In this Issue: Sacha Barber, David Anson, Jesse Liberty, Shawn Wildermuth, Jeff Blankenburg(-2-), Martin Krüger, Ryan Alford(-2-), Michael Crump, Peter Kuhn(-2-).
Above the Fold:
Silverlight:
"Part 4 of 4 : Tips/Tricks for Silverlight Developers"
Michael Crump
WP7:
"Navigating with the WebBrowser Control on WP7"
Shawn Wildermuth
Shoutouts:
John Papa posted that the open call is up for MIX11 presenters: Your Chance to Speak at MIX11
From SilverlightCream.com:
Aspect Examples (INotifyPropertyChanged via aspects)
If you're wanting to read a really in-depth discussion of aspect oriented programming (AOP), check out the article Sacha Barber has up at CodeProject discussing INPC via aspects.
How to: Localize a Windows Phone 7 application that uses the Windows Phone Toolkit into different languages
David Anson has a nice tutorial up on localizing your WP7 app, including using the Toolkit and controls such as DatePicker... remember we're talking localized
Windows Phone From Scratch – Animation Part 1
Jesse Liberty continues in his 'From Scratch' series with this first post on WP7 Animation... good stuff, Jesse!
Navigating with the WebBrowser Control on WP7
In building his latest WP7 app, Shawn Wildermuth ran into some obscure errors surrounding browser.InvokeScript. He lists the simple solution and his back, refresh, and forward button functionality for us.
What I Learned In WP7 – Issue #7
In the time I was out, Jeff Blankenburg got ahead of me, so I'll catch up 2 at a time... in this number 7 he discusses making videos of your apps, links to the Learn Visual Studio series, and his new website
What I Learned In WP7 – Issue #8
Jeff Blankenburg's number 8 is a very cool tip on using the return key on the keyboard to handle the loss of focus and handling of text typed into a textbox.
Resize of a grid by using thumb controls
Martin Krüger has a sample in the Expression Gallery of a grid that is resizable by using 'thumb controls' at the 4 corners... all source, so check it out!
Silverlight 4 – Productivity Power Tools and EF4
Ryan Alford found a very interesting bug associated with EF4 and the Productivity Power Tools, and the way to get out of it is just weird as well.
Silverlight 4 – Toolkit and Theming
Ryan Alford also had a problem adding a theme from the Toolkit, and what all you might have to do to get around this one....
Part 4 of 4 : Tips/Tricks for Silverlight Developers.
Michael Crump has part 4 of his series on Silverlight Development tips and tricks. This is numbers 16 through 20 and covers topics such as Version information, Using Lambdas, Specifying a development port, Disabling ChildWindow Close button, and XAML cleanup.
The XML content importer and Windows Phone 7
Peter Kuhn wanted to use the XML content inporter with a WP7 app and ran into problems implementing the process and a lack of documentation as well... he pounded through it all and has a class he's sharing for loading sounds via XML file settings.
WP7 snippet: analyzing the hyperlink button style
In a second post, Peter Kuhn responds to a forum discussion about the styles for the hyperlink button in WP7 and why they're different than SL4 ... and styles-to-go to get all the hyperlink goodness you want... wrapped text, or even non-text content.
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