August 2006 - Posts

WPF Perf: RenderCapability.Tier & DesiredFrameRate
23 August 06 05:32 PM | henryh | 2 Comments   

In this post, I’m going to talk about two key API’s for performance in WPF. These are RenderCapability.Tier and Storyboard.DesiredFrameRate. In this post, I’m going to show: How to leverage RenderCapability.Tier to scale your app up or down. How to use Read More...

WPF Scrolling Performance Tip: Avoid using ScrollBarVisibility=Auto
14 August 06 09:19 AM | henryh | 7 Comments   

When you can, avoid using the ScrollBarVisibility value " Auto " for HorizontalScrollBarVisibility and/or VerticalScrollBarVisibility. These properties show up on ScrollViewer , TextBox , RichTextBox and ListBox (although, as an attached property on the Read More...

WPF Performance: TextBoxes Galore!
11 August 06 06:17 PM | henryh | 5 Comments   

I see a lot of WPF demos, repros, apps and so forth on a regular basis. Sometimes these apps will contain, for whatever reason, a large number of TextBoxes. Now, I have my opinions about whether or not UI looks good with that many TextBoxes but I have Read More...