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Introduction to D3DImage

by Dr. WPF

.NET 3.5 SP1 is here! It's time to break out your DirectX skills. This article provides the information necessary to get started using a new DirectX interop feature in WPF called D3DImage.

Async/Await Explained with Diagrams and Examples

by David Deley

Explains program flow when using await in various scenarios

Calcium: A Modular Application Toolset Leveraging PRISM – Part 2

by Daniel Vaughan

Calcium provides much of what one needs to rapidly build a multifaceted and sophisticated modular application. Includes a host of modules and services, and an infrastructure that is ready to use in your next application.

WPF 3D FlipPanel

by Fredrik Bornander

WPF Implementation of the spinning panel frequently used on the iPhone

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Use WPF to Create a Day and Night Theme Switch Button

by vickyqu115

How to create a day and night theme switch button using WPF

Creating a "League of Legends" Inspired Play Button in WPF

by vickyqu115

This article provides a detailed explanation and analysis of developing a PLAY button inspired by the game "League of Legends" using pure WPF technology.

VB.NET MVVM Toolkit Demo

by Jo_vb.net

How to get started using the MVVM Toolkit

.NET Silent ClickOnce Installer for Winform & WPF in C# & VB

by Graeme_Grant

.NET compliant Silent ClickOnce Update Background Worker Service for Winform, WPF & Console in C# & VB

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WPF

Introduction to D3DImage

11 Aug 2008 by Dr. WPF

.NET 3.5 SP1 is here! It's time to break out your DirectX skills. This article provides the information necessary to get started using a new DirectX interop feature in WPF called D3DImage.

Async/Await Explained with Diagrams and Examples

15 Apr 2021 by David Deley

Explains program flow when using await in various scenarios

Calcium: A Modular Application Toolset Leveraging PRISM – Part 2

23 Nov 2009 by Daniel Vaughan

Calcium provides much of what one needs to rapidly build a multifaceted and sophisticated modular application. Includes a host of modules and services, and an infrastructure that is ready to use in your next application.

WPF 3D FlipPanel

13 Mar 2012 by Fredrik Bornander

WPF Implementation of the spinning panel frequently used on the iPhone

WPF: If Carlsberg did MVVM Frameworks: Part 6 of n

4 Sep 2009 by Sacha Barber

It would probably be like Cinch, an MVVM framework for WPF.

ListBox Styling (Part 3 - Additional Templates) in Expression Blend and Silverlight

6 May 2010 by Alan Beasley

Explanation and examples of Additional Templates and Generated Content of a ListBox. Covering Layout, Transitions, and Animation.

Using Python Scripts from a C# Client (Including Plots and Images)

26 Aug 2019 by Thomas Weller

Demonstrates how to run Python scripts from C#

machine-learning

Flexible WPF ToggleSwitch Lookless Control in C# & VB

15 Nov 2017 by Graeme_Grant

A Modern Toggle Switch - From mock concept to a full custom WPF control that you can plug into your own apps

Conceptual Children: A powerful new concept in WPF

6 Apr 2008 by Dr. WPF

This article describes a new approach by which an element can remove its visual and logical relationships to its children while maintaining a conceptual parental relationship with those children.

LogViewer Control for WinForms, WPF, and Avalonia in C# & VB

11 Sep 2023 by Graeme_Grant

.NET Core LogViewer Control for WinForms, WPF, and Avalonia using the ILogger Framework with Microsoft Logger, Serilog, NLog, and Log4Net in C# & VB on Windows, Mac OS, and Linux

Attaching a Virtual Branch to the Logical Tree in WPF

6 May 2007 by Josh Smith

Reviews a pattern which enables new possibilities for data binding.

An extensible ExifReader class with customizable tag handlers

29 Mar 2010 by Nish Nishant

An ExifReader class in C# that supports custom formatting and extraction. StyleCop compliant code, with demos for WPF and Windows Forms.

WPF Geometries, the Processing Way

15 Aug 2013 by Nicolas Dorier

Create drawings easily with the Drawing/Drawer space paradigm

Reflection Studio - Part 2 - User Interface: Themes, Dialogs, Controls, External Libraries

22 Sep 2010 by Guillaume Waser

Reflection Studio is a "developer" application for assembly, database, performance, and code generation, written in C# under WPF 4.0.

Music Notation in .NET

15 Jul 2018 by Ajcek84

Open source library for music engraving in desktop, mobile and web applications

Create An Awesome WPF UI for Your C++/QT Applications

6 Jan 2020 by The Ænema

This article will teach you how to create an amazing, clean and smooth WPF/Winform UI for your native application without using any complex, unsafe, ActiveXish methods, etc.

Binding RadioButtons to an Enum in Silverlight

5 Sep 2011 by Todd Davis

How to bind an enum to radiobuttons in Silverlight/WPF

BuilderHMI.Lite - Simple Drag-and-Drop WPF Layout

18 Nov 2020 by Bruce Greene

.NET Core WPF design as quick and intuitive as WinForms! Hear that MICROSOFT?

A Custom WPF Carousel Control

21 Nov 2019 by Leif Simon Goodwin

This article presents a simple WPF Carousel Control

Exploring Clip Property of UIelement to Make Animation in WPF

30 Dec 2009 by Razan Paul (Raju)

Animation technique based on Clip property of UIelement in WPF

Virtualizing WrapPanel

25 May 2010 by Thiago de Arruda

A Virtualizing WrapPanel for WPF.

Introducing PdfRport

14 Feb 2013 by Vahid_N

PdfReport is a code-first reporting engine which is built on top of the iTextSharp and EPPlus libraries.

Transmission Line Matrix for Acoustic Simulations

12 Oct 2013 by Kenneth Haugland

Implementation and theory behind TLM modelling for acoustic wave propagation with 2D and 3D view. Also includes a raindrop and boat wake simulation.

Windows-Service for Multithreading with Remote Control GUI

25 Feb 2016 by J.Starkl

A windows-service which can handle different operations in separate threads and which can be controlled by a small GUI program

WFTools3D: A Small WPF Library To Build 3D Simulations Very Easily

24 Mar 2016 by Wolfgang Foerster

3D Tools for the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

WPF Custom Visualization Part 2 of some: Triggers

24 Aug 2016 by Serge Desmedt

(Yet Another) Investigation of WPF triggers

Introduction to Model Driven Development with Sculpture – Part 1

3 Sep 2008 by Ahmed Negm

This article introduces how to create and manage .NET enterprise applications using your favorite technology (Data Access Application Block, LINQ, NHibernate, ASMX, and WCF) with the Model Driven Development approach by Sculpture.

SQL-Server-2005

How To Make A Walking Robot In WPF -- Part 3: Emissive Materials, Polygons, And Storyboards

8 Nov 2010 by Gary.Miller.WPF

Final article in the series on how to make an animated 3D robot in WPF using C# code

Sumerics

29 Nov 2012 by Florian Rappl

Creating a touch enabled sensor numerical application for the latest generation of Ultrabooks

Smart WPF Login Overlay (Windows 8 Style)

3 Dec 2012 by DotNetMastermind

Login Overlay for WPF applications with a styling similar to the Windows 8 Login Screen.

Protecting .NET 4.+ Application By C++ [Unmanaged]

25 Mar 2018 by The Ænema

Inject your 4.5 framework .NET application into a C++ unmanaged host application - fast, secure & without any extra tool or library.

Binding a ListView to a Data Matrix

15 May 2009 by Tawani Anyangwe

Binding a WPF ListView to a DataMatrix with columns determined at runtime

WPF: Where to Put Value Converters?

1 Feb 2010 by Arik Poznanski

The question this posts tries to address is: Where to put value converters?

Using DescriptionAttribute for enumerations bound to a WPF ComboBox

27 Jan 2016 by Clifford Nelson

How to use DescriptionAttribute for enumerations bound to a ComboBox.

UniDock - New Multiplatform Docking Framework (Introduction)

29 Aug 2021 by Nick Polyak

This article describes a new multiplatform Docking framework - UniDock

15 Mar 2016 by Ratish Philip

The next version of the useful WPF controls is here

Vector Brush Library

25 Apr 2014 by KenJohnson

How to conveniently produce and use a vector Icon Library, with sample Icons

PSAM WPF Control Library

19 Jul 2018 by Ajcek84

PSAM Control Library ported over to WPF

A GAC Manager Utility and API

30 Jul 2012 by Dave Kerr

Manage the Global Assembly Cache with this handy tool - or roll your own with the provided API!

WPF Layout to Layout Transitions

27 Nov 2012 by Yuriy Zanichkovskyy

Layout to layout transitions made easy

CurionLib Dynamic Data Entry Forms

11 Aug 2013 by LarryCharlton

Dynamic data forms.

Understanding SelectedValue, SelectedValuePath, SelectedItem & DisplayMemberPath + Demo

21 Oct 2013 by _Noctis_

Sorting out the confusion about these properties, and providing a demo app for them

How to Test a Class Which Uses DispatcherTimer

14 Jul 2007 by Josh Smith

Demonstrates how to create unit tests for a class which uses a DispatcherTimer.

Implement UI Element Authorization in WPF

4 Nov 2011 by Elvin Cheng

How to implement UI element authorization/access control in WPF using the ICommand interface and Markup Extension

A Real MVVMLight Example

1 Mar 2017 by Clifford Nelson

This is a more comprehensive example of how to implement a project with MVVMLight

The Flying Camera

15 Feb 2017 by Wolfgang Foerster

A class which helps to easily move and rotate a camera in a 3D scene

C# MVVM Toolkit Demo

27 Feb 2023 by Jo_vb.net

This article and the demo are about getting started using the MVVM Toolkit and some self-created interfaces / services for MessageBox and some dialogs.

Deep Dive into WPF Layouting and Rendering

13 Feb 2022 by Peter Huber SG

Did you ever wonder what WPF is doing under the hood to place your control on the screen?

Using a different DataTemple when a WPF ComboBox is expanded

17 Dec 2009 by Jeremy Hutchinson

Demonstrates overriding the DataTemplateSelector.SelectTemplate method.

Shaped WPF Form

24 Jun 2010 by Amit Kumar Tiwari

Shaping WPF Form using an Image

Advanced Animations in WPF

13 Apr 2013 by Azim Zahir

This article describes advanced animations in WPF.

AvalonDock [2.0] Tutorial Part 2 - Adding a Start Page

31 Jan 2014 by Dirk Bahle

How to create a start page based on AvalonDock [2.0].

PaydayUSA™ Employment Tax Calculator and Payroll Organizer

17 Feb 2015 by DrABELL

Employment Tax computation and Payroll management app for Windows 8: contest entry

ViewModel 1st Child Container PRISM Navigation

20 Aug 2013 by Sacha Barber

Shows how to use PRISM navigation API in VM 1st with child container support

Deployment, because WPF desktop applications aren't dead yet

18 Dec 2015 by Mohamed Kalmoua

This article describes how you can deploy your application using ClickOnce and Windows Installer technology.

Creating a Cursor from a Font Symbol in a WPF Application

2 Apr 2018 by Clifford Nelson

This gives the code to create a cursor from a character in a font.

A C# 3D Surface Plot Control

19 Feb 2021 by Leif Simon Goodwin

A 3D surface plot control in C#

.NET Silent ClickOnce Installer for Winform & WPF in C# & VB

12 Oct 2023 by Graeme_Grant

.NET compliant Silent ClickOnce Update Background Worker Service for Winform, WPF & Console in C# & VB

WPF Data Bound Menus

3 Jul 2009 by Michael L Perry

Use a combination of data-binding techniques to create WPF menus that change with your application

Apex Part 1: Create Your First MVVM Application

21 May 2012 by Dave Kerr

Write your first MVVM application in ten minutes using the Apex SDK!

Windows-Phone-7

WPF Sliding Controls Collection - Part 2: Sliding Panorama Control

13 Jun 2012 by Tefik Becirovic

This article describes the SlidingPanoramaControl, a custom WPF control developed to view and rotate 360° panoramic images all around.

Edumatter-814: School Math Calculators and Equation Solvers

17 Feb 2015 by DrABELL

Educational software package for Microsoft Windows® 7/8 contains “5-in-1” School Math Calculators and Equation Solvers intended for students and educators

GesturCubes

4 Nov 2013 by Meshack Musundi

WPF 3D cubes puzzle game for the AIO(All-In-One) PC

Drawing a Basic 3D Cylinder Chart in WPF

4 Oct 2014 by Marco Bertschi

A really basic 3D Cylinder chart, drawn on a WPF canvas

Asynchronous Animation of Realistic Motion

12 Mar 2014 by Petr Ivankov

Interoperability between 3D graphics and calculations

Database Bot using Oscova

17 Jan 2017 by DaveMathews

Use Oscova, a bot development framework, to create a Natural Language Interface to an SQL Database

WCF by Example - Chapter VII - Decoupling of WCF Services from the ViewModel

11 Oct 2011 by Enrique Albert

Baseline WCF Distribution Layer - Decoupling of WCF Services and ViewModels.

Export to Excel Functionality in WPF DataGrid

24 Oct 2010 by Nithyaduruvan, Sathishkumar_P

This article describes about the export functionality of Excel sheet from WPF datagrid.

WPF TextBox With Ellipsis

13 Jan 2012 by MarkLTX

A subclass of the WPF TextBox control that displays an ellipsis when the text doesn't fit.

Composite Applications with Prism in WPF - Part 3

5 Dec 2015 by Snesh Prajapati

In this article we will learn about EventAggregator and IActiveAware interface and its uses in WPF application using Prism. This is continuation of second part of article series having total three parts.

A C# System Tray Application using WPF Forms

17 Mar 2017 by Leif Simon Goodwin

How to create a basic system tray app in C# and WPF

Creating a Custom WPF Window

16 Nov 2018 by nvasilev1

Often, when WPF developers have to write a custom window, they find themselves drowning in countless articles, blog posts, and StackOverflow threads each depicting a different approach to the problem.

Creating the Microsoft Outlook Appointment View in WPF - Part 1

22 Apr 2009 by Richard Gavel

Part 1 of a series describing creation of a WPF based appointment control with the Outlook look and feel

EXIF Compare Utility using WPF

12 Apr 2010 by Nish Nishant

The Exif Compare Utility is a WinDiff equivalent for image files that compares the Exif meta-data and displays the differences and similarities. The application is written using WPF and MVVM.

Playing with a MVVM Tabbed TreeView for a File Explorer

23 May 2012 by wim4you

This article describes one way of using the WPF TreeView to create tabbed Navigational Trees using MVVM for use in a File Explorer. In a next planned article a Tabbed Folder Plane will be added.

Building WPF Applications with Self-Tracking Entity Generator and Visual Studio 2012 - Project Setup

17 Mar 2013 by Weidong Shen

This article describes the project setup of building a WPF sample application with Self-Tracking Entity Generator and Visual Studio 2012.

WPF-Less GDI+.NET Report Component: Star Report

25 Jan 2013 by FatCatProgrammer

StarReport: WPF-less GDI+.NET report component.

WPF Panel Switch Animation

14 Jan 2014 by ntg123

A smooth transform from one layout to another

WPF Arc!

14 Apr 2017 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Filling one of the ugliest WPF gaps: Animatable EllipticalArcGeometry and EllipticalArcShape

Globalization in WPF using ResourceDictionary

31 Jan 2013 by Hiren Khirsaria

Multilingual application using ResourceDictionary in WPF.

Introduction to Composite WPF (CAL, Prism): Part 2

19 Jul 2009 by Jammer

An article showing an extremely simple implementation of CompositeWPF.

Small Paging Control for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

27 Jun 2012 by freedeveloper

A small control to control paging in Windows Presentation Foundation.

SQL-Server-2005

Slitastic

13 Aug 2013 by Florian Rappl

Creating a highly extensible presentation app with multi-user and device integration for tablets.

multi-threading

WPF Virtualizing Grid Control

27 May 2014 by thomai87

A responsive two dimensional spreadsheet-like control

Soddy Crescent Construction

18 Aug 2014 by Doug Wyrembek

An algorithm to construct and animate a Soddy Crescent

WPF SQL Replication Tool (Part 2)

12 Nov 2015 by Fred Song (Melbourne)

In this article, we started from Generate Inserts procedure, then go through how generates inserts SQL files with this procedure and runs these inserts SQL files to import data.

Plotting a Real-time 3D Toolpath with Helix Toolkit

30 May 2018 by Bruce Greene

A plot control based on the WPF Helix Toolkit for visualizing a real-time stream of 3D locations

Data Visualization in WPF with LINQ to SQL and Data Binding

21 Dec 2007 by Bruno Sonnino

This article will show how to use data binding and styles to show data coming from a Microsoft SQL database using the new object-relational model introduced in Visual Studio 2008, LINQ to SQL, allowing grouping, sorting and filtering of data with almost no code.

SQL-Server-2005

The Nito.MVVM (WPF) Library: Commands

25 Jul 2009 by Stephen Cleary

Describes the ViewModel command classes in the Open-Source Nito.MVVM (WPF) library, and provides guidelines on their usage.

Walking Robot Series In WPF -- Part 1: Triangles, Rectangles, And Cubes

3 Nov 2010 by Gary.Miller.WPF

Part one of a series on how to make an animated 3D robot in WPF using C# code

WPFSpark: 4 of n: SparkWindow

19 Jan 2012 by Ratish Philip

A Metro style custom window.

A WPF Font Picker (with Color)

19 Jan 2013 by Alessio Saltarin

Unsatisfied by the WPF Font Pickers available, I decided to write one on my own (well, almost...)

Structuring Your XAML Sources

2 Aug 2012 by Philip Stuyck

Structuring your XAML source files by using dictionaries.

Inheriting from a Look Less WPF Control

31 Jul 2017 by Dirk Bahle

This article explains how to take advantage from look-less WPF controls through inheritance

Dynamic Validation with FluentValidation in WPF/MVVM

4 Jan 2016 by tetsushmz

This article shows how user inputs can be validated dynamically with FluentValidation and INotifyDataErrorInfo in a WPF/MVVM application.

Easy WPF Copy/Paste Excel

14 Oct 2021 by Juan Francisco Morales Larios

An easy way to copy and paste data between WPF application and Excel

WPF MVVM View Binding to a Singleton and WeakReference

25 Apr 2018 by Clifford Nelson

Concept to create a Singleton for WPF MVVM Binding, and using Weak reference for the property that is bound to.

4K (2160p) resolution for PS1, PS2, PSP games

2 Aug 2020 by Evgeny Pereguda

Clone of PCSX/PCSX2/PPSSPP emulator for Windows 10 on WPF/C# with "touch" control

Invoking TensorFlow AI (Python) from a C# Desktop Application

12 Oct 2019 by Thomas Weller

Demonstrates how to invoke TensorFlow neural networks from a C# application and also how to use a Python-generated chart to display the results.

Caliburn - Modules, Windows, and Actions

10 Mar 2010 by Nic_Roche

This article demonstrates breaking out of the shell with module development and using Caliburn actions.