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• Interactive 2D Controls on 3D Surfaces in WPF

  One of the really cool features of WPF is its ability to place 2D content on 3D surfaces. For example, you can place a button control on a sphere or arrange images on a cube. However, w ith V1 of WPF, you couldn't interact with this 2D content. You could...( read more ) Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 02, 2007 3:54 PM from Windows Presentation Foundation SDK | 0 Comments Filed under: Features, 3D, Tips & Tricks, Controls

• Using Text as a Decorative Element: the Outline Text Custom Control

  The FormattedText object provides greater text formatting features than standard WPF text controls, and can be useful in cases where you want to use text as a decorative element. This posting shows how to use the FormattedText object to create striking...( read more ) Read More... Posted Sunday, December 24, 2006 10:00 AM from Windows Presentation Foundation SDK | 0 Comments Filed under: Design, Features

• Styles and Templates - How's everything related?

  People who are new to the platform often have these questions about styles and templates (and a related concept, resources): What is a Resource? In the simplest terms, a resource is a reusable object. For example, the following SolidColorBrush is declared...( read more ) Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 5:11 PM from Windows Presentation Foundation SDK | 0 Comments Filed under: Features, FAQ, Styles and Templates

• Uncommon Dialogs: Font Chooser & Color Picker Dialogs

  You may have noticed that WPF does not contain some of the standard common dialogs you've come to expect in Win32 API sets. For example, the Win32 Common Dialog Box Library contains a standard user-interface model for dialogs, such as Open, Print, Color,...( read more ) Read More... Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:00 AM from Windows Presentation Foundation SDK | 0 Comments Filed under: Features

• Control.Background does what?

  Inheriting from Control in WPF is rather different than it is in Windows Forms. If you want to create your own Control, you need to understand the ControlTemplate. Here's a basic, get-your-toes-wet look at what a template is and why your control needs one....( read more ) Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 25, 2006 4:22 PM from Windows Presentation Foundation SDK | 0 Comments Filed under: Features

• Controlling z-order using the ZIndex Property

  Shows how to use the ZIndex attached property to change the z-order of child objects in a Panel-derived Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 13, 2006 12:00 PM from Windows Presentation Foundation SDK | 0 Comments Filed under: Features

• Animating XAML Clip Art - Part 2

  The WPF Animation Team created this cool red bouncing ball. Thanks Ed! When the ball hits the bottom Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 30, 2006 10:00 AM from Windows Presentation Foundation SDK | 0 Comments Filed under: Features

• XAML FlowDocument to HTML Conversion Prototype

  XAML FlowDocuments and HTML have some things in common. But they also have some distinct differences Read More... Posted Thursday, May 25, 2006 10:00 AM from Windows Presentation Foundation SDK | 0 Comments Filed under: Features

• Animating XAML Clip Art

  Shows how to add key-frame animation to XAML clip art. Uses splined interpolation to create a more realistic Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 23, 2006 2:00 PM from Windows Presentation Foundation SDK | 0 Comments Filed under: Features

• Using Speech Synthesis in a WPF Application

  Shows how to enable simple speech synthesis in a WPF application, using objects in the System.Speech.Synthesis Read More... Posted Friday, May 19, 2006 10:00 AM from Windows Presentation Foundation SDK | 0 Comments Filed under: Features