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XAML, WPF, Silverlight, .NET, Office 2007, Windows code samples and other interesting things
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Date: 09/14/2009
Edit: fixed broken links What is the best method to create a game loop? I created a small experiment...
Date: 08/19/2009
My latest creation last night... space view of a planet on a starry background The image is...
Date: 08/13/2009
Check out the new starfield and compare it with the old one. Edit: thanks to fashai for pointing out...
Date: 08/11/2009
Edit2: After posting this, I made a significant improvement on the star field... will post it...
Date: 08/10/2009
Here...a quick bite from the new game coming out... Silverlight 3, full screen, Got an idea for a...
Date: 07/17/2009
This is the second post of the "Reallistic Human Movements with Silverlight" series. I'll spend a...
Date: 05/29/2009
Hoho! yes! How to make reallistic human movements in Silverlight? Check out this stickman animation...
Date: 05/26/2009
I decided to give a third spin of Joe Stegman's dynamic image generation code. This time, it's many...
Date: 03/04/2009
Last night, inspired by the cool taskbar in Windows 7, I decided to see how easy it will be to make...
Date: 02/28/2009
Submission deadline is April 30, 2009 Check it out: https://www.serverquestcontest.com/ Too bad I...
Date: 02/22/2009
Last week I created a document that incorporates my experiences developing the Shock Silverlight...
Date: 02/05/2009
I'm very proud to announce version 2 or my online Silverlight game "Shock": Play it...
Date: 02/05/2009
I found a pretty cool chill-out style game in Silverlight. Just go and draw your first animal :)...
Date: 10/27/2008
Check them out - including screenshots - on Karl’s (one of my friends) site:...
Date: 10/05/2008
3 Easy Steps to WPF Pixel Shaders. Template Project and Five Shader Samples (Twirl UI, Light, Blobs, Grayscale and Wave reflection)
In This Tutorial: · Template project and simple 3-step instructions to kick start WPF pixel shaders...
Date: 09/04/2008
In this tutorial: Creating a cool (and easy) Vista-like "ray of light" effect in Silverlight...
Date: 08/14/2008
7 Easy Steps to Learn C#: Silverlight C# Compiler and Loading DLLs from a server at runtime in Silverlight
In This Tutorial: · C# compiler demo for the web - type code in a web page, compile and execute it...
Date: 07/27/2008
ASP.NET Authentication for Silverlight Applications (Accessing ASP.NET Membership, Profile and Role Services)
This is very good for web sites that have ASP.NET Authentication (or plan to have) and have...
Date: 07/08/2008
In this tutorial: - creating and rendering water ripples - optimized image generation - JPEG...
Date: 07/04/2008
I needed a good and relatively fast dynamic image generation code for Silverlight (for the next...
Date: 07/04/2008
In this Tutorial · Analysis of the usability of the typical Hyperbar Control · Silverlight sample...
Date: 07/03/2008
I had some free time today and did this: I'd like to note that LukeH made the core raytracing engine...
Date: 06/10/2008
Specification of the Problem A WCF web service works when a user types site in his browser with www...
Date: 06/08/2008
Oh, yes! :) Install tools and runtime from here: https://silverlight.net/GetStarted/ There are so...
Date: 06/07/2008
These are completely new and revamped web sites (I don’t mean just “silverlight added” or a cool app...
Date: 06/02/2008
I found a very good post: How to do LayoutTransform in Silverlight. Currently Silverlight supports...
Date: 06/02/2008
In This Sample · How to build a 1977 PC emulator with Silverlight · Dynamic image generation · 25...
Date: 05/21/2008
Erick Ellis and Mark Wilson-Thomas talk about what's new in the WPF editor for Visual Studio in .NET...
Date: 05/16/2008
Create Your Own Silverlight HD Video Tutorial: From Video File to Working Silverlight Streaming Application
In This Tutorial · Learn how to process video file with the Expression Encoder to prepare it for...
Date: 05/16/2008
Just a small reminder for myself. I have to do this way too often recently to remember. This is how...
Date: 05/14/2008
Update: I kind of like the following one, optimized for XAML editing too: Nikola's_XAML.vssettings...
Date: 05/08/2008
This post shows how to: · Create working deep zoom application in less than 5 minutes* · Upload a...
Date: 05/07/2008
These are two cool tricks that I just learned from a friend and colleague - Mike. Formatting How...
Date: 04/28/2008
Windows Vista User Experience Guidelines: Designing controls, text style and tone, placement and many more
· What is the correct style and tone for user UI? · How to make a good looking UI for Vista · What...
Date: 04/28/2008
Update on job positions! Do you want to work as part of the Microsoft Visual Studio Product Team? If...
Date: 04/25/2008
This sample demonstrates the following: 1. Simulating any image effect with Silverlight 2. Using the...
Date: 04/23/2008
Here is a simple way to set, retrieve and delete cookies from within a Silverlight application....
Date: 04/14/2008
When trying to bind animation To and From properties to something else you may get this exception:...
Date: 03/20/2008
Here are some interesting Silvelright 2 Beta 1 documentation links: High-level portal to the Managed...
Date: 03/16/2008
If you try accessing UI from a timer event, you'll Exception: Invalid cross-thread access. This...
Date: 03/13/2008
Before we Start The final project is a sample that sends a string to WCF web service from...
Date: 03/12/2008
I've tried these, and there are some interesting parts that can take some time figuring out by...
Date: 03/06/2008
Update on job positions! For the people that contacted me already: thank you. I've been forwarding...
Date: 03/04/2008
Do you want to work as part of the Microsoft Visual Studio Product Team? If "yes", please contact me...
Date: 02/12/2008
This is a v0.1 white paper that we hope upon completion to be a one-stop point for guidance and best...
Date: 01/31/2008
Nice. I'm so happy. Our product is RTM now!!! Yes!!!!!!...
Date: 11/19/2007
I just found this very nice blog entry with hints for WPF 3D Summary of the hints that I found more...
Date: 06/01/2007
Here is a simple function that will convert RTF data on the clipboard to XAML: /// <summary>...
Date: 02/18/2007