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14 minutes, 0 secondsVirtual Earth Mapping in Silverlight with VIEWSJun 30, 2008 at 8:25 PM| 16,974 views
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VIEWS (the Virtual Earth Wrapper for Silverlight) provides a fully managed wrapper around Virtual Earth for Silverlight applications. VIEWS has its roots in Microsoft Research but now lives as an open source project on CodePlex. Join us for a quick lap around VIEWS and learn how you can add… -
20 minutes, 15 secondsSkins for WPF and SilverlightJun 22, 2009 at 11:42 AM| 12,599 views 8
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.… -
14 minutes, 26 secondsCreating Lookless Controls for WPF and SilverlightJun 22, 2009 at 11:50 AM| 12,013 views 3
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… -
18 minutes, 13 secondsTriggers vs. Visual State ManagerOct 09, 2008 at 2:38 PM| 7,929 views 0
The Visual State Manager is on a very short list of features that exist on Silverlight today but do not exist on Desktop WPF. This short screencast introduces the Visual State Manager and illustrates the value it adds to the Silverlight platform. It shows how the Visual State Manager can be used… -
9 minutes, 35 secondsLive Framework and Always-Available Social ApplicationsJan 27, 2009 at 2:35 PM| 7,425 views 3
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… -
From Code Activity to Custom ActivityFeb 08, 2008 at 10:57 AM| 7,399 views 2
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… -
23 minutes, 0 secondsSilverlight Image Search with LINQ to XMLJun 11, 2008 at 12:22 PM| 6,677 views 3
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.… -
10 minutes, 7 secondsMulti-Touch How-To and Digital Signage with SymonMay 10, 2010 at 7:28 PM| 5,350 views 0
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… -
11 minutes, 24 secondsService Enabling WorkflowsApr 28, 2008 at 2:53 PM| 4,895 views 8
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.… -
Activity Defaults and ValidationMar 05, 2008 at 7:49 AM| 4,830 views 1
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. …
