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On June 13, 2008 in the Microsoft Reston Technology Center, join AIS, Cynergy and Microsoft for the first Silverlight TechFest. This is a full day event focusing on Silverlight and Expression. We'll build a full application showing key parts of the...
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Exaggeration, perhaps, but so are those pretentious Mac vs PC commercials :) Original here . [Edit: Looks like this version of community server doesn't allow object tags, so just follow the link to view the video] Share this post: Email it! | bookmark...
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I've had a number of folks request I provide a walkthrough and/or source code for the chat application demo I did at the CMAP Spring Code Camp , so I put together this two part series. This is essentially the same demo I do live. Total time it takes me...
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On Wednesday April 30 at 2:00PM Eastern time, Marc Schweigert from Microsoft will present a webcast on the ASP.NET 3.5 extensions preview. I've known Marc for a long time, and have presented with him on a number of occasions both online and in-person....
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Eugene Osovetsky made a pretty exciting announcement yesterday regarding pushing data to Silverlight in Beta 2. Beta 2 will likely include a new WCF capability for duplex services based on DuplexReceiver<T>. IMHO, this helps eliminate socket coding...
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While it isn't ready to roll out just yet, I've decided to convert my blog and main site over to Graffiti CMS . The folks at Telligent have put together quite a platform for individual blogging and content management. Despite that, the "CMS"...
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For all of you attending tomorrow's CMAP code camp , here's a sneak peek at what I'll be building in my 10:30 Silverlight 2 and Microsoft Expression session . The session is targeted towards developers, but anyone with an interest in Silverlight...
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After trying to work for months as a normal user on my Vista Ultimate install at home, I finally got tired of the problems and decided to run as an administrator like I did in previous operating systems. I gave it a good go, but have just found that environment...
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A quick reminder that the CMAP Code Camp is coming up quick! I have a morning session where I'll build out a small Silverlight 2 application using Microsoft Expression Design, Expression Blend, and Visual Studio 2008. Almost all live demo, with only...
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Effective immediately, I am moving the RSS feed for this blog over to FeedBurner. The new URL for my feed is: http://feeds.feedburner.com/PeteBrown Most decent feedreaders should redirect to that and update the feed URL. If they don't, please plug the...
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Everyone loves to hate Internet Explorer. Microsoft was originally late to the browser game, but eventually won out over other browsers. Think of that what you may, but I have to admit that the competition at the time was made up of some pretty crappy...
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A while back, I showed how to vectorize "drop shadows" in Expression Design. It wasn't perfect (especially at the start and stop points of the line), but it was quick, easy, and didn't require any additional png files. Since then, Expression...
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Please join me in congratulating fellow AIS 'er and and MVP Frank La Vigne for being renewed as Microsoft MVP for 2008! Frank is a Tablet PC MVP, but he has also been doing a lot of Silverlight and WPF work lately. Frank set up the Silverlight DevCamp...
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The Microsoft Health and Life Sciences Evangelism Team have put together a great free event in NJ with Silverlight, SQL Server, Surface, Silverlight Mobile, WPF, AJAX and lots more. April 22 - April 24 2008 Sheraton Atlantic City Convention Center Hotel...
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If you are looking for some great Silverlight 2 charts and graphs for data presentation (not interactivity at this point), check out what the people at VISIfire have come up with . Besides being a great example of what one can do with vector drawing,...
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The webcast recording is now online. To view the recording, register for the livemeeting and then click the view online or download links. Enjoy! Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit!...
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Some of the questions that came out of the Silverlight for Business Applications webcast I did on Wednesday centered around how to handle "global variables" and how to handle state. I'll address both of those here as they are very common...
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Thanks to everyone who attended Wednesday's webcast. In the past, I've used slideshare for uploading slides, but if you use non-standard fonts, the processing munges it. This time, I've posted PDF and XPS versions of the slides. The XPS version is a bit...
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I'll post a link to the recording once I have that. In the mean time, here are some of the links mentioned in today's Silverlight 2 for Business Applications webcast: Silverlight 2 Woodgrove Bank Sample Application Source Code for same (also includes...
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Just prior to MIX, I posted about the new Silverlight 2 Blueprints for SharePoint. Those have been very popular both inside my own company and out there in general. However, many people have struggled with how to get all the beta, ctp, preview etc. bits...
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In preparation for my Silverlight for Business Applications webcast today, I decided to look more deeply into how Silverlight works with services. I originally concentrated a lot on security, and had a much larger post on how to secure your services,...
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Silverlight 1.0 didn't have much in the way of accessibility - essentially the equivalent of alt tags. Silverlight 2 will change that by exposing a full accessibility tree to accessibility tools in builds post Beta 1. In this video Mark Rideout from the...
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A recent post on Silverlight.net led me to revisit something I haven't played with in quite some time: DPI. If you wonder why you sometimes drag those pngs or other images onto the design surface in blend, and they come out the wrong size, there are...
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If you read my article on xap and saw the bit about how to set the splash/loading screen for your silverlight app, you may have been left wondering how you handle that without resorting to the old createSilverlight script. Cameron Albert has come up with...
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How paths are resolved in Silverlight 2 can be somewhat confusing. This has come up a lot in the Silverlight.net forums and elsewhere, so I thought I'd take a stab at putting it all down here. For additional information on Silverlight 2 Beta 1 and how...
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