During my Introduction to Silverlight presentation at the Atlanta .NET users group, someone suggested that I show how make a button with rounded corners in Silverlight. I was a bit short on time, and it was getting late, so I decided to write a blog post on the subject matter instead. So, here it goes. …
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I just posted the sample project I used for “Intro to Silverlight” presentation at the Atlanta .NET Users group meeting yesterday on SkyDrive. Please follow this link to get the sample project: I would like to thank everyone who attended the meeting.
It is official now. I will be speaking at the next Atlanta .NET Users Group (http://atldotnet.org/). The topic is Introduction to Silverlight. It has been a while since I got an opportunity to talk in front of Atlanta users group, and I am quite excited about it.
I downloaded the CTP of RIA Services for Silverlight along with accompanying documentation this morning. I have read the documentation and wanted to share a few thoughts on this product. The product looks very promising to me. Here is an overview of the key features. You can configure RIA Services to use ether Linq to …
I read a few notes from Mix 09 about Silverlight 3.0. It has a lot of great new features. Read for yourself if you would like. Here is a link to a free short eBook that covers parts of new functionality. http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/0/5/3055A230-B06F-4A58-AC93-B7CFD2184A70/FirstLookSL3Moroney.pdf
Yep, I broke down and joined the Twitter. www.twitter.com/SergeyBarskiy
had a ton of fun yesterday at Atlanta Code Camp. I always enjoy hanging around fellow developers. In this instance Magenic also had an impressive showing at the event. Colin Whitlatch, James Ashley, Jason Rainwater , Whitney Weaver and I had presented at the code camp. I would like to thank everyone who spent their …
Localizing a Silverlight application is a pretty trivial task if you use resources. Once you create a resource file you are working with, you can use the code-behind class in XAML and bind to properties from that class that contain localized strings. First, import the namespace that is used for resx file, typically ApplicationResources xmlns:Localized="clr-namespace:MyApplication.Resources" …
This year’s code camp is upon us. I have volunteered to speak at this code camp. My topic is “Building Silverlight Business Applications using CSLA.NET for Silverlight”. Please check out the Code Camp web site for more details. As always, I am excited to speak in front of my fellow coders. Download presentation and sample …
Blend has a small issue when it comes to editing of column templates for DataGrid. If you define the template in-line as part of column definition, there is no way to edit that in Blend. There is an easy workaround however. You need to define DataTemplate as part of user control’s resources. Once you open …
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