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It has been a long time … WPF applications do not start immediately. When an application is being loaded, there’s a delay while the CLR initializes the .NET environment and then starts the application. Splash screens are typically used to notify the user that the application is in the process of loading. The easiest way to add a splash screen to your WPF application is to have Visual Studio 2008 SP1 or later and to follow these steps: 1. Add an image file to your project. (you can use the BMP, GIF...
Download Source Code and Binaries (MyBlogUserControls.zip) Embedding the Macromedia Flash Player ActiveX control is a relatively simple way to do the following: Add functionality, graphics, or animation to your WPF application. Extend the capabilities of your stand-alone Macromedia Flash application (such as adding file I/O capabilities to Macromedia Flash). Use existing flash resources in your WPF application (i.e. Use Banners in your WPF application) Before you decide to embed the Macromedia Flash...
Recently I’ve been getting several questions on hardware acceleration. Some people are running performance profiling tools and noticing that although it indicates that their application is running in hardware, the application is still taxing the CPU. This may seem confusing, so I will try to give some background in this posting. History Windows developers have been using the same display technologies for more than 15 years. A standard Windows application relies on two well-worn parts of the Windows...
I love Twitter. Like many users I have moved away from the website to a client application (Powerful software, combined with the cloud – sound familiar?). I used to tweet using TweetDeck and twhirl which can be loaded on every PC, Mac or Ubuntu machine. However, being a .NET and WPF guy, there are a few things that bug me about most Twitter clients. Most of the Twitter clients run in AIR , being a great cross-platform (I use Windows only) light-weight (not so light) applications. I’m sure the amazing...