Re: How to install silverlight - WPF Discussion Boards

1-Jul-10 12:13

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How to install silverlight

yogesh_kumar_agarwal29-Jun-10 19:39

yogesh_kumar_agarwal

29-Jun-10 19:39

Hi, All

i have VS2008 in my PC. Now i want to make a application in silverlight. I am unable to work with silverlight.

Acctually i have seen in the tutorials that we need to select silver light project from the new project window but i didn't find the same.

I have installed the silverlight by downloading it from silverlight.net but still but able to create the silverlight project.

I got a link for silverlight_Alpha for the same i install the same also, finally i got the silverlight template, but the problem remains the same when i tried to create a project i got a error "The project type is not supported by this installation"

So plz help me out. Plz tell me what to install for silverlight, from where i can download the same.

Thanks
Yogesh Agarwal

Abhinav S29-Jun-10 20:13

29-Jun-10 20:13

Since you are working with VS 2008, I'm assuming you must be installing Silverlight 3.

Just the SL runtimes are not enough for development.
You need the SDK + silverlight tooks (for VS 2008) which are included in the SL tools setup[^].
You will also need VS 2008 SP1.

souidi abderrahman29-Jun-10 21:54

souidi abderrahman

29-Jun-10 21:54

you need to install Silverlight 3 SDK for vs 2008. not silverlight 4!!

Abhinav S1-Jul-10 20:12

1-Jul-10 20:12

souidi abderrahmen wrote:
you need to install Silverlight 3 SDK for vs 2008. not silverlight 4!!

Correct. Since the OP is using VS2008, he can only use SL2 or SL3 and not SL4. This requires VS 2010.

souidi abderrahman1-Jul-10 20:53

souidi abderrahman

1-Jul-10 20:53

that is right Smile | :)

because i did the deploy on vs 2010, silverlight 4.

Re:How to install silverlight

Kunal Chowdhury «IN»30-Jun-10 1:03

Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

30-Jun-10 1:03

Hi Yogesh,

First of all, as you are using Visual Studio 2008 you can develop only Silverlight 3 applications using the IDE. Visual Studio 2008 doesn't support Silverlight 4. If you use Visual Studio 2010, you can develop both Silverlight 3 and Silverlight 4.

Assuming you want Silverlight 3 using Visual Studio 2008. For this, you need to install the Visual Studio 2008 SP1 (Service Pack 1). Once you upgraded to SP1, you need to download and install the Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1.

Once installed properly, you will be able to create a new Silverlight project using your Visual Studio IDE.

Let me know, if you need more help.

Don't forget to Click on [Vote] and [Good Answer] on the posts that helped you.

Ch.Gayatri Subudhi1-Jul-10 18:19

Ch.Gayatri Subudhi

1-Jul-10 18:19

For vs2008 :
we have to install first in this serial order
1)xp service pack 3
2)SQL Server
3)VS 2008
4)VS2008 Service Pack1
5)Silverlight Tools

Cheers
Ch Gayatri

Apply two animations to a text block simultanously

WBurgMo29-Jun-10 16:00

WBurgMo

29-Jun-10 16:00

I am trying to animate the FontSize and the rotation of a TextBlock. The FontSize animates but I can not get the
text to rotate. Here is the XAML

<Window x:Class="WpfSameGame.Window1"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    Title="Window1" Height="600" Width="550" WindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen"
    Loaded="Window_Loaded" Closing="Window_Closing">
  <Window.Resources>
    <DoubleAnimation
      x:Key="StringFontSize"
      To="20"
      AccelerationRatio=".5"
      DecelerationRatio=".5"
      Duration="0:0:02"
      Storyboard.TargetName="gameOver"
      Storyboard.TargetProperty="FontSize"
    />
    <DoubleAnimation
      x:Key="StringRotation"
      To="360"
      AccelerationRatio=".5"
      DecelerationRatio=".5"
      Duration="0:0:2"
      Storyboard.TargetName="gameOver"
      Storyboard.TargetProperty="TextEffects[0].Transform.Angle"
    />

  </Window.Resources>
  <Grid>
    <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
      <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
      <ColumnDefinition Width="100"/>
    </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
      <RowDefinition Height="50"/>
      <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
    </Grid.RowDefinitions>
    <TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" FontFamily="comic sans ms" FontStyle="Italic"
               Foreground="Red" FontSize="20" HorizontalAlignment="Center"
               VerticalAlignment="Center" Name="textBlk">
      <Run FontSize="10" Name="gameOver" Text="" />
      <Run>Score: </Run>
      <Run Name="scoreText">0</Run>
    </TextBlock>

    <Button Width="70" Height="25" Click="NewGame_Click"
            VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Right">NewGame</Button>

    <UniformGrid Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="2"
      Rows="12" Columns="12" Width="504" Height="504" Name="gameGrid" Background="Cyan">
    </UniformGrid>
  </Grid>
</Window>

Here is the relevant code behind

DoubleAnimation fsa = this.FindResource("StringFontSize") as DoubleAnimation;
DoubleAnimation sra = this.FindResource("StringRotation") as DoubleAnimation;

Storyboard sb = new Storyboard();
TextEffect te = new TextEffect();
te.Transform = new RotateTransform(0);
this.gameOver.Text = "Game Over ";
gameOver.TextEffects.Add(te);
sb.Children.Add(sra);
sb.Children.Add(fsa);
sb.Begin(this.textBlk);

Re: Apply two animations to a text block simultanously

Insincere Dave1-Jul-10 9:10

Insincere Dave

1-Jul-10 9:10

You need to set the PositionCount of the TextEffect. te.PositionCount = this.gameOver.Text.Length;

Re: Apply two animations to a text block simultanously

WBurgMo1-Jul-10 10:35

WBurgMo

1-Jul-10 10:35

Setting the "PositionCount" solved the problem. Thanks.

Now a second problem. With the animations defined as a window
resource, they run one time only. What do I have to reset in a
DoubleAnimation to reuse it?

For now I am creating the animations at run time. But I would
like to know how to reuse an animation.

Detecting the CellText,Selected length, Cursor position on edit mode in WPF datagrid.

kartheesh29-Jun-10 4:19

kartheesh

29-Jun-10 4:19

Hi Experts,

I wanted to get the SelectedText on edit mode in WPF datagrid (i.e Active cell can be entire text or partial text selected by user within datagrid)

SelectedLength(Length of the selected text in datagrid cell), Selected Position (cursor position in datagrid cell). How these all values can be achieved in WPF datagrid. For better understanding please read the below example.

For Example: suppose user has double clicked datagrid in row 1 and col 2 position, data available on the selected position is Text. Consider user has selected only ext out of (Text). So my expected result should be

Selected Text: ext
Selected Position: 1
Selected Length: 3
Cell Text: Text

Thanks in advance

Re: Detecting the CellText,Selected length, Cursor position on edit mode in WPF datagrid.

Abhinav S29-Jun-10 20:30

Re: Detecting the CellText,Selected length, Cursor position on edit mode in WPF datagrid.

29-Jun-10 20:30

kartheesh wrote:
Selected Text: ext
Selected Position: 1
Selected Length: 3
Cell Text: Text

A textbox provides these properties - not a text block.
A datagrid is composed of textblocks as cell components so this may not be possible until you style the datagrid differently.

Pete O'Hanlon29-Jun-10 22:15

29-Jun-10 22:15

If I was looking to do something more complex like this, I would consider rolling my own Blend behaviour or DependencyProperty that did this, and hook it up to the textboxes in the editable template. I would favour the Blend behaviour here as it is a lot easier to set up, and you are just going to be extending the TextBox control for this.

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Re: Detecting the CellText,Selected length, Cursor position on edit mode in WPF datagrid.

kartheesh29-Jun-10 22:58

kartheesh

29-Jun-10 22:58

Hi Experts,

Appreciate if anybody can help me out with small code snippet.

Thanks in advance.

Re: Detecting the CellText,Selected length, Cursor position on edit mode in WPF datagrid.

Pete O'Hanlon30-Jun-10 7:05

30-Jun-10 7:05

To give you an idea what a Behavior looks like, he's one I put together for selecting all text when a textbox gets focus. You will want to consider creating a variation on this:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Interactivity;

namespace Goldlight.Extensions.Behaviors
{
    public class SelectAllTextBehavior : Behavior<TextBox>
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Hook up to the Keyboard focus and Mouse capture events.
        /// </summary>
        protected override void OnAttached()
        {
            base.OnAttached();
            AssociatedObject.GotKeyboardFocus += new System.Windows.Input.KeyboardFocusChangedEventHandler(AssociatedObject_GotKeyboardFocus);
            AssociatedObject.GotMouseCapture += new System.Windows.Input.MouseEventHandler(AssociatedObject_GotMouseCapture);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Dereference the Keyboard focus and Mouse capture events.
        /// </summary>
        protected override void OnDetaching()
        {
            base.OnDetaching();
            AssociatedObject.GotKeyboardFocus -= new System.Windows.Input.KeyboardFocusChangedEventHandler(AssociatedObject_GotKeyboardFocus);
            AssociatedObject.GotMouseCapture -= new System.Windows.Input.MouseEventHandler(AssociatedObject_GotMouseCapture);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Handle the mouse capture event.
        /// </summary>
        void AssociatedObject_GotMouseCapture(object sender, System.Windows.Input.MouseEventArgs e)
        {
            AssociatedObject.SelectAll();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Handle the keyboard focus event.
        /// </summary>
        void AssociatedObject_GotKeyboardFocus(object sender, System.Windows.Input.KeyboardFocusChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            AssociatedObject.SelectAll();
        }
    }
}

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Re: Detecting the CellText,Selected length, Cursor position on edit mode in WPF datagrid.

kartheesh1-Jul-10 18:56

kartheesh

1-Jul-10 18:56

Thanks for the reply buddy,exactly what my requirement is i will explain you.

I have created mdi form in WPF with few menus like copy,cut,paste and in my active form i have datagrid control.

Using copy,cut and paste functionality from the menu options i wanted to modify the datagrid cell data. As of now to implement the same i am doing workaround by refering the below link:

http://www.switchonthecode.com/tutorials/wpf-tutorial-using-the-clipboard

Appreciate to get help in this regards.

Thanks & Regards
Kartheesh

Re: Detecting the CellText,Selected length, Cursor position on edit mode in WPF datagrid.

Pete O'Hanlon1-Jul-10 11:59

1-Jul-10 11:59

Let me balance out the 1 that somebody has voted you with a 5.

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How do you generate classes from XAML in Visual Studio 2008?

Xarzu28-Jun-10 12:31

Xarzu

28-Jun-10 12:31

How do you generate classes from XAML in Visual Studio 2008?

I have a Silverlight project. The XAML has been written in Expression Blend. I am told that I can use Visual Studio to use the grid classes in the Page.xaml file (the whole solution is loaded into Visual Studio) to generate the .CS (C#) files in Visual Studio 2008 that correspond to the several <grid> classes in the XAML. How is this done? Is there a wizard somewhere that will do this for me? Do I have to do this by hand?

When I open the Page.Xaml file and click on the name of the <grid> node, (x:Name) and select, to view code, it takes me to a file without much meat on it:

public partial class Page : UserControl
{
    public Page()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }
}

Since each <grid> contains a lot of components, I was expecting more.

Am I supposed to expand on this class by hand and code all the methods for this "Page" class? Is there a tutorial that shows how to do this?

There are so many videos to look at http://expression.microsoft.com/en-us/cc197141.aspx but they all seem to be focused on Expression Blend rather than how to use the XAML from Expression Blend to make Classes or to build on these classes.

On the other hand, are their example or sample code of how to take a "public partial class Page : UserControl" in C# and build from it?

Re: How do you generate classes from XAML in Visual Studio 2008?

Abhinav S28-Jun-10 18:41

Re: How do you generate classes from XAML in Visual Studio 2008?

28-Jun-10 18:41

Xarzu wrote:
Am I supposed to expand on this class by hand and code all the methods for this "Page" class? Is there a tutorial that shows how to do this?

Yes. The Xaml represents the UI design - but if you need to add your own business logic, you still need to write code.

The code you need to write depends on what you intend to do - but do a search on the internet and you will find quite a few samples.

#realJSOP29-Jun-10 2:26

#realJSOP

29-Jun-10 2:26

You should give your components names (x:Name=...). At that point you can refer to them in your cs code. So, if you did this in your XAML:

XML

<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" />

You could do this in your cs code:

this.LayoutRoot.Background = new SolidColorBursh(Colors.Red);

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Re: How do you generate classes from XAML in Visual Studio 2008?

Pete O'Hanlon29-Jun-10 2:51

29-Jun-10 2:51

When you design something in XAML, no real code gets added into this Page class until compile time. Then a hidden .g.cs file is created which adds the definitions of the components in.

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why wcf use basicHttpBinding instead of wsHttpBinding

ctlqt1228-Jun-10 9:44

ctlqt12

28-Jun-10 9:44

Hi all,

I found several links for this but no definitive answer. Could you please tell me the reason

Re: why wcf use basicHttpBinding instead of wsHttpBinding

Abhinav S28-Jun-10 18:35