Boise Code Camp 2010
Well, tomorrow is the day. The day of geek greatness. If you haven’t heard already, Boise Code Camp start tomorrow and goes through Sunday, March 27-28. The are a tons of great sessions and we have 866 registrations. Boise Code Camp will be held at Boise State University in the Student Union Building. Check in [...]
NETDUG – Silverlight 4 Com Interop Sample Code
If you attended the NETDUG user group meeting last Thursday night and would like to download the sample code for my Silverlight 4 COM Interop presentation, you can download it here.
I also have a blog post that steps you through the sample code here.
Like always, if you have any questions feel free to ask.
Silverlight is THE development platform for Windows Phone 7
How cool is that? Oh, by the way, gaming is supported through the XNA framework. Even better!
Lets get started!
Windows Phone developer tools CTP (don’t forget the release notes)
Who needs some learning material? I know I do:
Getting started with Silverlight and Windows Phone development
Windows Phone Application Bar
Navigation framework for Windows Phone applications
Custom application [...]
Silverlight 4 – News from MIX10
This just in from MIX10; well, I just found out anyways. Silverlight 4 has released the Silverlight 4 RC (release candidate).
Want the new stuff? Well, here is how to get it:
Visual Studio 2010 RC or Visual Web Developer Express 2010 RC
Silverlight 4 Tools for Visual Studio 2010
Expression Blend 4 beta
Silverlight Toolkit
WCF [...]
I’m writing a MVVM book – What would you like to see in it?
I have started a quest that so many developers do; I am attempting to write a short book on the MVVM development pattern. When I say short, I mean short. Probably between 50 – 70 pages, most of it being code and examples. This is my first attempt at a book and I’m not quite [...]
Silverlight 4: Implicit Themes and a Sneak Peek
One of my major gripes with Silverlight 3 is the inability to theme your application. Currently if you want to style a button for your application you will have to define a style similar to this:
<UserControl.Resources>
<Style x:Key="myButtonStyle" TargetType="Button">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Blue" />
[...]
Silverlight DataGrid – Populate Dynamic Columns from a Child Collection
Lets face it, any one building LOB (line of business) applications know that their users love Microsoft Excel. If the users had their way, they would do everything in Excel. Due to this known fact, when building Silverlight LOB applications, there is often a need to flatten out an object for editing in a grid. [...]
Text-To-Speech in Silverlight Using WCF
Back in February, I wrote a blog post showing you how to, using Silverlight 4 OOB (out of browser) with elevated trust, access system devices; including how to use the SAPI.SpVoice API through the new Silverlight 4 COM Interop feature to implement text to speech. The biggest problem to that approach is that it will [...]
Creating a Custom Silverlight Pre-Loader
I have been doing Silverlight development since it was released. One question I get asked a lot is how do to create a custom pre-loader for my application. What do I mean by pre-loader? Well, it can be called many things; it could be called a pre-loader, splash screen, or a loading screen. No matter [...]
Silverlight 4 – Accessing System Devices with Com Interop, such as a Scanner.
Yesterday I gave a presentation on some new features in Silverlight 4. During this presentation I mentioned the newly available ability to interoperate with Office applications such as Outlook and Excel though the new ComAutomationFactory that is in Silverlight 4. Someone in the audience asked the question, “Can I access my scanner”, and of course [...]
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