Question: I am new to Visual Basic and wanted to create an access key for my Windows Form application. How can I do that? Answer: By definition an access key is an underlined character in the text of a menu or the label of a control. The idea of an access...

If you have questions about interoperability between Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Windows Web Services API (WWSAPI), the best person to ask is Hao Xu . Hao has started sharing his expertise in this area on his blog the last week. Check out...

This might be useful for Windows Mobile developers. Does your application display an error or informational message that begins with "Click here to...." ? You might have noticed similar messages often begin with "Click" or "Press". Which is the right...

I'd almost finished patting myself on the back for managing to implement WPF's LayoutTransform on Silverlight using just the RenderTransform available on that platform. (Background reading for LayoutTransformControl: Motivation and introduction for Beta...

[Blog Mirrored from http://silverlight.net/blogs/msnow/default.aspx ] Silverlight provides a <Grid> control that makes it very easy to plan and layout the user interface for your game. This control also supports imbedding grids within grids similar...

[Blog Mirrored from http://silverlight.net/blogs/msnow/default.aspx ] While exploring techniques for game programming with Silverlight I came across some hurdles and discovered some workarounds. I plan to use this blog to track these issues for the purposing...

Oh noes!! "We're interested in seeing COBOL as a first-class citizen on .NET and on the Azure cloud," [chief technology officer of application modernization at Micro Focus] said. "Wherever cloud computing is going, we want COBOL to be running...

Well the time has finally come for me to start writing about my new job in earnest.  My long time readers know that I became Chief Architect of Visual Studio in the summer of 2007 and I've been working on Visual Studio 2010 issues since then. ...

Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 7:00 PM: CapArea.NET: Brian Noyed on Composite WPF Applications - When you build a big UI application, the code can quickly...

  Celio Corp today unveiled two new Redfly devices : the REDFLY C7 and REDFLY C8N. The REDFLY series of products are Mobile Device Extenders that allow you to connect your Windows Mobile device to it and then take advantage of the larger keyboard...

Windows Embedded Standard does not normally require too much troubleshooting, because the boot process is exactly the same as in XP Professional. But, according to Murphy’s Law, something will go wrong, no matter how the small the chance is. This post...

I’m posting this because the documentation on ViewportOrigin is wrong and it might be a while before it can be updated on the live site. In the meantime, this post discusses how to use ViewportOrigin and ViewportWidth to control the viewport. Controlling...

When first given a new SDK, what I do is immediately try to figure out the object model. This is how I try to understand what the SDK developer’s intent was and how he thinks I will or should use the new tools provided. Since documentation on the object...

This isn't actually about football,but it made you look, didn't it? Now that we have your attention, think about this. Have you ever had a question about how to use a piece of technology in school? Have you ever tried to look online for a really great...

There is an upcoming Live Services Jumpstart training coming up in LA. For full details about venue and sessions, please check http://www.lpjumpstart.com . There are a total of 11 locations worldwide where the Jumpstart is being offered. You can register...

So you may know that AutoCAD 2009 uses WPF for it's "chrome" (no not that Chrome, the other chrome i.e. ribbon, action recorder and QuickView). What's probably less well known (but which you can learn about at the MIX 08 University in this session ) is...

So you may know that AutoCAD 2009 uses WPF for it's "chrome" (no not that Chrome, the other chrome i.e. ribbon, action recorder and QuickView). What's probably less well known (but which you can learn about at the MIX 08 University in this session ) is...

Today’s Office OFFline comic was inspired by something a coworker said at a meeting. Thanks, Bob! Become a fan on Facebook | Follow me on Twitter | Create your own comic...

The MSXML Team is getting ready to release the MSXML 4.0 Service Pack 3 Beta very soon! MSXML4 SP3 is a complete replacement of previous MSXML 4.0 service packs. The new service pack includes: - A number of security bug fixes - Reliability improvements...

My journey through working in the web world has taken me many places in the past: Cold Fusion, PHP, Classic ASP all the way to the latest version of Silverlight . I'll post some of the small things I come across as I'm learning this new technology in...

We’re bringing the PDC to you! For just $99 you’ll get the best of the PDC in your own backyard and hear all of the exciting announcements around the Azure Services Platform and Windows 7 . Other sessions include the latest developments in .NET, Silverlight,...

In his recent blog post, Jaime took a stab at running the charting controls in the SilverLight ToolKit CTP on WPF.. Now thats awesome, aint it? Jaime also has the updated source code posted - Click here Share this post...

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Wczoraj nadeszła wiekopomna chwila - przygotowywany od kilku miesięcy w zaciszu microsoftowych biurek projekt BizSpark ujrzał światło dzienne. Od 17. listopada, mniej więcej 2 tygodnie po uruchomieniu inicjatywy w Stanach Zjednoczonych również polskie...

It's impossible not to notice the fact that the Web is changing how we function, write, and think; to even talk about it is borderline-passé. Or so I thought. And then I spent two days listening to speaker Gerry McGovern discuss Web content and I realized...