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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/quick-silverlight-and-wpf-tip-how-to-write-program-without-xaml/ ] From the moment, 10K MIX09 contest was launched , I got more, then 20 people, asking the same question: Is it possible to have Silverlight program up and running without XAML at all? The answer is “ YES, IT IS ”. Here is how: All you need for run WPF or Silverlight application is Class inherited from System.Windows.Application...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/programming-for-windows-7/ ] Well, Windows 7 is going to be released by the end of next year. This is great news, because it seemed, that Microsoft finally understand how to get the best of Windows Vista and make it to work not only on monster machines . It even works on new brandy my wife's pinky machine. And if it works there and my wife is happy with it, this OS going to be very...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/silverlight-bidi-controls-library-rc0-and-movement-from-beta-2-to-rc0/ ] Finally, I got free minute to convert Silverlight BiDi controls from Silverlight beta 2 to RC0 (you can download SL rc0 tools for VS2008 here ) and as usual some breaking changes (the full list is here ) Calendar and DatePicker moved from System.Windows.Controls.Extended into System.Windows.Controls – Extended namespace...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/developers-academy-3-vote-your-choice/ ] If you're "in" WPF and/or Silverlight development and want to learn more about high performance programming in WPF or your ability to develop once for WPF and Silverlight, you're invited to vote for my session in Dev Academy 3 and attend it: High performance programming with WPF in .NET framework 3.5 SP1 .NET 3.5 SP1 (Arrowhead...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/expert-days-%e2%80%93-last-minute-changes/ ] Next week we’ll starting Expert Days , so you have a last chance to register for Windows Presentation Foundation for fellow developers (12-Aug) and Mastering Microsoft Silverlight 2.0 (13-Aug). Those sessions will take place in Bein-Thumi Herzeliya and start in 8:30. We have not enough participants to open Advanced .NET 3.5 SP1 (14-Aug) [not...
[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/teched-preparation-session-other-announcements/ ] If you want to attend my preparations before TechEd , you’re invited to attend 27-Jul in Microsoft Ra’anana. What is preparation session? This is the training for myself. I’ll present all four session (each one is an hour + one hour rep.) This is your chance to hear live my TechEd South Africa sessions, without paying the fee (ZAR 4,500...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/presenting-at-teched-developers-south-africa-2008-durban/ ] Save the date. TechEd Developers South Africa is around the corner (August 3rd through 6th). This year it will take place in Durban , the third most populous city in South Africa. This TechEd, there are four sessions assigned to me: Creating Rich Applications with Windows Presentation Foundation (300) Completely new session about...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/quick-note-new-teched-downloads/ ] There is TechEd in Orlando, and this means, that there are a lot of new announcements. Let’s fill up our download managers with expensive fuel and start. New WM 6.1 images (both standard and professional) – absolutely required if you’re programming Windows Mobile Managed Extensibility Framework – I blogged about it a little in the past. Really cool approach...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/silverlight-accessibility-and-ceo-support-for-beta-2/ ] Yesterday, beta 2 of Silverlight was officially announced in TechEd Orlando. There are a lot of interesting changes. One of most significant changes, I want to notice and accessibility support in Silverlight. See yourself (if you do not know what this image about, see this post ) What should you do in order this to happen? Absolutely...
[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/my-teched-%e2%80%9808-presentation-slides-download/ ] I do not know why, but for some reason in development section of TechEd website there are only two recording and no presentations. I do not want to wait for them to upload (we sent all presentations a while ago), so here it comes. My TechEd presentation DEV335 - Game Development Using Microsoft’s Latest Technologies . I have...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/networking-and-sockets-in-silverlight-10-mobile-to/ ] Well, well, well. Two days ago, we spoke about using sockets within Silverlight 2.0 and WPF . Today, we’ll make a step ahead and will use TCP or UDP client-server connection within Silverlight 1.0. Yes, 1.0 (the one with JavaScript only and no sockets). So, let’s start Rock ‘n Roll. Oh, baby – it cannot be done...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/running-wpf-on-gas-pump-or-other-windows-ce-devices/ ] What do you think, is it possible to run WPF on Windows CE enabled devices (e.g. gas pumps, GPS systems, robots, game or automatic teller machines or, even, scientific calculators)? Let's see following code: StackPanel panel = new StackPanel(Orientation.Horizontal); ...
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