Jul 17 2011

Creating Design Data for XAML using a dynamics wrapped in a static class with a fluid interface.

Category: mvvm | wpf — Administrator @ 22:48
Why and How Having design data while designing a user interface in Visual Studio or Blend is great. Designing multi-level ItemTemplates without design time data is like trying to paint in the dark. ... [More]

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Jun 22 2011

XAML Intellisense for Databindings!

Category: mvvm | silverlight | wpf — Administrator @ 08:55
How to get intellisense for your bindings in XAML with Resharper 6. [More]

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Jul 21 2010

Silverlight/WPF ComboBox with Empty Item allows user to go back to no selection.

Category: mvvm | silverlight | wpf — Administrator @ 23:23
The problem Imagine a ComboBox bound to some business objects: <ComboBox ItemsSource="{Binding Items}" SelectedItem="{Binding Item, Mode=TwoWay}">        ... [More]

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Jul 16 2010

Customize the Windows 7 Taskbar from WPF – beyond the TaskbarItemInfo Overlay.

Category: mvvm | wpf — Administrator @ 22:30
In the Windows 7 taskbar, a 48x48 bitmap icon can get an overlay of a 16x16 bitmap. This is often used to display something like a number or a colored square to indicate the state of the applicat... [More]

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Jun 11 2010

MVVM: Get rid of the magic string in RaisePropertyChanged

Category: mvvm | silverlight | wpf — Administrator @ 07:36
I found a great little feature in the Prism4 framework. They overloaded the RaisePropertyChanged method of the ViewModelBase class to accept a lambda instead of a string and use a bit of reflecti... [More]

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