Last week I wrote a blog post showing how you can write inline code in XAML. When that blog post was published, @ElegantCode tweeted the post on Twitter. Rob Relyea soon re-tweeted that post with a link to one of his own posts on exploring new techniques for DLR script in XAML which also links […]
Read MoreSometimes when a technology has been out awhile, some features are forgotten about.? With the release of WPF 4 came libraries that allow you, as the developer, to do some pretty cool stuff with the Windows 7 Task Bar, such as create the following features: Thumbnail Buttons Jump Lists Overlay Icons Progress bar icons This […]
Read MoreA couple of days ago I was spreading the WPF goodness and was talking about how MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) helps promote separation of concerns by removing the need for the code-behind file from the associated XAML file. After my statement someone replied with the following question, “So why even have it there, can you just delete […]
Read MoreSo about a week ago I wrote a post showing how to Copy a WPF UIElement as an Image to the Clipboard. In reply to that post Rob Relyea made a comment regarding supporting multiple formats on the Clipboard. What do I mean by formats? Well, when copying items to the Clipboard, you an specify […]
Read MoreThis is a question to all the WPF developers out there. Have you ever wanted to take a snapshot of a UIElement in your WPF application, such as a control or a section of a view, and use to generate a preview or copy it to the clipboard so your user can paste it somewhere […]
Read MoreIf you are not familiar with the Extended WPF Toolkit by now, shame on you. Like most open source projects, the Extended WPF Toolkit is driven by the community, that?s you. One of the most popular control requests is a DateTime picker. When this request first came-in I really didn?t know if I was going […]
Read MoreIf you are using the Extended WPF Toolkit you have probably noticed the ColorPicker control. If you are not familiar with the Color Picker control, it is simply a WPF editor control that allows a user to select a color. If you are using release version 1.2 or less the color picker will look something […]
Read MoreA new version of the Extended WPF Toolkit is now available with three great new controls. I have been hard at work fixing bugs, adding functionality and creating new controls. Lets take a look at the new controls added to the 1.2.0 release of the Extended WPF Toolkit. The ButtonSpinner The ButtonSpinner control allows you […]
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