Channel 9 - Discussions by Dr Herbie http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Discussions by Dr Herbie http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Dr Herbie/Discussions Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Dr Herbie/Discussions en Wed, 22 May 2013 22:01:21 GMT Wed, 22 May 2013 22:01:21 GMT Rev9 0 0 0 Coffeehouse - How and why is it OK to ban second-hand games? Link to Q&A about some of these concerns -- http://news.xbox.com/2013/05/qa

You need an internet connection, but XBox One will still work if internet is unplugged.

Cheevos will carry forward!  Hooray!  We need our cheevos to impress girls.

You will be able to trade and re-sell games (but I expect only through the XBox system).

 

Herbie

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/How-and-why-is-it-OK-to-ban-second-hand-games/dcdc6d5b783041aaa1a1a1c600e7a18d#dcdc6d5b783041aaa1a1a1c600e7a18d Wed, 22 May 2013 14:03:20 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/How-and-why-is-it-OK-to-ban-second-hand-games/dcdc6d5b783041aaa1a1a1c600e7a18d#dcdc6d5b783041aaa1a1a1c600e7a18d Herbie Smith 22 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Dr Herbie/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - 24 hours to Xbox 3 @figuerres: Thanks for the summary. Hopefully I can watch the keynote on demand later ...

If the XBox One came with some form of PVR functionality and a larger disk (say 2TB) buying one would be a no-brainer for me.  I think MS missed a trick.

Herbie

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Herbie

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The upcoming G8 summit will address these issues on international tax avoidance, with a new to curbing it.

Herbie

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Democrat-and-Republican-lambasted-Apple-for-working-the-system-in-a-way-they-said-was-unfair-if-not-/7f0fb9e728ad43acb88ca1c50127218a#7f0fb9e728ad43acb88ca1c50127218a Tue, 21 May 2013 17:54:32 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Democrat-and-Republican-lambasted-Apple-for-working-the-system-in-a-way-they-said-was-unfair-if-not-/7f0fb9e728ad43acb88ca1c50127218a#7f0fb9e728ad43acb88ca1c50127218a Herbie Smith 43 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Dr Herbie/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - 24 hours to Xbox 3 @Harlequin: Looks like http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hub/reveal is a stream ...

 

Herbie

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Herbie

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, anaximander wrote

Hello,


I am working on  a program to allow users to draw objects on a screen. It needs to do this through code, not XAML. I have a class inheriting Canvas that implements protected functions like, AddVisualChild, AddLogicalChild, RemoveVisualChild, RemoveLogicalChild. These methods can only be accessed by an inheriting class - if I use the Canvas object instead of the subclass, these methods cannot be accessed. My class will draw lines, curves and other Visuals. But I want to also add a TextBox into which the user can type directly, which I haven't been able to do. If I create an instance of TextBox and add it the children of the my subclass, the textbox does not appear. I've verified that it's there in debug mode and using Snoop. Is there a property I need to set. Setting Visibility and ZIndex do nothing.

If i create a Canvas (not an instance of my DrawingCanvas class) in XAML and put a TextBox under it, it appears fine. But if I try to add a Visual in code to the Canvas using

1
theCanvas.Children.Add(myVisual)



it says: "cannot be converted to 'System.Windows.UIElement'.

*snip*

The error suggests to me that 'myVisual' does not inherit from UIElement. Is myVisual a UserControl?

I have an app that uses a standard canvas, and I allow the user to add elements (images and text) that are implemented as UserControl types (with additional code to handle touch manipulation).

 

Herbie

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/Problem-drawing-visuals-and-controls-on-canvas/6a76b6ae95114f63b88ea1c30095a6dd#6a76b6ae95114f63b88ea1c30095a6dd Sun, 19 May 2013 09:04:51 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/Problem-drawing-visuals-and-controls-on-canvas/6a76b6ae95114f63b88ea1c30095a6dd#6a76b6ae95114f63b88ea1c30095a6dd Herbie Smith 5 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Dr Herbie/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Forget iLife @felix9: Cheers!  Hmm, RenderTargetBitmap ... just what I've been looking for ....

Herbie

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/iLife-cowers-in-fear/739ae31f36524c41a086a1c1012d7349#739ae31f36524c41a086a1c1012d7349 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:17:32 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/iLife-cowers-in-fear/739ae31f36524c41a086a1c1012d7349#739ae31f36524c41a086a1c1012d7349 Herbie Smith 16 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Dr Herbie/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Forget iLife Is there any hint that there will be an SDK update for 8.1?  I'd say WinRT still feels like a V1 framework at times and I'm hoping it gets fleshed out a little more.

Herbie

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/iLife-cowers-in-fear/0a103e64771a4a6e8886a1c100fa0555#0a103e64771a4a6e8886a1c100fa0555 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:10:17 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/iLife-cowers-in-fear/0a103e64771a4a6e8886a1c100fa0555#0a103e64771a4a6e8886a1c100fa0555 Herbie Smith 16 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Dr Herbie/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - "This actually is a place for you to talk. But read the fine print, we are watching you." @blowdart: Have you tried just deleting every post Charles makes? Big Smile

Herbie

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Herbie

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, fanbaby wrote

*snip*

When I was using Microsoft tools, they use to say that about VB.

And when I used Borland tools, they used to say that about OWL. Smiley

Herbie

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, Bas wrote

What's this about flattening the windows directory?

I guess it makes sense -- it's not a directory that users are supposed to trawl through, so why bother with a directory structure?  

Except for multiple versions of .NET installations ... ?

Herbie

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And a video here on C9 : http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2012/3-139

 

Herbie

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Thread locked.

 

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I'm locking this thread.

 

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Herbie

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Herbie

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Herbie

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Herbie

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Herbie

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Herbie

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/What-happened-to-Paolo/337af38cb9994c518d7ea1b500aaf5ce#337af38cb9994c518d7ea1b500aaf5ce Sun, 05 May 2013 10:22:26 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/What-happened-to-Paolo/337af38cb9994c518d7ea1b500aaf5ce#337af38cb9994c518d7ea1b500aaf5ce Herbie Smith 22 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Dr Herbie/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - MSDN Article on Hyperactive Live Tiles -- I couldn't agree more. @evildictaitor: Thank you!  I shall apply this when I get home this evening ...

Herbie

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I have actually removed a couple of these offenders already and shifted another couple over to the right (out of site on the default left-hand scroll position) because they annoyed me so much.

Nice to see MSDN being critical.

 

Herbie

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