Windows 8 Toolkit – Charts and more v1.0 Beta Released
The Windows 8 Toolkit - Charts and More v1.0 Beta is released and is available for download from codeplex.
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What is Property Value Inheritance – XAML ?
When you created a new Windows Phone App , you would have noticed the following in the MainPage.XAML's PhoneApplicationPage element .
FontFamily="{StaticResource PhoneFontFamilyNormal}"
FontSize="{StaticResource PhoneFontSizeNormal}"
Foreground="{StaticResource PhoneForegroundBrush}"
The above sample code is an example of the Property Value Inheritance which indicates the default appearance of the child elements of the page Read More → WinRT XAML Toolkit – 1.2.1 for Windows 8
WinRT XAML Toolkit version 1.2.1 was released few days back and is available for download from Codeplex.
WinRT XAML Toolkit is a set of controls and extensions for WinRT XAML applications.
Some of the Controls that WinRT XAML Toolkit includes are Alternative Page, Alternative Frame, CascadingTextBlock, Countdown Control, CustomAppBar, ImageToggleButton, NumericUpDown, Read More →
Callisto – A toolkit for XAML Metro style apps for Windows 8
Tim Heuer in his blog announces the Callisto , a toolkit for XAML Metro style apps for Windows 8.
What is Callisto?
Callisto is a toolkit and helper libraries with additional controls for XAML Metro style apps .
"The XAML framework in Windows.UI.Xaml is great, but has some functionality that isn't Read More →
Webinar – Introduction to XAML Development on Windows 8
SilverlightShow is organising a webinar on the topic "Introduction to XAML Development on Windows 8" on November 29 , 2011 at 10 am PDT .
This event will be presented by Gill Cleeren , Microsoft Regional Director and Silverlight MVP .
Few Months back , Microsoft announced Windows 8 Read More →
Delphi XAML(Metro) App for Windows 8 by Thom Gerdes
Just found an interesting post on Google + by Thom Gerdes where Gerdes discusses about the WinRT library in Windows 8 and how to get a Delphi Application up and running on WinRT.
Handling Orientation in Windows Phone 7
The Windows Phone 7 supports 2 orientations Landscape and Portrait , which means that the combination of these 2 orientation can lead to different chances .
- None
- Portrait
- Lanscape
- PortraitUp
- PortraitDown
- LanscapeLeft
- Lanscape Right
How to change the Default view of the Windows Phone form in Visual Studio 2010 ?
By default , the Visual Studio 2010 displays the Windows Phone 7 forms in both WPF Designer Editor as well as XAML Editor .
But , if you prefer to view only the Read More → 
How to view the XAML Code on the Intellisense popup in Visual Studio 2010 ?
Most of the Developers working on the Visual Studio would love the Intellisense feature that pops up and gives the list of suggested methods , events , properties etc and is useful too .
But how do one view the sourcecode that is covered by the Intellisense Read More →
Start Page Improvements in Visual Studio 2010
The Visual Studio 2010 is rewritten using WPF .
As an Editor , there is an improved focus on writing and understanding , navigating and publishing code .
As an Platform , developers can create addons to extend the behaviour of the IDE.
The Start page of the Visual Read More →