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Pete Brown writes on a variety of topics from XAML with the Windows Runtime (WinRT), .NET programming using C#, WPF, Microcontroller programming with .NET Microframework, .NET Gadgeteer, Windows on Devices, and even plain old C, to raising two children in the suburbs of Maryland, woodworking, CNC and generally "making physical stuff". Oh, and Pete loves retro technology, especially Commodore (C64 and C128). If the content interests you, please subscribe using the subscription link to the right of every page.
Archive for tag:
Windows-Forms
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The Windows Client Developer Roundup aggregates information of
interest to Windows Client Developers, including WPF, Silverlight, Visual
C++, XNA, Expression Blend, Surface, Windows
7, Windows
Phone, Visual Studio, WCF RIA Services, Netduino and the .NET Micro
Framework and more. Sometimes I even include a little jQuery and
HTML5. If you have something interesting you've done or have ru...
Published
Monday, July 25, 2011 |
Tagged:
WPF, Silverlight, XNA, Surface, Windows-Forms, WindowsClient, WindowsClientRoundup, Windows-Phone, Netduino, Micro+Framework, Robotics |
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I had the pleasure of speaking at Tech Ed Atlanta last week.
While there, I also spoke at the Atlanta Silverlight User Group.
The week prior, I also got to speak at the Hampton Roads .NET User
Group in Virginia Beach, VA. I had a great time at of them, and met
some great developers interested in Silverlight and WPF.
Here are the materials from those events
DEV331 (and DEV331-R) A La...
Published
Monday, May 23, 2011 |
Tagged:
.NET, Silverlight, Events, Expression-Blend, Windows-Forms, WindowsClient, Video, Presentations, Tutorial-General-Silverlight, Tutorial-Winforms-Modernization |
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At DevConnections (Silverlight Connections) this year, I gave a
short session on moving your applications from Windows Forms to
Silverlight.In that session, I covered a little bit of WinForms, a
little Entity Framework Code First, and a lot of code shuffling. I
did a bit with the Silverlight navigation framework, and even a
little bit of Word automation via COM Automation.
Here's th...
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Starting with Windows Vista, the open and save file dialog boxes
have a panel on the left side containing favorite links. These
links are known as "Custom Places". Previously, the built-in
Windows dialogs were available only if you used the Windows Forms
versions. However, starting with WPF 4 on Windows 7 and Windows
Vista support of native file dialogs with custom places via the
FileDi...
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Some of the Windows Forms developers I've spoken to have said
that one thing they want to learn is how to dynamically create
controls in WPF and Silverlight. In this post I'll show you several
different ways to create controls at runtime using Silverlight 4
and WPF 4.
First, we'll start with how to create controls in XAML. From
there, we'll move to dynamically-loaded XAML before we ta...
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I've made it a personal goal this coming year to help Windows
Forms developers (who want to move) move to Silverlight and/or
WPF.
A common sticking point for development shops planning to adopt
Silverlight or WPF after years of work in something like Windows
Forms, is that they feel they need a design professional on-team in
order to build the same quality apps they've been used to bu...
Published
Friday, November 19, 2010 |
Tagged:
.NET, User-Experience-(UX), WPF, Silverlight, Windows-Forms, WindowsClient, Tutorial-General-Silverlight, Tutorial-Winforms-Modernization, Tutorial-General-WPF |
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I want to help Windows Forms developers transition applications
to Silverlight and WPF. To do that, it will help me to understand
the types of applications that are being maintained or newly
developed in winforms today.
Specifically:
What does your windows forms app do? Can you describe its key
scenarios?
Where is your database access happening?
ADO.NET calls from the co...
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This is Windows Client Developer roundup #15. I had so much to
send out this week, I decided to do a special edition.
I'll be at MIX10 next week. Be sure to watch the keynote
at MIX (usually broadcast live), as well as the sessions once they
are posted (typically by the end of the week). Stay tuned to the MIX
website.
The Windows Client Developer Roundup aggregates information of
i...
Published
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 |
Tagged:
.NET, WPF, Silverlight, XNA, Surface, Windows-Forms, CPP, WindowsClient, WindowsClientRoundup, Windows-Phone |
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This is Windows Client Developer roundup #9. I’ve returned from a great time in Iceland. Awesome community and incredible place to visit. One item of note: If you want to see the WCF RIA Services source code shipped with the product, be sure to vote in this poll. New blog from the WPF/Silverlight designer team. Check it out. The Windows Client Developer Roundup aggregates information of int...
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Prior to joining Microsoft, I worked at a consulting company for a bit over 13 years. Prior to that, I started the IT department at a medical billing company and worked there for 4 years while completing my Computer Science degree. Seeing Scott’s post on past work he did years ago at SparkFun and 800.com got me to thinking about some of the interesting projects I’ve been on. I’ve been a develo...
Published
Friday, January 22, 2010 |
Tagged:
.NET, WPF, Silverlight, RIA, Expression-Blend, AIS, Facebook, Retro, ASP.NET, Web-Development, SketchFlow, Windows-Forms, CPP, WindowsClient, geek |
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Over the past 13 1/2 years, I’ve had the pleasure of working with some really talented developers, architects and designers in what I and many others consider to be one of the very best .NET consulting companies on the east coast: Applied Information Sciences (AIS).AIS hired me right out of college and moved me down to Maryland from New England back in 1996. During my interview, due to t...
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Last week, I opened a very unscientific poll on Twitter asking what MS technologies developers were using to build their current in-progress applications. It was retweeted about within the Silverlight community, but also with broader reach folks like Scott Hanselman, Brad Abrams, and Phil Haack, as well as a few people in the Windows Forms community. (Please note that I allowed for multiple ...
