June 2009 - Posts
This article talks about 21 important FAQ from the perspective of WPF and Silverlight. Both of these technologies are connected to a certain extent. This article not only explains the theory aspect of these technologies but also shows small samples for each of them.
4 enhancements in VS2010 to help the WPF developer
You need to use the DataGridView control in the VB.NET language targeting Windows Forms to display and provide an interface to your data.
This article by Jayaram Krishnaswamy introduces the reader accustomed to working with the traditional graphic user interface in earlier versions of VB to Windows Presentation Foundation. Importantly, it introduces the reader to the XAML's declarative format and what it means in the design interface of VS 2008.
Page Layouts in WPF and Silverlight 2 or Silverlight 3.
An article on how to utilize the new Jump List in Windows 7 to launch different views of your application.
To show a popup when the mouse is hovered over the DataGrid cell with the information of the particular row’s columns. And, to hide the popup when the mouse leaves the DataGrid’s cell.
Implementing a WinForm in C# that docks to the sides of the screen like applications in the upcoming Windows 7.
This article is a sequel to the previous article that shows how to perform binding to inline XML data using XLINQ objects. In this part, we discuss how to bind to an XML file using XLINQ objects and details out a sample application.
This article shows how to building a control that perform a search in MenuItems of a Menu, improving access to them.
A short post on how to convert the VS2008 MVVM Toolkit project template to work in VS2010.
How to pass data between Windows Forms in C# using parameters and properties of .NET classes.
LINQ to Objects means that we can use LINQ to query objects in a collection. We can access the in-memory data structures using LINQ. We will see more about this in this article.
Windows DataGridView control in .NET 2.0 and above supercedes the old DataGrid control. The DataGridView control provides many basic and advanced features that are missing in the DataGrid control. Also, it is easier to to extend and customize the DataGridView control than the DataGrid control.
Most of the times, you may have to display XML data in your WPF applications. Traditionally, you might use XML plug-ins offered by ADO.NET. But, LINQ is the mantra now. Using LINQ to XML, it is much easier and fun to bind your WPF controls and perform data binding as a new fashion.