Windows Client Videos

How Do I: Use the Observer Pattern

In this video Pat Tormey shows how to use the Observer Pattern. The Observer Pattern creates a subject that keeps accepts Observers which SubScribe and UnSubscribe to the Subject’s Notify event.

In this simple example you’ll see how to create a Form as a Subject and multiple forms as Observers that automatically stay informed to changes to the data on the Subject form.

Author: Pat Tormey
 

Setting Up Visual Studio for WPF and Silverlight Development

This important video will enable you to be successful in discovering the toolset and setting up Visual Studio 2010 for WPF & Silverlight development.  Additionally, this video covers the designer features that are common to both the WPF and Silverlight designer.

This video has a corresponding article that can be read here.

Create First Silverlight Application

New to Silverlight?  This walk though will enable you to have a successful first time experience with the Silverlight Designer and creating your first Silverlight application.  In addition to creating a Silverlight application you will learn how to use many of the Silverlight Designer features.

This video has a corresponding article that can be read here.

Create First WPF Application

New to WPF? This walk though will enable you to have a successful first time experience with the WPF Designer and creating your first WPF application.  In addition to creating a WPF application you will learn how to use many of the WPF Designer features.

This video has a corresponding article that can be read here.

Lap Around the Beta1 WPF Designer

Looking to see Visual Studio 2010’s new WPF Designer features in action?  This topic provides quick and exciting walk through video showcasing the creation of a data bound application from scratch in a few minutes.  See the new goodness in Visual Studio 2010 for yourself.

Building a Client Profile Deployment for photoSuru

In this video we show how to design and build a custom deployment package for photoSuru using the Client Profile Configuration Designer. This demonstration shows the tool's basic features and serves as an introductory tutorial for designing a custom installation experience.

Author: Eric Fabricant

How Do I: Use The Tag Property of Controls

In this video Pat Tormey shows how to use the Tag Property of WinForms Controls. The much neglected Tag property can be very useful for handling some tricky situations.

In this example, Pat uses the tag property to manage the displays on labels and format the content of text boxes when the user switches from Metric to SAE (Imperial) formats.

Author: Pat Tormey

How Do I: Visually Indicate Binding Error Status

Validation and error handling has gotten much more visual. With better UI design comes better ways to display errors and warnings to users. In this video, Todd Miranda demonstrates how to visually display an error in binding.

Author: Todd Miranda

How Do I: Create a Custom Binding Validator

When applying validators to bindings in WPF, there are two that are available by default. Most times you will want to create your own validators. Custom validators are easy to create and easier to use. In this video, Todd Miranda demonstrates how to create custom validators for WPF bindings.

Author: Todd Miranda