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Apr 23,2007
The wait is officially over! NetAdvantage for WPF 2007.1 is available today and is packed with all kinds of goodness. The suite ships with the xamDataGrid, xamDataPresenter, xamCarouselPanel, xamCarouselListbox, xamDataCarousel and a collection of xamEditors. It’s xamTastic… xamAmazing… xamCreateYourOwnXamAdjective!
These controls (in their various stages) have been featured in Microsoft Keynotes the past three years and were featured in Vista launch events around the country/globe. The xamCarouselPanel-based controls are truly amazing — they allow you to present data along any arbitrary path you can create and provide automatic transition animations. You can define Opacity, Scaling, Skewing and ZOrder effect stops to get an infinite range of visual results.
Download the trial and check out the xamShowcase to get an idea of what can be achieved.
Apr 17,2007
I’ve released an updated version of the Fireworks to XAML panel along with a new article at the Fireworks Developer Center at adobe.com. The article provides a nice overview of the panel, the features it offers, and how you can tailor the settings to meet your specific needs. The latest version includes a number of bug fixes, support for textures and patterns (ahh yeah!) and replaces the current masking implementation with clipping paths. You can download the latest version from the article posting.
The article is featured in the all new Fireworks Developer Center, updated along with the new CS3 launch. Fireworks CS3 has a ton of great new features that you definitely need to check out. There are lots of great new articles and walkthroughs in both the Developer Center and the Design Center.
Apr 17,2007
Just in time for the CS3 Launch - my Fireworks Gradient Panel that I wrote about in January now has a nice new face and a handful of additional features — the ability to change the fill mode to solid, linear gradient or radial gradient and set the orientation on gradients. I also added the ability to synchronize the color and opacity nodes, a requirement by gradients in Flash. I’ve added a slider to the opacity stops so you can quickly set their value as well. I’m using this panel all the time and find it really streamlines my work.
I have a new article at the Fireworks Developer Center that digs a little deeper into the features — you can download it from there.
Feb 26,2007
Are you using the Reflection control in any of your projects? If so, send me a link or a screenshot and I’ll post it here.
private void Button_Click(object sender, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs e)
{
// Create new Reflector object
Reflector ref1 = new Reflector();
// Set ReflectionTarget (the element to reflect)
ref1.ReflectionTarget = rectangleToReflect;
// Set a few layout properties
ref1.Margin = new Thickness(50, 50, 0, 0);
ref1.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Left;
ref1.VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Top;
// Add reflection to LayoutRoot grid
LayoutRoot.Children.Add(ref1);
}
Dx3 Conference in May
- Author: granthnk
- Filed under: General
Feb 4,2007
This May brings the first Dx3 Conference to Boston, “a four-day conference and expo filled with intensive workshops and sessions, created for interactive designers and developers who are moving beyond the web browser to deploy rich experiences to the desktop, game consoles, and mobile devices.” Lynda.com events, producer of the FlashForward Conference and Film Festival, is producing Dx3, and I’m excited to be presenting a session entitled Lay of the Land – WPF Tools, Utilities, and Resources.
Dx3 stands for “Design/Develop/Deploy.” Because this conference is not technology or platform specific (i.e. only Flash, or only WPF), the sessions and material presented cover a range of topics you don’t typically find at a design conference. I would definitely put this on your must attend list if at all possible.
Dx3 Conference Info
May 15 - 18, Marriot Copley Place, Boston
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