digitalnetbizz's WebLog
very good 3d read
hah... supposed to be my last post but hey i have 1 more thing to post. This is a good book for 3d -...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 09/14/2007
Last blog post here...
This should be my last blog post here at MSDN blog. 9/14/2007 is my last day at Microsoft and if you...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 09/12/2007
Given a point, how to get the element at that coordinate?
UIElement.InputHitTest is a hidden function that could do just that, public IInputElement...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 08/30/2007
GetPointAtFractionLength
This is such a cool API, this is one sample usage (ie. Drawing a clock). I could see things like...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 04/05/2007
PresentationSource
System.Windows.PresentationSource PresentationSource is such a useful class after digging deeper...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 03/09/2007
"People Near Me" in Vista.
Browsing around the my Windows Vista at home, I saw this "people near me" icon. Reading more about...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 02/25/2007
Get notification from WPF dependency system
This is valuable information on hooking into DP system of WPF. The answer is...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 02/08/2007
.NET Book Zero
A free book from Petzold. What the C or C++ Programmer Needs to Know About C# and the .NET Framework...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 01/28/2007
More WPF 3D playing..
The hardest thing about creating 3D is where to source my MeshGeometry3D data. That's the...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 01/24/2007
WPF 3d going mainstream?
I read Petzold's blog from time to time and I realized recently he has posted a lot of good 3d...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 01/21/2007
Hmmm... WPF popup is always TOP_MOST
Recently I have this bug inherited from my good intern that WPF <Popup/> will always be...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 01/11/2007
My WPF Hobby project for 2006 "Portfolio Delta"... a little late.
It's been sometime since I last post here. This site even come with a new blog software. Very nice....
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 01/09/2007
1 line XAML challenge and Popup ....
I saw Tim's challenge and thought about some interesting single element XAML. One of my markup which...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 08/19/2006
Tiling with VisualBrush - WPF Beta 2
It has been a while since I last blog about WPF (Avalon) related work. Well, here’s some updates on...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 06/20/2006
Calendar Printing Assistant for Outlook 2007
If you have access to Microsoft Office 2007 Beta2, check out this new office...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 06/20/2006
A Collection of useful Avalon tutorial
While researching for information about Avalon [for play-n-learn sample app], I realized that I'm...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 11/06/2005
Experimental US weather service exposed via XML web service
Found out yesterday that this information is available. I'm adding to my sample app (virtual earth)...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 11/03/2005
self::probe Avalon smart client
Ok. I got the Windows Presentation Framework (aka Avalon) from amazon.com 3 weeks back. It's a great...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 11/01/2005
New and improved Nntp [dude] for Avalon March CTP ...
I read Chris Sell’s blog and found out that the new Avalon CTP is available to public. As a member...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 03/27/2005
Microsoft @ 30 ...
A little analysis of Microsoft's business according to this Forbes article.
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 09/05/2004
SIP Phone convenience...
Technology has evolved again. I've been doing MSN messenger with my mum with audio and video for...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 09/02/2004
DHTML and Bezier
While browsing around I stumbled into this site https://pupius.co.uk/download/articles/bezier_curves/...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 06/20/2004
Try not to get towed away for parking violation ...
This can happen to anyone. At least it happened to 2 of my collegues recently. Since it's more and...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 06/15/2004
Avalon DrawingContext ...
DrawingContext is Avalon's equivalent of hdc (handle to device context) in Win32 programming or...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 06/11/2004
A tale of multiple login [Passport, private site login++] ...
I have this funny experience with logins recently. If you are interested to know more, click here....
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 05/24/2004
E-Government leadership survey ...
I was suprise to see that there are such study being made. I kinda browse it thru. This document is...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 05/17/2004
If you are looking for the XQuery book ...
I have read thru 3 XQuery books and IMO the XQuery book from Michael Brundage is the best so far.
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 05/16/2004
source code for Avalon WINHEC NNTP reader ...
This post is a follow up for https://blogs.msdn.com/digitalnetbizz/archive/2004/05/11/130291.aspx...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 05/13/2004
NNTP Reader built 100% using Avalon [WinHEC version]
Just finishing fine tuning my NNTP reader. This is a stateless news reader that requires outgoing...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 05/11/2004
Grid - the new panel...
There's a new panel class added in Avalon not too long ago. I've been using Grid for my last coding...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 05/08/2004
Avalon Property Invalidation
If you are writing custom control. You sometimes need to know if your property change so that youcan...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 03/14/2004
String Theory (not char[])
I recently watch a science program from Nova and it's really fascinating. It's about a theory for...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 02/20/2004
Another h/w item failed right after warranty ...
I really wonder if electronics component are made to fail right after basic 12 months warranty. This...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 02/16/2004
Visual Tree in Avalon Style...
A control itself is just a behavior and separate from visual presentation. A control normally comes...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 02/16/2004
Follow up: Animation in code. ..
Follow up my last posting with a link to Avalon animation in code.
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 02/13/2004
Intro Animation in XAML
Animation is a based on change of certain value in the object over a duration. The value change can...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 02/09/2004
ILMerge ...
A utility from Microsoft Research to merge multiple assemblies into one. For more info -...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 02/07/2004
Certain CS Books Appreciate in value...
Just last month I sold of my old CS books for more than what I purchase for.I bought all 3 in 1994...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 02/07/2004
Anonymous Methods ...
I read Anonymous Methods support in Whidbey (CLR) last week and decided to play with it. This looks...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 02/07/2004
An intro grip on Longhorn ...
From Visual Studio Magazine.
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 02/06/2004
Windows Media Center is so well integrated ...
I bought a Windows Media Center from HP 2 months back and I'm enjoying a whole new level of media...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 02/06/2004
XAML using CLR object as property ...
Just today I discovered a feature of XAML - ability to use custom CLR object as property to my...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 02/03/2004
Yukon PDC bits and XQuery ...
If you have Yukon PDC beta bits and you are utilizing XQuery for your next project, you got to try...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 02/02/2004
Excellent Managed DirectX tutorial
Excellent Managed DirectX tutorial.
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 01/31/2004
Create Assembly in-memory and run it...
This has to do with CodeDom and Microsoft.CSharp namespace. The following code will let you compile...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 01/31/2004
System.Collections.Generics
I have been starting to use CLR Generics. Absolutely useful for day to day software design and...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 01/30/2004
Avalon webcast ...
Excellent Avalon/WinFX information (slides, webcasts + source code) from PDC2003 available online...
Author: digitalnetbizz Date: 01/29/2004