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Silverlight

Since Silverlight 2 Beta 2 introduced the WebClient class, I decided to refactor an application we had by replacing all references to HttpWebRequest with the new client. Its methods seemed much more simple and clear, and I didn’t even need to write...

Silverlight Beta 2 doesn’t support double click, but since I needed it, I implemented it. I’ve created a class named Mouse. You create a Mouse instance that wraps an UIElement. The instance attaches itself to the MouseLeftDownButton and, using a timer...

For almost any developer who has worked in GUIs the concept of data binding should be at least familiar. If you have an Article and want to show its code and price, you just place two textboxes bound to those properties and place some invisible magical...

Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Breaking Changes

One of the current most interesting technologies around is Microsoft Silverlight, whose intention is to provide a programmer and designer friendly way to develop web UIs. It is basically a subset of Windows Presentation Foundation, although it has...

You can register for the event here. Thanks Miguel for this opportunity. Event details (spanish): Towebs & MSDN lo invitan a conocer las herramientas más innovadoras para el desarrollo web en plataforma Windows. Las charlas, están orientadas a programadores...