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14Apr/090

Debugging XAML

Okay, so I have been asked this question more than almost any XAML related question in the past few weeks; How do I debug XAML?  The problem with XAML’s powerful binding model is that it can be difficult to debug errors in your binding paths.
Lets say I have the following code snippet:

<StatusBar>
<StatusBarItem>
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8Apr/090

Analyze performance issues in your WPF application with WPFPerf.

Do you have a WPF application that just seems to be slow in some areas and have no idea on how to track it down? Enter the WPFPerf profiling tool.  WPFPerf is a suite of performance profiling tools that allows you to analyze the run-time behavior or your WPF application.  It can also help determine [...]

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7Apr/090

WPF String.Format in XAML with the StringFormat attribute

So you want to format the output of information but don’t want do it in code behind or write a value converter to do it.  Well, good news, you don’t have to.  You can format your data directly in XAML.  How, you may be asking?  New in .NET 3.5 SP1 is the StringFormat attribute.
Example [...]

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7Apr/092

The Free Office WPF Ribbon

So you want to use a Ribbon toolbar similar to Microsoft Word in your applications, but you don’t want to purchase one from a third party. Well if you haven’t heard already, you can get a free one directly from Microsoft. Yes, you heard me correctly, FREE, and FROM MICROSOFT. So where do you get [...]

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