Silverlight

Understanding Databinding with XAML in WPF and Silverlight Part 1 by Vince Blasberg @ Dallas XAML UG on 03/02/2010

Shawn Weisfeld — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:15:00 GMT

Another in the series of recordings I have done for INETA Live.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Abstract:

A fast pace walkthrough of databinding in WPF and Silverlight. Well move into variations of using the path statement and move into using converters to make databinding flexible and powerful. This meeting will throw pointers and hints at the next meeting that will cover using databinding with the MVVM pattern in both WPF and Silverlight.

Silverlight & no 64 bit

sweisfeld — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:18:33 GMT

When attempting to use a Silverlight application in the 64-bit version of IE you will get this message. “Microsoft Silverlight cannot be used in browsers running in 64 bit mode.”

At first I was disappointed because I would like to see more of the industry move to 64 bit. Heck they are selling it at Best Buy now. However does Silverlight really need 64 bit? 64 bit gives you more throughput on the processor and more access to memory. But it is defiantly not typical for Silverlight applications to need that much memory and/or do highly processor intensive stuff. My guess MSFT had to make a choice between 64 bit and additional features in the runtime, like them I would have put my money in the additional features.

The Gu gave an interview with Ars Technica where he talks about the plans that Microsoft has.

Server Quest II: Silverlight Game Development Competition

sweisfeld — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 05:35:01 GMT

Microsoft is sponsoring a Silverlight Game Development Competition (http://www.serverquestcontest.com/), and while I am far from a game developer and have never written something in Silverlight I figured I would toss an entry together for fun, and what better then a classic game of tic tac toe. Well how about tic tac toe, INETA vs. Culminis, Mac vs. PC, or .NET vs. Java. Now it is all done in good fun. So if you have a few minutes try your hand out at some good ole tic tac toe, and if you have a couple of hours put together an entry for the competition. A little birdy told me there would be something special if you included an INETA logo in your game. . . .

You can play my silly game at http://www.developerroundtable.com/versus/VersusTicTacToeTestPage.html

MS Popfly

sweisfeld — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:17:00 GMT

I am tired of forgetting the link to this darn site and people keep asking me about it, hence this blog post. A while back at a presentation by Russ Fustino (http://blogs.msdn.com/rfustino/) he demoed this application. MS Popfly (http://www.popfly.com/) allows you to create online game and mashup’s using silverlight. A very cool tool, get an account and check it out.

Here is a mashup I created by doing a live picture search for me and binding it to a Carousel in all of 5 min.

http://www.popfly.com/users/ShawnOnetug/ShawnPictureMashup
(Note if it doesn't display try selecting one of the alternatives from the menu on the right hand side of the page.)

Silverlight Deep Zoom (aka SeaDragon)

sweisfeld — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:03:00 GMT

In my second in the series of TechEd Questions I have a good one. Unfortunately it had nothing to do with C#, but that doesn’t diminish its cool factor.

The attendee, lets call her Suzie, volunteered to help organization working with an artist that recently passed away catalogue his work on the internet. She wanted a good way to post high resolution images on the web allowing the public to enjoy this persons artistic contribution. The first thing that jumped to mind with the Hard Rock Demo from Mix (http://memorabilia.hardrock.com) you have got to check this out! You can see the scratches on the guitars. Scott Hanselman has a great blog post with a how to if you want to create your own deep zoom images (http://www.hanselman.com/blog/DeepZoomSeadragonSilverlight2MultiScaleImagesAtMix.aspx). Remember to note that this technology is only as good as the original image so you will need good HighRes images to start with.

Silverlight Halo 3 Video!

sweisfeld — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:52:00 GMT

In post in Joe Healy's blog (http://www.devfish.net/FullBlogItemView.aspx?BlogId=441) he said “Pick which you think is cooler, the Silverlight playback or Halo3 trailer itself”. I need an option C. I did not have Silverlight installed. So when I went to the page it told me to download it, and within 30 seconds Silverlight was installed and I was watching the movie. So I vote for the easy installation as the coolest. But the video was awesome also!