October 2008 - Posts
This feature provides developers the necessary tool to layout a Grid, with controls and labels. Use this feature if you are creating a Grid that is not bound to a business entity object, but you need to get the Grid and controls laid out very quickly.
Author: Karl Shifflett
This feature puts the WPF & Silverlight form developer on steroids. This video covers selecting a class and creating a fully bound form effortlessly. When combined with well defined Control Default Settings that XAML Power Toys provides, complex forms can be created and not requiring any further XAML editing.
Author: Karl Shifflett
This is a must view video for all first time users of XAML Power Toys. This video covers installing and configuring security in Visual Studio 2008.
Author: Karl Shifflett
When using the Cider Designer to layout WPF LOB (line of business) forms, developers sometimes need to convert their layouts from x/y coordinate & margin layouts to a flow or automatic sizing layout. This video covers each of these tools and how to use them.
Author: Karl Shifflett
The fields list is very similar to the Fields List in Microsoft Access. After selecting a class, a list of that class’s properties are loaded in a floating window. This video covers how to drag and drop class properties to the XAML editor and have controls create for you. This is a great feature when adding a new controls to an existing form.
Author: Karl Shifflett
This videos covers the tool that makes it very easy to insert or remove rows or columns in an existing Grid. This video quickly teaches the developers who to get maximum return on this great feature.
Author: Karl Shifflett
This video clearly explains how Silverlight developers can very quickly layout a DataGrid bound to a class, including complex columns. Additionally, techniques for displaying design time data in the DataGrid are covered.
This tool empowers developers to layout the Silverlight DataGrid in the fraction of the time it would take by hand.
Author: Karl Shifflett
This video is strongly recommended as it explains how developers can customize the XAML spit from XAML Power Toys.
Developers have the capability of customizing the XAML spit for each control in Silverlight and WPF. Bottom, line, you won’t have to edit the XAML that XAML Power Toys creates. Watch this video and learn to control the power of this tool.
Author: Karl Shifflett
When working in XAML, many times developers need to re-parent one or more controls and group them into another parent control. This video covers using this tool and how it can save you development time.
This video demonstrates how to effortlessly lay out a WPF ListView that is bound to a class. It’s super simple, drag and drop interface will have your ListView XAML completed in seconds.
Author: Karl Shifflett
This video demonstrates laying out a WPF DataGrid bound to a class very quickly. It’s super simple, drag and drop interface will have your DataGrid XAML created super fast.
This tool empowers developers to layout the WPF DataGrid in the fraction of the time it would take by hand.
Author: Karl Shifflett
This video shows how to create and apply reusable styles in WPF. We will create styles in the control, in a resource section elsewhere in the window markup, and in the app.xaml file. These styles will be used to show how styles cascade and can be overridden.
Author: Mark Berry, MCT, MCSD
In this video we will learn how to create a User Control in WPF. We will create a timer User Control and the site it on a WPF window. Along the way, we'll mention some common problems of which to be wary.
Author: Mark Berry, MCT, MCSD
This video shows you how to create a simple WPF application. It demonstrates the new features of Visual Studio 2008 for creating WPF applications and discusses some of the differences between Windows Forms applications and WPF applications.
Author: Mark Berry, MCT, MCSD
In this video we will see how to apply Control Templates to multiple controls in WPF. You will see how templates can affect not only properties
that deal with the appearance of the control, but also, how templates can change events and behaviors of the control.
Author: Mark Berry, MCT, MCSD
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