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Calcium: A Modular Application Toolset Leveraging PRISM – Part 2

by Daniel Vaughan

Calcium provides much of what one needs to rapidly build a multifaceted and sophisticated modular application. Includes a host of modules and services, and an infrastructure that is ready to use in your next application.

Multiplatform Avalonia .NET Framework Programming Basic Concepts in Easy Samples

by Nick Polyak

This article explains the most important and basic concepts of Avalonia WPF-like multiplatform UI package.

ListBox Styling (Part 3 - Additional Templates) in Expression Blend and Silverlight

by Alan Beasley

Explanation and examples of Additional Templates and Generated Content of a ListBox. Covering Layout, Transitions, and Animation.

Conceptual Children: A powerful new concept in WPF

by Dr. WPF

This article describes a new approach by which an element can remove its visual and logical relationships to its children while maintaining a conceptual parental relationship with those children.

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ChatGPT API in C# WPF / XAML / MVVM

by Peter Sun (247)

Implement ChatGPT API in C# WPF with GPT3.5-turbo

Xamarin Forms - Validations Made Simple

by Chandru BK

This article will assume you have basic knowledge of C# and Xamarin Forms and shows how to implement the Xamarin Form Validations using simple Data Annotations applied on the models.

Convert a Win32 Project to WinUI3 Automatically

by Michael Chourdakis

A set of tools to create a new VCXPROJ file automatically

Customizing ListBox for a Smooth Animated Navigation Bar in WPF

by vickyqu115

Control featuring design and animations specialized for mobile, but can be elegantly and structurally implemented using ListBox and Animation technologies available in WPF.

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Another Take on a WPF Wizard

11 Apr 2020 by #realJSOP

Any technology suitably advanced will generally be viewed as "magic".

Real-Time Multilingual WPF Demo

29 Jul 2008 by 2sky

Translate a WPF User Interface using the Google AJAX Language API in real-time

A "little snake" leads us through the most important features of the Windows Phone 7

29 Jan 2011 by 69Icaro

Analyzing the Snake game, we'll study an application for the new Windows Phone 7 platform, focusing on localization, Inversion of Control, navigation, transition effects, triggers, Isolated Storage, audio and we'll also use Blend to create a rounded glowing button, and other things...

Windows-Phone-7

Simplest MVVM Tutorial -A Quick Refresher to WPF MVVM

13 Apr 2016 by @nkit Bajpai

This article discuss a simple application built using WPF MVVM design pattern and explain the basics of Command Binding and DataBinding.

Store and Organize your Shortcuts for Easy Launching of Files and Applications

5 Jan 2009 by _anil_

Store and organize your shortcuts for easy launching of files and applications

WPF Image Buttons 100% in XAML

27 Sep 2016 by _eol_

The goal of this article is to create flat image buttons with bindable properties.

Understanding SelectedValue, SelectedValuePath, SelectedItem & DisplayMemberPath + Demo

21 Oct 2013 by _Noctis_

Sorting out the confusion about these properties, and providing a demo app for them

The Big MVVM Template

20 Apr 2016 by _Noctis_

To save you from doing this every time you want a WPF/MVVM project, here it is, all rolled into one.

JukeBox API - A Project for Artists and Developers

23 Aug 2009 by A Eastman

Project aimed at joint development between programmer and graphics artist

Generic WPF CRUD Control (Solution Design)

22 Dec 2016 by Abdulrahman Emad, Muhammad Magdi

A generic CRUD control implemented based on the MVVM pattern

Generic WPF CRUD Control (Getting Started)

22 Dec 2016 by Abdulrahman Emad, Muhammad Magdi

A generic CRUD control implemented based on the MVVM pattern.

Finding a Child Control Inside Another Control

20 May 2009 by Abhinav S

Finding a child control inside another control

A Simple Quickstart - Using the Unity Container with Silverlight

12 Jan 2010 by Abhinav S

A simple Quickstart for using the Unity Container with Silverlight.

Building a Multi-Page Image Viewer with ImageGear for Silverlight

1 May 2009 by Accusoft, CaseyMuse

This article provides a quick tour of the ImageGear for Silverlight toolkit from Accusoft Pegasus, while developing a multi-page image viewer that runs completely on the client via managed code.

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A Simple Snake Game in WPF

26 Mar 2012 by Achilleas Portarinos

How to program a simple Canvas Snake Game in WPF

Embedding a .NET WinForms Application in an Internet Browser Using WPF

2 Dec 2008 by Adam Berent

Embedding a .NET WinForms application in an internet browser using WPF.

A better panel for data binding to a WrapPanel in WPF

18 Jan 2009 by adam.cataldo

An article on a useful extension to the WrapPanel control.

Excerpt from Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed (WPF)

7 Sep 2007 by AdamNathan

This article introduces some of the main concepts that WPF introduces above and beyond what .NET programmers are already familiar with.

Excerpt from Silverlight 1.0 Unleashed - Chapter 1

22 Nov 2007 by AdamNathan

An introduction to Silverlight, the promising alternative to Flash, which enables the creation of rich web content and applications using a lightweight add-on that is friendly to both designers and developers.

Silverlight Web Service

24 Sep 2010 by Adhish Pendharkar

Data binding in Silverlight Web Services

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Microsoft Band- Basic App for Understanding

28 Jun 2015 by adityasahver

In this article we will learn how to use Microsoft Band to connect to your Device.

Introducing Layouts - Xaml for the Web

19 Oct 2015 by adospace.NET

Layouts is a Javascript library that let you create web applications with complex UI using Xaml

22 Oct 2012 by Adrian Akison

Submission of Meteor Madness to The App Innovation Contest.

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Item-Level Presentation Models for WPF

2 Apr 2011 by Adrian Alexander

Make your life easier by inserting a Presentation Model layer (aka ViewModel) between your domain-model collection contents and template-generated WPF objects.

Reading and writing Unicode data in .NET

11 Apr 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This article is for beginners about writing and reading Unicode data from different data sources; including text files, user input, databases. It also demonstrates how to display that data in .NET applications, including ASP.NET web applications.

An app that reads out text for you

17 Jun 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

In this article, I would explain the steps to create a simple WPF application that can read out text for you; using .NET framework's Speech API and Installed voices.

Simple GPS Locator for Windows Phone 7

16 Jul 2011 by Ahmedn1

A simple GPS system to locate the current location of the phone

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Expression Bindings in XAML

20 Jul 2018 by Ajcek84

Complex bindings in XAML made almost as simple as in JavaScript frameworks

Music Notation in .NET

15 Jul 2018 by Ajcek84

Open source library for music engraving in desktop, mobile and web applications

An Editable ListBox for WPF

13 May 2009 by Al Alberto

A simple to implement editable listbox for WPF.

Exploring Opportunites for The Cloud: Part 1

31 Dec 2010 by Al Alberto

A series of articles exploring how to develop applications for Windows Azure using Bing Maps.

Building Better Buttons in Expression Blend and Silverlight

3 Apr 2010 by Alan Beasley

Beginner's guide to building robust, scalable, and easily editable buttons

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Arcade Button in Expression Blend & Silverlight

4 Apr 2010 by Alan Beasley

All the tools you need to create, tweak and style the Arcade button

Picture Frame Control in Expression Blend & Silverlight

9 Jun 2010 by Alan Beasley

How to build your first re-useable Control from scratch in Expression Blend

10 Cool Buttons for Download in Expression Blend & Silverlight

13 Jul 2010 by Alan Beasley

The WC Door button, covering all the missing skills needed to create the buttons shown in my first tutorial. As well as all 10 buttons for download!

ListBox Styling (Part 2 - ControlTemplate) in Expression Blend & Silverlight

26 Apr 2010 by Alan Beasley

How to Style the Control Template of a ListBox in a small MVVM application

ListBox Styling (Part 3 - Additional Templates) in Expression Blend and Silverlight

6 May 2010 by Alan Beasley

Explanation and examples of Additional Templates and Generated Content of a ListBox. Covering Layout, Transitions, and Animation.

Busy Dizzy Bee-sley Spirographic Animation in Expression Blend & Silverlight

11 May 2010 by Alan Beasley

Simulating a random motion animation without code, using Spirographic Shapes, PathListBoxes, Storyboards & Behaviours

Developing Silverlight-enabled ASP.NET Controls

4 Jan 2008 by Aleksey Zaharov

This article shows you how to bring revolutionary UI provided by MS Silverlight to the world of ASP.NET control development with the help of the recently released ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions CTP.

Using Silverlight Pie Charts in Visual Studio LightSwitch

27 Oct 2011 by Alessandro Del Sole

This article explains how to bind Pie Chart controls from the Silverlight Toolkit to a LightSwitch screen

HexGrid

12 Jul 2017 by Alexander Sharykin

WPF HexGrid Panel

A Windows 8 WPF Ribbon

3 Jul 2014 by Alexander Wieser

The article showcases a Windows 8 themed WPF Ribbon inspired by Office 2013 and Visual Studio 2013.

Draw a Boardgame in WPF

11 Feb 2009 by alexander_l

This article will show you how to use the DrawingVisual class to draw the game of GO

Rehosting WorkflowDesigner

2 May 2019 by Alexandros Pappas

Rehosting of WorkflowDesigner in WPF and Windows Forms application, and invoking the workflow

XamlWriter and Bindings Serialization

29 Jun 2008 by AlexDov

About serialization of Bindings to XAML with the standard MS XamlWriter.

Silverlight 2.0 Syntax Highlighting TextBox

26 Feb 2009 by Alexei Prokudin

Syntax highlighting TextBox in Silverlight 2.0.

Miller Columns for WPF

4 Jan 2023 by Alexey A. Popov 2

A simple implementation of Miller columns (cascading columns) control

Model View Controller, Model View Presenter, and Model View ViewModel Design Patterns

3 Oct 2009 by alexy.shelest

This article will compare and contrast the MVC, MVP, and MVVM, and suggest which pattern to use based on your technology of choice and the problem that you are trying to solve.

WPF / MVVM Real-Time Trading Application

10 Feb 2012 by alexy.shelest

This project is a real-time multi-threaded trading application framework developed with WPF / MVVM

Persian (Farsi) language support for Silverlight 2.0

21 Oct 2008 by Ali Daneshmandi

Persian (Farsi) language support for Silverlight 2.0

Restaurant and Waiter project! (WPF - Windows Mobile)

22 Jan 2012 by Ali Daneshmandi

Restaurant and Waiter project! (WPF - Windows Mobile)

Introduction to XAML in Windows Workflow Foundation

17 Apr 2007 by Ali Iqbal Khan

Third article in a Windows Workflow Foundation tutorial

WPF Commanding: The Basics

13 May 2009 by Alphakoda

A first look at commanding in WPF

Play AVI files in Silverlight 5 using MediaElement and MediaStreamSource - P/Invoke

14 Sep 2011 by Amir Eshaq

This code demostrates how to use Silverlight 5 with OOB+elevated trust to play a local video (.avi). Uses P/Invoke support for native code

Command Binding inside DataTemplate in Parent-Child Scenario in an MVVM Application

21 Feb 2011 by Amit Kumar Dutta

Discusses a simple and testable way to bind Commands inside DataTemplates (Parent-Child scenario) in any WPF or Silverlight application built with the MVVM design pattern

Automatic Scrolling During Drag operation

11 Jul 2013 by Amit_Mittal

A way to achieve automatic scrolling during a drag operation

Custom Getter Setters in C# using Regular Expression based templates

6 Sep 2014 by amitthk

Quickly generate Getter Setters for a number of your properties in C# - using regular Expression based templates

MvvmCrudGv - (Roll you own Wpf Mvvm Framework CRUD application – hands on in 14 (or so) steps)

2 Nov 2014 by amitthk

Yet another Basic .Net Wpf Mvvm Framework CRUD application – hands on in 14 (or so) easy steps for WPF/MVVM beginners / for practice.

RunCmd - (A WPF-MVVM Batch File Editor/Runner Utility. Automate your repetitive tasks using commandline batch files)

27 Aug 2018 by amitthk

RunCmd is a windows batch file editor,runner utility. It can be used to automate our repetitive tasks using commandline batch files.

Using XAML Progress Bar in WPF for Indeterminate Mode

18 Jan 2018 by Ammar Shaukat

Using XAML Progress Bar in WPF for Indeterminate Mode

Porting a Simple Application "Computer Emulation" from WINFORM to WPF

7 Nov 2008 by andre arpin

Shows some of the steps, pitfalls and differences in porting a simple application from WINFORM to WPF

Importing 3D objects into Avalon from 3DS files

6 Jul 2005 by Andrej Benedik

Class library for importing 3D objects from 3DS files into Avalon, and a simple 3D object viewer.

Matrix-Style Rain in C# with WPF

18 Sep 2019 by Andreoli Carlo

Matrix digital rain, Matrix code or sometimes green rain, is the computer code featured in the Matrix movies

WPF: Data Virtualization

30 Jan 2015 by Andrew Whiddett

This is an alternative for "WPF: Data Virtualization"

Virtualizing Data with XAML

9 Feb 2015 by Andrew Whiddett

Creating a scaleable ObservableCollection that supports pagination, async and (for the first time) FULL write operations

WPF Runtime Localization

11 Aug 2018 by Andrew Wood

A WPF localization solution with runtime updating and design-time support in Visual Studio

Binding XAML controls directly to the ViewModel methods

22 Jun 2014 by Andrey Karinskiy

In this article I want to show how binding controls directly to the View Model methods can simplify development of XAML UI, and completely eliminate manual work with Commands.

A Multilingual Silverlight Virtual Keyboard

10 Jul 2009 by Andrius Mudinas

A multilingual Silverlight virtual keyboard.

Navigating the different modules through a TreeView and ToolBar with Prism

21 Jun 2012 by Andrzej Skutnik

Developing a navigation theme started in the article "Navigating the different modules through a TreeView in Prism."

TreeView vs Accordion vs DataGrid.

5 Jul 2012 by Andrzej Skutnik

Accordion versus TreeView and the DataGrid in the navigation data in Silverlight.

Autocompletion with RichTextBox in WPF as Behavior

8 Aug 2012 by Andrzej Skutnik

This article is describing behaviors ala Intellisense. I'll talk about how to extend the RichTextBox display behavior without interference in the control, without overwriting any of the members, fully configurable in the Xaml code, with the possibility of dynamic control.

Reflection RichTextBox display styles using the techniques of tracking behavior

28 Aug 2012 by Andrzej Skutnik

The vision is now the problem of reflecting styles of RichTextBox display controls. Applies the technique commonly known as behavior.

An Animated "AlarmBar" Custom Control in WPF

22 Jul 2008 by AndyL2

Published WPF resources discussing control customization focus almost exclusively on editing local copies of ControlTemplates, while implementing and interacting with an actual Custom Control library requires a DIFFERENT set of techniques and reference syntax to be used

WPF Custom Controls - Without The Pain

13 Aug 2008 by AndyL2

Creating a maintainable, extensible WPF custom control library is a lot easier if you know a few tricks.

WPF Non-Client Area Design Techniques For Custom Window Frames

10 Oct 2008 by AndyL2

A 100% WPF solution to creating custom Window frames of any shape, supporting all standard frame behaviors

A WatermarkTextBox in 3 lines of XAML

25 Jul 2008 by AndyL2

Another example of how XAML can solve issues that most developers automatically assume will require "coding".

WPF Colour Slider

4 Jun 2009 by andywilsonuk

Creating an embedded, bindable WPF Colour Picker based on a Slider control using a LinearGradientBrush.

.NET Framework 3.0 Buffet

27 Dec 2006 by Anil Kr. Sharma

.NET Framework 3.0 primer.

ViewStack Component for Silverlight 2 – An Inevitable Control in RIA Space

17 Oct 2008 by Anil Kumar T R

ViewStack component for Silverlight 2 – An inevitable control in RIA space

A ViewStack Component for Silverlight 2 with Transitions and Cache management

20 Oct 2008 by Anil Kumar T R

An enhanced ViewStack component for Silverlight 2 with transitions and cache management.

Silverlight ListBox: Part I - Using multiple templates in a ListBox

26 Feb 2009 by Anil_gupta

How to show mutliple types of items in a single listbox by using multiple templates.

Promote your App using Advertising( Adduplex , Admob) Part1

10 Aug 2014 by Anis Derbel

It's Time to make Money with your Apps

Silverlight Experimental Hacks (SLEX) - EventTrigger, PropertyTrigger, ReactiveTrigger, InvokeMethodAction, StoryBoardAction, etc. for Silverlight

14 Jan 2010 by Anoop Pillai

A set of Silverlight Experimental Hacks (1) A custom implementation of EventTrigger and PropertyTrigger (2) Invoking methods in your view model in MVVM (3) Conditionally invoking triggers and behaviors (4) ReactiveTrigger for exporting your custom events

Server Side, Data Driven Image Rendering in ASP.NET MVC and XAML for Web Apps

3 Nov 2010 by Anoop Pillai

The article explain Server side image rendering using data bound XAML. You'll be able to render WPF controls and create data-bound image visualizations using this technique

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SilverStunts - A data driven game in Silverlight

31 Dec 2007 by Antonin Hildebrand

The article discusses the concepts of data driven web games. An example game 'SilverStunts' is presented and described in technical details.

Ultrabook Sensors on Desktop App

5 Jan 2013 by Anup Kumar Verma

Using all Ultrabook sensors on Desktop Application

Making a Parsable Text box in .NET 3.5

2 Aug 2009 by Apoorv Khurasia

A parsable text box validates and parses text inside it to strongly typed .NET objects

Text Box with Delayed Binding

6 Oct 2009 by Aran Mulholland

A TextBox that waits a user defined interval of time after the user has stopped typing to update its binding source

PersianDate and Some WPF Controls For It

25 Apr 2012 by Arash Sahebolamri

PersianDate type, and two WPF controls (PersianCalendar, and PersianDatePicker) for working with Persian dates

WPF: Where to Put Value Converters?

31 Jan 2010 by Arik Poznanski

The question this posts tries to address is: Where to put value converters?

WPF: How To Animate Visibility Property?

7 Feb 2010 by Arik Poznanski

An easy way to add fade-in / fade-out effects to your user controls, when you change their Visibility property

Flashcards.Show – Planning a Cross-Platform Solution

1 Apr 2011 by Arik Poznanski

Flashcards.Show – Planning a Cross-Platform Solution

Ways to Load Applications Faster – A Windows Phone Recipe

25 Mar 2011 by Arik Poznanski

Ways to load application

Windows-Phone-7

Simple WPF Page Transitions

20 May 2011 by Aron Weiler

WPF UserControl enabling simple page transitions, such as slide, grow, spin, etc.

Tagged Objects in Microsoft Surface – TagVisualizer, TagVisualization, TagVisualizationDefinition

17 Mar 2010 by Arun Jacob

Article about Tag driven application or Tagged Objects in Surface SDK

A Simple Silverlight RSS Reader

21 Jun 2010 by Arun Jacob

This is a simple Silverlight RSS Reader which pulls out data from a feed URL.

Practical System Design using MEF MVVM RX MOQ Unit Tests in WPF

27 May 2015 by Arup Banerjee

The project is a simple Temperature Converter WPF Application which will allow user to convert from Celsius to Fahrenheit and vice versa. The objective however is to demonstrate techniques that are important when building large-scale front-end enterprise software.

Localization Made Easy in WPF

17 Feb 2010 by Ashish Kaila

Easy way to localize your WPF app declaratively

Power of Templates in Control Development Within Windows Presentation Foundation

2 Aug 2010 by Ashish Kaila

Illustrates UI modelling in WPF, leveraging templates.

Create Custom Windows in WPF with Ease

27 Dec 2010 by Ashish Kaila

Declaratively and visually create custom windows in WPF