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Try to Define Visuals in XAML

Ok, pop-quiz time. Below, you will find two screenshots I took from two different applications: [ Screenshot 1 ] [ Screenshot 2 ] Can you tell what is different between those two images? If you said that the button in the second image seems a few pixels Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 24, 2009 6:17 PM by xprblog | 3 Comments

Download Expression Blend Preview for .NET 4

Today at PDC, we made a few announcements that would be of interest to you! First, Scott Guthrie announced the availability of the Silverlight 4 Beta . This version of Silverlight contains some cool new features that many of you have asked for, so read Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 18, 2009 11:30 AM by xprblog | 5 Comments
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Working with Layout when DataContexts are Involved

Hi everyone, When using Expression Blend, a common task you probably engage in is working with layout. Tasks I commonly associate with “working with layout” involve moving things around, rearranging the order of elements, ensuring everything flows when Read More...
Posted Monday, November 16, 2009 10:28 AM by xprblog | 1 Comments

Simple Cartoon Animation using Visual States

One of the goals of Silverlight’s Visual State Manager technology is to let you do quite a bit of control customization without needing to use Blend’s Timeline, nor even having to know what a Storyboard is! Feel free to test-drive the Silverlight Button Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:13 PM by xprblog | 2 Comments

Storyboards, Visual States and SketchFlow Animations

What are these things – are they different ways of doing the same task? When would I use one in preference to another? Do they all work in all project types? This post will try to answer those questions by describing the animation and control customization Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 13, 2009 10:41 AM by xprblog | 1 Comments

Visual State Manager tips for design and authoring

As you probably know, Silverlight and WPF have a runtime piece called the Visual State Manager (or VSM for short). As I’ll describe in this post, VSM and the Expression Blend tooling support for VSM lend a nice clean mental model to the business of visual Read More...
Posted Friday, October 02, 2009 7:34 PM by xprblog | 5 Comments

Styling Tips for Silverlight and WPF Controls

In this article I’ve collected together some information and advice that you’ll find useful when creating controls templates. These topics apply generally, no matter what control you’re creating a template for. Here you’ll learn how to bind the look of Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 16, 2009 12:19 PM by xprblog | 2 Comments

Styling Tips for Silverlight and WPF Controls

In this article I’ve collected together some information and advice that you’ll find useful when creating controls templates. These topics apply generally, no matter what control you’re creating a template for. Here you’ll learn how to bind the look of Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 16, 2009 12:16 PM by xprblog | 0 Comments

Expression Blend 3 Survey- Win a free zune HD!!!

Hello! The Expression Blend team is currently planning features for future versions of Expression Blend. We encourage everyone to take our Blend 3 Survey and send us your feedback. All eligible participants will be able to enter a drawing to win a FREE Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 15, 2009 4:34 PM by xprblog | 8 Comments

Silverlight Control Styling Tips Articles

We’ve published eleven new articles on the blog and they all contain information and tips that you’ll find useful when styling common Silverlight 3 controls. First there’s an article with some general tips: it discusses template binding, different ways Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 09, 2009 4:58 PM by xprblog | 7 Comments

Control Styling Tips: RadioButton

Hello! In this article, I’d like to provide you with some information and tips that you’ll find useful when styling a Silverlight 3 RadioButton. Template binding . CommonStates (Normal, MouseOver, Pressed and Disabled), CheckStates (Unchecked, Checked Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 09, 2009 4:42 PM by xprblog | 0 Comments

Control Styling Tips: Button

Hello! In this article, I’d like to provide you with some information and tips that you’ll find useful when styling a Silverlight 3 Button. Visual states . CommonStates (Normal, MouseOver, Pressed and Disabled) and FocusStates (Unfocused and Focused). Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 08, 2009 6:46 PM by xprblog | 3 Comments

Common Styling Tips: CheckBox

Hello! In this article, I’d like to provide you with some information and tips that you’ll find useful when styling a Silverlight 3 CheckBox. Visual states . CommonStates (Normal, MouseOver, Pressed and Disabled), CheckStates (Unchecked, Checked and Indeterminate), Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 08, 2009 6:38 PM by xprblog | 1 Comments

Control Styling Tips: Slider

Hello! In this article, I’d like to provide you with some information and tips that you’ll find useful when styling a Silverlight 3 Slider. Visual states . CommonStates (Normal, MouseOver and Disabled) and FocusStates (Unfocused and Focused) and the following Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 08, 2009 3:28 PM by xprblog | 0 Comments

Control Styling Tips: ScrollBar

Hello! In this article, I’d like to provide you with some information and tips that you’ll find useful when styling a Silverlight 3 ScrollBar. Visual states . CommonStates (Normal, MouseOver and Disabled) and the following template parts: Used when the Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 08, 2009 2:21 PM by xprblog | 0 Comments
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