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February 2009 - Posts

Using Alternating Rows in an ItemsControl

One of the enhancements in SP1 for .NET 3.5 was an increased control of alternating rows in ItemsControls. In this video, Todd Miranda demonstrates how to use the alternation properties to control alternating rows.

Author: Todd Miranda

WinForms-FormToForm Using Properties

In this video Pat Tormey shows how to send and receive messages between two or more forms using the technique of creating a custom property for the form.

As forms are also classes you can add a customer Public Property and use it to send and receive (Get/Set) messages. In this example we’ll be using a string but the techniques works for sending an instance of a class which might be more useful in your applications.

This is only one of several ways to handle round tripping messages and is part of a mini-series on just that subject.

Author: Pat Tormey

Control When Bound Data is Updated

Controlling when data in a bound control is updated can be accomplished when setting up a binding. In this video, Todd Miranda demonstrates how to control when data is updated in a bound control.

Author: Todd Miranda

Working With Context Menus in WPF

While many controls in WPF come with default context menus, it is often necessary or desirable to create a custom context menu or disable the context menu completely.  In this video, Todd Miranda demonstrates how to work with context menus in WPF applications.

Author: Todd Miranda

FormToForm Using Parameters

In this video Pat Tormey shows how to send and receive messages between two or more forms using the technique of passing Parameters ‘By Reference’.
This is only one of several ways to handle round tripping messages and is part of a mini-series on just that subject.
In this case we’ll be passing a string but the technique works for passing instance of objects just as well.
 
Author: Pat Tormey