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In this video, Pete Brown walks you through the process of creating a first WPF application. The application pulls tweets from Twitter using the free TweetSharp library , WPF 4 and Visual Studio 2010. You’ll learn the basics of the design surface, binding...
The Model View View-Model (MVVM) pattern attempts to provide separation of the UI from the logic and data being presented by the UI. This separation allows for better unit testing and a better separation of concerns. In this video, Todd Miranda will demonstrate...
In WPF binding, the binding engine will not fail when it cannot bind a value. It continues to bind all values it can. In order to handle a nullable value, it was previously necessary to create a converter to display a default value. In this video, Todd...
Multibinding in WPF allows for a great deal of flexibility. With the ability to use StringFormat in individual binding statements, it makes formatting our bound fields more simple. However combining these two features can complete the picture. In this...
In WPF binding, the binding engine will not fail when it cannot find the field being bound. It continues to bind all fields it can find. In this video, Todd Miranda will demonstrate how to use the FallbackValue to display a value in place of field that...
In the session Pat Tormey demonstrates how to use Known Folders in Windows 7 using the Windows API Code Pack with Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 . This sample code shows how to list the new virtual folders and how to make use of them with the API Code Pack's...
In this session, Pete Brown shows us how to implement Windows 7 taskbar icon overlays using the native facilities in WPF 4. Both bitmap (png) and vector overlays are shown. Overlay icons are used to show what, for running applications in previous operating...
In this session, Pete Brown shows us how to use Windows 7 text-to-speech facilities in .NET 4 to make your .NET applications talk. No need to drop down to the SAPI APIs when you can do it all from within managed code. Thrown in for good measure is a simple...
Grouping data can make a large amount of data easier to read. However if it is not displayed well, it can not be as effective. In this video, Todd Miranda demonstrates how to change the appearance of grouped data. Author: Todd Miranda
When building a 3D object in WPF, applying textures can give realism or interest to the object. In this video, Todd Miranda demonstrates how to apply a texture to a 3D object. Author: Todd Miranda
In this session Pat Tormey demonstrates How To Add a WPF User Control to an existing WinForm and then How To raise the WPF User Control’s events back up to the parent WinForm. This video and sample code uses Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2. Author: Pat Tormey
Using resource files can not only provide more flexibility when changing text displayed in an application, but can also allow for localization. In this video, Todd Miranda demonstrates how to use resource files to localize text in a WPF application. Author...
The Windows 7 taskbar has a ton of interesting features you can use to provide information to your users. One of these is Taskbar Progress Reporting. In previous versions of WPF, this functionality was surfaced only through the Windows API Code Pack....
With the introduction of pixel shaders in WPF, developers now have a new medium to experiment with. In this video, Todd Miranda demonstrates how to create and use custom pixel shaders in WPF. Author: Todd Miranda
In this session Pat Tormey introduces LINQ with Entity Framework in a Windows Forms application using VS 2010 beta. Using an Entity Data Access Layer (DAL) to local SQL Express Pat introduces the ability to Filter, Query and Sort using LINQ. Author: Pat...
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