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April 2006 - Posts

Tim shows how to get glass in your client area using Windows Forms
Here's how to do it . (Requires Windows Vista and some willingness to fiddle with how your app paints itself). Read More...
GDI book followup
An update on the GDI book reprint . Feng Yuan says the books are in ! Read More...
Brian discusses the evolution of user input and feedback in the designer
Brian walks through the history of the implementation of grab handles and snaplines in the designer , and how through the magic of the new architecture in Cider for the first time grab handles, snaplines and other "adorners" will have proper access to Read More...
ToolStripManager.SaveSettings and UserControls
Ingas asks a great question: In windows form I have a ToolStripContainer inside a control (inherided from UserControl). I allso have a ToolStripContainer on the main form. I am trying to do ToolStripManager.LoadSettings() (with ToolStripManager.SaveSettings Read More...
The most awesome book on GDI is getting reprinted...
I just stumbled across Feng Yuan's blog, and it seems like he's worked out a deal to get his book back in print . I was so bummed last year when I went to order extra copies and it was no longer available. If you're ever even so much as thinking about Read More...
Mike shows us how to localize a hybrid application
Mike Henderlight has walked through a sample on how to localize a WPF/WindowsForms hybrid application. More information for XAML in particular: Localization requirements for your XAML resources Globalization for the Windows Presentation Foundation Read More...
What's the difference between the "EmbeddedResource", "Page" and "Resource" Build Actions?
Jim has posted the results of his recent inquiry on this subject as well as some other goodness about WPF resources. Read More...
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