How read the 64 bit registry from a 32 bit application or vice versa
I found out that I needed to read the 64 bit registry from a 32 bit app today. Why you might ask? Well, I need to get the RegisteredOrganization value from...
View Article10 Step process for developing a new WPF application the right way using C#
It makes a difference if you do something the right way from the beginning. Everything seems to work out so much better and takes less time over all. Here are some basic steps that I have learned...
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WPF replacement options for an animated gif or How to make a spinner?
Option 1 – Spin an image using a Storyboard If your animation is just a single image that moves, such as a spinner, you can use a Storyboard to spin the single image. Here is a spinner.png file...
View ArticleHow to create a copy of a control’s default style?
Sometimes you need to make some advanced styling changes to a default control, such as a RadioButton, ListBox, DataGrid, Button, etc. However, you may want to keep the majority of the default style...
View ArticleExpression Studio Training Videos – A check list of videos from...
There are a lot of free training videos at the Expression 4 web site. However, this web site has two problems: The videos aren’t necessarily in order. There is not defined method to track your...
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Writing Android apps in C# using MonoDroid
As C# developers, many of us would prefer to write Android Apps in C# as well. Novell had promised us MonoDroid, but we were quite concerned as to whether MonoDroid would ever be released when Novell...
View ArticleA snippet for Properties in a ViewModel
If you are using MVVM you probably should create a snippet very similar to the following to save time. C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC#\Snippets\1033\Visual C#\propvm.snippet...
View ArticleHow to load a ResourceDictionary at Design Time in WPF
I am including my ResourceDictionary files as Content files. Content files means they are not compiled or embedded, but they are loose files on disk. One issue I need to solve was how to have the...
View ArticleVisual Studio Training Videos – A check list of videos from WindowsClient.net
There are a lot of free training videos at the http://windowsclient.net/learn/videos_wpf.aspx web site. However, this web site has two problems: The videos aren’t necessarily in order. There is not...
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How to find and remove unused references in a C# project
Often your projects is created with default references, some of which you will never use. Sometime you add a reference but then end up not using it. Over time you may have over a dozen references in...
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