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Re: Modify a XML file in Silverlight 2 ?

Braulio Dez19-Apr-09 8:33

19-Apr-09 8:33

In my case (dbschemaeditor.com) I'm using LINQ To XML, and I have developed a desktop like app and the release mode of the XAP is just about 3OO kbytes (in your case the DLL's that you will be added will be compressed by the SL and added to the XAP), I could shorten it by chopping it into several XAP, and load features on demand, and use caching on the isolated storage.

What's the size of your XAP? Have you checked on Release mode?

Cheers
Braulio

/// -------------------------
     Braulio Díez

     DBSchemaEditor.com
     Free Silverlight based DB Schema Modeling Tool
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Re: Modify a XML file in Silverlight 2 ?

Mohammad Dayyan19-Apr-09 9:12

Mohammad Dayyan

19-Apr-09 9:12

Braulio Dez wrote:
What's the size of your XAP? Have you checked on Release mode?

About 1.2 MB Frown | :(

Re: Modify a XML file in Silverlight 2 ?

Braulio Dez19-Apr-09 9:28

Braulio Dez

19-Apr-09 9:28

Ouch !

Mmmm... Or it's a hugue project, or there's something wrong going there.

My solution is composed of 12 projects and more than 100 classes, maybe not a big project but at least medium sized.

Have you checked what does take that hugue size? Are you embedding images or any expensive resource? Pure code shouldn't take that much.

If you want to analyze how longs takes each part of the XAP, you can rename the file top ZIP and then unpack it and check sizes of DLL's, resource, and folders.

Cheers
Braulio

/// -------------------------
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     DBSchemaEditor.com
     Free Silverlight based DB Schema Modeling Tool
/// -------------------------

Re: Modify a XML file in Silverlight 2 ?

Mohammad Dayyan19-Apr-09 9:46

Mohammad Dayyan

19-Apr-09 9:46

yeah you're right.
I've created a Code Colorizer :
Code Colorizer with Silverlight 2 & C#[^]

you can see the source

ToggleButton with Images [SOLVED - sort of]

#realJSOP14-Apr-09 9:58

#realJSOP

14-Apr-09 9:58

I'm trying to set up a toggle button that changes the image when the button is checked/no checked. Consider the following XAML:

<style targettype="ToggleButton" x:key="PushPinButton" mode="hold" xmlns:x="#unknown" />        <Setter Property="Template" />
            <Setter.Value>
                <ControlTemplate TargetType="ToggleButton">
                    <Image Source="/CometWPF2;component/Icons/blue_pushpin.png" Margin="0" 
                              VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center" />
                </ControlTemplate>
            </Setter.Value>
        </Setter>
        <Style.Triggers>
            <Trigger Property="IsChecked" Value="True">
                <Setter Property="Template" />
                    <Setter.Value>
                        <ControlTemplate TargetType="ToggleButton">
                            <Image Source="/CometWPF2;component/Icons/red_pushpin.png" Margin="0" 
                                      VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center" />
                        </ControlTemplate>
                    </Setter.Value>
                </Setter>
            </Trigger>
        </Style.Triggers>
    </Style>

The IDE is telling me that the Setter.Value attachable property doesn't exist. I have no idea if I'm doing this anywhere close to correctly...

I did this and it works:

<Image Source="/CometWPF2;component/Icons/blue_pushpin.png" x:Key="PinUp" />
 <Image Source="/CometWPF2;component/Icons/red_pushpin.png" x:Key="PinDown" />
 <Style TargetType="ToggleButton" x:Key="UDPPushPinButton">
     <Setter Property="Content" Value="{DynamicResource PinUp}" />
     <Style.Triggers>
         <Trigger Property="IsChecked" Value="True">
             <Setter Property="Content" Value="{DynamicResource PinDown}" />
         </Trigger>
     </Style.Triggers>
 </Style>

Now I want to get rid of the border that shows up (and remains displayed) when it's clicked.

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modified on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 5:11 PM

Re: ToggleButton with Images

Eslam Afifi14-Apr-09 11:05

Eslam Afifi

14-Apr-09 11:05

The Setter tag is closed. <Setter Property="Template" /> should be <Setter Property="Template" >. The Style tag too.
XAML is well-formed XML.

Eslam Afifi

Re: ToggleButton with Images [SOLVED - sort of]

DemonPT30-Aug-11 5:07

DemonPT

30-Aug-11 5:07

Add:

XML

<Setter Property="FocusVisualStyle" Value="{x:Null}"/>

So it will be something like:

XML

<Image Source="/CometWPF2;component/Icons/blue_pushpin.png" x:Key="PinUp" />
<Image Source="/CometWPF2;component/Icons/red_pushpin.png" x:Key="PinDown" />
    <Style TargetType="ToggleButton" x:Key="UDPPushPinButton">
        <Setter Property="Content" Value="{DynamicResource PinUp}" />
        <Setter Property="FocusVisualStyle" Value="{x:Null}"/>
        <Style.Triggers>
            <Trigger Property="IsChecked" Value="True">
                <Setter Property="Content" Value="{DynamicResource PinDown}" />
            </Trigger>
        </Style.Triggers>
    </Style>

Visual Studio 2008/Expression Blend Wierdness [SOLVED!!!]

BlitzPackage14-Apr-09 7:23

BlitzPackage

14-Apr-09 7:23

Good People,

So I have been developing my application fine now (for about 3 months) then out of the blue, Visual Studio will not show any of the user controls I have created and Expression Blend will crash when I try to show any data template.

Back in Visual Studio, it's telling me that it can't find a static resource referenced in my resource dictionary and then it notifies me that in App.xaml the Source property of resource dictionary cannot be set to my resource dictionary. I am puzzled. It builds fine and executes fine. The xaml files all have their appropriate namespaces and scope.

I checked online and someone, in 2008, said this was a bug. Of course, I tried to download visual studio 2008 service pack 1 but that installation always hangs, never downloads and doesn't install any files. I have .net 3.5 sp1.

Any thoughts or ideas would be deeply appreciated.

Thanks,
Blitz

So, the problem was that I had to move the resources to the top of the resource dictionary file so it could find them.

#$%%^$#@@#$$ you WPF!

Anyway, I'm happy again Smile | :)

modified on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 5:49 PM

Re: Visual Studio 2008/Expression Blend Wierdness

BlitzPackage14-Apr-09 7:53

BlitzPackage

14-Apr-09 7:53

By the way, these resources are defined in the Resource Dictionary using the right key - e.g. "StringToBoolConverter", but it is still unable to find them.

In addition, I wonder why these problems would start now and not earlier.

Canvas or Grid inside Viewport3D?

emptythetill14-Apr-09 5:38

emptythetill

14-Apr-09 5:38

Hello.

Is it possible to place a Canvas or Grid inside a Viewport3D, to enable a flip or skew animation? Simply adding a canvas as a child doesn't work, so I'm wondering if there is another way?

Regards, E.

Re: Canvas or Grid inside Viewport3D?

sivaddrahcir20-Apr-09 8:17

sivaddrahcir

20-Apr-09 8:17

You're right, I don't think that you can just stick UIElements into ViewPort3D.

One option is to try to simulate your desired 3D animation with the regular 2D system. For example, check out this blog post by Tess Ferrandez which shows how to do a flip between 2 UI elements:
Silverlight/WPF FlipImage Animation[^]

If you are using these animations as transitions and don't need to have active UI elements during those transitions, you may be able to persist your UI elements to an image and have that applied to a 3D element which you can add to your ViewPort3D.

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Reading a XML file from IsolatedStorage ? [modified]

Mohammad Dayyan13-Apr-09 18:00

Mohammad Dayyan

13-Apr-09 18:00

Hi.
I'm reading a XML file that has been stored in IsolatedStorage.
But this Exception was occurring Root element is missing.
I'm dead sure that there isn't any troubles in the XML file, So I don't the know the result of the Exception Frown | :(

Could you guide me ?
Thank you.

This is my snippet code :

using (IsolatedStorageFile isoStore = IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForApplication())
{
	.
        .
        .
   
    string SettingFilePath = "CodeColorizer\\setting.xml";
    using (IsolatedStorageFileStream isoStream = new IsolatedStorageFileStream(SettingFilePath, FileMode.Create, isoStore))
    {
        isoStream.Position = 0;
        XmlReader xmlReader;
        xmlReader = XmlReader.Create(isoStream);
        //Moves the reader to the root element.                        
        <code>xmlReader.MoveToContent();</code>//Exception was occurring here
        string value;
        while (xmlReader.Read())
        {
            switch (xmlReader.NodeType)
            {
                case XmlNodeType.Element:
                    {
                        if (xmlReader.Name == "IsVB")
                        {
                            value = (string)xmlReader.ReadContentAs(Type.GetType("String"), null);
                            if (value == "True") { this.IsVB.IsChecked = true; this.IsCsharp.IsChecked = false; }
                            else if (value == "False") { this.IsVB.IsChecked = false; this.IsCsharp.IsChecked = true; }
                        }
                        else if (xmlReader.Name == "IsCsharp")
                        {
                            value = (string)xmlReader.ReadContentAs(Type.GetType("String"), null);
                            if (value == "True") { this.IsVB.IsChecked = false; this.IsCsharp.IsChecked = true; }
                            else if (value == "False") { this.IsVB.IsChecked = true; this.IsCsharp.IsChecked = false; }
                        }
                        else if (xmlReader.Name == "IsStriped")
                        {
                            value = (string)xmlReader.ReadContentAs(Type.GetType("String"), null);
                            if (value == "True") { this.IsStriped.IsChecked = true; }
                            else if (value == "False") { this.IsStriped.IsChecked = false; }
                        }
                        else if (xmlReader.Name == "HasLineNumber")
                        {
                            value = (string)xmlReader.ReadContentAs(Type.GetType("String"), null);
                            if (value == "True") { this.HasLineNumber.IsChecked = true; }
                            else if (value == "False") { this.HasLineNumber.IsChecked = false; }
                        }
                        else if (xmlReader.Name == "AddDefaultStylesWithinPreTags")
                        {
                            value = (string)xmlReader.ReadContentAs(Type.GetType("String"), null);
                            if (value == "True") { this.addDefaultStylesWithinPreTags.IsChecked = true; }
                            else if (value == "False") { this.addDefaultStylesWithinPreTags.IsChecked = false; }
                        }
                        else if (xmlReader.Name == "CssClassName")
                        {
                            value = (string)xmlReader.ReadContentAs(Type.GetType("String"), null);
                            this.cssClassName.Text = value;
                        }
                        else if (xmlReader.Name == "AddPreTag")
                        {
                            value = (string)xmlReader.ReadContentAs(Type.GetType("String"), null);
                            if (value == "True") { this.AddPreTag.IsChecked = true; }
                            else if (value == "False") { this.AddPreTag.IsChecked = false; }
                        }
                        else if (xmlReader.Name == "AddBGColor")
                        {
                            value = (string)xmlReader.ReadContentAs(Type.GetType("String"), null);
                            if (value == "True") { this.AddBGColor.IsChecked = true; }
                            else if (value == "False") { this.AddBGColor.IsChecked = false; }
                        }
                        else if (xmlReader.Name == "TextBoxColor")
                        {
                            value = (string)xmlReader.ReadContentAs(Type.GetType("String"), null);
                            this.TextBoxColor.Text = value;
                        }
                        break;
                    }
            }
        }
    }   
 

}

modified on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 12:08 AM

Re: Reading a XML file from IsolatedStorage ?

Mark Salsbery13-Apr-09 20:08

Mark Salsbery

13-Apr-09 20:08

Is FileMode.Create really the mode you want to open the file in?

Mark

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Re: Reading a XML file from IsolatedStorage ?

Mohammad Dayyan13-Apr-09 21:53

Mohammad Dayyan

13-Apr-09 21:53

Thanks Mark.
I've altered it to FileMode.Open , but the Exception has occurred again Frown | :(

Re: Reading a XML file from IsolatedStorage ?

Mohammad Dayyan13-Apr-09 22:34

Mohammad Dayyan

13-Apr-09 22:34

I've done it :

using (IsolatedStorageFile isoStore = IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForApplication())
{
	   .
       .
       .
   
    string SettingFilePath = "CodeColorizer\\setting.xml";
    using (IsolatedStorageFileStream isoStream = new IsolatedStorageFileStream(SettingFilePath, FileMode.Open, isoStore))
	{
        isoStream.Position = 0;
        XmlReader xmlReader;
        xmlReader = XmlReader.Create(isoStream);
        Debug.WriteLine("\r\n" + isoStream);
        //Moves the reader to the root element.                        
        xmlReader.MoveToContent();
        string value;
        while (xmlReader.Read())
        {
            switch (xmlReader.NodeType)
            {
                case XmlNodeType.Element:
                    {
                        if (xmlReader.Name == "IsVB")
                        {
                            value = xmlReader.ReadElementContentAsString();
                            if (value == "True") { this.IsVB.IsChecked = true; this.IsCsharp.IsChecked = false; }
                            else if (value == "False") { this.IsVB.IsChecked = false; this.IsCsharp.IsChecked = true; }
                        }
                        else if (xmlReader.Name == "IsCsharp")
                        {
                            value = xmlReader.ReadElementContentAsString();
                            if (value == "True") { this.IsVB.IsChecked = false; this.IsCsharp.IsChecked = true; }
                            else if (value == "False") { this.IsVB.IsChecked = true; this.IsCsharp.IsChecked = false; }
                        }
                        else if (xmlReader.Name == "IsStriped")
                        {
                            value = xmlReader.ReadElementContentAsString();
                            if (value == "True") { this.IsStriped.IsChecked = true; }
                            else if (value == "False") { this.IsStriped.IsChecked = false; }
                        }
                        else if (xmlReader.Name == "HasLineNumber")
                        {
                            value = xmlReader.ReadElementContentAsString();
                            if (value == "True") { this.HasLineNumber.IsChecked = true; }
                            else if (value == "False") { this.HasLineNumber.IsChecked = false; }
                        }
                        else if (xmlReader.Name == "AddDefaultStylesWithinPreTags")
                        {
                            value = xmlReader.ReadElementContentAsString();
                            if (value == "True") { this.addDefaultStylesWithinPreTags.IsChecked = true; }
                            else if (value == "False") { this.addDefaultStylesWithinPreTags.IsChecked = false; }
                        }
                        else if (xmlReader.Name == "CssClassName")
                        {
                            value = xmlReader.ReadElementContentAsString();
                            this.cssClassName.Text = value;
                        }
                        else if (xmlReader.Name == "AddPreTag")
                        {
                            value = xmlReader.ReadElementContentAsString();
                            if (value == "True") { this.AddPreTag.IsChecked = true; }
                            else if (value == "False") { this.AddPreTag.IsChecked = false; }
                        }
                        else if (xmlReader.Name == "AddBGColor")
                        {
                            value = xmlReader.ReadElementContentAsString();
                            if (value == "True") { this.AddBGColor.IsChecked = true; }
                            else if (value == "False") { this.AddBGColor.IsChecked = false; }
                        }
                        else if (xmlReader.Name == "TextBoxColor")
                        {
                            value = xmlReader.ReadElementContentAsString();
                            this.TextBoxColor.Text = value;
                        }
                        break;
                    }
            }
        }
    }
}

Re: Reading a XML file from IsolatedStorage ?

Mark Salsbery14-Apr-09 6:24

Mark Salsbery

14-Apr-09 6:24

Is it working now?

Mark

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Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
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Re: Reading a XML file from IsolatedStorage ?

Mohammad Dayyan14-Apr-09 10:56

Mohammad Dayyan

14-Apr-09 10:56

yeah

XAML - TreeView with CheckBoxes

Jack Kril13-Apr-09 13:26

Jack Kril

13-Apr-09 13:26

I'm trying to create a TreeView that has CheckBoxes in a left justified column for each TreeViewItem. It should look like the Photoshop layers panel (http://www.sanbaldo.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/photoshop.gif[^]).

I've been messing around with the templates for these objects, but haven't been successful. Does anyone know how to make this work?

Re: XAML - TreeView with CheckBoxes

Eslam Afifi13-Apr-09 13:59

Eslam Afifi

13-Apr-09 13:59

Maybe you find this useful, A WPF Problem Solved Two Very Different Ways - Using XAML Only - Using A Custom Control[^].

Eslam Afifi

Clipping To Rounded Corners

#realJSOP13-Apr-09 5:27

#realJSOP

13-Apr-09 5:27

I have the following code

<Border Margin="3,4,0,0" Height="205" VerticalAlignment="Top" BorderBrush="Black"
             BorderThickness="2" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="891" CornerRadius="8,8,8,8">
    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" >
        <StackPanel.Clip>
            <RectangleGeometry Rect="0,0,891,205" RadiusX="8" RadiusY="8"></RectangleGeometry>
        </StackPanel.Clip>
        <Label Height="26" Name="label1" Width="205" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top"
                 HorizontalContentAlignment="Center" VerticalContentAlignment="Center" FontFamily="Arial" FontSize="14"
                 FontStyle="Italic" FontWeight="Bold" Content="Contacts" Background="Black" Foreground="LightSteelBlue"
                 ClipToBounds="True">
            <Label.LayoutTransform>
                <RotateTransform Angle="270" />
            </Label.LayoutTransform>
        </Label>
        <telerik:RadGridView  Name="gridviewContacts" AllowDrop="False" Height="203" VerticalAlignment="Top"
                 Margin="0,0,0,0" AutoGenerateColumns="False" FontFamily="Arial" ClipToBounds="False"
                 Width="863">
            <telerik:Theming.Theme>
                <telerik:VistaTheme />
            </telerik:Theming.Theme>
        </telerik:RadGridView>
    </StackPanel>
</Border>

Essentially, I have a Border that contains a horizontally oriented StackPanel that contains a Label and a Telerik RadGridView. I want to put rounded corners on the Border element, and clip all of the other elements within the Border to not render outside the rounded corners.

The code above contains my latest non-working attempt. I tried to use the ClipToBounds property, but that doesn't seem to do anything.

Re: Clipping To Rounded Corners [modified]

Eslam Afifi13-Apr-09 7:42

Eslam Afifi

13-Apr-09 7:42

I found this, Clipping of child elements[^].

<local:ClippingBorder Margin="3,4,0,0" Height="205" VerticalAlignment="Top" BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="4" HorizontalAlignment="Left"
                      Width="891" CornerRadius="80">
    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" >
        <Label Height="26" Name="label1" Width="205" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top"
               HorizontalContentAlignment="Center" VerticalContentAlignment="Center" FontFamily="Arial" FontSize="14"
               FontStyle="Italic" FontWeight="Bold" Content="Contacts" Background="Black" Foreground="LightSteelBlue">
            <Label.LayoutTransform>
                <RotateTransform Angle="270" />
            </Label.LayoutTransform>
        </Label>
        <Rectangle Fill="Blue" Width="1000" Height="500" Opacity="0.4" />
    </StackPanel>
</local:ClippingBorder>

Eslam Afifi

modified on Monday, April 13, 2009 2:12 PM

Re: Clipping To Rounded Corners

Mark Salsbery13-Apr-09 9:45

Mark Salsbery

13-Apr-09 9:45

It tries to clip - just in a braindead way.

For example:

<Border Height="100" VerticalAlignment="Top" BorderBrush="Black"
         BorderThickness="2" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="300" CornerRadius="20">
    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Background="SteelBlue" >
        <StackPanel.Clip>
            <RectangleGeometry Rect="0,0,300,100" RadiusX="20" RadiusY="20" />
        </StackPanel.Clip>
        <Label Height="26" Name="label1" Width="100" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top"
             HorizontalContentAlignment="Center" VerticalContentAlignment="Center" FontFamily="Arial" FontSize="14"
             FontStyle="Italic" FontWeight="Bold" Content="Contacts" Background="Black" Foreground="LightSteelBlue" >
            <Label.LayoutTransform>
                <RotateTransform Angle="270" />
            </Label.LayoutTransform>
        </Label>
    </StackPanel>
</Border>

Monkeying with the radius values, sometimes it does ok, sometimes it doesn't.

No bueno.

Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
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Re: Clipping To Rounded Corners

sivaddrahcir20-Apr-09 8:31

sivaddrahcir

20-Apr-09 8:31

Here is a possible solution:
http://chriscavanagh.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/wpf-easy-rounded-corners-for-anything/[^]

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OnRenderComplete like event for WPF controls

Pankaj Chamria13-Apr-09 1:38

Pankaj Chamria

13-Apr-09 1:38

Hi,
I want to do some processing after knowing that a control has finished rendering. In windows forms we usually had events like OnRenderComplete with all the controls. But in WPF I found events like Loaded, Initialized, OnLayoutUpdated etc.. which do not inform you that the control has actually finished rendering on the UI.

Is there a way to identify this?

Pankaj Chamria,
Software Developer.

Context menu in Datatemplate

mikla52111-Apr-09 5:39

mikla521

11-Apr-09 5:39

Next problem....

Here's some code
<DataTemplate x:Key="TestDataListTemplate">
<Border Margin="5" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="Black" CornerRadius="4">
<Grid Margin="5,2">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition></RowDefinition>
<RowDefinition></RowDefinition>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Text="{Binding Path=Usage}" Foreground="Black" FontWeight="Bold" FontFamily="Courier" FontSize="12"></TextBlock>
<TextBlock Grid.Row="1" FontFamily="Arial" Foreground="DarkBlue" Text="{Binding Path=Path, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}" FontSize="12"></TextBlock>
</Grid>
</Border>
</DataTemplate>
...which I use as a ListBoxItem.

If I want a context menu for each item like this, I manage to get the menu, editing the code to...
...<Grid Margin="5,2">
<Grid.ContextMenu>
<ContextMenu>
<MenuItem Header="Delete" />
</ContextMenu>
</Grid.ContextMenu>...

But how do I implement the click event???

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