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May 2006 - Posts

IBloks BETA now available!

As previewed at MIX06 ... the IBlock beta is now availble for testing . And it is addictive. Unless you have a couple of hours spare playing with IBloks, then stay well away. This is set to be one of the first commercial WPF apps. What IBloks does incredible Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 25, 2006 9:15 AM by Martin Grayson | 2 Comments
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BETA 2 - Come and get it!

Tim Sneath tells us whats new in WPF Beta 2 , and where to get just about everything! Martin Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 24, 2006 2:19 PM by Martin Grayson | 0 Comments
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Ten Websites of the Month - May Edition

Ok, so one of the things I hope to achieve with this blog is to share all of the little gems that I come across in the web, as well as highlighting some articles from the big boys' blogs, such Tims, Karsten, DanC etc. So, without further adue... (and Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 24, 2006 1:50 PM by Martin Grayson | 1 Comments
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RSS Postit Application

Well, this is my second day of being a blogger, and I am well chuffed with the traffic coming onto the blog. So chuffed in fact, I have uploaded a little sample I made a while back for you all to enjoy... I made this when I first started playing around Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 23, 2006 1:32 PM by Martin Grayson | 8 Comments
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Attachment(s): PostitFeed.zip

Creating a Glass Button - PART ONE

PLEASE SEE THE UPDATED TUTORIAL HERE Alot of people ask, when it comes to WPF, how do I make my app look cool? WPF allows to fully customise the look and behaviour of all the common controls - this means a button no longer needs to be represented by a Read More...
Posted Monday, May 22, 2006 6:23 PM by Martin Grayson | 23 Comments
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Attachment(s): GlassButtonTutorial.zip

Scalable UI - in one line of XAML!

One of the great things about WPF is how easy it is to make a fully scalable UI. The above picture is an examply of a UI i made, with live reflections, menus and images, and with one line of XAML, it became fully scalable. How was this acheived - by placing Read More...
Posted Monday, May 22, 2006 1:35 PM by Martin Grayson | 4 Comments
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Events

Just a brief post with a code snippet demonstrating how to create a custom event with WPF... for most this won't be unfamiliar, but for those who are new to UI development, this is key... Below is the snippet where I register the event. In this example, Read More...
Posted Monday, May 22, 2006 12:50 PM by Martin Grayson | 1 Comments
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Getting Started Using Windows Presentation Foundation

Get started here with this great MSDN article . Martin Read More...
Posted Monday, May 22, 2006 12:49 PM by Martin Grayson | 1 Comments
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Dependency Properties

Probably not the most thrilling first post, but Dependency Properties are a big thing in WPF land. A Dependency Property is a property that is registered with the Avalon Dependency property system. This is useful for 2 main reasons... Backing your object Read More...
Posted Monday, May 22, 2006 12:13 PM by Martin Grayson | 6 Comments
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The adventures begin!

Well, actually, they began about 6 months ago, so i have alot of catching up to do. So... This space is where i intend to talk about WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation). There maybe some other topics that I cover, whether it be User Experience, Office Read More...
Posted Monday, May 22, 2006 12:06 PM by Martin Grayson | 0 Comments
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