls.Extended.dll). We decided to remove the control because in a future version...

Without compiling and running this program. Can you tell me what the output would be? class MainProgram { static void Main( string [] args) { double a = Convert .ToDouble( "1.170404" ); double b = Convert .ToDouble( "2.170404" ); ...

The BCL Team has been spending a lot of time investigating on how to provide richer support for Time Zones. As the PM who owns System.DateTime, I am tasked with figuring out the scenarios that are important for our developers whose customers needs to...

My sample and its source is now live on http://silverlight.net ! It show case a variety of controls we have built for the Silverlight 2 Beta 1. We have quite an good set of controls. It shouldn't surprise my readers to know that we have a DatePicker and...

There are some great discussion on the differences between System.TimeZone and System.TimeZone2 and what exactly is Vista Dynamic Time Zone in my previous post. So I thought I'll spend Part 2 talking about it. So what exactly is the difference? I have...

I am so excited that the CTP is finally available! As soon as you crack open the bits, you'll find what I have been working months on! Can you guess what it is??? NET Framework improvements such as: New managed add-in model enables developers...

I have been quiet on my blog since my Tech Ed trips and the Acropolis annoucement. Some of you may wonder what I am working on next. As we start rolling some of the core Acropolis ideas into future frameworks, we need to make sure that the future framework...

Didn't I say it two weeks ago that API naming is the most difficult thing? :) My BCL post on System.TimeZone2 has been out for about 12 hours, and the top complaint has been .... can you guess it... yes... the name! You might even think that I knew...

Did I catch your attention? I know I haven't posted anything interesting in a while. I am currently working on a project that is unannouced. However, I want to let everyone know that in Orcas Beta1 , that will be release in a few months, the BCL team...

My name is Kathy Kam and I am the newest addition to the Common Language Runtime (CLR) Program Management (PM) team. Like another PM on my team, JoelPob , I also grew up in the "Land Down Under". I left Sydney to pursue a degree in Computer Engineering...

There are a few controls that was shipped in Silverlight 2 Beta 1 that was not available in WPF. Therefore I decided to write a starter guide to help you get started in using the controls. Here are some highlights of the Silverlight 2 Beta 1 Calendar...

Just a few hours ago, I was doing my talk based on Silverlight 2 Beta 2 bits and one of my attendee asked about when Beta 2 will be available. I am happy to annouce that it is now available! Download the bits now on Silverlight.Net ! I have also...

As a relatively new blogger, I am still learning what are good topics to blog. One of the metric I used to see how I do is the data http://blogs.msdn.com provides about how many people read my post (Aggregated and normal). Krzysztof and I had a nice...

Yeah.. Krzysztof have finally blogged about the controversial naming guidelines around TimeZone2! Check it out: http://blogs.msdn.com/kcwalina/archive/2006/10/06/TimeZone2Naming.aspx Also, I'd like to repost one of my responses to the names suggested...

So, in my previous " Designing Time Zone Conversion " post, a few readers asked whether we can update System.DateTime to understand Time Zones. Before we look into whether we can update DateTime, we should look into how this "improved" DateTime should...

I once had a dev manager who loves puzzles and quizes. During our team meetings, he will write some code on the board and the team would have a competition to see who can spot the mistake first or who can answer a question about the code first. I always...

"I wish .NET can compare contents of an Array." - Annoymous Array Comparer Currently, when you compare two arrays with the = operator, we are really using the System.Object's = operator, which only compares the instances. (i.e. this uses reference...

At the MVP summit on Monday 3/2, ScottGu announced the new "Silverlight" Expertise for the MVP program. I am very excited about having this dedicated expertise for Silverlight. This will allow the Silverlight Product Groups (the runtime teams, VS, and...

After months of blogging silence, I am happy to be able to blog again. As I have mentioned before, in the past 6 months, I have been working on an unannouced project. Today, I'm proud to annouce that the project is finally public for the world to use...

Before becoming a PM, I attended one of those annual Program Manager conference in Microsoft. I attended a talk that particularly stuck in my mind today as I discuss API naming. It was called "Six Skills of Feature Design Leaders ". The speaker is a UI...

Today, I learned an intersting (and very important) lesson about building a framework. I was in a meeting where another team wants the BCL's support to add some APIs to WinFX. The APIs they want to add are valuable. It gives power to .NET developers to...

Jason Cooke works as a software tester for the AppFx group at Microsoft, where he's has been responsible for testing the Calendar and DatePicker controls. When started learning about the Silverlight SDK Calendar control, I was convinced that it needed...