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Working with JSON in C# & VB

by Graeme_Grant

Working with simple JSON objects and collections to Custom Converters and Transformations into .NET classes

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.

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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Advanced guide to WPF ScrollBar or how to display millions of colour combinations

by Peter Huber SG

Deep dive into the intricacies of combining scrolling and zooming in your control.

Migrating Windows Apps to Windows on Arm with WPF and .NET 6

by Gaston Verelst

In this article, we will see how to convert a Windows .NET 6 WPF application to a Windows on Arm (WoA) application.

Multiselect Combobox in WPF

by Nilay M Joshi

Multiselect Combobox - Custom control for WPF

WPF and RX - Dispose vs Complete

by G.TR

This tip shows two different approaches for disposing view models that use Reactive Extension

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Working with JSON in C# & VB

25 Apr 2021

Graeme_Grant

Working with simple JSON objects and collections to Custom Converters and Transformations into .NET classes

Introduction to D3DImage

11 Aug 2008

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.

Calcium: A Modular Application Toolset Leveraging PRISM – Part 2

23 Nov 2009

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

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

Sacha Barber

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

Async/Await Explained with Diagrams and Examples

15 Apr 2021

David Deley

Explains program flow when using await in various scenarios

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

6 May 2010

Alan Beasley

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

Conceptual Children: A powerful new concept in WPF

6 Apr 2008

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.

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

26 Aug 2019

Thomas Weller

Demonstrates how to run Python scripts from C#

machine-learning

Attaching a Virtual Branch to the Logical Tree in WPF

6 May 2007

Josh Smith

Reviews a pattern which enables new possibilities for data binding.

An extensible ExifReader class with customizable tag handlers

29 Mar 2010

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

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

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

Ajcek84

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

Binding RadioButtons to an Enum in Silverlight

5 Sep 2011

Todd Davis

How to bind an enum to radiobuttons in Silverlight/WPF

Flexible WPF ToggleSwitch Lookless Control in C# & VB

15 Nov 2017

Graeme_Grant

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

Musical Study with Isomorphic Computer Keyboard

1 Sep 2017

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

A computer keyboard can be turned into an isomorphic musical instrument, to help in deeper exploration of the Musical Harmony and even to inspire new musical ideas

Exploring Clip Property of UIelement to Make Animation in WPF

30 Dec 2009

Razan Paul (Raju)

Animation technique based on Clip property of UIelement in WPF

Introducing PdfRport

14 Feb 2013

Vahid_N

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

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

18 Nov 2020

Bruce Greene

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

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

6 Jan 2020

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.

Virtualizing WrapPanel

25 May 2010

Thiago de Arruda

A Virtualizing WrapPanel for WPF.

Transmission Line Matrix for Acoustic Simulations

12 Oct 2013

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.

A Custom WPF Carousel Control

21 Nov 2019

Leif Simon Goodwin

This article presents a simple WPF Carousel Control

Windows-Service for Multithreading with Remote Control GUI

25 Feb 2016

J.Starkl

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

WPF Custom Visualization Part 2 of some: Triggers

24 Aug 2016

Serge Desmedt

(Yet Another) Investigation of WPF triggers

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

24 Mar 2016

Wolfgang Foerster

3D Tools for the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

Introduction to Model Driven Development with Sculpture – Part 1

3 Sep 2008

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

Sumerics

29 Nov 2012

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

DotNetMastermind

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

Binding a ListView to a Data Matrix

15 May 2009

Tawani Anyangwe

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

WPF: Where to Put Value Converters?

31 Jan 2010

Arik Poznanski

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

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

8 Nov 2010

Gary.Miller.WPF

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

Using DescriptionAttribute for enumerations bound to a WPF ComboBox

27 Jan 2016

Clifford Nelson

How to use DescriptionAttribute for enumerations bound to a ComboBox.

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

25 Mar 2018

The Ænema

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

15 Mar 2016

Ratish Philip

The next version of the useful WPF controls is here

Vector Brush Library

25 Apr 2014

KenJohnson

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

PSAM WPF Control Library

19 Jul 2018

Ajcek84

PSAM Control Library ported over to WPF

A GAC Manager Utility and API

30 Jul 2012

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

Yuriy Zanichkovskyy

Layout to layout transitions made easy

CurionLib Dynamic Data Entry Forms

11 Aug 2013

LarryCharlton

Dynamic data forms.

Understanding SelectedValue, SelectedValuePath, SelectedItem & DisplayMemberPath + Demo

21 Oct 2013

_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

Josh Smith

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

Implement UI Element Authorization in WPF

4 Nov 2011

Elvin Cheng

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

The Flying Camera

15 Feb 2017

Wolfgang Foerster

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

Using a different DataTemple when a WPF ComboBox is expanded

17 Dec 2009

Jeremy Hutchinson

Demonstrates overriding the DataTemplateSelector.SelectTemplate method.

Shaped WPF Form

24 Jun 2010

Amit Kumar Tiwari

Shaping WPF Form using an Image

Advanced Animations in WPF

13 Apr 2013

Azim Zahir

This article describes advanced animations in WPF.

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

31 Jan 2014

Dirk Bahle

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

PaydayUSA™ Employment Tax Calculator and Payroll Organizer

17 Feb 2015

DrABELL

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

ViewModel 1st Child Container PRISM Navigation

20 Aug 2013

Sacha Barber

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

A Real MVVMLight Example

1 Mar 2017

Clifford Nelson

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

Deployment, because WPF desktop applications aren't dead yet

18 Dec 2015

Mohamed Kalmoua

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

WPF Data Bound Menus

3 Jul 2009

Michael L Perry

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

WPF Sliding Controls Collection - Part 2: Sliding Panorama Control

13 Jun 2012

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

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

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

Marco Bertschi

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

Asynchronous Animation of Realistic Motion

12 Mar 2014

Petr Ivankov

Interoperability between 3D graphics and calculations

Creating a Cursor from a Font Symbol in a WPF Application

2 Apr 2018

Clifford Nelson

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

Database Bot using Oscova

17 Jan 2017

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

Enrique Albert

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

Export to Excel Functionality in WPF DataGrid

24 Oct 2010

Nithyaduruvan, Sathishkumar_P

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

WPF TextBox With Ellipsis

13 Jan 2012

MarkLTX

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

Apex Part 1: Create Your First MVVM Application

21 May 2012

Dave Kerr

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

Windows-Phone-7

Composite Applications with Prism in WPF - Part 3

5 Dec 2015

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

Leif Simon Goodwin

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

Creating the Microsoft Outlook Appointment View in WPF - Part 1

22 Apr 2009

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

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

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

Weidong Shen

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

Globalization in WPF using ResourceDictionary

31 Jan 2013

Hiren Khirsaria

Multilingual application using ResourceDictionary in WPF.

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

25 Jan 2013

FatCatProgrammer

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

WPF Arc!

14 Apr 2017

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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

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

19 Jul 2009

Jammer

An article showing an extremely simple implementation of CompositeWPF.

Small Paging Control for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

27 Jun 2012

freedeveloper

A small control to control paging in Windows Presentation Foundation.

SQL-Server-2005

Slitastic

13 Aug 2013

Florian Rappl

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

multi-threading

WPF Panel Switch Animation

14 Jan 2014

ntg123

A smooth transform from one layout to another

Soddy Crescent Construction

18 Aug 2014

Doug Wyrembek

An algorithm to construct and animate a Soddy Crescent

WPF SQL Replication Tool (Part 2)

12 Nov 2015

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.

Data Visualization in WPF with LINQ to SQL and Data Binding

21 Dec 2007

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

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

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

Ratish Philip

A Metro style custom window.

A WPF Font Picker (with Color)

19 Jan 2013

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

Philip Stuyck

Structuring your XAML source files by using dictionaries.

Inheriting from a Look Less WPF Control

31 Jul 2017

Dirk Bahle

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

WPF Virtualizing Grid Control

27 May 2014

thomai87

A responsive two dimensional spreadsheet-like control

Plotting a Real-time 3D Toolpath with Helix Toolkit

30 May 2018

Bruce Greene

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

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

2 Aug 2020

Evgeny Pereguda

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

Creating a Custom WPF Window

16 Nov 2018

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.

Caliburn - Modules, Windows, and Actions

10 Mar 2010

Nic_Roche

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

Conway's Game of Life - A Rule Framework and Implementation

15 Apr 2013

tumbledDown2earth

A rule engine based approach to add and remove rules to play Conway's Game of Life

WPF Graphic-based TabControl and Mode Toggling

28 Mar 2016

ntg123

Using binding over Graphic-elements to template Tabcontrol to a folder's Cardboard-splitters look

Undo/Redo Implemented via Stateless Command Stacks in WPF Applications (Sprint 1/4)

17 Nov 2018

MarkWardell

Undo/Redo Commands implemented with Minesweeper game example

WPF Custom Visualization Intermezzo 2: Bindings

24 Aug 2016

Serge Desmedt

(Yet Another) Investigation of WPF bindings

Dynamic Validation with FluentValidation in WPF/MVVM

4 Jan 2016

tetsushmz

1 alternative

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

Bare Metal MVVM - Where The Code Meets The Road - Part 2

5 Jan 2017

Pete O'Hanlon

This is part 2 in a series of articles which covers MVVM from the absolute beginning; no frameworks and no helpers, we're going to learn MVVM from the nuts and bolts

Advanced WPF TreeViews Part 2 of n

22 Sep 2017

Dirk Bahle

A list of advanced tips & tricks on Virtualized WPF TreeViews

Advanced WPF TreeViews in C#/VB.Net Part 3 of n

8 Dec 2017

Dirk Bahle, Alaa Ben Fatma

Tips & tricks on visting and searching nodes in WPF TreeViews

WPF MVVM View Binding to a Singleton and WeakReference

25 Apr 2018

Clifford Nelson

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

Creating Custom Panels In WPF

17 Jun 2009

Sacha Barber

How to create custom panels in WPF

Enumeration RadioButton ListBox Control

3 Jan 2012

Clifford Nelson

An enumeration RadioButtion ListBox control.

Introduction to Multi-binding and Multi-value Converters using IMultiValueConverter and MultiBinding

12 Feb 2012

kishore Gaddam

MultiBinding allows us to bind a binding target property to a list of source properties and then apply logic to produce a value with the given inputs.

Generic WPF-Silverlight implementation for IValueConverter

18 Jun 2012

Clifford Nelson

A generic implementation for IValueConverter.

WPF ColorPicker and BrushEditor

25 Jun 2012

Matthew Searles

Similar to KAXAML's.

Async/Await in WPF to invoke WCF with Busy Indicator and Abort Feature

30 Nov 2015

Nejimon CR

Implement WCF web service access from WPF with busy indicator and premature cancellation feature without using delegates, background worker, or separate event procedure

Dialogs the MVVM Way

9 Jan 2014

JP van Mackelenbergh

This article and the attached example will show how to show dialogs the MVVM way with databinding and no code-behind in the view.

RunCmd - (A WPF-MVVM Batch File Editor/Runner Utility. Automate your repetitive tasks using commandline batch files)

27 Aug 2018

amitthk

RunCmd is a windows batch file editor,runner utility. It can be used to automate our repetitive tasks using commandline batch files.

An Insight into Region Creation and RegionAdapters in Prism based WPF Applications

17 Dec 2015

Snesh Prajapati

To work with Regions effectively in a Prism based WPF application, we must understand the relationship between WPF Controls, RegionAdapters and Regions. In this articles, we will learn about process of Region creation and critical role played by RegionAdapters with a demo application.

Behavior to Make a UIElement Visible on MouseDown

16 Feb 2016

Clifford Nelson

This article presents a behavior that can make another UIElement visible when the mouse down event occurs on the UIElement this behavior is attached to. Have extended this to directly support fading of a Popup control

WPF Embedded Touch Keyboard

26 Feb 2016

Clifford Nelson

There are cases where it might be desirable to support character input without a keyboard attached in a more embedded application where the keyboard is displayed as part of the window.

Capturing a Content Change in a ContentPresenter

5 May 2016

Clifford Nelson

This presents a way to capture a PropertyChanged on a DependencyObject, in this case to capture when the Content on a ContentPresenter changes and setting focus.

DoublePendulum Part II: The Phase Space Trajectories of a Double Pendulum

26 May 2016

Wolfgang Foerster

A WPF 3D simulation to visualize the phase space trajectories of a double pendulum

A Sudoku Puzzle Solver using Strategies

4 Feb 2021

DavidHancock

A .NET 5.0 Windows application written in C# that attempts to solve Sudoku puzzles

Illusionary XAML: Reinventing Benham's Top

1 Apr 2018

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

The mystery of Benham’s top invented in 1895, as well as Fechner color effect, remains not fully uncovered so far. WPF and XAML help to accelerate the research greatly.

A C# 3D Surface Plot Control

19 Feb 2021

Leif Simon Goodwin

A 3D surface plot control in C#

WPF Image Pixel Color Picker Element

30 May 2009

Oleg V. Polikarpotchkin

WPF element to pick up an image (either bitmap or drawing) pixel color.

Creating the Microsoft Outlook Appointment View in WPF - Part 3

21 Apr 2009

Richard Gavel

Part 3 of a series describing the creation of a WPF based appointment control with the Outlook look and feel.

A Moan About ImageBrush In WPF

17 Jun 2009

Sacha Barber

ImageBrush in WPF

The mini-ViewModel Pattern

7 Aug 2009

Colin Eberhardt

Mini-ViewModel pattern

Wrapper Pattern for Silverlight and WPF

14 Feb 2010

Nicolas Dorier

A design pattern to easily bind or animate properties that do not exist on an element, and which works in both Silverlight and WPF

Generic WPF/Silverlight Value Converter

24 Nov 2011

Clifford Nelson

A generic WPF/Silverlight value converter.

Value Converter to Evaluate User Equation Input

19 Jan 2012

Clifford Nelson

This value converter makes it very quick and easy to add the ability for the user to input equations in text boxes that are bound to numeric properties.

An Easy Guide For Developing and Publishing Apps in Intel AppUp Store for New Ultrabook Devices

13 Jan 2013

Grasshopper.iics

How to build and publish Ultrabook desktop Apps in Intel AppUP store

AvalonDock [2.0] Tutorial Part 4 - Integrating AvalonEdit Options

31 Jan 2014

Dirk Bahle

Integrate AvalonEdit with text editing options into AvalonDock [2.0]

17 Feb 2015

DrABELL

5-in-1 educational software package for Tablet PC/Win8: Fraction Calculator, Prime Factoring, Linear, Quadratic and System of Equation solvers (AIC-2013)

16 Aug 2014

dietmar schoder

An introduction to trees: generating and drawing.

Display HTML in WPF and CefSharp Tutorial Part 2

9 Apr 2015

Dirk Bahle, Alex Maitland

How to implement a ResourceHandler in CefSharp to display custom HTML in WPF

WPF SQL Replication Tool (Part 1)

4 Nov 2015

Fred Song (Melbourne)

Using replication, you can distribute data to different locations and to remote or mobile users over local and wide area networks, dial-up connections, wireless connections, and the Internet.

WiFi Password Recovery and Management Tool

27 Sep 2019

Mohamed Kalmoua

In this article, I will discuss a WiFi password recovery and management tool that I created in WPF using Visual Studio 2019.

regular-expression

Multiselect Combobox in WPF

26 May 2021

Nilay M Joshi

Multiselect Combobox - Custom control for WPF

Binding Passwords

29 Jun 2009

Pete O'Hanlon

Binding passwords

General DynamicObject Proxy and Fast Reflection Proxy

15 Sep 2010

Yury Goltsman

Extending functionality by wrapping entity using DynamicObject. Improving performance of Reflection by using cache and expressions

Displaying XML in a WPF TreeView

23 Jan 2012

Gil Yoder

In this article, I describe how to display data from a simple XML file in a WPF TreeView control.

A MIME Message Viewing Library in WPF

31 Jul 2012

Shuqian Ying

The source code and a simple demo program for a plug-in in Microsoft Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) that provides visual display of email messages.

Visual Studio debug console for iPhone

21 Aug 2012

Jaime Olivares

An architectural proposal to integrate mobile and .Net applications

RuntimeExtensionManagement

5 Nov 2012

Paulo Zemek

Extend your objects at run-time and create really loosely-coupled applications.

Natural Language Interface to Database using SIML

14 May 2015

DaveMathews

Using SIML, a language designed for Digital Assistants, to create a Natural Language Interface to an SQL Database.

WPF and IronPython Business Rules - Part 2

9 Jun 2015

beep

A full WPF sample application demonstrating IronPython business rules

Shadow Panel Inheriting from a Panel in C#

21 Nov 2015

Clifford Nelson

This article shows how to create a very simple control in C# that overrides the ArrangeOverride, GetVisualChild, and VisualChildrenCount to create a panel that shadows and disables contained controls.

Behavior to support Window Closing in WPF

2 Feb 2016

Clifford Nelson

A problem with the WPF MVVM design pattern is closing a window from the ViewModel. This article presents a method that allows the use of dependency properties to be used to control the closing of a window

Dynamic Modules with Prism and the Modern UI for WPF Toolkit

23 Mar 2016

Rubén Hinojosa Chapel

Prototype for a plugin architecture based on the Prism Library and the Modern UI for WPF (MUI) toolkit

Simple WPF Bar Graph Control

1 Apr 2016

Clifford Nelson

This article presents a simple bar graph using an ItemsControl with a custom DataTemplate

DataBinding Expression in WPF

20 Jan 2017

Swati 191288

In this article let’s explore the different types of DataBinding Expressions provided by WPF.

Image Classification Using Neural Networks in .NET

26 Jun 2019

hemanthk119

Image Classification implementation using Deep Belief Networks and Convolutional Neural Networks in .NET

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

11 Oct 2019

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.

D3dHost - MDX and WPF interoperability

13 Nov 2012

Shmuel Zang

This article shows how we can render an interoperable MDX (Managed DirectX) scene, inside a WPF window.

7 Oct 2012

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.

Flavours (AppInnovation)

8 Nov 2012

Nrupal Prattipati

Starting with Recipe creation and sharing, to a full fledged Kitchen Assistant

WPF Image Processing Control

12 Dec 2013

Bob Ranck

A user control that allows pasting images from clipboard, cropping and transforms.

Dynamic WPF MVVM View Model Event, Command and Property Generation

3 Jul 2014

Stein Borge

Enables automatic view model generation of properties, look up values, command, event and model linkage

PDF Page Counter

24 Oct 2014

Yvan Rodrigues

Quickly count the number of pages in a collection of PDF documents

3D L-System with C# and WPF

21 Dec 2014

arussell

How to use C# to create WPF 3D graphics.

WPF Custom Visualization Intermezzo: Resources

24 Aug 2016

Serge Desmedt

(Yet Another) Investigation of WPF resources

RadialControls - Normal Controls, BenT

17 Jul 2015

Ben Thorner

A tutorial on RadialControls - a library of circular controls for Windows 8 Apps.

How to Embed Arbitrary Content in a WPF Control with Binding

27 Sep 2016

Clifford Nelson

This is an alternative for "How to Embed Arbitrary Content in a WPF Control"

Behaviors to create double or TimeSpan Value TextBox for WPF Masked TextBox

26 Oct 2016

Clifford Nelson

Presents a concept for creating a masked TextBox, and has the implementation for a TimeSpan and double value

Windows Workflow and WPF

30 Jun 2017

Daniel Ziegelmiller

Connecting WPF with Windows Workflow (WF)

WPF Split Panel

8 Aug 2017

LostTime76

A custom panel which allows elements to be resized using splitters

Simplest WPF Dependency Property For Beginners On 'ValidState'

22 Nov 2017

Graeme_Grant

This is an alternative for "Simplest WPF Dependency Property For Beginners On Background Color"

First and Extremely fast Online 2D Convex Hull Algorithm in O(Log h) per point

28 Feb 2018

Omar Saad (IREQ), Eric Ouellet

Ouellet Convex Hull is currently the only ‘Online’ Convex Hull in O(log h) per point, where 'Online' stands for dynamically add one point at a time. Based on our own test against many other algorithm implementations, including Chan and Voronoi/Delaunay, it appears to be the fastest one.

Orbital Mechanics Introduction: Part 2

16 Jan 2019

charles922

Introduction to Orbital Mechanics - 2 Body Problem WPF

Using the Visitor Pattern to Maintain MVVM Layering While Implementing Dialogs in WPF

2 Jan 2020

Daniel Ziegelmiller

A simplified approach to maintaining the WPF MVVM layers when the ViewModel needs to show a form dialog

MvvmCross for WPF: A Basic Primer

7 Jul 2020

Meshack Musundi

An overview of MvvmCross for WPF application development

Entity Factory - Get Your ORM-less Freak On!

2 Jan 2021

#realJSOP

A tool to generate model and viewmodel classes directly from your selected database

Securing Your .NET Applications – A Summary Review Of Visual Guard

10 Nov 2014

Dirk_Strauss

Securing Your .NET Applications – A Summary Review Of Visual Guard

product-showcase

Declarative Dependency Property Definition with T4 + DTE

18 Aug 2009

Colin Eberhardt

This blog post describes a technique for specifying WPF / Silverlight Dependency Properties declaratively via attributes.

WPF Extensibility Hacks or WEX - Includes EventTrigger, ReactiveTrigger, InvokeMethodAction, InvokeCommandAction etc.

14 Jan 2010

Anoop Pillai

A set of extensibility hacks for WPF. A few interesting triggers and actions, including EventTrigger, ReactiveTrigger, InvokeMethodAction, and InvokeCommandAction. Also allows invoking Triggers and Actions based on Conditions.

WPF/Silverlight Binding Using Flags Class

8 Jul 2011

Clifford Nelson

A special class is needed to support binding a set of flags to a View.

How To Embed An Application Into a Docking Library

3 Sep 2011

Sofa Team

Step by Step conversion of an application into a Docking application component

DevForce Code First Walkthrough: From New Project to Running

2 Dec 2011

johnlantz

This tutorial shows how to build a simple WPF application using Code First in DevForce.

A Universal WPF Find / Replace Dialog

27 Apr 2012

FenRunner

This is an alternative for "A Universal WPF Find / Replace Dialog"

Spell Check Enabled RichText Editor in WPF

13 Apr 2013

Azim Zahir

Creating a spell check enabled RichText editor.

The Perils of Canceling WPF ComboBox Selection

21 Jun 2012

Ivan Krivyakov

How to deal with a stubborn combo box that won't let you cancel invalid user selection

CLRBinding - Properties Binding

23 Jun 2012

igkutikov

Binding Properties of non GUI elements that still implement INotify

Circular Context menu in WPF

18 Jul 2012

Ajosh Palis

The purpose of this article is to illustrate a context menu that renders in cricular shape.

Semaphon™ semantic phone number-to-text converter

8 Oct 2015

DrABELL

App implements bi-directional semantic phone number-to-text converter, extended with novel Lottery+Quiz engine

multi-threading

Creating Test Objects With FakeModel

17 Dec 2013

Member 9913858

An introduction to using FakeModel to create test aata for you.

21 Apr 2014

Amir Emamjomeh

This application integrates modification, simulation and visualization of Black-Oil model of hydrocarbon reservoirs

Basic WPF Way to Implement and Include Animation in XAML

5 May 2014

Gerald Gomes

This article will make an attempt to describe a basic way to start implementing animation in WPF.

An easy to use WPF Autocomplete Textbox

10 Jul 2014

Eric Pap

An easy to use custom control basedon textbox that allows Autocomplete, compatible with WCF

MultiBinding for WPF Command Combining

16 May 2015

Leonid Osmolovski

Techniques for joint execution of a group of commands after single user interface action.

Yet Another Duplicate File Detector: MVVM Pattern

11 Jun 2016

kaviteshsingh

A simple utility to find duplicate files in a folder (including sub-directories).

Generate a WPF Frontend from a Console Application

25 Oct 2016

Zebedee Mason

How to structure a command line application so that as it is modified, the GUI automatically changes.

C# WPF listview Drag & Drop a Custom Item

26 Mar 2018

Massimiliano Brugnerotto

This article explains how to implement the drag & drop of a custom item within a ListView control with WPF technology.

Multiplatform Radar Chart

23 Jul 2018

Ajcek84

Implementation of radar chart for various .NET platforms

WPF Drag and Drop using NP.Visuals Library

9 Sep 2018

Nick Polyak

Drag and drop using NP.Visuals package

A Custom WPF Slider Button

24 Apr 2019

Leif Simon Goodwin

This article describes a simple slider button using dependency properties and a template.

Soma Cube Solver

23 Mar 2019

charles922

WPF 3D Graphics Program to solve Soma Cube Puzzle

Remote Controlled LED / Weather Station / Message Display (Part 2 - Xamarin Mobile App)

31 Dec 2016

Andrew Lai

This is Part 2 of my Raspberry Pi traffic light and weather station project - The mobile app

VariableSizedWrapGrid for WPF

28 May 2015

Magnus Rindeberg

An implementation of VariableSizedWrapGrid for the Windows Desktop.

WPF Drag & Drop Behaviour

26 Aug 2009

Martin Hinshelwood

WPF drag and drop behaviour

Implementing Two-way Binding of a Numeric Value to a String (such as TextBox.Text)

26 Apr 2010

George Henry 1954

Presents a class that facilitates high-usability binding of an ordinary TextBox to a numeric property

Enhanced ListView Operations Using MVVM

29 Jun 2010

Izhar Lotem

Filter and export to Excel ListView data using MVVM standards.

WPF Simple Puzzle

9 Jul 2010

Nanung

Developing a drag and drop technique in a simple puzzle game application.

Validation in WPF Toolkit’s DataGrid

5 Nov 2011

Frank Augustin

Describe validation when presenting data in WPF Toolkit’s DataGrid.

Candlestick Based off WPF Toolkit

4 Dec 2011

Xavier John

Candlestick

Dialog Boxes Management in WPF Application

9 Dec 2011

Elvin Cheng

How to manage the Dialog boxes in WPF application

Decoding Stardent AVS Bitmap Image (.avs, .x) files in C# and WPF

19 Dec 2011

J. Broun

An article aimed at intermediate coders on decoding Stardent Corp.'s AVS Bitmap Image format.

image-processing

Implement Virtual List with Paged Data

3 Jan 2013

Young Ye

This article solve the performance issue while loading and displaying large amounts of data by using a virtual list with paged data technique.

A Simple Example for the SoapBox Framework (WPF, .NET)

10 Aug 2012

dreamgarden

SoapBox Core uses WPF's MEF to provide a base application framework that is easy to extend. This is a simple example that includes elements of a basic application (toolbar, statusbar, document area, etc.).

Using path parameters when binding data in WPF

28 Mar 2012

Michael Soloduha

Extends WPF framework with binding that supports runtime path parameters

Navigating the different modules through a TreeView and ToolBar with Prism

21 Jun 2012

Andrzej Skutnik

Developing a navigation theme started in the article "Navigating the different modules through a TreeView in Prism."

WPF Dynamic View Model with Enum Support

2 Aug 2012

Steve L. Powell

A technique to create a Dynamic View Model that handles enums.

WPF Wizard (MVVM) With a Time Consuming Operation

10 Apr 2013

Ziv Ron

How to implement a Time Consuming Operation when using WPF Wizard.

Inserting 3D Models in Expression Blend

20 Jun 2013

Meshack Musundi

Inserting a 3D object into a WPF project in Expression Blend, with some help from Blender

Expression-blend

Expression Blend - Playing with Sample Data (WPF , Windows Phone)

23 Jul 2014

Saad_Mahmood

Expression Blend - Playing with Sample Data (WPF , Windows Phone)

MVVM Data Validation

11 Nov 2015

Jeroen Richters

This article describes a validation framework for MVVM based WPF controls.

Blendability - Adding design time support for regions in Prism 6

29 Nov 2015

MatthewThomas

Adding design time support for regions in Prism 6

Conditional Validation in WPF using Attributes

16 Dec 2016

Dilip Nandakumar

Extending Data Annotations library to support conditional validation in WPF

Grid with Dynamic Number of Rows and Columns - Part 1

3 Jan 2017

Illya Reznykov

WPF datagrid that has same sized dynamically defined number of rows and columns

WPF Application with Real-time Data in OxyPlot Charts

6 Jan 2017

Illya Reznykov

The is a WPF application that shows (emulated) real-time data in charts.

A Robust and Elegant Single Instance WPF Application Approach Using WCF

18 May 2017

Jon Campbell

How to utilize WCF to allow a single instance of any WPF application without needing mutexes, extra assemblies, or special "hacks".

Xamarin and MvvmCross: A simple Tutorial for Beginners

3 Jan 2018

NoMoreComputers

Xamarin and MvvmCross: A simple tutorial for beginners

Advanced WPF TreeView in C#/VB.Net Part 6 of n

11 Jan 2018

Dirk Bahle

Tips & Tricks on using checkboxes within a WPF treeview.

Auto-generated columns in a WPF ListView

18 Feb 2021

#realJSOP

A WPF ListView that automatically generates columns (that are also sortable) based on decorated entity properties

Dynamic string resource \ localisation and MVVM.

16 Jun 2015

NobsterTheLobster

Dynamic string resource\localisation and XAML binding.

Speech Binding For WPF

19 Dec 2014

Prafulla Hunde

Shows how speech recognition can be used with WPF.

Loading WPF themes at runtime

1 Sep 2009

Florin Badea

This acticle presents how to build WPF themes and apply them to an application at runtime.

WPF Color Conversions

30 Dec 2009

David Veeneman

Convert from RGB to HLS and HSB.

Sofa, AvalonDock and MEF

6 May 2011

Sofa Team

Sofa makes the link between AvalonDock and MEF, both using composable elements

WPFSpark: 7 of n: FluidStatusBar

19 Jan 2012

Ratish Philip

An animated StatusBar in WPF.

Building WPF Applications with Self-Tracking Entity Generator - IClientChangeTracking Interface

29 Dec 2011

Weidong Shen

This article describes the IClientChangeTracking interface generated by Self-Tracking Entity Generator for WPF/Silverlight.

A MultiProgressViewModel to observe progress in complex algorithms

20 Jan 2012

Dirk Bahle

I have posted a recent article on the ProgressViewModel to show a software design that can be used for background processing in C# 4.0. This article extends that design with the ability to ouput more than one progress.

GraphDisplay: A Bezier based control for graphing functions and curves

8 Jul 2012

abat

This is an alternative for "GraphDisplay: a Bezier based control for graphing functions and curves"

Integration: Kinematics + Digital Image Processing + 3D Graphics

9 Sep 2012

Petr Ivankov

Further promotion of integration ideas

Cascading Selection the MVC Way

29 Mar 2013

Xomega Team

How to easily implement cascading selection the MVC way and leverage cached static data.

Building WPF Applications with Self-Tracking Entity Generator and Visual Studio 2012 - Sorting, Paging, and Filtering

19 Mar 2013

Weidong Shen

This article describes how to do sorting, paging, and filtering with Self-Tracking Entity Generator and Visual Studio 2012.

Cardar™, credit cards metadata organizer

17 Feb 2015

DrABELL

Store securely credit cards' structured meta-data, like contact info, PIN, APR on balance transfer/purchase/cash advance, and other terms/conditions

AllInOne ImageGrassy: The Ultimate Photo Editing Tool

4 Sep 2013

Grasshopper.iics

You would never want to use another photo editor in your AIO again

image-processing

Stream Large Result Set from Web API to WPF on Background Thread

25 Dec 2014

Yin Kan (Gavin) Lee

Stream large result set from Web API to WPF on background thread and display on Datagrid

Dynamic View Model Part 2: Key/Ref

28 Jul 2014

Bryan Croteau

A technique for generating ViewModel objects dynamically, with foreign key-like references.

Custom TreeView Layout in WPF

12 Sep 2014

Jan Bakker

This is an alternative for "Custom TreeView Layout in WPF"

An Alternative MVVM Implementation without Binding

3 Dec 2014

Bruce Greene

An alternative MVVM implementation that employs a set of proxy control classes to act as a sort of "Platonic Ideal" WPF page for interaction with the view model.

The Dew Review - DevExpress Universal 14.2.4

18 Feb 2015

Alvin Ashcraft

This year I have been looking at and starting to use several components from the Universal 14.2.4 release.

Lync Addin – Send SMS

21 May 2015

Shai Raiten

Lync Add in Development, How to add custom context menu and CWE application using single code base.

Leveraging IoC In WPF

26 May 2016

Dilip Nandakumar

Using Dependency Injection to manage navigation and assigning data context in MVVM design.

WPF Custom Visualization Part 3 of some: Templates

24 Aug 2016

Serge Desmedt

(Yet Another) Investigation of WPF Templates

Grid with Dynamic Number of Rows and Columns - Part 2

4 Jan 2017

Illya Reznykov

Data grid cells in WPF with defined fixed size with number of rows and columns updated dynamically

WPF DataGrid with SharedSizeGroup Columns Property

31 Jan 2017

Leif Simon Goodwin

This article presents an attached behaviour for the WPF DataGrid control which allows multiple columns to share the same width, and columns to shrink to fit their content.

WPF SearchAll Control (basic)

11 Apr 2017

Juan Francisco Morales Larios

A Drag and Drop ListLauncher with fold-able Groups

3 Mar 2017

wim4you

Launch additionally a limited number of hand picked Programs, Documents or Folders from the taskbar

Advanced WPF TreeViews in C#/VB.Net Part 5 of n

18 Jan 2018

Dirk Bahle

Tips & Tricks on de/serializing Tree View based content with XML

deserialization

20 Feb 2019

charles922

WPF 3D Graphics Program to manipulate Soma Cube Pieces

Anamorphic Drawing for the Cheaters

8 Mar 2019

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Impress your friends with your drawing skills using this easy-to-use method and software

WPF UIAutomation test suite development

26 Sep 2019

Wang Ruofeng, Dirk Bahle

A guide to UIAutomation testing with WPF. Make test code easy to write and maintain.

test-automation

TrafficLight Column in WPF DataGrid using MultiTrigger

20 Jan 2020

Daniel H. W.

Using a self defined TrafficLight Column to virtualize a status bool and the readonly value at the same time instead of a simple CheckBox

Stylet: A Basic Primer

21 Jul 2020

Meshack Musundi

An overview of the Stylet MVVM framework

A WPF-Friendly Shell_NotifyIcon Wrapper Class - Part 1: Notify Icon Wrapper

2 Dec 2020

Ronald M. Martin

This series of articles explores a new WPF-friendly wrapper class for Shell_NotifyIcon.

WPF - Modeless Window Manager

1 Mar 2021

#realJSOP

For those times when you need more control over when a modeless window is created/displayed

Where Did My WPF Namespace Go?

13 May 2009

Steve Maier

Solving some issues when changing namespace names

Lookless Controls / Themes

17 Jun 2009

Sacha Barber

Lookless controls / themes

Explicitly Updating And Validating Databindings In WPF

17 Jun 2009

Sacha Barber

How to explicitly update and validate Databindings in WPF

Easily Localize WPF Application via Visual Studio Template

1 May 2011

Ernest Poletaev

A Localized WPF Application template for easily localizing a WPF application

Implementing Copy and Paste for a WPF DataGrid in .NET 4

31 Aug 2011

Peter_Smithson

Using the DataZGrid provided by .NET 4, this article shows how to copy and paste between cells.

Async Drag 'n Drop or Drag 'n Drop from external server/device

19 Nov 2011

User008

Drag 'n Drop asynchronous files from an external server or device

Using the WPF Magnifier