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MeXperience – Step 3 – Architecture, implementing pipes and filters

Mark Monster — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:34:37 GMT

In step 2 I explained about the Architecture of MeXperience I had in mind. This article explains the implementation of the pipes and filters pattern to filter the list of experience objects. I will start to tell that my implementation is based on an article from Oren Eini.

The ...

Capture usage information of a Silverlight application using Google Analytics and a Blend Behavior

Mark Monster — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:15:00 GMT

It’s already more than a year ago since Tim Heuer published his article on Event tracking in Silverlight. Since that time we’ve got Silverlight 3 and Silverlight 4 beta. So it’s time for a different implementation that can even be used by non-coders. This article will make use of ...

Accessing Properties and Objects in Silverlight DataTemplates using Loaded and FindName

Antoni Dol — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:39:52 GMT

Accessing properties and objects in a DataTemplate is not as easy as you would think. Normally the Template is separated from the item that uses it. You can find the DataTemplate as a Resource, but you cannot use the VisualTreehelper on it.

DataTemplate dt = Application.Current.Resources["TheDataTemplate"] as DataTemplate;
int count ...

MeXperience – Step 2 – Architecture and more

Mark Monster — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:20:01 GMT

Besides the purpose of the application itself, I want to make sure I expand my knowledge on Silverlight. This would be especially on the architecture of Silverlight applications.

Architecture - MVVM

I’ve read quite a lot of articles on MVVM, but there weren’t many article series that were as complete ...

MeXperience – Step 1 – Idea + Prototype

Mark Monster — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:14:00 GMT

Every now and then I have some ideas. That’s also the main reason why I created a Windows Mobile application to support at least the storage of my ideas to be sure that those ideas don’t get lost. Some ideas will never be more than just an idea. One of ...

ScreenMachine in Silverlight Showcase

Antoni Dol — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:32:02 GMT

It took a while, but my personal porftolio in Silverlight called ScreenMachine, has appeared in The Silverlight showcase. You can also reach it through the ADdendum blog, too. When you select The Netherlands as Geography in the left menu of the Showcase you can find it as fourth ...

Silverlight en Expression Insiders, de user group voor Silverlight Designers

Antoni Dol — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:40:05 GMT

Sinds Silverlight 1.1 in beta uitkwam, is mijn doel geweest om mooie en krachtige internetapplicaties te maken met de Expression tools en Silverlight. Gelukkig sluit dat aan op mijn werkzaamheden als senior designer bij Macaw, waar we de afgelopen jaren veel mooie WPF- en Silverlight-projecten hebben mogen uitvoeren voor verschillende ...

Silverlight 4 – Credentials, we’ve got it!

Mark Monster — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:24:10 GMT

I’ve been writing on Credentials in context of Silverlight for some time now. I didn’t like the options that were available to secure services and allow integration with Silverlight. For some history search for “credentials” on my blog.

July 2008 – Silverlight 2 – A series of articles on possible ...

Silverlight 4 - Drag and drop images on a Silverlight application

Rob Houweling — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:13:13 GMT

One of the great new features of Silverlight 4 is drag-drop. This makes it possible to drag files from your OS onto the Silverlight application.

In this tutorial we’ll create a ListBox and make it possible to drop images from the desktop onto the application. The images will then ...

Top 10 Silverlight 4 beta features for Designers

Antoni Dol — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:02:07 GMT

Silverlight 4 beta is out and delivers several new features for programmers, media people and designers. As a designer I was most interested in some specific features, so I’d like to share my top 10 with you.

10. Command property on buttons and hyperlink

I’ll have to explain this one. ...

Tip: Set DesignWidth and DesighHeight when styling Silverlight 3 controls

Antoni Dol — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:36:29 GMT

I rediscovered the usefulness of the DesignWidth and DesignHeight Blend properties while styling several controls.

Next time you are looking at a very small ControlTemplate in Resource Editing Mode in Expression Blend, don’t forget to set the design-time width and height. It will make your life easier. You can set ...

Silverlight 4 – Using the webcam

Rob Houweling — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:19:53 GMT

Yesterday the beta release of Silverlight 4 was announced. Of course I couldn’t resist to get started with one of the items on my personal wish list (and on lots of other peoples wish list as well).

Using the webcam in Silverlight 4 turned out to be a quite ...

Silverlight Style: GlassBorderStyle

Antoni Dol — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:46:22 GMT

Created a simple, but nice Glass Border for a panel in my current Silverlight 3 project. I’d like to share it with you…

<Style x:Key="GlassBorderStyle" TargetType="Border">
    <Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="2"/>
    <Setter Property="Padding" Value="5"/>
    <Setter Property="Background">
        <Setter.Value>
            <LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.75,1" StartPoint="0.25,0">
                <GradientStop Color="#33FFFFFF" Offset="0"/> ...

StarterKits for Silverlight and Expression

Timmy Kokke — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:51:32 GMT

StarterKits for Silverlight and the Expression Tools

Lately I’ve seen some tweets passing by with links to various StarterKits. I’ve decided to "Bing” around a little and find out what these people were talking about. There are quite a few StarterKits available on various topics. I’ve listed a ...

Fun with Twitter Logo

Antoni Dol — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:48:32 GMT