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Visual Studio 2010 SP1 now available

The final version of VS2010 sp1 is now available for download Download Service Pack 1 (MSDN...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 03/09/2011

Silverlight 5 FireStarter

Today we announced the plans for the next version of Silverlight along with a bunch a demos at the...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 12/02/2010

WPF Ribbon (October Update Available)

October 2010 update of WPF Ribbon (on codeplex) is now available for download. The updates include:...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 10/22/2010

Xaml Art Assets

One more interesting site: www.xamalot.com ... Was looking around for some interesting xaml...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 09/27/2010

Porting WPF apps to Silverlight

The other day when browsing through the blogosphere I came across Arik's posts describing the...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 09/26/2010

Using RibbonGallery Control

The Ribbon Control is a pretty big control owing to the complexity of the Ribbon design guidelines....

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 08/18/2010

Zoomable Canvas Control

Kael has a nice series on the Zoomable Canvas control The usage is something like...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 08/12/2010

Xaml Toolkit: Manipulation of Xaml

One of the interesting things you could easily do with the Xaml Toolkit is manipulation of Xaml. For...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 08/10/2010

WPF Ribbon Basics

The WPF Ribbon control is easy to use once you get the basics of it. The structure is simple...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 08/06/2010

Ribbon Control Design Time Experience

The Ribbon Control is now available to the public for download. If you havent taken a look yet,...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 08/02/2010

Running Xaml FXCop rules in FXCop GUI

So one of the uses of the XamlToolkit is to write FXCop rules for XAML. We provide the...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 07/31/2010

Xaml Fxcop Rules Using Xaml Toolkit

Xaml Toolkit ... ding ding ding... if you heard and tried it..woohoo!!. If not, please go and give...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 07/30/2010

Announcing CTP of XAML Toolkit

We are happy to announce the release of the second CTP of the XAMLToolkit. Where do i get it: LINK...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 07/29/2010

Announcing CTP of XAML Toolkit

We are happy to announce the release of the second CTP of the XAMLToolkit. Where do i get it: LINK...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 07/29/2010

XAML Compliance Suite V1

Generally, when theres an open spec format, theres usually a set of tests that ensure that the spec...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 07/07/2010

BeeEye (Bing Image Viewer)

BeeEye is a Bing Image viewer application. Its got a very Blendish look and feel and was a quick...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 06/28/2010

TestAPI V0.5 Released

TestAPI - It is a library of test and utility APIs that enables developers and testers to create...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 06/18/2010

VS 2010 power tools available for download

VS 2010 power tools are out.. You can download it from HERE its got a bunch of tools like...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 06/08/2010

Perf Tools for WPF (.NET 4)

You can now download the perf tools for WPF in .NET4. These tools can be use for profiling both 3.5...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 05/24/2010

WPF Shell Integration Library

One of the common complaints I have heard is that it is difficult to have a glass chrome like...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 05/10/2010

SL Timeline control for Sharepoint

The other day I wanted to have a timeline control in Sharepoint so that I could easily know where...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 04/30/2010

VS 2010 .NET 4 now available

It's finally out... yoohoo... Live keynote: Link Download: Link With VS 2010, you will be able to...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 04/12/2010

Windows Phone 7 Dev tools now available

At MIX today, Windows Phone 7 Development tools were announced to the public. You can download these...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 03/15/2010

Request for Feedback (WPF VNext)

So have you tried out .NET 4. If not, do give it a try. We have a bunch of new WPF features in .NET...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 03/05/2010

XAML Power toys add-in for VS2010

If you have been using XAML Power toys addin in VS2008, you would be happy to know that Karl has now...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 02/26/2010

Silverlight 4 COM+ support

Came across Justin's post on the COM+ support in SL 4. Definitely a good read since it covers the...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 01/21/2010

Runtime Fault Injection using TestAPI

“Fault injection is a technique for improving the coverage of a test by introducing faults to test...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 12/29/2009

Snoop with 64 bit support

If you have used Snoop, its very likely you are using it with 32 bit apps since it lacked the...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 12/26/2009

MVVM LinksInfo

Putting this as a placeholder post for interesting links associated with MVVM. Informational Links...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 12/24/2009

WPF Manipulation Basics

Here's the second post by Drake on the usage of Manipulation features.. Sample attached WPF...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 12/21/2009

WPF Touch Basics

In my previous posts, I briefly described the new WPF Touch feature. Was planning to get a more...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 12/07/2009

Concluding "New WPF Features" Series

This is the last part of a series on New WPF Features The list of features covered here as part of...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 11/25/2009

New WPF Features: MultiTouch

This is part of a series on New WPF Features WPF supports multitouch API’s in .NET 4. You can have...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 11/24/2009

TestAPI 0.4 Released

TestAPI has come out with a new release V0.4. Please do check it out. So what’s new: Deep Object...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 11/23/2009

New WPF Features: DatePickerCalendarVSMDatagrid

This is part of a series on New WPF Features These controls have been part of the WPF toolkit on...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 11/23/2009

XAML 2009 Features: FactoryMethodArguments

This is part of a series on New WPF\XAML Features Another new feature in XAML 2009 is the...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 11/20/2009

XAML 2009 Features: Generics Support

This is part of a series on New WPF\XAML Features XAML 2009 supports generics J .. In previous...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 11/19/2009

New WPF Features: SynchronizedInputPattern

This is part of a series on New WPF Features In previous releases, sending input through automation...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 11/18/2009

New WPF Features: PixelShader3 Support

This is part of a series on New WPF Features Previously WPF only supported Pixel Shader 2.0 (PS...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 11/17/2009

New WPF Features: UIA Virtualization

Pre .NET 4, from a UI automation perspective, virtualization was not a good story. There wasn’t a...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 11/16/2009

XAML 2009 Features: Named Object References

This is part of a series on New WPF\XAML Features In previous releases, if you needed to reference a...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 11/13/2009

New WPF Features: Updated File Dialogs

This is part of a series on New WPF Features In previous releases, WPF open\Save dilogs had the XP...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 11/12/2009

XAML 2009 Features: XAML Event handling

[This is part of a series on New WPF\XAML Features] In previous releases, when loose XAML had events...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 11/11/2009

New WPF Features: Cached Composition

This is part of a series on New WPF Features One of the big improvements in 4.0 is the Cached...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 11/10/2009

XAML 2009 Features: Node Loop flexibility

[This is part of a series on New WPF\XAML Features] So by now most of you must have noticed the...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 11/09/2009

New WPF Features: Full Trust Xbap Deployment

This is part of a series on New WPF Features In earlier versions, on trying to deploy a Full Trust...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 11/06/2009

Xaml 2009 Features: Built in Types

In Xaml2009, we have built-in support for common CLR types which simplifies authoring. So rather...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 11/05/2009

New WPF Features: Bindable Run

This is part of a series on New WPF Features Bindable run - yeah its possible currently but you...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 11/04/2009

New WPF Features: Script Interop in Xbap

This is part of a series on New WPF Features Often times you have Xbap hosted in a Html page and its...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 11/03/2009

New WPF Features: Binding to Dynamic Objects

This is part of a series on New WPF Features C# 4.0 allows creation of dynamic objects which is...

Author: LesterLobo - MSFT Date: 11/02/2009

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