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In this screencast we'll cover the topics needed to create custom skins for WPF and Silverlight. Topics include Resources, Templates, Styles and Dictionaries, and we'll see how each builds upon the other to provide a very rich and flexible skinning system on these platforms.…

The Live Framework is a set of libraries and services for building connected applications that can reach millions of users. Live Mesh is a set of services for synchronizing user and application data between multiple devices and multiple people. This screencast provides an introduction to…

In this video we visit with Markus Egger of EPS Software and Code Magazine. Markus talks about how they created a unique software escrow service (Tower48.com) using Silverlight and how they architected their solution to run on Windows Azure.

This screencast is a continuation of a previous screencast entitled “Skins for WPF and Silverlight”. In this session we go beyond skinning built-in controls and learn what’s required to create our own skinnable (or ‘lookless’) controls. This screencast assumes existing knowledge about styles…

This screencast demonstrates using Silverlight 2 and LINQ to XML to create an Image Search application. We even learn a little Expression Blend and .Net 3.5 in the process.   The source code is available and this simple has been updated to work with Silverlight 2 Beta 2 and .Net 3.5 SP1.…

Part three in my short series on Workflow Foundation covers service enabling workflows. Service enabling a workflow doesn’t necessarily mean WCF, though WCF is certainly an option. In this screencast we look at leveraging services to enable activities that can run in various host environments.…

This is part two in my short series on writing custom activities for the Workflow Foundation. In this screencast I cover data defaults and validation for your custom activities. This is a continuation from part 1, so you may want to jump over and view that now if you haven’t seen it already. …

With the new workflow extensions added to .Net 3.5, some of the ISVs I work with have expressed a renewed interest in the Workflow Foundation. This screencast is the first in a series of short clips intended to help developers begin writing activities quickly. Part 2 is now up: Activity…

In this screencast we visit with Ken Schultz of Jack Henry to see how WPF 4 and other technologies are helping them create a consistent user experience across a large set of applications. We take a look at their “Xperience” composite application shell, and we get to see how they’ve integrated…

In this video we visit with Keith Roller from Symon Communications and see how they’re leveraging Windows 7 and multi-touch in their cool digital signage players. Then we spend a few minutes learning how you too can take advantage of multi-touch in your own solutions, using managed code or an…