WPF

Amazing XAML article in Japanese

Peter Himschoot — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 01:38:00 GMT

I stumbled upon this japanese translation of my Amazing XAML article

http://www.microsoft.com/betaexperience/nlarchive/bexp2/issue_6/AmazingXAML_Japan.aspx

LOL!!

WPF Styles article on MSDN.BE

Peter Himschoot — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:53:00 GMT

Gill Cleeren wrote this nice article on Styles and Triggers in WPF

"Windows Presentation Foundation, or WPF, previously known by its code-name “Avalon”, is an all-new presentation framework included in Windows Vista. WPF is also available for Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 SP1 as part of the .NET Framework 3.0. WPF consists of numerous new technologies that as a whole provide a unified programming model for applications that will run standalone or inside a browser. In this article, we will focus on the aspect of styles and triggers.

Styles make it possible to create applications with a uniform look and with a high level of maintainability. Triggers allow WPF styles to change one or more properties in response of a user interaction. In this document, we will use both these technologies to create a richer user experience."

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Windows Vista RC2 is here! Installing the SDK

Peter Himschoot — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 03:41:00 GMT

Vista RC2 is probably the last public drop of Vista before it goes RTM. This build contains updated drivers, and yes, finally my Tecra M4 plays video's without problems (no hickups, etc...). Now to the interesting problem: installing the SDK and VS integration...

Since there is no official SDK available for RC2 (yet), I've tried installing the Sep 2006 SDK, and I must say, works like a charm! Visual Studio integration too. Although I might be a little too early, there is a lot to test :)

Next on my list is intalling Camtasia and recording a session on WPF, which I want to make public.

MSDN Session (sept 25 2006) Pictures

Peter Himschoot — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 02:16:00 GMT

Tom posted some pictures of the event here. Cool!

Learning WPF

Peter Himschoot — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 01:55:00 GMT

Jessica grouped a series of articles on learning WPF:

"Getting started in WPF

I’ve put together a series of articles on WPF, from a Windows Forms developer perspective. This started out as a simple document entitled “So you know Windows Forms and you wanna learn Avalon” way before there was as much content out there as there is now. I hope this twist in perspective is useful for folks.

Very special thanks to Mark Boulter for his content which has been incorporated into these articles.

Hope you have as much fun as I did learning WPF,

Jessica (AKA JFo)"

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What's .NET 3.0 anyway?

Peter Himschoot — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 02:32:00 GMT

A lot of people are wondering if .NET 3.0 is a new version of .NET, and if they'll have to port their application from .NET 2.0.

Actually .NET 3.0 is a bunch of new things (WPF, WCF, WCS and WF) built ON TOP OF .NET 2.0. So anything you've built with .NET 2.0 will run normally on .NET 3.0.

.NET 3.0 training today

Peter Himschoot — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 02:29:00 GMT

Today I gave a training to 13 people about .NET 3.0. I recycled yesterday's session on WPF (there was only one person who already saw it yesterday - who got to do same extra labs) then went on with WCF and WF.

However, can you imagine training people in .NET 3.0 in a single day? I mean, it's very hard to give an overview of most of .NET 3.0's features in a single day...

WPF Session Live Demos

Peter Himschoot — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 23:13:00 GMT

Today's session went very nice I think, no demos blew up in my face, so ... I'm happy.
As promised, here are the live demos I did. And the code snippets.

MSDN Event On .NET Framework 3.0 Fully Booked!

Peter Himschoot — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 04:17:00 GMT

September 25 Ingo Rammer and I will speak on the .NET framework 3.0, with place for 600 developers.

And it's fully booked. Cool!

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Vista RC1 is here !!!

Peter Himschoot — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 02:46:00 GMT

Yesterday I downloaded Vista RC1 and installed it today. Installation was a piece of cake, my NVidia driver was installed directly (instant glass support). For the moment everything looks OK.

On MSDN the RC bits for .NET framework 3.0 are also available.