just came across a post which includes xaml to display the xaml shield. That looks sweet.. and all the more when its in Xaml... Xaml code attached Share this post

If you have tried creating FileDialogs in WPF, they usually do not blend well into the Vista look. The solution is to use the wrappers provided in the VistaBridge library which is part of the SDK samples. You could include the library dll (around 100k) in your project and then make the simple call to CommonOpenFileDialog/CommonSaveFileDialog ... The other option being to just include the specific classes in the project. CommonSaveFileDialog saveDialog = new CommonSaveFileDialog (); Its that easy!! Share this post

We now have a new community site for WPF - WWW.windowsclient.net It gels both the WPF and Windows forms communities and provides for a unified .NET/Windows client community. This effort consolidates the community knowledge - so more power to you guys out there :) Share this post

I got a couple of mail regarding the performance tools... The good news is that the Windows SDK which was released a week ago has the updated WPF perf tools. WPFperf.msi comes as part of the SDK. You would have to uninstall previous versions of the msi before installing the updated version.

A bit late ;) but .NET 3.5 beta1 was released a couple of days ago... http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E3715E6F-E123-428B-8A0F-028AFB9E0322&displaylang=en "The .NET Framework 3.5 adds new features in several major technology areas; including: Deep integration of Language Integrated Query (LINQ) and data awareness ASP.NET AJAX for quickly creating more efficient, more interactive and highly-personalized Web experiences that work across all the most popular browsers New web protocol support for building WCF services including AJAX, JSON, REST, POX, RSS, ATOM and several new WS-* standards Full tooling support for WF, WCF and WPF including the new workflow-enabled services technology New classes...