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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.

Latest Articles

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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XAML

Simple WPF MVVM Concepts

30 Jun 2015 by 1sumitanand

This tip is for newbie developers.

Sorting in WPF-MVVM

1 Jul 2015 by 1sumitanand

Sorting of simple ListView Elements in Ascending/Descending Order

Logical / Visual Tree Walking in WPF

15 Feb 2016 by Aaron Amberman

Advanced custom logical and visual tree walking methods

Building Adaptive UI in UWP

25 Oct 2015 by Abhilash Raja

Building adaptive layout in a windows 10 app with relative panel and adaptive triggers

Property Change Notification with Compile Time Safety

9 Dec 2014 by Abhishek Shrivastava

Simple trick to provide compile time safety for client side classes using INotify to notify when property changes (used generally by XAML bindings)

Microsoft Band- Basic App for Understanding II

28 Feb 2016 by adityasahver

In this article, we will learn how to create an Tile/Page in the MS Band and trigger the details on the associated device

Creating Metro (Windows 8) Loading Animation Using XAML

19 Feb 2013 by AesopTurtle

Mimic a loading animation as seen in Windows 8 using pure XAML.

How to make any UI element drag-able using Behaviors in WPF

29 Aug 2010 by Ahmed_Said

XAML tutorial for Manufaktura Controls API

19 Jul 2015 by Ajcek84

Overview of music notation library

EmptyDataTemplate for WPF or Silverlight DataGrid

3 Jan 2015 by Ajit_Pudale

Tip to add EmptyDataTemplate in WPF or Silverlight DataGrid

Text Max Length Programmatically | Tested on WinPhone APP

31 May 2015 by Alaa Ben Fatma

Choose your text maximum length programmatically and show a message whenever the length = the maximum length

How to Control TP-Link Smart Plug HS1XX

27 Dec 2017 by Alberto M.

How to control TP-Link Smart Plug (HS100 or HS110) with C#

WPF Controls Color Customization

6 Jul 2017 by Alexander Sharykin

No more Template copies

Reusable WPF RadioButton Control (Data Binding to enum)

28 Jul 2014 by alexbk66

Reusable WPF RadioButton control which takes the pain away

Binding with Properties defined in Code Behind

7 Jul 2013 by Amit_Mittal

An easy way to bind XAML with properties defined in code behind

Drag & Drop Gridview in C#

4 Aug 2014 by Anis Derbel

This sample is based on Drag and Drop between GridView

Browse Photo in Windows Phone 8.1

5 Aug 2014 by Anis Derbel

This tip will show the new way to browse photos with Windows Phone 8.1

Connect WPF with Wamp Server MySql

5 Aug 2014 by Anis Derbel

The easy way to connect to Mysql using Wamp server on WPF

How to Crop Image into Different Size

5 Aug 2014 by Anis Derbel

you can now crop Image with specified size equally

Working with Accelerometer Windows Phone c#

5 Aug 2014 by Anis Derbel

Link between Accelerometer and composant in xaml

How to Parse HTML using C#

6 Aug 2014 by Anis Derbel

Get information of any website you want

Reorder DataGrid/ListBox Items with Drag and Drop Wpf

7 Aug 2014 by Anis Derbel

The easy way to Reorder your DataGrid/ListBox with Drag and Drop

Animation Storyboard using XAML and C#

8 Aug 2014 by Anis Derbel

The easiest way to animate your object using Storyboard

Gesture : Drag and Drop , Resize and Rotate Image C#

11 Aug 2014 by Anis Derbel

The easiest way to drag and drop Image using Gestlure

3D effects in Windows Store App

2 Feb 2014 by AnobikDey

A description of how images and other controls can be rotated and used to give 3d Effect in Windows Store Apps

Remove border from right and bottom of WPF full-screen window

28 Feb 2011 by Anton Lesnichenko

Add AllowsTransparency="True" and there will not be a border.

Use of Deferred Loading in XAML

10 Sep 2015 by Avtar Sohi

Objective of this article is to demystify the deferred loading concept in XAML.

Creating Animated Gradient in Windows Store App Without Using ColorAnimation

13 Oct 2015 by Azim Zahir

This tip explains how you can create animated gradients in a Windows store app using DispatcherTimer.

Slider Thumb Tooltip

28 Jan 2014 by Borja Prado

How to convert slider thumb tooltip value

An Empirical Approach to Data Binding in Universal Windows Applications

24 Sep 2015 by brain2cpu

The way x:Bind is (not) working in universal Windows applications

Data Virtualization using DataGrid

30 Oct 2018 by Carsten Breum

Data Virtualization example with a pagesize and async data request

XamlServices class in .Net 4.0

28 Apr 2011 by CDP1802

Serializing and deserializing objects with XamlServices class

DataGrid Visual Column Separator

6 Aug 2013 by Ced743

DataGrid column separator

Table with Imbricated ItemsControl in XAML

10 Oct 2013 by Ced743

Imbricated ItemsControl (a list into another list) to make a table

Splash Screen using ProgressBar on Windows Phone

9 Jul 2012 by Christian Amado

In this tutorial, we will discuss on ProgressBar & Background worker. Follow the step-by-step tutorial to know how to use these clases.

Windows-Phone-7

Strings To Colours

17 Jun 2014 by cjb110

A String To Brush Converter for WPF/Silverlight

WPF DatePicker Background Fix

6 Jun 2012 by Clifford Nelson

A little trick that will more completely fill the DatePicker background from the code-behind.

String Format ValueConverter

9 Aug 2015 by Clifford Nelson

This tip provides an alternate way to combine data with text in a WPF control using a ValueConverter that could be considered easier.

Required Enumeration Validation Attribute

5 Dec 2015 by Clifford Nelson

This tip presents a ValidationAttribute that can be applied to enumeration properties. The normal RequiredValidationAttribute normally works but if numbers are assigned to the enumeration values, the default value is zero and that may not be valid.

Telerik RadGridView Selected and Hover Row Colors

19 Dec 2015 by Clifford Nelson

It is not straight forward to change the row selected and hover colors on the Telerik RadGridView. This is a ControlTemplate that works, and works with the detail pane.

WPF Control of Image to be Displayed

3 Mar 2018 by Clifford Nelson

This tip presents a way to use the ContentControl and DataTemplate to easily control an image in a Window.

WPF Behavior to close a Popup with MouseLeave

3 Apr 2018 by Clifford Nelson

Normally a popup will stay open until explicitly closed. The Behavior will close the Popup if the mouse is clicked within or outside the Popup area or leaves the Popup area.

WPF ValueConverter to Convert to Correct Type

5 Apr 2018 by Clifford Nelson

Normally, there is no need to ensure that types exactly match when using a Binding. For instance, the Control property double to and int in a ViewModel

WPF Binding Window/UserControl to Self

9 Apr 2018 by Clifford Nelson

Shows how to set DataContext of View to itself using XAML and discusses the advantages of INotifyPropertyChanged to DependencyProperty

Using WPF Behavior to Reduce Loading Time

18 Apr 2018 by Clifford Nelson

I had a situation where a control appearing was significantly affected by the initialization of the UserControls. This behavior fixed my problem.

Flexible WPF XAML ToggleButton/RadioButton/CheckBox reset behavior

27 Apr 2018 by Clifford Nelson

This is a behavior that that will reset ToggleButton derived controls to false (or a specified default value) when the container's visibility becomes false.

WPF Behavior to Set Control Value to DefaultValue on Visibility Changed

2 May 2018 by Clifford Nelson

The tip provides a behavior that will set a control to a default value when the Visibility changes

WPF Select All Focus Behavior

20 Jun 2018 by Clifford Nelson

This behavior will select the entire text when a TextBox or PasswordBox gains focus

Improve WPF performance with RenderOptions

31 Mar 2014 by comiscience

Improve WPF performance with RenderOptions and TextOptions

30 Apr 2014 by Csaba Fábián

An open source library of Linq operators on ObservableCollection

Helper for Extracting Control Template

24 Apr 2014 by Cuba Cubicula

Attached behavior that saves control's template in a file as XAML

Simplifying StyleSelector and TemplateSelector for Xceed AvalonDock

25 Aug 2017 by Cédric Bourgeois

How to make it easier to manage StyleSelector and TemplateSelector with AvalonDock, especially when the selection is based on the ViewModel type only.

Built-in Automatic Sorting for WPF ListView Items

14 Feb 2015 by Dan Maroff

A custom ListView class that uses reflection to sort columns based on the DisplayMemberBinding's bound data type

[How to] Listen to your DragEventArgs!

12 Apr 2017 by Dave “DWC” Curry

How to wire up drag+drop events through multiple objects.

Data binding in WPF DataGrid control using SQL Server database

10 Apr 2012 by Deepak_Sharma_

In this article I will explain how to display data from a SQL Server database table in a WPF DataGrid control

Grid/Canvas Lined and Squared

25 Nov 2013 by dietmar paul schoder

How to produce a dynamic lined or squared background on a canvas/grid

Generative Art I

29 Dec 2014 by dietmar schoder

Turtle graphics: fundamental C# classes and methods for the artwork production in the area of generative art.

Generative Art II

1 Jan 2015 by dietmar schoder

Read and analyse pixels: fundamental C# classes and methods for the artwork production in the area of generative art.

Generative Art III: Work With Image Tiles

2 Jan 2015 by dietmar schoder

Image sections and images: fundamental C# classes and methods for the artwork production in the area of generative art.

Generative Art IV: Distribute Points With Poisson

10 Jan 2015 by dietmar schoder

Poisson disc algorithm: fundamental C# classes and methods for the artwork production in the area of generative art.

WPF MessageBox Service

21 Nov 2013 by Dirk Bahle

A message box service implementation that is based on WPF.

A Custom WPF ScrollViewer

7 Dec 2018 by Dirk Bahle

Making better use of the available UI space.

Grouped LongListSelector in Windows Phone 8 Silverlight

21 Dec 2014 by Divesh P

This tip explains how to create LongListSelector with grouping in very simple and easy steps.

Exception Has Been Thrown by the Target of an Invocation using Visual Studio and TFS

26 Jan 2015 by Divikiran

Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation using Visual Studio and TFS

Host extern Win32 Window in WPF

11 Apr 2015 by El_Codero

WPF C# / VB.NET Additional (fourth) button on window titlebar (Aero only!)

22 Jul 2014 by Emiliarge

Using WindowChrome from Microsoft.Windows.Shell.dll

Streamlined [Data Model-less] Record Editing with a SQLite Data Object Window Base Class

11 Jul 2015 by ergohack

This SQLite Data Object Window base class automates the data updates and the data bindings between the XAML presentation and the SQLite database allowing the minimum of code needed to present and edit SQLite database records.

Yes, You Can Move TFS 2013 WorkItems Between Projects! But, your TFS Warehousing will Break, and Microsoft Support will No Longer Talk to You.

19 Jan 2018 by ergohack

This roguish way of moving a WorkItem, directly 'in-place', through SQL leaves all of the previous data associations intact, but portends issues with future major updates and current TFS Data Warehousing.

Hosting EXE Applications in a WPF Window Application

25 Oct 2013 by Erxin

Introduce a simple way to embed an EXE into a WPF window application.

Encypt and decrypt StorageFile in Windows Store apps

30 Apr 2013 by Farhan Ghumra

Encypt and decrypt StorageFile in Windows Store apps.

Disable WebView scrolling in Windows Store Apps

31 Jan 2014 by Farhan Ghumra

Easy to Use XML-Writer Class C#

26 Nov 2013 by Feverbird

This is an easy to use class that will help you in creating and reading XMLfiles.

Bool To Content Converter

15 Nov 2013 by Francisco T. Chavez

Bool to content converter

BitmapImageExtension with NetworkCredentials

14 Feb 2013 by Fredrik Zetterlund

BitmapImageExtension with NetworkCredentials.

Closing View from ViewModel

27 Feb 2013 by Fun@learn

Lightweight approach to close view from viewmodel command.

[Uwp] Make a Resizable Splitview

27 Sep 2018 by Georgeutc

A very simple Resizable SplitView

Simple Validation in WPF

2 Dec 2013 by Gerald Gomes

A very simple example of displaying validation error next to controls in WPF

Host Windows Form Controls in WPF

24 Nov 2010 by GPUToaster™

Include Windows Form Controls in WPF

Implementing a Complete WRL Native C++ XAML Blank Project Template

14 Dec 2015 by Gregory Morse

Implementing a complete WRL native C++ XAML blank project template

Creating a VirtualizingWrapPanel in XAML WinRT

27 Feb 2016 by Gregory Morse

Deriving VirtualizingPanel and OrientedVirtualizingPanel is not possible in WinRT but using some calculation strategies, an efficient emulation is possible

How to display data of one column in format of grid in Silverlight

29 Apr 2010 by Grishma Shah

Introduction:...

How to draw a two color line in Silverlight

29 Jul 2011 by gsvolt

Draing a two-color line in Silverlight.

Xamarin Forms: Check and Request for Permissions

11 Jan 2019 by Harshit Gindra

Check and request for Permissions in Xamarin Forms mobile application

Xamarin Forms Integration with Google Admob

24 Jan 2019 by Harshit Gindra

This article with help monetize your Xamarin Forms app using Google Admob. This article shares different implementations for Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android.

Icon Pro - Create icons for Windows Desktop

13 Nov 2017 by Herbert Lausmann

Icon Pro - A C# + WPF open source tool for creating windows icons from PNG images or SVG vectors

Yahoo Currency .NET CORE API - C#

18 Nov 2017 by Herbert Lausmann

Convert between over 100 different currencies in .NET using Yahoo's APIs

Very Friendly Enum Binding In WPF

11 Jan 2016 by hesido

A super simple method for listing Enum members in WPF using databinding

Calendar of Events in Windows Phone

15 Oct 2012 by Houssem Dellai

Developing a Windows Phone app step by step

Bing Maps in Windows Phone

9 Nov 2012 by Houssem_Dellai

Using Bing Maps in Windows Phone 7

Windows-Phone-7

Open Chat using Azure and Windows RT

16 Jan 2013 by Houssem_Dellai

Developing the client and server side for a chat application.

Using ObservableCollection in MVVM

21 Oct 2013 by Houssem_Dellai

Reduce the number of properties in the View-Model by using ObservableCollection

Pay Attention to SystemTray

2 Apr 2014 by Houssem_Dellai

We'll see how SystemTray properties can help you design nifty apps

Workaround to Solve the Big Size of Cached Images

12 May 2014 by Houssem_Dellai

Cached images will still be in memory even when navigated to another page, I'll suggest some workaround.

Start developing Windows 10 apps to target billions of devices

16 Aug 2015 by Houssem_Dellai

Get the resources you need to start developing Windows 10 apps.

Silverlight combobox without items source with a bound selected value

8 Sep 2011 by Ian Landicho

A simple combo box that will have predefined items but the selected value bound to a property from our View Model.

A post about Silverlight Focusing Issue

22 Feb 2011 by İlkay İlknur

Silverlight Focusing Issue

Scroll Synchronization

28 Dec 2013 by immortalus

This is an alternative for "Scroll Synchronization"

Playing a Sound in Windows Phone using Media Element

21 Jul 2012 by isenthil

How to play a sound in Windows Phone using media element

Use Xaml.XamlServices to Serialize or Deserialize DependencyObject

24 Jan 2012 by Jack Z. Stone

How to use Xaml.XamlServices to serialize or deserialize a DependencyObject.

Different Sized Tile Items in WinRT GridView

26 Mar 2013 by Jawahar Suresh Babu

The article explains how to add variable sized tile items into WinRT GridView.