http://www.xamlog.com A new bag of tricks for designers and developers. Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:49:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 en http://www.xamlog.com/2006/07/30/reflection-using-visual-brush-and-opacity-mask/ http://www.xamlog.com/2006/07/30/reflection-using-visual-brush-and-opacity-mask/#comments Mon, 31 Jul 2006 02:42:52 +0000 contact http://www.xamlog.com/2006/07/16/reflection-using-visual-brush-and-opacity-mask/ Using brushes in WPF you can paint surfaces with patterns, images, colors, and gradients. One brush that is particularly useful is the VisualBrush. This brush paints an area with other visual objects, allowing elements to be “mirrored”. (more…)

]]> http://www.xamlog.com/2006/07/30/reflection-using-visual-brush-and-opacity-mask/feed/ http://www.xamlog.com/2006/07/29/visual-studio-flexible-template/ http://www.xamlog.com/2006/07/29/visual-studio-flexible-template/#comments Sat, 29 Jul 2006 21:05:03 +0000 contact http://www.xamlog.com/2006/07/14/visual-studio-flexible-template/ Karen Corby has posted a great Visual Studio template enabling developers to quickly switch between standalone and .xbap deployment models. (more…)

]]> http://www.xamlog.com/2006/07/29/visual-studio-flexible-template/feed/ http://www.xamlog.com/2006/07/27/lightwave-to-xaml/ http://www.xamlog.com/2006/07/27/lightwave-to-xaml/#comments Thu, 27 Jul 2006 20:32:15 +0000 contact http://www.xamlog.com/2006/07/27/lightwave-to-xaml/ A small company by the name of Shaxam has released a version of their Shaxam layer exporter for LightWave 9. (more…)

]]> http://www.xamlog.com/2006/07/27/lightwave-to-xaml/feed/ http://www.xamlog.com/2006/07/26/bitmap-effects-in-wpf/ http://www.xamlog.com/2006/07/26/bitmap-effects-in-wpf/#comments Thu, 27 Jul 2006 02:42:23 +0000 contact http://www.xamlog.com/2006/07/15/bitmap-effects-in-wpf/ Similar to Flash, there are a number of programmatic bitmap effects available in Windows Presentation Foundation. This tutorial demonstrates how to apply these effects in WPF. (more…)

]]> http://www.xamlog.com/2006/07/26/bitmap-effects-in-wpf/feed/ http://www.xamlog.com/2006/07/24/xml-data-binding-using-data-templates/ http://www.xamlog.com/2006/07/24/xml-data-binding-using-data-templates/#comments Tue, 25 Jul 2006 04:13:28 +0000 contact http://www.xamlog.com/2006/06/24/xml-data-binding-using-data-templates/ This tutorial describes how to bind XML data using a data template in XAML. For ease of demonstration, the XML is defined as a resource in the XAML document.
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]]> http://www.xamlog.com/2006/07/17/creating-a-custom-cursor/feed/ http://www.xamlog.com/2006/07/15/electric-rains-zam3d/ http://www.xamlog.com/2006/07/15/electric-rains-zam3d/#comments Sun, 16 Jul 2006 02:57:32 +0000 contact http://www.xamlog.com/2006/07/15/electric-rains-zam3d/ Flash designers will be familar with Electric Rain, makers of Optimaze and Swift 3D. Now the company has released a preview of a new 3D tool for Windows Presentation Foundation named Zam 3D. (more…)

]]> http://www.xamlog.com/2006/07/15/electric-rains-zam3d/feed/ http://www.xamlog.com/2006/07/12/incorporating-3d-in-wpf-zam3d/ http://www.xamlog.com/2006/07/12/incorporating-3d-in-wpf-zam3d/#comments Thu, 13 Jul 2006 03:03:02 +0000 contact http://www.xamlog.com/2006/07/15/incorporating-3d-in-wpf-zam3d/ One feature that sets Windows Presentation Foundation apart from Macromedia/Adobe’s Flash is its native support for 3D. (more…)

]]> http://www.xamlog.com/2006/07/12/incorporating-3d-in-wpf-zam3d/feed/ http://www.xamlog.com/2006/06/26/digital-ink-in-windows-vista/ http://www.xamlog.com/2006/06/26/digital-ink-in-windows-vista/#comments Tue, 27 Jun 2006 03:02:12 +0000 contact http://www.xamlog.com/2006/06/26/digital-ink-in-windows-vista/ Digital ink is now bundled with Windows Presentation Foundation. This tutorial demonstrates how easy it is to integrate digital ink into your applications using XAML and C#.
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