Monthly Archives: May 2009

Integrating 3D into Expression Blend with ZAM 3D Tutorial

Adam Kinney Nick Petterssen from Electric Rain demonstrates how to use ZAM 3D with Blend to create true 3D content for WPF. Once the 3D object is then added to the scene he shows how to animate it using the familiar … Continue reading

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Blend 3: Introduction to Importing Photoshop Files

One of the main goals of Expression Blend 3 is to improve the overall workflow for visual designers. To achieve this we added support to import files created in Adobe’s Photoshop and Illustrator applications. Our goal is to allow designers … Continue reading

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Patterns: What is .net RIA Services?

Microsoft is getting big in Patterns and practices, something that architects really like to see. I personally like to follow a pattern instead of designing my own, laziness? Probably not, whatever I came out with, won’t be as good as … Continue reading

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WPF and Silverlight Designer for Visual Studio 2010 Home Page

I’m pleased to announce that the WPF and Silverlight Designer for Visual Studio 2010 has a new home page you can visit here. The home page has links to articles and videos that help developers get the most from the … Continue reading

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DataForm Templates

It is great to see that Tim Heuer and I are thinking about the same thing. In his recent article on DataForm helpers, he explained how to use the Validation Attributes to hint the DataForm with additional information.  These attributes … Continue reading

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Silverlight DataForm helpers

If you looked at the updated RIA Services Business Application template which had the authentication built-in, you may have seen the login screen with a little icon next to the password field: When you hover over this some helpful information … Continue reading

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Improved Blend 3 Asset Library

Check out this post by Unni (Program Manager with the Blend team). It’s a visual thing, yes, but it makes it easier to find the items in Blend. I’ll come clean right now … several times I have not been … Continue reading

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Clearing some air in Silverlight, Blend and Visual Studio Beta land

In a previous post I wanted to call attention to the multi-targeting and design surface improvements for Silverlight developers with Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1.  There has been some comments on that post and a few emails and Twitter replies … Continue reading

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