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This article explains how to take advantage from look-less WPF controls through inheritance
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Developing and implementation of algorithm for converting number from one to another positional number system
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Creating an animation using blend instead of writing the XAML yourself
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Get the resources you need to start developing Windows 10 apps.

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26 Jul 2023 by zlian_0
Same issue for me. MS removed template visual designer and resource manage view since VS2019. The best workaround I know so far is to edit raw XAML and use the XAML hot reload to view change at runtime. I think maybe they are thinking of phasing...
26 Jul 2023 by Ahmad_kelany
Hello everyone, I have a treeview:
1 Mar 2023 by Dave Kreskowiak
Is there a programming question in there somewhere? Writing code is what this site is all about, not doing motion capture.
1 Mar 2023 by mohamed gawdat
An important note I want to pay attention to facial expressions What I want is to make cartoon characters that don't look like the human body, such as Inside Out, Monster Aliens, or Monster Corporation. Will mocap technology help me make...
6 Dec 2022 by Ribless
I made an environmental map in blender so that I could have a custom reflection on my windows screensaver. It needs to be a bitmap (.bmp) file, but blender doesn't save or export as bitmap. Is there any file format I could use to convert to...
18 May 2018 by ductuan_itpro
This error is caused by corrupted proj file. Visual Studio allway has backup project file at specific folder. Pls browse to: C:\Users\\Documents\Visual Studio \Backup Files\ You can see 2 file same as: Original-May-18-2018-1209PM..csproj...
18 May 2018 by Luiey Ichigo
Hi,I accidently switching off a wrong switch where my pc which on loading a Adobe Illustrator import at that time turn off and when I switch on the power and open the solution, this error message appear"E:\My Source Code\Application File\Application\ApplicationApp\ApplicationApp.vbproj :...
31 Jul 2017 by Dirk Bahle
This article explains how to take advantage from look-less WPF controls through inheritance
1 Feb 2017 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan
WPF is the only framework you should care, or learn about. The difference in the concepts come when you talk about the development side, or the design side. Although Visual Studio itself has everything that you need to design a good UI in WPF. But Blend was provided especially for the designers...
1 Feb 2017 by johannesnestler
WPF is a Framework and part of .NET.VisualStudio and Blend are Coding/Design IDEs for develpment - e.g WPF applications.So you can even use both tools on the same project - I sometimes switch to Blend for designing the UI because it has a better Interface for designing (the application has...
16 Sep 2016 by Ahmad_kelany
Hi everyoneI have a DataTemplate : ...
10 Jul 2016 by Perić Željko
Developing and implementation of algorithm for converting number from one to another positional number system
15 Jun 2016 by Hein Pauwelyn
How can I create a binding between a selected item of a list box that can send that item to another page with Blend?Here is some code:
15 Jun 2016 by Hein Pauwelyn
I've found it. I must install the 'behaviors' package from Nuget and than drag and drop it onto the element I need to use it. See image here.
17 Apr 2016 by leon de boer
You need a dead zone on your Animation transitions make them > 0.1f NOT > 0f you are getting jitter. Hold focus on the character in the object inspector and watch the animator editor transitions.This is the patch to your code but this is not the proper fix which I will explain next if...
17 Apr 2016 by wasicool2
I followed this tutorial on youtube: Unity3D. Top-down 8 directions movement - YouTube[^]. It took me a while but I've almost converted from movement by arrows to mouse touch . but now I have this problem, there's flickering that occurs when the character stops moving. I looked at the link he...
31 Dec 2015 by Gerry Schmitz
If you want "move" stuff around, you should really be using a "Canvas"; then you can set the Top and Left of a UI element (and not worry about "margins" and "size").Canvases (as well as other objects) can overlay existing objects (using grid cells or other canvases). With a transparent...
23 Dec 2015 by Luiey Ichigo
Hi all,Currently in my program, I have put a design of "You are here" which draw path by path until complete icon of "You are here" and group all of this path into Grid.Now on my code, I will point the Grid (gd_youarehere) to location that public want to go. My current code for pointing...
13 Dec 2015 by Naz_Firdouse
Refer the samples athttp://www.c-sharpcorner.com/uploadfile/cd80b9/creating-an-animation-in-expression-blend-and-edit-in-visual-studio-2010/[^]http://www.kirupa.com/blend_wpf/[^]WPF Step by Step: Getting Started with WPF and Expression Blend[^]
13 Dec 2015 by Dave Kreskowiak
You need to learn WPF and Blend. You're not going to get all the information you need from a couple of forum posts.Google for "Blend WPF tutorials".
13 Dec 2015 by Member 12204785
hello , i want to create a WPF application in C# with with animation .. i have found Blend expression but i don't know how can i associate an expression from Blend expression 3 to Visual studio 2012 ... i don't find any solution .. any help ?? !! thank you
10 Dec 2015 by Luiey Ichigo
Hi all,Im developing a WPF page for Windows Application. On default page,there will be a video playing continuosly until user touch the screen.I've seen the task manager when the video is loaded. It use 1.2GB/3.8GB. After left it idle while video plays for 30minutes, I see the video...
21 Nov 2015 by Umer Qureshi
Creating an animation using blend instead of writing the XAML yourself
20 Oct 2015 by KarstenK
The best starting point is the creator Microsoft or ever better theirVirtual Academy.Learning such complex tools is hard, you need some days or weeks to understand the complex tools. As old "Microsoftie" I warn you: a lot of tools behave sometimes strange. Some call that bugs, but it is...
20 Oct 2015 by Davi Fe
I must learn to use Microsoft Blend, what better way to start?I need to develop a management application for small churches would welcome suggestions for a good choice of language and database.I have little knowledge of VBA and C and Java Desktop.
27 Sep 2015 by OriginalGriff
1) No. Use Google - we aren't here to do that for you.2) Don't bother. "Interview questions" are a waste of time, effort, and electrons. Employers don;t use them, and there is no point in memorising them anyway, because unless you understand the material they "cover" you aren't going to be...
27 Sep 2015 by Rahul chalkhure
I want interview Question on WPF topics are 1)Data binding2)Dependency property3)Attach property4)Animation5)Dispatcher6)Commands7)panel8)MVVM Note- I already have regular interview question
21 Aug 2015 by jumper77
In Visual Studio 2015, I'm trying to move a form without a title bar. I'm clicking on a canvas object to try and make the move. I do catch the event, but that's as much I can do right now.I have searched high and low on the Internet, but all the code fails somewhere or another. I would like...
19 Aug 2015 by jumper77
Hi everyone, Quick question (I hope)... I have two rectangles on a form and I want to put a lable on the left rectangle. But when I do, I lose my rectangle on the left and it ends up looking like the right rectangle covers the whole window.I would appreciate any help.thanksHere's the...
19 Aug 2015 by jumper77
Here's the code for the left rectangle... (and for reason, you have to click improve solution to see the rest of the code) xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" ...
16 Aug 2015 by Houssem_Dellai
Get the resources you need to start developing Windows 10 apps.
8 Aug 2015 by Harsh Aggarwal - India
It's about making back up of database in SQL server 2008 and above you can get rid of making bak file manually.
7 Aug 2015 by Patrice T
you need to replace your GoToStateAction by something like:if ExpandedState = True then GoToStateAction "Reduce" ExpandedState = Falseelse GoToStateAction "Expand" ExpandedState = Trueend ifI let you deal with detailsExpandedState must be a global variable
7 Aug 2015 by Member 11852402
So I am making a program in wpf using blend that required a sidebar like in the windows 10 xbox app. I have the states and when i press the hamburger icon it expands with a nice slide transition using the GoToStateAction behaviour but how do I make it that when the hamburger icon is pressed...
18 Jul 2015 by Member 11846270
I have 4 balls that I am animating. But I want to animate all the 4 balls randomly within a time limit, say 1 minute. Since I want the balls to be independent of each other, I'm creating 4 storyboards (1 for each ball). But how can I call those storyboards RANDOMLY then? To be specific,...
28 Jun 2015 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov
Please see:https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/expression/cc197141.aspx[^],http://www.wpftutorial.net/ExpressionBlend.html[^],WPF Step by Step: Getting Started with WPF and Expression Blend[^].—SA
28 Jun 2015 by Akira98
There is a total training course from beginner to advancehttp://totaltraining.com/store/expression-blend/[^]you ca also use this...
19 Apr 2015 by Sascha Lefèvre
Right-click the project in the solution-explorer and select "Edit ApplicationApp.vbproj". Alternatively, open the file in any plain-text-editor (like Notepad). It's an XML-file. See if you can identify what's corrupt in there and maybe manually fix it. Maybe (hopefully) you have a backup of your...
14 Apr 2015 by Ahmed Al-hadi
I try to use sample data in blend expressionbut i go to windows in menu but there is no data item to choose..how can use it ??
24 Feb 2015 by Member 10773156
I am writing an application that needs to do some touch-based image manipulation (zoom, rotate, pan). Once the user has touch-manipulated the image to there likening, they need to be able to capture there canvas view exactly as they see it by clicking a button. Ultimately this captured view will...
24 Feb 2015 by ankit.agg1984
Hello,I have a problem with create WPF application.I want to use expression blend in Visual Studio 2010.But my project or xaml file its not opening in Expression Blend.But Expression blend already installed in my system, So how can we add Expression Blend Option with Visual Studio...
18 Feb 2015 by manak chand
Tryout these links...WPF Step by Step: Getting Started with WPF and Expression Blend[^]https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-in/expression/cc197141.aspx[^]
18 Feb 2015 by ankit.agg1984
Hello,How can we learn wpf using expression blend 4?Please provide e-book for wpf using expression blend or video tutorial.and how can we download and install full version of expression blend?Please provide link full package of expression blend 4 with crack.Thanks in...
11 Feb 2015 by debashishPaul
Check the link...https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-au/expression/jj712700.aspx[^]
11 Feb 2015 by ankit.agg1984
Hello,I want to learn wpf with Expression Blend.I need to download link of Expression Blend for visual studio 2010 and visual studio 2012, so How can we get Expression Blend Full Version?Thanks in AdvanceAnkit Agarwal
30 Sep 2014 by p.satheeshkrishna
here i got a error "The type of one of the expressions in the join clause is incorrect. Type inference failed in the call to 'join'"please solve this viewModel = (from r in ReleaseDB.releases join p in ReleaseDB.projects on r.ProjectID equals p.ProjectId join...
12 Aug 2014 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov
Is it so difficult to provide all the information it text form, HTML or not? showing images is not nice.Sorry, but without showing some code sample, this post makes little sense. Next time, please provide comprehensive information, but without those images; they are hard to read.—SA
6 Aug 2014 by jacobjohn196
Professional, but paid;-)http://www.telerik.com/products/wpf/gauge.aspx[^]http://www.infragistics.com/products/wpf/radial-gauge[^]
5 Aug 2014 by Kinna-10626331
Hi , I have to design and implement a conning dashboard ( with gauges and level bars,etc..) in WPF.I have been looking for libraries like Insim , Dundas, MS Chart Controls and now I am a bit confused.All that I found looks a bit old and complex code.Is there any profesional and modern...
22 Jun 2014 by Saad_Mahmood
Magical MVVM using power of Expression Blend
29 May 2014 by Naz_Firdouse
use myStoryboard.Begin(); inside your button click event handlersto start an animation
29 May 2014 by Keno995
I have several animations that work just fine because I set it in blend so they play when something is done (like when I click the button) but how to play any animation using code so I'll be able to use 'if' statements? Is there something special about it or needed for this to work? Thanks.
31 Mar 2014 by Kannan Subramaniam
Update your VS2012 with service pack 4.
31 Mar 2014 by Member 10691051
Hi!I need to work on a C# WPF project developed using Expression Blend 3. However, I only have Visual Studio 2012, where I can only use Blend to create Windows Store apps. I can open and modify the project using Visual Studio, but I would like to actually use Blend. Does anyone know a...
28 Mar 2014 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov
Sorry, the problem is not clearly formulated. The post is about to automatically removed, due to some members' abuse reports.—SA
20 Mar 2014 by FarhanShariff
Quote:I want to remove a column from datatable the column is a part of expression I want to remove it once the expression is calculated. μ LSL USL are columns already presentLower.Expression =...
20 Mar 2014 by Anudeep Jaiswal - MCA
Instead Of Remove, Why Not Visible = false
8 Mar 2014 by Jawahar Suresh Babu
A FlipView control for WPF, which behaves exactly as Windows Store XAML FlipView.
8 Mar 2014 by petter2012
Hi all,I am the using VS2010 (and VS2012) ultimate editions on Windows 7 for a class that I teach. We are also using Expression Blend 4.Our IT guys told me that they don't have time to upgrade the computers so that Blend can support Silverlight,and I don't have admin privilegies....
6 Feb 2014 by Bwalsh490
It describes how to develop a WP7 VoIP client application that communicates with a server through TCP/UDP protocol
2 Feb 2014 by Member 4558783
http://wpfbugs.blogspot.in/2014/02/wpf-layout-controls-scrollviewer.html[^]
20 Nov 2013 by saurabhd13
Hi,I am creating a custom blend behavior to act on ListboxItem i.e.public class DragtestBehaviour : Behavior{ public DragtestBehaviour() { // Insert code required on object creation below this point. } protected override void OnAttached() { ...
26 Sep 2013 by _Noctis_
This tip shows the different results of using a ListBox in different panels, and the effects on scrolling.
20 Sep 2013 by Talha Naqvi
The best and most unconventional virtual carrom application optimized for AIO!
2 Aug 2013 by Manish (Mack)
Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load Try Process.Start("C:\Users\Mack\Desktop\FunPlay.exe") Catch ex As Exception MessageBox.Show(ex.Message) End Try End SubEnd Class
2 Aug 2013 by Hamza Chaudhry
This is my problem i wnat to make a windows form application to open an exe file behing a buttom it means ( When i click on the button the selected file open up from any where)
27 Jul 2013 by hoyice
Hello! I am creating a simple map application. There is a list of establishments in a datagrid and a balloon pointer objects(gif image) on a map. whenever an establishment is selected, all balloon pointers will be invisible or disabled except to the selected establishment. My question...
22 Jul 2013 by taha bahraminezhad Jooneghani
hi , i'm trying to add my storyboard in XAML to an event.I'm working with Blend.I do this for click event on a control but I want that when my page loaded , my whole page do a beautiful sliding using easing effect!now I build my storyboard , but when I bind that too my page loaded event or...
9 Jul 2013 by Naz_Firdouse
Its very simpleRemove the contentpresenter and place an image within a border(the parent of content presenter) and set source for the image....
9 Jul 2013 by hoyice
How to embed image to a button? I've already created a button but i want to add an image to it so it will become an icon button. I don't know how to use contentpresenter.
8 Jul 2013 by Naz_Firdouse
you can replace content presenter with an image and style accordingly so that the image appears in a proper way...In the sense, its alignment, height and width...
8 Jul 2013 by hoyice
Hi. I would like to ask, how you add an image to a button when designing. I want my button to have an image of an icon, will i be using contentpresenter for this? Thanks.
7 Jul 2013 by Raman Midha
The only solution for this ..... use Auto instead of fixed width for layout
7 Jul 2013 by Ankush Bansal
Hi,In WPF there is concept of relative width ('auto' and *) apart form fixed pixel width.To make sure that your app reacts to the available screen space and adjust the inner control accordingly then first thing you must do is do not use fixed widths. Before designing your app (in...
6 Jul 2013 by hoyice
How to full screen WPF forms without affecting layouts? I want my layout (buttons, images included) to be flexible to any screen size. I'm using vb.net. Using expression blend. Thank you in advance.
4 Jul 2013 by Timmy Kokke
What is new in Blend for Visual Studio 2013
2 Jul 2013 by hoyice
Hi. How to open another WPF form from an existing WPF form by pressing a button? I can't find any solutions... Thanks.
2 Jul 2013 by hoyice
Hi! I'm Bem from an Asian country, we are tasked to create a tourist information and map touch screen application for our project, it will include a search query for the town establishments and will point the establishment through a customized map. I researched for the useful tool to create...
14 May 2013 by Andrew797
Can anyone tell me where I can find free eBooks on Expression Blend in Visual Studio 2012?I have used Google to search for a few, only to find that the links that claim to be free, are not really free.Thanks in advance.
6 May 2013 by Kelvin33
A quick and dirty way to enable multi-item selection in listbox and listview WPF controls.
2 May 2013 by Zain ul abdeen
I have created a project in c# Visual studio but I dont like the looks of my app in Visual studio so I want to transform my project to Expression blen how can i do that?
11 Apr 2013 by shiny13
Channel 9 has some awesome tutorials1. Windows phone 8 Jump Start: http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Building-Apps-for-Windows-Phone-8-Jump-Start[^]2. Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Jump Start:...
11 Apr 2013 by Steve44
Try the Microsoft site:Windows Phone Dev Center[^]
11 Apr 2013 by Abhinav S
The tutorials and resources available here[^] should help you get started.
11 Apr 2013 by devoidofsilence
Can anybody please suggest me links where I can find tutorials for windows phone 8 development from beginner level to the end?? Please suggest.
14 Mar 2013 by Kelvin33
OMG, after some tinkering... it seems I have found a solution to my own problem. Here is but one possible solution; still please provide comments if possible. Thanks internal void ChangeCurrentState(State state) { BrushAnimation ba = new BrushAnimation(); ...
14 Mar 2013 by Kelvin33
Hi, I'm creating a UserControl similar to WPF's HeaderedContentControl with a slightly complicated behavior. I would like to define an enumerator within my control called "State" - at the moment populated with a few simple values (ie. Default, Normal, Warning, Error). Next I would create a...
4 Mar 2013 by Sergey Zwezdin
How to adapt your responsive HTML pages to Windows RT snapped mode.
30 Nov 2012 by yaoyedemofashi
I wondering to make a ComboBoxTreeView,I've done it in main xaml:using the ControlTemplate,and change Content="{TemplateBinding SelectionBoxItem}"into Content="{Binding SelectedItem.Header,ElementName=TreeView1}". However,when I write it into ResourceDictionary, it not work. And,I don't know...
13 Nov 2012 by yaoyedemofashi
Thank you!!It's helpful for me
12 Nov 2012 by Shanalal Kasim
Refer: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/wpf/thread/ec6781bb-a81d-4204-bc13-937683110b0d/[^]
12 Nov 2012 by yaoyedemofashi
How to add images into TreeView?For every items in treeview...Can someone Recommend a good book for how to use Microsoft Expression Blend 4 Or WPF?(I'm writing styles into resources,change the style about button,radiobutton,viewtree,combobox,etc)...Thanks a lot!
24 Oct 2012 by Ramanujam Shankar
Show data in grid view control of Windows Stores App using web service or WCF
22 Oct 2012 by Shweta Lodha
Changes in Visual Studio 2012.
15 Oct 2012 by Talha Naqvi
Unconventional uses of Sensors!
9 Oct 2012 by Tokisan
Hi everyone,I am newbie with blend(using blend 4), so that i have some issue with it.my issue is: having 3 grids (grid0-grid1-grid2), and main screen displays grid1 with full-screen mode. I want when user drag main screen, main screen would be replace by grid0 and grid1 replace grid2 ,then...
7 Oct 2012 by Briti Sundar
This app will help users to quickly add different type of effects on a picture like sketch, oldphoto, emboss, nightvision, cartoon, oilify, etc.
22 Aug 2012 by Debdatta Basu
There could be a host of different reasons for this. First of all, two bone weights is too low. 4 is respectable. But this is most probably not the problem.The problem could be bad math in your vertex shader. In any case, you would need to provide more info for us ti diagnose the problem....
13 Jul 2012 by Clifford Nelson
I do WPF, and never use Expresison Blend. You do not need to. I would say just use Visual Studio, and edit the XAML.
13 Jul 2012 by fracalifa
Hi all,I am planning to work with WPF and with an additional grahicstool like (Exp.Bl.) or Zam3D. But I am not clear in the question how to combine/work the graphicstools witch are exporting XAML and external controls supplied by Telerik or Infragistics. Or is a Zam3D-Designer (Expr.Bl.) be...