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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

• Consultants for charity

  As you, probably, know, I left consulting field . However, it does not mean, that I quit helping developers community with client application development. Also, every day I'm getting between 50 and 300 emails with questions (I'm trying to answer... Posted Nov 12 2008, 04:50 PM by Just code - Tamir Khason : WPF Filed under: WPF, Microsoft, promo, thoughts, blogging general, Charity, OFFTOPIC

• Programming for Windows 7

  Well, Windows 7 is going to be released by the end of next year. This is great news, because it seemed, that Microsoft finally understand how to get the best of Windows Vista and make it to work not only on monster machines . It even works on new brandy... Posted Nov 09 2008, 12:12 PM by Just code - Tamir Khason : WPF Filed under: WPF, Tutorial, Vista, WCF, Microsoft, Visual Studio, SilverLight, promo, download, demos, blogging general, XPS, DirectX, TECH, Windows 7, Vista Battery Saver

• PDC 2008, Day 2 - HP TouchSmart front and center

  The PDC keynote this morning was amazing to me. It felt like the HP TouchSmart PC was utilized for about half of the entire keynote by Steven Sinofski and Julie Larson Green. Four machines on stage, front and center. Since the HP TouchSmart doesn’t... Posted Oct 29 2008, 02:55 AM by GeekTieGuy Filed under: Microsoft

• Quick impressions from PDC 2008, Day 1

  Windows Azure (hmm, hard to pronounce for non-U.S. people, wonder if they ever consider things like that). Ozzie was great, knew his material, delivered well! Wonder what they’ll charge once it’s ready. Red shoes on the dev team, nice touch... Posted Oct 28 2008, 02:14 AM by GeekTieGuy Filed under: Microsoft

• 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

• Issues, you reported were fixed

  Hi, folks. And thank you for reporting issues with WpfPerf Performance Profiling tool . Now it was fixed , so, download and use new and fixed version . Keep reporting, as you can see, you have the power to change! Imaginary by Malcolm Dare Read More.... Posted Oct 11 2008, 05:35 AM by Just code - Tamir Khason : WPF Filed under: WPF, Microsoft, promo, download, soft, Performance, tools, .NET 3.5, blogging general, DEV

• 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

• Free Microsoft Expression series video training catalogs

  MSDN download center just published video catalogs, where you can find sample chapters of Total Training’s video series for Microsoft Expression studio. Worth to download and see. Here the breakdown by products Expression Blend 2 [ Windows / Mac ] Expression... Posted Oct 04 2008, 03:44 AM by Just code - Tamir Khason : WPF Filed under: WPF, Tutorial, Microsoft, promo, download, soft, .NET 3.5, Web, TECH

• For all those, who have problems with running WPF Performance Profiling tool – Microsoft cares

  Three days ago, I announced the new release of WPF Performance Profiling Tool . A couple hours after this was announced, I got a number of comments from you, readers. It was about issues with running this tool. I checked the issue and forwarded it to... Posted Sep 29 2008, 02:00 AM by Just code - Tamir Khason : WPF Filed under: WPF, Microsoft, Performance, tools, .NET 3.5, help, blogging general, TECH

• 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

• 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