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• How to P/Invoke VarArgs (variable arguments) in C#? ... or hidden junk in CLR

  Recently I wrote a cheat sheet for pinvoking in .NET . Shortly after I got a question in comments about how to deal with variable arguments, when it's more, then one parameter. Also what to do if those arguments are heterogeneous? Let's say, that... Posted Nov 19 2008, 06:44 AM by Just code - Tamir Khason : WPF Filed under: WPF, Tutorial, tips and tricks, C#, Microsoft, source, .NET 3.5, DEV, Work process, Interop

• A Sneak Peak of My Memory Game Project

  I am slowly but surely working on a new project called Memory Game. It is an attempt to create something utilizing a bunch of the newest .Net technologies including WPF, CompositeWPF (Prism) , Moq , MbUnit , etc. It should also be a good starting point... Posted Nov 13 2008, 11:41 PM by Smarty Pants Coding - - Coding with a touch of flava Filed under: WPF, XAML, C#, Projects, MemoryGameProject

• P/Invoke cheat sheet

  I’m working a lot with p/invoke, and know how it’s hard to produce correct signature for unmanaged method. So, today I decided to publish basic cheat sheet for methods, parameters and attributes you should use in order to invoke unmanaged methods from... Posted Oct 20 2008, 04:02 PM by Just code - Tamir Khason : WPF Filed under: WPF, Tutorial, tips and tricks, C#, Microsoft, Mono, .NET 3.5, WPF crossbow, x64, DEV, Work process

• Set binding, based on trigger

  Let’s say, that you want to set binding. However, you want to set it by using some trigger. Wait! Why I need it? Let’s say, that I have some very special object, that actually has no hard-coded properties. All it’s properties are created during the runtime... Posted Oct 13 2008, 03:53 AM by Just code - Tamir Khason : WPF Filed under: WPF, Tutorial, tips and tricks, C#, source, .NET 3.5, DEV, Work process

• Silverlight Bidi Controls Library RC0 and movement from Beta 2 to RC0

  Finally, I got free minute to convert Silverlight BiDi controls from Silverlight beta 2 to RC0 (you can download SL rc0 tools for VS2008 here ) and as usual some breaking changes (the full list is here ) Calendar and DatePicker moved from System.Windows... Posted Oct 05 2008, 12:31 PM by Just code - Tamir Khason : WPF Filed under: WPF, C#, Microsoft, Visual Studio, SilverLight, promo, VSTS, source, Web, DEV

• The new version of WPF Performance Profiling Tool is available for download

  Finally, after a long time of silence, the new version of WPF Performance Profiling Tool is available for download for x32 and x64 OSs.  So, what’s new there? Ton of UI improvements for Visual Profiler New search function to quick find elements in... Posted Sep 26 2008, 03:07 PM by Just code - Tamir Khason : WPF Filed under: WPF, C#, Microsoft, promo, download, Performance, tools, .NET 3.5, WPF crossbow, DEV

• Developers academy 3 - vote your choice

  If you're "in" WPF and/or Silverlight development and want to learn more about high performance programming in WPF or your ability to develop once for WPF and Silverlight, you're invited to vote for my session in Dev Academy 3 and attend... Posted Sep 09 2008, 07:57 AM by Just code - Tamir Khason : WPF Filed under: WPF, C#, Microsoft, SilverLight, promo, events, Performance, .NET 3.5, DevAcedemy3

• Slides and desks from my Expert Days’ sessions

  Because of the new job , I’m bit tight in time, however, I  found a time to post slides from my sessions in Expert Days . Also, hand-on labs used for WPF beginners’  released as open source to CodePlex for your convenience. Windows Presentation... Posted Aug 22 2008, 11:43 AM by Just code - Tamir Khason : WPF Filed under: WPF, Tutorial, C#, SilverLight, events, download, source, .NET 3.5, XPS

• WPF DataGrid CTP is here. It’s also open source!

  Huge amount of people asked me about DataGrid control in WPF. There are some 3rd parties providing this control for free and not, However, I always adviced them to wait until Microsoft will release it with (or after) Arrowhead . So here comes the King... Posted Aug 12 2008, 01:03 PM by Just code - Tamir Khason : WPF Filed under: WPF, C#, Microsoft, promo, download, Performance, source, .NET 3.5

• .NET 3.5 SP1 is RTM and available for download

  For all those who asked, .NET 3.5 SP1 is final and available for download. What’s inside? ASP.NET Dynamic data Core improvements for CLR A lot of performance improvements in WPF ClickOnce enhancements ADO.NET with Data Services and Entity Framework LINQ2SQL... Posted Aug 11 2008, 11:12 AM by Just code - Tamir Khason : WPF Filed under: WPF, WCF, C#, Microsoft, LINQ, Visual Studio, promo, download, Performance, tools, .NET 3.5, WPF crossbow, Web, ASP.NET

• Expert days – last minute changes

  Next week we’ll starting Expert Days , so you have a last chance to register for Windows Presentation Foundation for fellow developers (12-Aug) and Mastering Microsoft Silverlight 2.0 (13-Aug). Those sessions will take place in Bein-Thumi Herzeliya and... Posted Aug 08 2008, 04:08 AM by Just code - Tamir Khason : WPF Filed under: WPF, C#, Microsoft, SilverLight, promo, events, .NET 3.5

• Arabic and Hebrew languages bidirectional support for Silverlight 2.0 beta 2

  Those days, I’m, together with guys from Microsoft Egypt and Santeon , finishing development of bidirectional input and output support for Silverlight. I want you to take part in alpha testing of this solution. Please see the test form here and try it... Posted Jul 17 2008, 03:27 AM by Just code - Tamir Khason : WPF Filed under: WPF, C#, Microsoft, Visual Studio, SilverLight, promo, download, VSTS, source, demos, tools, .NET 3.5, help, Windows Live, Web

• HLSL (Pixel shader) effects tutorial

  Recently, I already wrote about PixelShader effects , introduced in .NET framework 3.5 SP1 (WPF). However it looks like for most people this syntax is still hard to understand. Today we’ll try to lean it more. In order to do this, I wrote small program... Posted Jun 17 2008, 02:56 PM by Just code - Tamir Khason : WPF Filed under: WPF, Tutorial, tips and tricks, C#, Performance, .NET 3.5, DirectX

• Silverlight controls library has been upgraded to Beta 2

  Finally this weekend I got  a time to upgrade one of my OpenUp submissions, Silverlight controls library to work with Silverlight 2.0 beta 2. It was very interesting to track changes between developer’s (beta 1) and production (beta 2) go-live licenses... Posted Jun 15 2008, 10:35 AM by Just code - Tamir Khason : WPF Filed under: WPF, C#, Visual Studio, SilverLight, promo, download, source, .NET 3.5, ASP.NET

• Quick note: New TechEd downloads

  There is TechEd in Orlando, and this means, that there are a lot of new announcements. Let’s fill up our download managers with expensive fuel and start. New WM 6.1 images (both standard and professional) – absolutely required if you’re programming Windows... Posted Jun 05 2008, 04:25 AM by Just code - Tamir Khason : WPF Filed under: WPF, C#, Microsoft, SilverLight, promo, download, soft, .NET 3.5, Mobile, teched, Windows Live Writer, blogging tools