The WPF and Silverlight platforms use late bound data binding resolution for bindings in XAML files. This feature allows a DataContext to be set at run-time and the objects within that DataContext to resolve their property bindings then. This late binding...

This article is a collection of tips and tricks that we have gathered over the time we've spent building and using the Visual Studio 2010 WPF and Silverlight Designer, which you might not find elsewhere. We think they make working in the designer more...

Objective Requirements Retail release of Visual Studio 2010 and the latest Silverlight 4 tools for Visual Studio 2010 . Table of Contents Background Faux Types and Real Types Images in Sample Data Files Adding New Sample Data File Consuming Sample Data...

File Locking Issues when using WPF and Silverlight Designer When creating and testing a registered assembly (e.g. an assembly registered via TCI), it is possible to run into a file locking issue that causes compilation to fail.  While there are a...

The WPF and Silverlight Designer Team has posted the following new widescreen videos: Layout Techniques for Windows Forms Developers Grid Control Design-Time Row and Column Manipulation Features Creating and Consuming Resource Dictionaries in WPF and...

When the Data Sources Window is used to generate the UI, the generated XAML injects design-time information so that the Binding Builder can be used to create bindings for the UI controls. What if your application was written in Visual Studio 2005 or 2008;...

UserControls promote code reuse, separation of concerns and simplify development by partitioning applications into smaller blocks of code. In this article you'll learn why you would use a UserControl, how to create one from the Toolbox, understand when...

This article has a corresponding video that can be viewed here . In a typical Windows Forms application control placement is set using the Location property, setting the X and Y sub property values. The Windows Forms designer provides a complete set of...

This article has a corresponding video that can be viewed here . Resource Dictionaries are a powerful feature in WPF and Silverlight that enable developers to organize and consume reusable resources. After completing this walk through you'll understand...

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...