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Wednesday, April 29, 2009 11:16 PM

Animated Visual State Transitions with the Transitioning Content Control

div.live { border : blue solid medium; width:400; height:150 } The Silverlight Toolkit is innovative in many ways, not least of which is that controls are released in one of four quality bands : Mature : ready for release Stable : suitable for most scenarios...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 10:06 PM

ViKi Version 0.0.01

It is of course inertia, that overwhelming sense of “what is the most important thing to do first?” that will kill you, and this project got hit bad because it came just when Passover interrupted my normal schedule, along with the usual slew of unusual...
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Saturday, February 21, 2009 7:53 PM

More About the Layout System

I recently posted about the Silverlight Layout System (and now have posted videos on the subject here and here ). But this can get quite confusing and a reader posted this question: You mention PreArrange() and it is called but you are not clear on which...
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Thursday, February 19, 2009 10:10 PM

Carousel Video Posted – Parts 1 and 2

I'm very pleased to be able to announce that the videos Creating a Carousel Part 1 and Creating a Carousel Part 2 are now available.  These videos cover the material that is also discussed in my two part blog entry (beginning here ) including such...
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Monday, February 16, 2009 7:22 AM

Putting the Silverlight Layout System to Work

In my previous blog entry I described the fundamentals of the Silverlight Layout System ( SLS ). Today, I'd like to build a simplified version of the custom Carousel control that I create in greater detail in a forthcoming video, and examine the role...
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Sunday, February 15, 2009 4:10 PM

The Layout Model

I have finished a video , to be posted soon, on how to build a Carousel control. Along the way, I had the opportunity to explore the Silverlight Layout System ( SLS ) and will describe this fascinating corner of Silverlight 2 in this and future blog entries...
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Monday, January 26, 2009 3:50 PM

How Do I Video Series on Hyper-video released

I'm pleased to say that the third and final part of my series on Hyper-video is now available (just click on the image or click here ). In this last video I demonstrate how to respond to embedded markers by displaying a button and, if you click on the...
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008 3:18 PM

Hypervideo – Getting Started

For those of you who want to get started with hypervideo and don't want to wait for the videos or the full tutorial, here is the first of a series of fast mini-tutorials. The first step is to pick a video you'd like to use as your "source." The source...
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Monday, December 22, 2008 5:34 PM

Application Set: Templates & Custom Controls

When we started creating How Do I videos, the idea was to have stand alone videos that do not depend on one another. That is still the ideal, though from time to time we do have two or three part videos because the material is just too complex to cover...
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008 2:51 PM

Podcast interview on animation

I'm pleased to announce that my Sparkling Client interview on Animation is now posted. In honor of that interview, I've created a button with in-state animation that will take you to the podcast, presented here through Silverlight Streaming, and analyzed...
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Friday, December 05, 2008 3:01 PM

Creating Skinnable Custom Controls - Video

    I have completed the four part video series Creating Skinnable Customer Controls and I'm pleased to say they are rolling out onto the site. Part 2 is now available (click on the image). Parts 3 and 4 should post very soon.    ...
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Thursday, October 09, 2008 9:47 AM

Custom Controls – The Dénouement

Over the past month I've posted half a dozen min-articles about creating custom controls that can interact with the Visual State Manager, and the underlying engine that makes it work; especially Dependency Properties and the Parts and States Model . Intro...
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Saturday, October 04, 2008 7:58 PM

Silverlight Controls, Controls Team, and Testing

This blog will rarely be the place for breaking news, but there are two related pieces of information I want to ensure you know about at the risk of repeating news that has been blogged by others.  First, Shawn Burke’s team has announced their intention...
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Friday, October 03, 2008 12:46 PM

Template Browser – an indispensible tool

One way that many developers like to create styles and templates for controls is to modify the existing styles and templates. An unusual feature of Silverlight is that every control in the toolbox is lookless – its appearance is determined by its own...
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Thursday, October 02, 2008 1:39 PM

Dependency Properties - Precedence

Today we wrap up dependency properties by talking about one of the most important, though typically invisible aspects: DP precedence order. This is critical because dependency properties, by their nature, are designed to have their final value set from...
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