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Sunday, July 20, 2008 6:59 PM

Maintaining access to Silverlight 2's generic.xaml resources [SilverlightDefaultStyleBrowser updated for build 2.0.30523.8 and beyond!]

A few days ago the Silverlight team released a minor update to Beta 2 , changing the version number from 2.0.30523.6 to 2.0.30523.8 in the process. The version number is part of Silverlight's install path and SilverlightDefaultStyleBrowser (background
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Thursday, July 03, 2008 2:00 AM

The layout system lies have become a bit more elaborate [LayoutTransform functionality updated and enhanced for Silverlight 2 Beta 2!]

In the introductory post for LayoutTransformControl , I showed a trivial use case to demonstrate the need for LayoutTransform in some scenarios. I also noted that Silverlight 2 supports only RenderTransform , but went on to demonstrate how it was possible
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Attachment(s): LayoutTransformControl.zip
Thursday, June 19, 2008 10:39 PM

Text; from a slightly different perspective [VerticalTextBlock Control sample for Silverlight 2]

During an informal discussion yesterday, the question of displaying text vertically (i.e., letters stacked on top of each other instead of side-by-side) came up and I offhandedly said it would be pretty easy to do. Later on, I got curious about just how
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Attachment(s): VerticalTextBlock.zip
Friday, June 06, 2008 10:58 PM

Continuing access to Silverlight 2's generic.xaml resources [SilverlightDefaultStyleBrowser updated for Silverlight 2 Beta 2!]

Silverlight 2 Beta was released earlier today and one of the big changes is the switch to using Visual State Manager for control design/development. Another is that many of the core controls (Button, ListBox, etc.) have moved from the SDK into the Silverlight
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008 10:52 AM

Lying to the layout system for a good cause [Bringing LayoutTransform to Silverlight 2!]

People who want to rotate visual elements in Silverlight 2 are likely to use RotateTransform within RenderTransform - but they may not always get the results they expect! For example, using RenderTransform to achieve the following effect: Actually renders
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Attachment(s): LayoutTransformControl.zip
Sunday, May 04, 2008 4:21 PM

IValueConverter: The Swiss Army Knife of Bindings [PropertyViewer sample is a WPF/Silverlight visualization and debugging aid!]

If you've made much use of data binding in WPF or Silverlight, you've probably come across the IValueConverter interface. IValueConverter sits between the data source and destination and gives the developer a chance to examine/alter/replace the data as
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Attachment(s): PropertyViewer.zip
Saturday, March 22, 2008 3:53 PM

Improved access to Silverlight 2's generic.xaml resources [SilverlightDefaultStyleBrowser available via ClickOnce]

In response to my previous post announcing the SilverlightDefaultStyleBrowser tool for working with default styles for Silverlight 2 controls , I got an email from Rob Relyea suggesting that I make SilverlightDefaultStyleBrowser available via ClickOnce
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Saturday, March 22, 2008 12:01 AM

Improving everyone's access to Silverlight 2's generic.xaml resources [SilverlightDefaultStyleBrowser tool and source code]

When customizing the look and feel of a Silverlight 2 control, people usually want to start with a copy of the control's default visuals. Unfortunately, getting at the default XAML for a control isn't always obvious or easy. A control's default XAML is
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Sunday, November 11, 2007 11:30 PM

Bigger isn't always better [How to: Resize images without reloading them with WPF]

I've been doing some work with Windows Presentation Foundation lately and came across a scenario where an application needed to load a user-specified image and display it at a fairly small size for the entire life of the application. Now, WPF makes working
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Attachment(s): WpfResizeImageSample.zip
 
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