Tutorials

Aero Glass Inside a WPF Window

nerddawg — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 13:00:25 GMT

Via Adam Nathan, comes a tutorial on extending the Windows Vista "Aero" glass effect into a WPF Window.

Access Yahoo! Web Services Using XAML

nerddawg — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 12:57:25 GMT

The Yahoo! .NET Developer Center has a tutorial on creating a weather badge using Yahoo! Web Services and XAML. The sample demonstrates the use of data-binding using XmlDataProvider.

[See tutorial on Yahoo! .NET Developer Center]

Designing with Windows Presentation Foundation

nerddawg — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 16:20:03 GMT

The Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF, codename "Avalon") in Microsoft^® Windows Vista™ gives you enormous power—and with this power comes responsibility. When used appropriately, it can help you create an engaging, productive experience your target users will love. If misused, it could lead to programs that are frustrating and difficult to use.

These Windows Presentation Foundation guidelines will help you understand the difference and to use this technology appropriately. [Read article]

Creating a WPF visualization for Windows Media Player

nerddawg — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 18:42:22 GMT

Adam Nathan gets us started on how to use COM interop to create a Windows Presentation Foundation visualization for Windows Media Player. See article.

Jim Galasyn does a deep dive on phase-space visualizers and demonstrates an implementation with XAML and C#. See part I and part II.

Resources in Windows Presentation Foundation

nerddawg — Mon, 15 May 2006 01:34:46 GMT

In this three part series, I cover:

Category: How-to article
Level: Beginner
Language: XAML, C#, VB.NET

How to edit the MSBuild project file within Visual Studio

nerddawg — Fri, 12 May 2006 00:34:10 GMT

Tim Sneath highlights an often overlooked feature in Visual Studio for editing the XML-based MSBuild project file. [See full article]

Category: How-to article
Level: Beginner
Language: N/A

How to implement a data-bound ListView

nerddawg — Wed, 10 May 2006 00:02:52 GMT

Beatriz Costa provides a walkthrough on creating a ListView bound to XML data. [Read full article]

Category: How-to article
Level: Intermediate
Language: XAML, C#