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Individual Silverlight Control Products Now Available

The Actipro Blog - WPF, Silverlight, and WinForms Development — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:32:09 GMT

Silverlight Studio 2012.1 was released a little over a week ago and one thing we wanted to highlight was new purchasing options. In the past, the only way to get our Silverlight products was via the Silverlight Studio bundle. As of version 2012...(read more)

Micro Charts Part 8 - Hot-Tracking Tooltips

The Actipro Blog - WPF, Silverlight, and WinForms Development — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:37:30 GMT

In the previous post for our new Micro Charts product (currently available for WPF and Silverlight ), we showed some examples of win/loss charts. In today's post, we'll take a look at a neat feature called hot-tracking tooltips. Since micro...(read more)

WPF Controls 2012.1 Released

The Actipro Blog - WPF, Silverlight, and WinForms Development — Thu, 10 May 2012 20:20:08 GMT

WPF Controls 2012.1 has been released and is now available for download. This build has the following major new features: DataGrid: Converted the DataGrid add-on to use the native .NET 4.0 DataGrid. Docking/MDI: Updated Prism integration to be based on...(read more)

Silverlight Controls 2012.1 Released

The Actipro Blog - WPF, Silverlight, and WinForms Development — Thu, 10 May 2012 20:19:47 GMT

Silverlight Studio 2012.1 has been released and is now available for download. This build has the following major new features: Micro Charts: Added new micro charts product , samples, and documentation. SyntaxEditor: Added IntelliPrompt code snippets...(read more)

Micro Charts Part 7 - Win/Loss Charts

The Actipro Blog - WPF, Silverlight, and WinForms Development — Thu, 10 May 2012 00:29:41 GMT

In the previous post , we showed a gallery of various scatter charts and some options for the display of markers. In today's post, we'll look at several examples of win/loss charts. Win/loss charts are very similar to normal bar charts and have...(read more)

Micro Charts Part 6 - Scatter Charts

The Actipro Blog - WPF, Silverlight, and WinForms Development — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:47:52 GMT

In the previous post , we showed a gallery of various bar charts. In today's post, we'll look at several examples of scatter charts. Scatter charts render markers where each data point appears. As with other charts, things like negative...(read more)

Micro Charts Part 5 - Bar Charts

The Actipro Blog - WPF, Silverlight, and WinForms Development — Mon, 07 May 2012 11:42:53 GMT

In the previous post , we showed a gallery of various area charts. In today's post, we'll see some examples of bar charts. Bar charts use separated bars to render each data value. Negative values can optionally be rendered using an...(read more)

Micro Charts Part 4 - Area Charts

The Actipro Blog - WPF, Silverlight, and WinForms Development — Fri, 04 May 2012 11:21:32 GMT

In yesterday's post , we showed a gallery of various line charts. In today's post, let's have a look at a variety of area charts. Area charts have similar features to line charts. You have control over whether the area's line...(read more)

Micro Charts Part 3 - Line Charts

The Actipro Blog - WPF, Silverlight, and WinForms Development — Thu, 03 May 2012 11:28:55 GMT

The Micro Charts product, announced in this post , has numerous built-in chart types. In today's post, we're going to show some screenshots of a variety of line charts. There are many palette options included with Micro Charts. Different...(read more)

Micro Charts Part 2 - Sample Usages

The Actipro Blog - WPF, Silverlight, and WinForms Development — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:48:36 GMT

The Micro Charts product, recently announced in this post , can be used in many scenarios to help visualize quantitative data. The most common scenarios are usage in dashboards, reports, and grids. In today's post, we'll look at some sample...(read more)

We're Hiring for Two Open Developer/Engineer Positions

The Actipro Blog - WPF, Silverlight, and WinForms Development — Tue, 01 May 2012 12:54:26 GMT

Great news… We're looking to expand our company and hire a couple talented individuals who love XAML-based user interfaces and would like to join our team of developers. If you or any of your colleagues would be interested in working at Actipro...(read more)

Best of Luck to Derek!

nerdplusart.com — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:11:45 GMT

We (at Pixel Lab) have mixed feelings today as we wish our friend and colleague Derek Lakin the best of luck in his new role at Microsoft. We’re a really small group and losing someone as talented as Derek is hard. He makes an amazing contribution...(read more)

Micro Charts Part 1 - Introduction

The Actipro Blog - WPF, Silverlight, and WinForms Development — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:43:46 GMT

Today I'd like to announce the new product coming to WPF Studio and Silverlight Studio 's 2012.1 versions: Micro Charts ! Micro Charts will also be brought to WinRT, and should be available around the time Windows 8 ships. All...(read more)

Celebration! 120’000 downloads for #mvvmlight, 2 copies of Expression Studio to win

WPF — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:05:11 GMT

That is a symbolic milestone: Last week, MVVM Light reached the bar of 120’000 downloads on http://mvvmlight.codeplex.com , the site that has been hosting source and installers since the beginning of the project (100'000 downloads) and on Nuget, the...(read more)

My third Windows Phone 7 app, FotoMovr, featured in Marketplace

GeekTieGuy — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:38:15 GMT

Thanks to some awesome work from my partner in crime at Cricketsoft, Tom Allen, our co-developed app, FotoMovr is featured in the Windows Phone Marketplace today. Both on the phone, the Marketplace website, and in the Zune client. Here’s some evidence...(read more)