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- New version of Windows Presentation Foundation released
- New version of Windows Presentation Foundation releasedJust add the events ray the way use to beI dont want to use the expression suite to do that
- Tags: Operating systems, Windows Presentation, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-05-12
- New version of Windows Presentation Foundation released
- Microsoft released a new version of Windows Presentation Foundation, their next generation windows application UI framework. The new version will ship as part of the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1. Tim Sneath has a very long and detailed post of the features but I'll try and break down the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft Windows, .Net, Benefits, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Human Resources, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- JMC Photo Gallery (1)
- Using new technology, C#, WPF, and WCF (.Net 3.0), JMC Photo Gallery is able to provide compelling user interface that can be run on any system that has .NET 3.0 Framework installed. Multi-threaded design to load image and generate thumb images dynamically. Special Modes for massive gallery viewing. Quick image...
- Tags: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, JMC Photo Gallery, .Net, C#, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Programming Languages, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2008-04-28
- Docking Control (msi)
- With the first and second release of the .Net WPF library (WPF 3.0 and 3.5) there is no API provided for creating an MDI Multiple document interface or TDI Tabbed Document Interface. This is where Docking Control tries to fill the gab by providing a WPF control library that provides...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Library, JaStDev, Microsoft Development Tools, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2008-04-11
- Early draft of Microsoft XAML now online
- Early draft of Microsoft XAML now onlineOf course there are others, were else would MS get ideaPS2 -> XboxiPod -> ZuneOSX -> VistaODF -> OOXMLLotus -> ExcelWordPerfect -> WordOn and on and on and on...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft XAML, XAML, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-03
- Standards competition and globalization
- I've been thinking a lot more about globalization and the important role standards have played in "version 3.0" of that process due to my reading of Friedman's book "The World is Flat." In a globalized world, standards are critical, as they are what keeps the digital highways...
- Tags: Desktop, Web, HTML, Microsoft Silverlight, HTTP, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft Corp., Technology, Standards, AJAX Application, AJAX, Quality, Tcp/Ip, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Globalization, Internet, CSS, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Business Operations, Networking, Emerging Technologies, Strategy, Management, Scripting Languages, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- MSDN Webcast: Building WPF Applications in Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Blend (Level 100)
- The attendee of this webcast will learn how to build Windows Presentation Foundation WPF applications with the help of the new WPF designer in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. The focus is on the construction of a real-world application demonstrating how to get the best out of the designer's capabilities. The...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Visual Studio, Webcast, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft Development Tools, Microsoft Windows, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Operating Systems, Software
- Webcasts 2008-03-14
- VantagePoint WPF Controls for Manufacturing (zip)
- VantagePoint WPF Controls for Manufacturing that can be referenced from, used in various development products, including, but not limited to, Visual Studio 2008, Expression Blend, and the Aurora XAML Designer. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Mobiform Software, Manufacturing, Microsoft Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2008-03-12
- MSDN Webcast: What's New in Windows Presentation Foundation (Level 100)
- The attendee of this webcast will learn about the work being done in the Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 release of Windows Presentation Foundation, including improved 3-D capabilities with UIElement3D, increased animation smoothness, and better cookie and FireFox plug-in support for XAML Browser APplications XBAPs, in addition to support for AddInControl,...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Animation, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Webcasts 2008-03-07
- Infragistics releases NetAdvantage for Visual Studio 2008
- In the world of rich Internet application components, Infragistics has a ton of experience. They've been building .NET components for a long time and they took very quickly to WPF. They announced this week that they're component set, including NetAdvantage for WPF is compatible with VisualStudio 2008 so you'll be...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Component, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Rich Internet Application, Infragistics WPF Component, Looking Component, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- Microsoft starts rolling out new Windows Live platform dev tools, services
- Microsoft starts rolling out new Windows Live platform dev tools, servicesInterestingThis sounds really interesting. Looking forward for the public API's.If I want......rich client on the web, I'll go Flex/Flash. If it'san HTML-based web app, I'll go Java/JSP. Thanks, but no thanks, to your non-standard, M$-locked-in "Live" crapware!non-standard?@techboy_z -...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Scripting languages, Programming languages, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft Corp., Flex/Flash, Microsoft Windows Live, tool, new Windows Live platform, JSP, Windows Live Platform, Java, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-02-28
- Scott Guthrie gives us a first look at Silverlight 2
- Scott Guthrie just posted a first look at Silverlight 2 on his blog and confirmed some of the things we've been expecting, first and foremost that Silverlight 2 beta 1 will be released shortly (possibly even before MIX next month?). He also runs down some of the features that we...
- Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-02-22
- 'Arrowhead' updates to .Net 3.5 to speed WPF apps
- 'Arrowhead' updates to .Net 3.5 to speed WPF appsWPF in the warehouse...My company is targeting WPF for our warehouse automation terminals and for client software in our customer service center. It's an amazingly productive platform - much more, in my opinion, than WinForms.No DataGrid?Almost all applications we develop (in...
- Tags: .NET, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation
- Discussion threads 2008-02-19
- 'Arrowhead' updates to .Net 3.5 to speed WPF apps
- While Silverlight -- a k a "Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere" -- seems to be where all the Microsoft rich-media buzz is these days, the Redmondians haven't forgotten about plain-vanilla WPF, the presentation-layer piece of .Net. Microsoft is working under the covers to speed the loading times of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, Microsoft Corp., .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-02-19
- ViewOn.Tv a nifty media player built in WPF
- ViewOn.Tv a nifty media player built in WPFViewOn.TV Violates My First Rule of DownloadsI absolutely loath the way some applications make themselves the default configuration on their own initiative without the slightest compunction to requestpermission, one that violates my first rule of new application downloads.I am adamant about deleting the...
- Tags: Media players, Digital music, ViewOn.tv, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, media player
- Discussion threads 2008-02-15
- ViewOn.Tv a nifty media player built in WPF
- I haven't been able to review a lot of WPF applications which is why I'm always thrilled when one comes my way. The latest I've been testing out the past couple of days is ViewOn.tv a general purpose media player that has a lot of the features you'd expect wrapped...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Media Player, Media Players, Digital Music, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-02-12
- WPF versions of Calculator, Paint, and WordPad in Windows 7
- WPF versions of Calculator, Paint, and WordPad in Windows 7My biggest concern...Is how much junk is Microsoft going to try to load at boot that will have your system resources begging for mercy? That's my biggest complaint about Vista: I think I would enjoy my "Vista Experience" a...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), .NET, WordPad, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2008-01-22
- WPF versions of Calculator, Paint, and WordPad in Windows 7
- LiveSide and Long Zheng both have good reports of a user on Neowin who is claiming to have installed an early external build of Windows 7, the sucessor to Windows Vista. I haven't been following the Windows 7 development all that closely, but I was under the impression that Windows...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-01-22
- Times Reader SDK released
- Tim Sneath announced today that Microsoft is releasing the Syndicated Client Experiences Start Kit (and they were doing so well with names like Silverlight!) which is based on the SDK that the teams used to create the New York Times Reader, one of my favorite WPF applications and rich Internet...
- Tags: Application, Financial, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, SDK, New York Times Co., Financial Accounting, Finance, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-01-16
- New UI framework from Microsoft?
- Long Zheng dug up a job description for "a new Framework that will enable new UI experiences in future versions of Windows" and is wondering if this means Windows Presentation Foundation is taking a backseat. Performance issues with WPF have been talked about often and the comments in Long's post...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-01-13
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