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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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3-D's of Windows 8.1 Store Background App

11 Mar 2014 by Prasanna Venkatesh . K

Writing a Windows store background app from the scratch

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

[How to] Listen to your DragEventArgs!

12 Apr 2017 by Dave “DWC” Curry

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

[Uwp] Make a Resizable Splitview

27 Sep 2018 by Georgeutc

A very simple Resizable SplitView

A Custom WPF ScrollViewer

7 Dec 2018 by Dirk Bahle

Making better use of the available UI space.

A Foldable Content Control for UWP

8 Jan 2017 by Nuwan Karunarathna

This a foldable content control for UWP platform.

A post about Silverlight Focusing Issue

22 Feb 2011 by İlkay İlknur

Silverlight Focusing Issue

A StringFormat Replacement for Windows RT

18 Apr 2013 by Yvan Rodrigues

A simple but effective way for format bound data in XAML with the Windows Runtime

Accelerometer Sensor in Windows Phone 8

20 Feb 2013 by Pradeep Reddy S

Implementation of Accelerometer in WP8 applications.

Accessing Data through Web Service in Windows 8 Stores App - VS2012

24 Oct 2012 by Ramanujam Shankar

Show data in grid view control of Windows Stores App using web service or WCF

Accessing image from Resource File in XAML markup

9 Mar 2011 by Mahmudul Haque Azad

Accessing image from Resource File in XAML markup

Acordian Listview in XAML Windows Application

7 Oct 2015 by prince sanghi

How to create an Acordian view for ListView in XAML for Windows WPF, Store, Mobile Application

Advanced WPF TreeView with Multi-Level Binding (Code Behind - No XAML!)

21 Dec 2017 by Peter Sun (247)

Demonstrate how to create WPF TrewView with multiple levels of HierarchicalDataTemplate from C# code-behind without XAML using MVVM for data binding

Alarm in C#

6 Oct 2014 by Shah Ankita

This code sample demonstrates how to set an alarm notification.

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

Animated Splash Screen in Windows Store

10 Mar 2014 by Malak Zia Nasir

Override the Windows Store app default splash screen with an animated one

Animation Storyboard using XAML and C#

8 Aug 2014 by Anis Derbel

The easiest way to animate your object using Storyboard

Auto Sizing WPF GridView Class

7 Aug 2020 by Jeff East

Implements automatic column width sizing based on item contents for ListViews using GridView

Behavior and Trigger in WPF/Silverlight

11 Jun 2012 by syncsivakumar

Behaviors and Triggers explained with samples.

Binding Radio Buttons to a Single Property

11 Aug 2014 by Volodymyr Trubachov

Describes the approach to bind a group of radio buttons to a single property, regardless of the property type (enum, bool, int, string).

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

Bing Maps in Windows Phone

9 Nov 2012 by Houssem_Dellai

Using Bing Maps in Windows Phone 7

Windows-Phone-7

BitmapImageExtension with NetworkCredentials

14 Feb 2013 by Fredrik Zetterlund

BitmapImageExtension with NetworkCredentials.

Bool To Content Converter

15 Nov 2013 by Francisco T. Chavez

Bool to content converter

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

Building a C# WPF Twitter Reader with REST API (Now .NET Core 3 Version!)

18 Jun 2022 by Peter Sun (247)

Create a C# WPF app to read Twitter tweets and retweets via REST API with grouping related users / friends by categories. As a bonus, tweets can be saved in Azure / Cloud, and viewed in an Azure website.

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

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

C# WPF Master-Detail View Navigation: A Data-Driven Approach

5 Jul 2018 by Peter Sun (247)

Master-detail view navigation using manageable data-driven and code-behind techniques

Calendar of Events in Windows Phone

15 Oct 2012 by Houssem Dellai

Developing a Windows Phone app step by step

ChatGPT API in C# WPF / XAML / MVVM

16 Feb 2024 by Peter Sun (247)

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

Checkbox Inside ListBox to Select Multiple Items in Silverlight Using MVVM

21 Jun 2012 by Santhosh Kumar Jayaraman

Silverlight doesn't have a ListBox control with a checkbox. In this article, I describe how to achieve that functionality in Silverlight using MVVM.

Circular Indeterminate Progressbar

30 May 2013 by Mitesh k Prajapati

This is a WPf circular indeterminate progressbar and you can use this in your application for loading processes which are in an indeterminate state.

Closing View from ViewModel

27 Feb 2013 by Fun@learn

Lightweight approach to close view from viewmodel command.

ColorPicker In Windows Phone 8

12 Nov 2014 by Shah Ankita

This code sample demonstrates how to set color to any control using colorpicker. For this, you have to create a new Windows phone app.

Connect WPF with Wamp Server MySql

5 Aug 2014 by Anis Derbel

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

Create "Sign Up Page" in Blend 2015

25 Nov 2015 by Zain Nisar

Create "Sign Up Page" using Toolbar and Navigation feature

Create Animation using Separated Images

2 Mar 2014 by Ruzli999

How to create Animation using separated Images

Create Visual States in Blend 2015

28 Nov 2015 by Zain Nisar

How to create visual states and what is state group?

Creating a Multi-header Column, XamDataPresenter

11 Feb 2015 by Mohit Johri

This tip will help you to display data using XamDataPresenter (or any DataGrid) which will have multi-header column.

Creating a Simple Animation using Microsoft Blend for Visual Studio (UWP)

21 Nov 2015 by Umer Qureshi

Creating an animation using blend instead of writing the XAML yourself

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

Creating an IconBlock in Xaml

11 Jun 2015 by Lance Contreras

Create an easily resusable IconBlock (TextBlock that display's an icon)

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.

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.

Custom Control in Blend 2015

16 Dec 2015 by Zain Nisar

How to create Custom Control in Blend 2015

Custom Expander Control for WPF

7 Feb 2017 by shahidul.haq

A WPF custom control for grouping data similar to build-in expander

Custom Text Wrapping in WPF TextBlocks

13 Jul 2012 by Opata Chibueze

This tip demonstrates how to wrap text in WPF - similar to using &shy or

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

Data Binding To Grid View Controls

25 Nov 2015 by Zain Nisar

How to create Data Binding?

Data Virtualization using DataGrid

30 Oct 2018 by Carsten Breum

Data Virtualization example with a pagesize and async data request

DataGrid Visual Column Separator

6 Aug 2013 by Ced743

DataGrid column separator

Dead Simple HTML Sanitizer

18 Jan 2013 by Tawani Anyangwe

A dead simple HTML Sanitizer (and HTML Parser) you can use to clean user HTML input.

Debugging Trick in XAML DataBinding

7 Jan 2011 by Venkatesh Mookkan

Debugging XAML DataBinding

Designer Debugging in WinRT

9 May 2013 by Vinoth Kumar J

Designer debugging in WinRT

Developing WPF Applications to Choose Best FontFamily and Display String (Text) for UI Elements

25 Sep 2013 by Punamchand Dhuppad

In this tip we will talk about how to apply the same font style to TextBlock and Glyphs controls from code-behind.

Difference Between Grid and StackPanel

17 Dec 2015 by Umer Qureshi

A tip explaining the difference between Stackpanel and a Grid layout in WPF

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.

Different ways to bind a data in Codebind from XAML

7 Jan 2011 by Venkatesh Mookkan

Databinding Concept in WPF

Disable WebView scrolling in Windows Store Apps

31 Jan 2014 by Farhan Ghumra

Drag & Drop Gridview in C#

4 Aug 2014 by Anis Derbel

This sample is based on Drag and Drop between GridView

Dynamically Displaying Large Text on Mouse Hover in WPF Applications

20 Sep 2013 by rohini.chiniwal

This tip defines a way to make a TextBlock trimming and display the whole text on mouse hover with animation effect.

Dynamically Generating Forms in WPF and Silverlight

28 Mar 2012 by Sujeet Bhujbal

Article on dynamically generating Forms in WPF and Silverlight.

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.

Edit Template or Edit Additional Templates in Visual Studio XAML without all the Bloat

18 Jun 2020 by SoundersFan

How to edit templates in VS XAML without the bloat

Editable WPF Label Custom User Control

8 Feb 2016 by StormyDev

Simple and clean-cut label that user can edit text of during run-time (by double-clicking) which I wrote because the examples I found were either obsolete or added clutter to the interface.

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EmptyDataTemplate for WPF or Silverlight DataGrid

3 Jan 2015 by Ajit_Pudale

Tip to add EmptyDataTemplate in WPF or Silverlight DataGrid

Encypt and decrypt StorageFile in Windows Store apps

30 Apr 2013 by Farhan Ghumra

Encypt and decrypt StorageFile in Windows Store apps.

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

Extending Content/Message Dialog Class in UWP to Avoid Crash

31 Mar 2017 by P_Dash

Showing multiple dialogs concurrently in UWP

Windows-Phone-8

Fighting databinding issues

15 Jan 2014 by Shweta Lodha

How to troubleshoot data binding

Finger Print Authentication using Xamarin Forms

13 Mar 2018 by Slim Hammami

This is a tutorial which contains the finger print authentication using Xamarin Forms

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.

Formatting Strings in Binding

14 Dec 2013 by Shweta Lodha

How to format strings in binding

Freeze brushes directly in the XAML to improve your application's performances

12 Apr 2010 by jmix90

When you read the MSDN guidelines to improce WPF's performances you can find that it's a good idea to freeze Freezable objects.It's a quite easy thing to do via the code but it's quite harder to do it directly in the XAML. In this post we will see how to do so.What are freezable...

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.

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

Getting Started with MahApps.Metro

16 May 2015 by Mark Heath

Learn how to get started with MahApps.Metro, an open source library for giving your WPF applications a modern look and feel.

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

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.

Helper for Extracting Control Template

24 Apr 2014 by Cuba Cubicula

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

Host extern Win32 Window in WPF

11 Apr 2015 by El_Codero

Host Windows Form Controls in WPF

24 Nov 2010 by GPUToaster™

Include Windows Form Controls in WPF

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.

How to Add Columns to a DataGrid through Binding and Map Its Cell Values

7 Nov 2013 by Lance Contreras

How to add columns to a DataGrid through binding and map its cell values

How to Auto-generate Multiple Custom Columns in a WPF DataGrid for Same Type Properties

1 Apr 2020 by Vassili Kravtchenko-Berejnoi

A generic workaround for auto-generating multiple custom columns in a WPF DataGrid in case where the data class has multiple properties of the same type

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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#

How to Create and Use Custom Control in UWP

1 Dec 2015 by Umer Qureshi

How to create a Custom Control so it can be used later and how to give access to some of it properties

How to Crop Image into Different Size

5 Aug 2014 by Anis Derbel

you can now crop Image with specified size equally

How to Debug the Design Time Errors in WPF XAML File?

20 Oct 2015 by Manish Dubeyy

How to debug the design time errors in WPF XAML file?

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

29 Apr 2010 by Grishma Shah

Introduction:...

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

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How to draw a two color line in Silverlight

29 Jul 2011 by gsvolt

Draing a two-color line in Silverlight.

How to Easily Write a User's Guide for Your Application using Different File Extensions

26 May 2018 by Vladan.Obradovic

How to easily write a user's guide for your application using different file extensions

How to hide automaticaly columns in datagrid

19 Jul 2015 by KADJINA Toyi

This sample is about hiding automatically datagrid columns when all rows of this column are empty.NB: The following code is for silerlight 5 and can be readapt for WPF

How to Localize WPF pages

17 Apr 2015 by |\/|ax

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

29 Aug 2010 by Ahmed_Said