There is a known issue when using the Visual Studio 2010 WPF & Silverlight Designer or XAML Editor and a control derives from a generic base class.  The control and generic base class must be located in separate assemblies, otherwise the Designer...

This article has a corresponding video that can be viewed here . Master – Detail layouts are the bread and butter of Line of Business (LOB) applications. This walkthrough will show you how to drag & drop from the Data Sources Window to create the...

This article has a corresponding video that can be viewed here . Are you new to Silverlight? This walkthough will enable you to have a successful first time experience with the Silverlight Designer and creating your first Silverlight application. You...

This article has a corresponding video that can be viewed here . Are you new to WPF? This walk though will enable you to have a successful first time experience with the WPF Designer and creating your first WPF application. You will learn to easily create...

This article has a corresponding video that can be viewed here . A common task after a form is developed is inserting a new row in the form. This short walk-through will show you how to insert a new row in an existing data entry form. For this exercise...

This article has a corresponding video that can be viewed here . The WPF & Silverlight Designer provides the ability to quickly layout a data entry form. This walk-through will provide a workflow for laying out Labels and TextBoxes using the Grid...

This article has a corresponding video that can be viewed here . The WPF and Silverlight platforms have a wide selection of powerful layout controls. This topic will provide you with an understanding of these layout controls and how to take advantage...

This article has a corresponding video that can be viewed here . This important information will enable you to be successful in discovering the toolset and setting up Visual Studio 2010 for WPF and Silverlight development. Table of Contents Visual Studio...

I have received several requests for information on loading metadata for WPF & Silverlight controls shipped by Microsoft.  For example, a developer wanted to add a design time context menu to a Button control but couldn’t figure out how to add...

In WPF & Silverlight Design-Time Code Sharing - Part I , I introduced the custom controls and the required design-time features.  I also covered how Visual Studio 2010 discovers and loads control design-time assemblies.  In addition, I explained...

This post along with Part II will cover writing design-time code that can be shared between WPF & Silverlight custom controls for the WPF & Silverlight Designer for Visual Studio 2010 that target .NET 4.0 and Silverlight 3 and 4. Normally in a...