Silverlight 4 February 2011 Update Released Today

Today (at approximately 10:00 AM PST) our team released an update to the Silverlight 4 runtime.  This update, dubbed internally as “GDR3,” provides an update in the following key areas (KB2495644): Timestamp issues with media playback and VC-1 codecVisual Studio IDE crash when profiling a Silverlight application which has a pixel shaderEnabling Silverlight to run as a 32-bit process in 64-bit

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) AddIn to automatically name SQL windows

SSMS Plus is a lightweight addin for SQL Server Management Studio that automatically names query windows based on their contents, removing the problem of having to search through a proliferation of open untitled query windows to find what you are looking for. It also provides a useful auto-save function (to My Documents \ SQL Server Management Studio \ Queries). Maybe it's just me, but this

Faking Forms Authentication in Silverlight

In a website that implements Forms Authentication Silverlight fits in very easily – Forms Authentication leaves a cookie on the client – and Silverlight just picks it off if you’re using the Browser Stack (which you normally would). In other words – It simply works. However, many times you would like to do the authentication yourself – that is – to fake an HTTP Post so that you can authenticate

12 things web developers should know about Firebug

Most web developers have heard of, and used Firebug, but perhaps don't know its full power. Firebug is a debugger, editor, and monitor for websites, CSS, HTML, DOM, JavaScript, and HTTP. It was created by one of the original Firefox creators Joe Hewitt. Below I will list 12 of the most important things I feel web developers should know about Firebug.1. You can instantly find any part of the

ILSpy — open source альтернатива .NET Reflector

Как вы все знаете, Reflector становится платным. Такой шаг компании Red Gate не мог не сподвигнуть разработчиков сделать бесплатную альтернативу. Вот и всем известные разработчики open source решений для .NET IC#Code (на их счету так же IDE SharpDevelop) взялись за разработку своего Reflector'а. Разработка началась совсем недавно, поэтому проект ещё не оброс всеми нужными фичами, но есть надежда

Silverlight 4 Toolkit Chart Zoom and Pan Extension

Features* Utilises existing toolkit without modification* Zoom box functionality* Mouse wheel zoom functionality* Pan functionality* Scroll Functionality* X Span functionality OverviewI've been working on a project which uses the Silverlight 4 Toolkit chart control. The control is great, however there is no real zoom functionality which is a problem.Here is an example given where the charts

Nokia Simplifies the Mobile Landscape

On Friday, Nokia announced that they were adopting WP7 as their operating system. Although some open source advocates might see this as a set-back for Linux, Android is already the best-selling Linux OS of all times. Meanwhile, as a Ben Zander student, all I see is possibility and the the world of opportunities that this opens to developers. Although they will continue shipping Symbian for a

Windows Phone 7 Development for Android Developers

Much like mobile applications for the Android platform, Microsoft® Windows® Phone 7 (WP7) applications are written in a managed language—Java for Android and C# for Windows Phone 7—with accompanying libraries. Many of the differences between Java and Visual C#® are style related. The two modern languages share a common ancestry with the C/C++ languages and bear a strong resemblance to one another

Referencing a picture in another DLL in Silverlight and Windows Phone 7

This one has burned me a few times, so here is how it works for future reference:Usually, when I add an Image control into a Silverlight application, and the picture it shows is local (as opposed to loaded from the web), I set the picture’s Build Action to Content, and the Copy to Output Directory to Copy if Newer. What the compiler does then is to copy the picture to the bin\Debug folder, and

A Critical Deep Dive into the WPF Rendering System

At first I didn’t think I’d publish this. I wanted to consider a bit of diplomacy and also thought I’m beating a dead horse.  After being convinced by some people who’s opinion’s I highly value, I decided to. Developers are investing quite a bit into Microsoft’s UX platforms should know more about how the innards of the platform works, as when they hit a brick wall, they can properly understand