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Please update your bookmarks, because the new url of this blog is http://khason.net/ (you have not update RSS feeds, it will be done automatically). Why I did it? Why I decided to go to “stand-alone”… Well. there are some reasons. Generally, I do not want to explain all those here, but trust me, there are some. The main reason is, that there is no responsible person in charge for this blog platform in Microsoft Israel. This why, if your blog is popular and you have a respect to your blog visitors...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/arabic-and-hebrew-languages-bidirectional-support-for-silverlight-20-beta-2/ ] Those days, I’m, together with guys from Microsoft Egypt and Santeon , finishing development of bidirectional input and output support for Silverlight. I want you to take part in alpha testing of this solution. Please see the test form here and try it. <noframes>Visit <a href...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/action-required-smart-client-users-group/ ] Recently I browsed INETA to seek for some group and was really surprising. There is no Smart Client user group registered there. Maybe there is a reason? Let’s understand what Smart Client is? According wikipedia , the term "Smart Client" is meant to refer to simultaneously capturing the benefits of a " thin client " (zero...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/what%e2%80%99s-new-in-msdn-downloads/ ] Just look how many new releases those days in MSDN Download web site. Virtual PC 2007 SP1 – download and release notes Scriptomatic 2.0 - download (uses PowerShell 1.0) Windows PowerShell V2 CTP2 - download Office Live Update 1.1 - download .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 beta – download Visual Studio 2008 SP1 beta - download Microsoft Expression Blend 2...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/quick-wpf-tip-how-to-bind-to-wpf-application-resources-and-settings/ ] You, probable know, that you can save application resources and settings within handy classes Settings and Properties, provided by Visual Studio code generator. Just put your values, set the usage scope and all you have to do is to save it upon request. This feature is really useful and great time saver. But how to...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/some-new-post-mix-downloads/ ] Today is download day at MSDN. There are some very interesting things published. New release of Windows SDK (new classes for WPF 3.5, bugs fixes, and enhanced support for Windows Server 2008, including speech, error reporting and UAC). Download it here . For more information, visit SDK blog Windows XP SP3 RC2 (it's not final release ), but if you want...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/building-custom-user-control-in-silverlight-20-how-to-build-code-snippet-for-vs-as-bonus/ ] Do you remember, that we have "go-live" for Silverlight 2.0 and already have build machines configured ? Now it's time to build your very own custom control. Today, we'll build Range Slider. What is range slider? Range slider is a control, that lets you input two values, typically...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/msbuild-tasks-for-build-machines-for-wpf-and-silverlight/ ] Silverlight got go-life, so we should start preparing automatic build machines for new Silverlight projects. Actually, it is not too complicated, however, there are some new tasks should be taken into account. Output type of any Silverlight application is Library New XML node specializing the output type of the library: SilverlightApplication...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/a-couple-of-updates-mega-update-post/ ] Today, only updates Yahoo finally releases Yahoo! Messenger for Vista - this was one of very first prototypes, shown in Mix last year. I did not install it, however, here a couple of review Erik Burke , Tim Sneath and Ryan Stewart . As for me, they lost "wow effect" last year Microsoft Expression Blend 2 - December Preview . What's...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/dev411-presentation-and-demos-download/ ] I uploaded my presentation, done in DevAcademy2 to SkyDrive. Now you can download, use and review it. PPT only presentation (7.2 MB) PPT only presentation before final cleanup (7.6 MB) Full presentation, including demos, code and PPTX file (26.1 MB) Have a nice day.
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/visual-studio-2008-new-test-features/ ] Referring my disappointment from the topics on 70-552 , I start looking on new test features, provider by Visual Studio 2008. I worked with performance analyzer in VS2005 (which is looked much more like debug tools for .NET CLR developers in MS) and today, after public release of VS2008 , I can show you my research. From the first sight, it looks...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/vs2008-rtm-is-available-for-msdn-subscribers/ ] After long wait, Visual Studio 2008 (code name Orcas) become available for MSDN subscribers. Download it now >>