I’ve been using ListBoxes with IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem property set to True to do a lot of master/detail views recently. When using MVVM with Command Pattern it’s wasn’t immediately obvious to me how to manipulate which item was selected when I added/removed … Continued
I’ve come across a few times when I want to change the layout and contents of my screen depending on what data I have in my object. I’ve found DataTriggers really useful for this. Based on a field being populated … Continued
Setting focus to a particular element on a screen seems like a simple and common task. It gives the user that nice fuzzy feeling when they can just start typing in the first field of a screen without having … Continued
We’re fortunate enough to be presenting at this year’s Remix in Sydney 11th June. We’re making an appearance in the Designer Track this year and will be showing off the new Messenger Toolkit bits. The abstract for our talk is: … Continued
The Microsoft Mapping Road Show is back this year with sessions in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. This year’s event is broken into both customer and partner sessions. This year’s special guest is Chris Pendleton a Virtual Earth Tech Evangelist in … Continued
DeepEarth will become an innovation centre for controls, libraries and services for use on any Silverlight mapping platform. Some Background DeepEarth began as a project for likeminded developers to explore what the power of Silverlight, DeepZoom and Maps could do. … Continued
I was asked on the MSDN VE forum if the new Silverlight control had pushpins and indeed clustered pushpins. The answer is that it doesn’t have the concept of a pushpin but rather a much more flexible method of attaching … Continued
Thursday 30 April we held our 5th Girl Geek Dinner in Brisbane. This event was a bit different to the previous ones as we all converged upon the Microsoft office in Brisbane to have a night of Game playing. Tracy … Continued
Welcome to the monthly VE Wrap Up, did you catch what happened in March? Well April doesn’t disappoint either: Updated 3D control The 3D control was updated in April to bring higher performance and some added features. You can use … Continued