Articles by Josh Smith (Articles: 52)

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Desktop Programming
Windows Forms	TreeViewWalker - Simplifying Recursion 4 Feb 2006 Updated: 20 Feb 2006 Rating: 4.90/5 Votes: 30 Popularity: 7.09 Licence: CPOL Views: 215,413 Bookmarked: 96 Downloaded: 1,417 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. A utility class which makes it easier to create recursive methods that operate on the TreeView control
	Extracting Embedded Images From An Assembly 25 Mar 2006 Updated: 3 Apr 2006 Rating: 4.98/5 Votes: 63 Popularity: 8.90 Licence: CPOL Views: 285,963 Bookmarked: 136 Downloaded: 18,784 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. A tool which allows you to view, save, and copy an image embedded in any assembly.
	Creating the Same Program in Windows Forms and WPF 3 May 2008 Updated: 3 May 2008 Rating: 4.84/5 Votes: 53 Popularity: 8.13 Licence: CPOL Views: 263,782 Bookmarked: 194 Downloaded: 5,751 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Shows how to write the same simple program in Windows Forms and WPF.
	Fluid Geometry - An Animation Library and Configuration Application 13 Sep 2005 Updated: 9 May 2012 Rating: 5.00/5 Votes: 48 Popularity: 8.31 Licence: CPOL Views: 168,229 Bookmarked: 169 Downloaded: 2,481 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. A task-oriented review of an animation library and the application which uses it
WPF	Annotating an Image in WPF 12 Sep 2007 Updated: 12 Sep 2007 Rating: 4.89/5 Votes: 44 Popularity: 7.89 Licence: CPOL Views: 281,640 Bookmarked: 189 Downloaded: 5,350 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Demonstrates how to add text annotations to an Image element
	Custom TreeView Layout in WPF 5 Jan 2007 Updated: 24 Jan 2007 Rating: 4.90/5 Votes: 66 Popularity: 8.78 Licence: CPOL Views: 575,923 Bookmarked: 230 Downloaded: 11,498 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Shows how to turn a TreeView into an Org Chart.
	Advanced Custom TreeView Layout in WPF 28 Jan 2007 Updated: 29 Jan 2007 Rating: 4.96/5 Votes: 72 Popularity: 9.08 Licence: CPOL Views: 473,718 Bookmarked: 268 Downloaded: 9,568 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Reviews an advanced layout customization for the WPF TreeView.
	Spelling Suggestions in a WPF TextBox 19 Feb 2007 Updated: 25 Feb 2007 Rating: 4.78/5 Votes: 20 Popularity: 6.12 Licence: CPOL Views: 140,063 Bookmarked: 84 Downloaded: 1,877 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Examines an intuitive way to correct typos in a TextBox.
	Drag and Drop Items in a WPF ListView 21 Jan 2007 Updated: 13 Apr 2007 Rating: 4.91/5 Votes: 93 Popularity: 9.56 Licence: CPOL Views: 1,008,445 Bookmarked: 241 Downloaded: 19,963 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Discusses automated drag-and-drop in the WPF ListView.
	Highlighting Items in a WPF ListView 28 Apr 2007 Updated: 28 Apr 2007 Rating: 4.87/5 Votes: 38 Popularity: 7.58 Licence: CPOL Views: 355,005 Bookmarked: 101 Downloaded: 6,459 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. A step-by-step review of how to conditionally highlight ListViewItems.
	Working with Checkboxes in the WPF TreeView 1 Aug 2008 Updated: 1 Aug 2008 Rating: 4.90/5 Votes: 95 Popularity: 9.66 Licence: CPOL Views: 686,246 Bookmarked: 152 Downloaded: 22,535 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Examines how to create a tree of checkboxes that intelligently update their own check state and are easy to navigate with the keyboard
	Rotating WPF Content in 3D Space 22 Mar 2009 Updated: 22 Mar 2009 Rating: 4.92/5 Votes: 72 Popularity: 9.05 Licence: CPOL Views: 336,865 Bookmarked: 170 Downloaded: 13,841 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Introducing ContentControl3D: a control that makes it easy to incorporate 3D flips into any WPF user interface.
	Displaying a Data Matrix in WPF 14 Jun 2009 Updated: 14 Jun 2009 Rating: 4.94/5 Votes: 68 Popularity: 9.03 Licence: CPOL Views: 270,068 Bookmarked: 157 Downloaded: 3,774 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Reviews a matrix control that can be data bound and visually styled with ease
	A Guided Tour of WPF – Part 3 (Data binding) 3 Apr 2007 Updated: 4 Apr 2007 Rating: 4.65/5 Votes: 112 Popularity: 9.39 Licence: CPOL Views: 604,847 Bookmarked: 248 Downloaded: 0 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. A guided tour of the Windows Presentation Foundation, one feature at a time.
	Attaching a Virtual Branch to the Logical Tree in WPF 6 May 2007 Updated: 6 May 2007 Rating: 5.00/5 Votes: 33 Popularity: 7.53 Licence: CPOL Views: 252,810 Bookmarked: 62 Downloaded: 1,211 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Reviews a pattern which enables new possibilities for data binding.
	Moving Toward WPF Data Binding One Step at a Time 19 May 2008 Updated: 19 May 2008 Rating: 4.92/5 Votes: 110 Popularity: 9.94 Licence: CPOL Views: 350,646 Bookmarked: 136 Downloaded: 3,781 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. A gradual introduction to the world of WPF data binding.
	Artificial Inheritance Contexts in WPF 2 Jul 2008 Updated: 2 Jul 2008 Rating: 4.97/5 Votes: 31 Popularity: 7.27 Licence: CPOL Views: 153,777 Bookmarked: 36 Downloaded: 988 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Reviews and compares three techniques that enable you to data bind to any element tree.
	Selecting the Detail Level to View at Runtime in WPF 5 Jul 2008 Updated: 5 Jul 2008 Rating: 4.78/5 Votes: 23 Popularity: 6.41 Licence: CPOL Views: 123,142 Bookmarked: 43 Downloaded: 558 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Explains how to allow users to select the amount of information to view
	Dragging Elements in a Canvas 27 Aug 2006 Updated: 2 Sep 2006 Rating: 4.98/5 Votes: 97 Popularity: 9.78 Licence: CPOL Views: 792,951 Bookmarked: 200 Downloaded: 12,727 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Discusses a class which provides automated dragging of elements in a WPF Canvas.
	SlidingListBox – Animating ListBoxItems in WPF 19 Oct 2006 Updated: 19 Oct 2006 Rating: 4.91/5 Votes: 25 Popularity: 6.68 Licence: CPOL Views: 146,906 Bookmarked: 78 Downloaded: 5,232 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. A ListBox which slides its items when they are selected and deselected.
	Regex Validation in WPF 17 Sep 2006 Updated: 2 Nov 2006 Rating: 4.85/5 Votes: 39 Popularity: 7.60 Licence: CPOL Views: 200,190 Bookmarked: 78 Downloaded: 4,129 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Demonstrates how to perform input validation using regular expressions, in a Windows Presentation Foundation application.
	Piping Value Converters in WPF 5 Aug 2006 Updated: 14 Nov 2006 Rating: 4.90/5 Votes: 48 Popularity: 8.19 Licence: CPOL Views: 242,420 Bookmarked: 76 Downloaded: 2,628 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Demonstrates how to chain together value converters used in WPF data binding.
	How to Test a Class Which Uses DispatcherTimer 14 Jul 2007 Updated: 14 Jul 2007 Rating: 5.00/5 Votes: 20 Popularity: 6.39 Licence: CPOL Views: 130,105 Bookmarked: 44 Downloaded: 1,203 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Demonstrates how to create unit tests for a class which uses a DispatcherTimer.
	The WPF Thought Process 13 Oct 2007 Updated: 13 Oct 2007 Rating: 4.79/5 Votes: 57 Popularity: 8.37 Licence: CPOL Views: 205,648 Bookmarked: 129 Downloaded: 867 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. An introspective journey of solving problems using WPF
	Smart Routed Commands in WPF 3 Nov 2007 Updated: 3 Nov 2007 Rating: 4.67/5 Votes: 25 Popularity: 6.44 Licence: CPOL Views: 73,083 Bookmarked: 50 Downloaded: 406 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Giving routed commands default execution logic
	Understanding the Visual Tree and Logical Tree in WPF 29 Nov 2007 Updated: 5 Dec 2007 Rating: 4.92/5 Votes: 65 Popularity: 8.89 Licence: CPOL Views: 353,299 Bookmarked: 112 Downloaded: 3,766 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. A detailed examination of the WPF element trees and their subtleties
	The WPF Podcatcher Series - Part 1 (Introducing Podder) 6 Jan 2008 Updated: 6 Jan 2008 Rating: 4.78/5 Votes: 25 Popularity: 6.60 Licence: CPOL Views: 168,566 Bookmarked: 119 Downloaded: 1,918 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. The first article in a series devoted to a WPF application that plays streaming podcasts off the Internet.
	Using MVC to Unit Test WPF Applications 27 Jan 2008 Updated: 27 Jan 2008 Rating: 4.98/5 Votes: 68 Popularity: 8.95 Licence: CPOL Views: 360,868 Bookmarked: 198 Downloaded: 2,577 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Provides guidance for using the Model-View-Controller design pattern to create modular WPF apps that are easy to unit test
	The WPF Podcatcher Series - Part 2 (Structural Skinning) 5 Mar 2008 Updated: 5 Mar 2008 Rating: 4.97/5 Votes: 58 Popularity: 8.61 Licence: CPOL Views: 252,787 Bookmarked: 166 Downloaded: 7,212 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. The second article in a series devoted to a WPF application that plays streaming audio podcasts off the Internet. This article discusses the idea and implementation of look-less applications.
	The WPF Podcatcher Series – Part 3 (The Podcast Management Conundrum) 20 Mar 2008 Updated: 20 Mar 2008 Rating: 4.77/5 Votes: 18 Popularity: 5.87 Licence: CPOL Views: 66,872 Bookmarked: 32 Downloaded: 0 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. The third article in a series devoted to a WPF application that plays streaming audio podcasts off the Internet. This article discusses the solution to a problem related to structural skinning.
	Aggregating WPF Commands with CommandGroup 4 May 2008 Updated: 4 May 2008 Rating: 4.95/5 Votes: 26 Popularity: 6.65 Licence: CPOL Views: 122,986 Bookmarked: 53 Downloaded: 1,247 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Introduces a generic technique of chaining commands together.
	Visualizing a Binary Rule System with WPF 1 Jun 2008 Updated: 1 Jun 2008 Rating: 4.42/5 Votes: 16 Popularity: 5.20 Licence: CPOL Views: 54,450 Bookmarked: 11 Downloaded: 148 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. A fun excursion into using WPF to visualize a simple numeric rule system.
	WPF.JoshSmith 11 Nov 2006 Updated: 13 Jul 2008 Rating: 4.99/5 Votes: 51 Popularity: 8.39 Licence: CPOL Views: 389,709 Bookmarked: 263 Downloaded: 4,768 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. A free library of controls and utility classes for use in WPF applications.
	Using RoutedCommands with a ViewModel in WPF 24 Jul 2008 Updated: 24 Jul 2008 Rating: 4.96/5 Votes: 56 Popularity: 8.50 Licence: CPOL Views: 586,109 Bookmarked: 153 Downloaded: 4,083 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Reviews a clean and lightweight way to use RoutedCommands in the MVVM pattern.
	Introduction to Attached Behaviors in WPF 30 Aug 2008 Updated: 30 Aug 2008 Rating: 4.94/5 Votes: 103 Popularity: 9.86 Licence: CPOL Views: 757,012 Bookmarked: 245 Downloaded: 9,625 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Explains the concept of attached behaviors and shows how to use them in the context of the MVVM pattern.
	From Russia with Love – Retrieving ViewModel Objects from a Model Assembly 7 Sep 2009 Updated: 7 Sep 2009 Rating: 4.98/5 Votes: 31 Popularity: 7.05 Licence: CPOL Views: 114,851 Bookmarked: 68 Downloaded: 365 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Reviews the “From Russia with Love” technique of simplifying the creation of ViewModel objects from other libraries, without compromising your MVVM architecture
	Using WPF to Visualize a Graph with Circular Dependencies 15 Nov 2009 Updated: 15 Nov 2009 Rating: 4.98/5 Votes: 52 Popularity: 8.54 Licence: CPOL Views: 170,123 Bookmarked: 139 Downloaded: 3,963 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Reviews a WPF application that displays an object graph which can be rearranged by the user at runtime, and highlights circular dependencies in its nodes.
	Using a Service Locator to Work with MessageBoxes in an MVVM Application 1 Apr 2010 Updated: 5 Apr 2010 Rating: 4.91/5 Votes: 39 Popularity: 7.70 Licence: CPOL Views: 147,734 Bookmarked: 78 Downloaded: 2,275 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Reviews a simple and testable way to show a MessageBox in any WPF or Silverlight application built with the MVVM design pattern
	A Guided Tour of WPF – Part 2 (Layout) 2 Apr 2007 Updated: 4 Apr 2007 Rating: 4.77/5 Votes: 104 Popularity: 9.56 Licence: CPOL Views: 269,231 Bookmarked: 202 Downloaded: 0 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. A guided tour of the Windows Presentation Foundation, one feature at a time.
	Custom ListBox Layout in WPF 25 Apr 2007 Updated: 26 Apr 2007 Rating: 4.98/5 Votes: 59 Popularity: 8.74 Licence: CPOL Views: 402,130 Bookmarked: 108 Downloaded: 11,896 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. A step-by-step review of how to customize the arrangement of items in a ListBox.
	Animating Interactive 2D Elements in a 3D Panel 7 Apr 2008 Updated: 20 May 2008 Rating: 4.60/5 Votes: 49 Popularity: 7.77 Licence: CPOL Views: 278,438 Bookmarked: 134 Downloaded: 7,418 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Explores Panel3D, a custom WPF panel that displays its children in 3D space
	A Guided Tour of WPF – Part 5 (Styles) 12 Apr 2007 Updated: 13 Apr 2007 Rating: 4.92/5 Votes: 105 Popularity: 9.87 Licence: CPOL Views: 841,639 Bookmarked: 233 Downloaded: 0 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. A guided tour of the Windows Presentation Foundation, one feature at a time.
	Creating a Skinned User Interface in WPF 27 Jul 2007 Updated: 27 Jul 2007 Rating: 4.96/5 Votes: 86 Popularity: 9.49 Licence: CPOL Views: 369,506 Bookmarked: 320 Downloaded: 12,439 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Reviews the basics of creating a WPF user interface with various visual styles.
	A Guided Tour of WPF – Part 4 (Data templates and triggers) 6 Apr 2007 Updated: 7 Apr 2007 Rating: 4.86/5 Votes: 112 Popularity: 9.83 Licence: CPOL Views: 477,490 Bookmarked: 225 Downloaded: 0 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. A guided tour of the Windows Presentation Foundation, one feature at a time.
	Routed Template Selection in WPF 13 May 2007 Updated: 13 May 2007 Rating: 4.85/5 Votes: 24 Popularity: 6.61 Licence: CPOL Views: 134,615 Bookmarked: 50 Downloaded: 783 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Examines a powerful technique for implementing DataTemplate selection logic.
	A Guided Tour of WPF – Part 1 (XAML) 31 Mar 2007 Updated: 19 Apr 2007 Rating: 4.72/5 Votes: 197 Popularity: 10.80 Licence: CPOL Views: 867,039 Bookmarked: 796 Downloaded: 36,828 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. A guided tour of the Windows Presentation Foundation, one feature at a time.
	Dynamic User Interfaces in WPF 8 Jun 2007 Updated: 8 Jun 2007 Rating: 4.64/5 Votes: 20 Popularity: 5.93 Licence: CPOL Views: 217,874 Bookmarked: 113 Downloaded: 3,898 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Reviews how to implement dynamic user interfaces in WPF.
XAML	Simplifying the WPF TreeView by Using the ViewModel Pattern 22 May 2008 Updated: 22 May 2008 Rating: 4.95/5 Votes: 407 Popularity: 12.86 Licence: CPOL Views: 3,357,037 Bookmarked: 788 Downloaded: 61,732 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Reviews how using a ViewModel can abstract away the complexities of the WPF TreeView control.
	Hello, WF! 12 Nov 2006 Updated: 12 Nov 2006 Rating: 4.52/5 Votes: 44 Popularity: 7.34 Licence: Not specified Views: 173,223 Bookmarked: 101 Downloaded: 741 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. Explains the very basics of Windows Workflow Foundation, using The World's Stupidest WF Application.
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C#	A marquee control in C# 19 Feb 2003 Updated: 19 Feb 2003 Rating: 3.58/5 Votes: 19 Popularity: 4.31 Licence: CPOL Views: 191,306 Bookmarked: 43 Downloaded: 5,991 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. A marquee control written in C#
XML	Write Debug/Trace Information to XML 6 Apr 2005 Updated: 6 Apr 2005 Rating: 3.47/5 Votes: 7 Popularity: 2.93 Licence: Not specified Views: 68,184 Bookmarked: 24 Downloaded: 662 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. An article which demonstrates how to direct trace/debug information to an XML file.
	Enumerate over XML data in a foreach loop 5 Oct 2004 Updated: 11 Jan 2005 Rating: 4.91/5 Votes: 22 Popularity: 6.50 Licence: Not specified Views: 98,970 Bookmarked: 50 Downloaded: 892 Please Sign up or sign in to vote. An article which shows how to enumerate over XML data in a foreach loop as if the data were in a collection.

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Josh Smith

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

Josh creates software, for iOS and Windows.

He works at Black Pixel as a Senior Developer.

Read his iOS Programming for .NET Developers[^] book to learn how to write iPhone and iPad apps by leveraging your existing .NET skills.

Use his Master WPF[^] app on your iPhone to sharpen your WPF skills on the go.

Check out his Advanced MVVM[^] book.

Visit his WPF blog[^] or stop by his iOS blog[^].

See his website Josh Smith Digital[^].