WPF Input Validation Part 2: Attached property approach
In the [link2post id=”174″]previous article[/link2post] I’ve shown how to apply Validation Rules to controls in order to prevent/access user input. In the process, user was warned through a visual...
View ArticleWPF Input Validation Part 3: Markup Extensions
In the [link2post id=”175″]previous article[/link2post] we took a step further on input validation over WPF controls by means of an attached property. The attached property’s owner would then have the...
View ArticleListing an Element’s Attached Properties
I was recently confronted with a scenario in witch a xaml element needed to be dynamically replaced and nested in a container control. There’s nothing unusual about this except for the fact that when...
View ArticleiPhone UI Templates and Vector Elements
Here are three useful resources for those who are prototyping iPhone apps. To give your demos a realistic look, you can download these iPhone UI elements, available in three different formats: Adobe...
View ArticlePerf Tools for WPF 4 now available
The perf tools for WPF 4.0 are now available for download, and you can use them for profiling both 3.5 and 4.0 applications. The tools are included in the Windows SDK 7.1 for Windows 7 and .NET...
View ArticleWPF ListView Styling Tutorial Part I
This quick article will enable you to take full advantage of the ListView control by creating a simple data model and through a step-by-step incremental approach. I will try to be concise and direct in...
View ArticleSketchFlow – Sketching and Prototyping in Expression Blend
I've recently developed with my team a new UI for setting application preferences. Before we got started, it was important to define not only how we were going to do both technically and visually but...
View ArticleWPF ListView Styling Tutorial Part II
In the previous article I demonstrated how to fully style a GridView column header in a ListView. In this next article, I’ll be covering row styling and final wrap ups, focusing on maintaining every...
View ArticleWPF Ribbon RTW now available for download
Microsoft just made available the July release of the Microsoft Ribbon for WPF in MSDN. This is the RTW release of the Ribbon control, compatible with WPF 3.5sp1 and WPF 4. This release is a managed...
View ArticleUsing the .NET 4 Task class in WPF
Here’s a quick example on how to implement an asynchronous call in WPF using the System.Threading.Tasks.Task class. Keep in mind that underneath, the call will still end up in a thread pool, as opposed...
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