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February 2006 - Posts

February CTP of WinFX Published -- Breaking Changes

If you haven't seen, the February CTP of WinFX is live. Be sure to check out the release notes if you are having install/uninstall issues . Below is an incomplete list of breaking changes: 1) The following XML namespace Uris are modified: OLD http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/avalon/2005 Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 22, 2006 9:36 AM by karstenj | 18 Comments

ClickOnce and XML files not being published by Visual Studio

I was recently doing a deployment of a non-browser hosted WPF application. It contained some XML files used as data. I used the Publish wizard in VS and ran my application. It blew up and, after debugging, I realized that my XML files hadn't been deployed. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 21, 2006 11:04 AM by karstenj | 1 Comments

Essential .xbap/clickonce development tool for clearing application cache

If you are writing an .xbap/clickonce application, you may want to be aware of the mage.exe tool which is part of the .NET 2.0 SDK and the Windows Vista SDK. By running: mage -cc you can clear the clickonce cache. This comes in real handy when you are Read More...
Posted Friday, February 17, 2006 2:42 PM by karstenj | 0 Comments

Expression Interactive Designer: Three Discoveries

I decided to try and improve the look of my Sandbox3D by opening and styling it in Expression Interactive Designer (EID). I'm still in the process, but three discoveries I made which others may find useful. 1. EID has a runtime XAML parser that displays Read More...
Posted Friday, February 10, 2006 10:27 AM by karstenj | 2 Comments

Sandbox3D-0.0.0.7 -- Updated for Jan CTP (Finally!)

With Daniel Lehenbauer starting a nifty GotDotNet 3dTools project and with Mike Hodnick writing a great tutorial about WPF 3D that references my out-of-date Sandbox3D project, I finally ported Sandbox3D to the Jan CTP. I was able to get rid of a ton of Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 08, 2006 4:14 PM by karstenj | 0 Comments

MIX Contest For Designers

Looking to go to MIX for free (including lodging) and win an XBOX 360? Check out the MIX contest just posted up on the MIX site. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 08, 2006 4:11 PM by karstenj | 2 Comments

Monkeys Jumping: My First Expression Interactive Designer Project

I spent some time creating an application entirely in Expression Interactive Designer (EID)called Monkeys Jumping . The idea is that it would be an educational game for children with the purpose of helping them count. It was also an exercise for me to Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 01, 2006 3:11 PM by karstenj | 0 Comments

MIX06

Heard about MIX yet? It is a Microsoft conference in Vegas focused on the "next" web -- should be good. I'll be there with some great new never-before-seen WPF demos and lots of folks I work closely with, including non-Microsoft folks like Darren David Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 01, 2006 10:49 AM by karstenj | 2 Comments
 
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