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January 2006 - Posts

Alexander Lih's Digital Clock Sample

Alexander Lih has used workflow between Expression Graphic Designer and Expression Interactive Designer to build a digital clock sample [1]. Thanks Alexander, we like it! [1] http://feebdack.com/article.php?id_art=14 Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 31, 2006 5:21 PM by xprblog | 5 Comments

Inside Amir's and Peter's Flickr Browser sample - Part 1

Have you checked out Amir's and Peter's Flickr Browser sample yet? This post has a reminder of how to get your own API key so that the sample can run and then it digs into some of the theory of how the sample works. The sample connects to the Flickr Web Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 31, 2006 3:18 PM by xprblog | 2 Comments

XAML exporters for several design applications

Microsoft Expression Graphic Designer [1] is one application which exports designs to XAML ready to be imported into Expression Interactive Designer, but there are others. Mike Swanson , Technical Evangelist, has written a plug-in for Adobe Illustrator Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 31, 2006 2:31 PM by xprblog | 1 Comments

A taste of Cider

The next version of Visual Studio is codenamed Orcas . Just as Visual Studio does today, Orcas will continue to integrate well with Expression for teams building applications in the Windows Vista time-frame. The disciplines in such a team include developers Read More...
Posted Monday, January 30, 2006 12:01 AM by xprblog | 0 Comments

What does EID's 'active' or 'activated' container mean?

Steve White, Technical Writer, EID Microsoft Expression Interactive Designer (EID) is largely about creating and editing trees of user-interface elements. When you use the double-click gesture in the Library palette ( View > Library ) to create a new Read More...
Posted Sunday, January 29, 2006 6:32 PM by xprblog | 1 Comments

Unni's sample gallery

Swing by Unni's blog [1] and check out his beautiful samples built with Expression Interactive Designer. Unni is a Program Manager with Expression. [1] http://blogs.msdn.com/unnir/ Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 25, 2006 12:54 PM by xprblog | 3 Comments

Liven Up Your Office Clip Art

Jeremy Kuhne has written an article Liven Up Your Office Clip Art [1] which you can find by visiting the gallery of Expression Graphic Designer samples over on the right of the blog. Look for the box titled 'Article Categories' and then click Samples Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 25, 2006 12:28 PM by xprblog | 0 Comments

Meet the Expression team!

In case you were wondering what we look like, here's a cheerful photograph taken this evening when the Expression team gathered together to relax and share a drink and mark the occasion of the two CTPs being released today. As is natural with a large Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:34 PM by xprblog | 2 Comments

Electric Rain's ZAM 3D and examples

ZAM 3D ™ from Electric Rain is a new 3D XAML Tool for Microsoft Windows Vista application development, and a CTP is available for download [1]. ZAM 3D fits into the designer-side workflow by complementing Microsoft Expression Interactive Designer. The Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 24, 2006 7:25 PM by xprblog | 0 Comments

Expression Graphic Designer January 2006 CTP available!

Today we are also delighted to announce the availability of a new preview version of Expression Graphic Designer . This preview version is the January 2006 Community Technology Preview [1] We would like to thank you for your enthusiastic support regarding Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 24, 2006 3:15 PM by xprblog | 2 Comments

Important 'Readme' item for the Expression Interactive Designer Jan 06 CTP

We thought it was worth calling out this item as it may be an issue some of you encounter. If you are trying to test build a project ( Project | Test Project ) immediately after installing WinFX and Expression Interactive Designer, but Expression Interactive Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 24, 2006 3:09 PM by xprblog | 0 Comments

Amir's and Peter's Flickr Browser

Originally it was the rather witty 'Flickr Browsr', although now an 'e' has crept back in to 'Browser'! The Flicker Browser sample application which features in the recent Channel 9 video [1] is available for download from Amir Khella's blog [2] so please Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 24, 2006 11:42 AM by xprblog | 4 Comments

Expression Interactive Designer preview available!

Today we are delighted to announce the availability of a preview version of Expression Interactive Designer. This preview version is the January 2006 Community Technology Preview and you can download it at the following URL: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ed9f5fb2-4cfc-4d2c-9af8-580d644e3d1d&displaylang=en Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:35 AM by xprblog | 2 Comments

Welcome to the Expression team blog!

Hi, we’re glad to have you visit the Expression team’s blog - we hope you’ll like the resources and information you find here and we hope you’ll return often to see what’s new. This introductory post will talk about what the Expression family of products Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 24, 2006 12:08 AM by xprblog | 0 Comments
 
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