WPF NavigationWindow, WinFormsHost and TextBoxes: backspace bug
The WPF NavigationWindow is a very cool way to develop apps that expose a browser-like user experiences:
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Fridathon: unstructured learning or hacking you can opt-in to do on any random Friday.
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The 'Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0' provider is not registered error with Vista 64bit
If you’re getting this error while trying to connect to Access 2007 or Excel 2007 via the Office 12 OleDB provider, you must first make sure you have the Office 2007 data providers installed. [Read More] -
How to compile and run ALL WPF samples in the Windows SDK with a single command
Just issue the following PowerShell one-liner, and you’ll compile and run each sample in the SDK (enter all in one line; broken here for readability): PS C:\WinFx Samples\WPFSamples\AppModel\> gci -i *.csproj -r | foreach { pushd ([System.IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName($_.FullName)); msbuild $_.fullname; (gci -i *.exe -r | %{ &$_.fullname; read-host; }); popd; $_; } [Read More] -
Firefox is still king: creating fully customized GMail and Google skins with plain CSS
Just get the Stylish add-on browse the huge library of community contributed styles to a myriad of sites. My customized Gmail hosted now looks much better (especially on my new small 12.1’’ laptop :)) [Read More] -
Interplanetary web of trust is close
I heard these guys have great plans on how to secure the universe… [Read More] -
How to get a System.Type from an EnvDTE.CodeTypeRef or EnvDTE.CodeClass
I have already hinted at this in a previous post, but this time it’s a bit different. Sometimes it’s useful to switch to a full System.Type when you’re doing code-generation or general CodeModel navigation within VS in an addin or VSSDK package. [Read More] -
Hard drive capable of hosting Windows Home Server was not found while installing on VMWare
VMWare suggests by default that you create SCSI hard drives when you create a new VM based on the Win2003 profile. [Read More] -
Automatic generation of data-binding interfaces for data context objects
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Evolving community guidelines on XAML and WPF
I just found the following excelent guidelines (especially the ones on resources organization) at Paul Stovell’s blog. [Read More] -
Automatic input validation in WPF with data binding and Enterprise Library Validation Application Block
WPF provides validation infrastructure for databinding scenarios through ValidationRule objects. Only one built-in rule is provided, and you’re expected to write most of these yourself. The way they work is by assigning one or more explicit rules to a binding: <TextBox ...> <TextBox.Text> <Binding .> <Binding.ValidationRules> <local:JpgValidationRule/> </Binding.ValidationRules> </Binding> </TextBox.Text> </TextBox> [Read More]