SilverlightShow: Silverlight Misc

Tall skinny data columns using improved WrapPanel for Silverlight

1 comments / posted by Matt Perdeck on Jul 23, 2008 (10 hours ago)

Reusable code to do narrow data columns with navigation buttons, such as address lists.

Introduction

When it comes to presenting data, there is a lot of emphasis on grids that present data in a single wide column, showing lots of fields horizontally.

However, some data tend to be presented in narrow columns, such as address lists and book indices...

Randomizing and rearranging the SubImages of the MultiscaleImage control

0 comments / posted by Martin Mihaylov on Jul 22, 2008 (1 day ago)

Introduction

With this article I continue the series for the MultiscaleImage. Yesterday I wrote about the MultiscaleImage control and the SubImages collection. Today I am going to explain how to randomize the SubImage collection by changing the order of the images in it and how to apply this change on the screen using animations. I will use the tarantula again, assuming that you have already get used to it. Don’t forget to check out the live demo and download the source code if you want to take a look at the whole application.

Live demo | Source code

The MultiscaleImage control and the SubImages collection

0 comments / posted by Martin Mihaylov on Jul 21, 2008 (2 days ago)

Introduction

The MultiscaleImage is a really great control that allows us to do amazing things in Silverlight 2. That is why I decided to write a series of articles about the nice things that can be done using it. This is the first one and it is focused on the SubImages collection. It explains how to select an image from the collection and then fit it to the size of the control. If you're new to this control read my previous article about it - Using the MultiscaleImage control. Before going ahead you should also be familiar with the DeepZoom Composer and its latest changes. Note that in this article I've replaced the "Double-Click" zoom with “One-Click” zoom.

Live demo | Source code

Silverlight Drag, Drop, Import and Export

0 comments / posted by Michael Washington on Jul 21, 2008 (2 days ago)

Note: This article is submitted by Michael Washington for Silverlight Contest: Write and Win.Thanks a lot, Michael! Hello All, Please drop a comment if you like it.

The example is based on an earlier drag and drop code sample that was based on an example created by Keith Mahoney. In his example he shows how to drag and drop various types of elements into various types of Panels. In this example we only cover dragging and dropping an element onto a Canvas. We also cover importing and exporting content from one user control into another.

View Sample | Download Source Code

Creating a Silverlight game

1 comments / posted by Boyan Mihailov on Jul 18, 2008 (5 days ago)

Note: This article is submitted by Boyan Mihailov for Silverlight Contest: Write and Win.Thanks a lot, Boyan! Hello All, Please drop a comment if you like it.

Introduction

I am a great fan of Silverlight. I have never liked 1.0, but when version 2.0 was released I was very amazed. I created a few solitaire games. Now I decided to create a new game and to describe the problems I have encountered to you. First I decided to write an article about creating a Silverlight application for Facebook. But subsequently I decided to divide the article in two parts – creating a Silverlight application, which is a game in this occasion, and integrating it in Facebook.
I am going to create a game, called Cows & Bulls. You play that game for time. It supports a list of all players and their time.

Application Source | Application on the Web

10 Silverlight 2 gotchas resolved

0 comments / posted by Antoni Dol on Jul 18, 2008 (5 days ago)

Note: This article is submitted by Antoni Dol for Silverlight Contest: Write and Win.Thanks a lot, Antoni! Hello All, Please drop a comment if you like it.

This Silverlight 2 development kick start helps you get over initial hurdles and clears the path for faster results.

Coming from projects in which WPF design experience was established, the step to developing in Silverlight 2 was not an easy one. Even though I anticipated getting disappointed and even annoyed by times, there were several gotchas that baffled me. Some of those can still be found in the current Beta 2 release, but others are resolved to a degree that makes for a workable Silverlight 2 environment.

Using LINQ to XML in Silverlight 2

0 comments / posted by Martin Mihaylov on Jul 14, 2008 (1 week ago)

When working with data, it often comes in an XML format. So we have to serialize and deserialize it in order to use it. There are several ways of doing that – for example: DOM, XQuery, XSLT. DOM is the oldest from the three, but still can do the work. XQuery and XSLT are not very easy to use and require some time to master. In .NET 3.5 a big programming model improvement was made with the LINQ - Language-Integrated Query. It can be used for objects, databases and XML. In the following article I will try to explain the basics of using LINQ to XML and if you are new to it, I hope it will help you to improve your programming experience.

Less than a week from Indy ALT.NET, Register Now !

0 comments / aggregated from The EntitySpaces Team Blog on May 11, 2008 (2 months ago) / original article

We're less than one week away from the EntitySpaces 2008 presentation.

Indy ALT.NET, a Technical Presentation of EntitySpaces 2008

The first meeting of the Indy ALT.NET community group will be May 15. Mike Griffin of EntitySpaces will be giving an in-depth technical presentation on EntitySpaces 2008 in Indianapolis. Pizza will be served and the presentation will start at 6pm.

BBC Silverlight Zoom and Wow

0 comments / aggregated from Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek on May 10, 2008 (2 months ago) / original article

Apparently Radio 1's Big Weekend is a big thing in England, and to launch the festivities they've made The Big Zoomy Photo Thing a central piece of the action (as you may guess, this is Silverlight/Zoom incognito).

(picture cropped to save room)

The implementation is beautiful. Click, roll, zoom. To give you a quick sense of it, here are two images. The first is the starter, I then zoomed in on the control panel (pointed to by the red arrows I added.

The progressive rendering is just mind-blowing.

XNA Gamefest 2008

0 comments / aggregated from Microsoft.Net | Silverlight | ASP.Net on May 09, 2008 (2 months ago) / original article

For those that might be interested, this year’s XNA Gamefest will be held at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in downtown Seattle on July 22-23 2008. In previous years the conference has included presentations in the following tracks.

System Programming for Windows and Xbox 360
Graphics
Quality Assurance and Certification
Producer and Business Development
Audio
LIVE
XNA Game Studio
Games for Everyone
Visual Arts

I am not sure if all of these tracks will be presented in July, but I know for certain that they have decided to expand its focus and include a Casual Gaming track highlighting some of the cool new games done in Silverlight.

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