I was recently working with another developer on a ComboBox, where he needed to be able to disable certain items in the ComboBox (aka make them non-selectable). Having been a while since I looked at it, all I could remember was it was not as easy as it should be. In coming up with a solution, we realized that Silverlight 5 makes this rather easy.
Well we are coming to the end of the PivotViewer Basics series. To round it out, I thought I would continue on with the last post which discussed Basic Item Adorners. In that post we looked at implementing the custom actions that you found in the first PivotViewer. This post will look at taking it one step further and look at what it takes to build our own item adorners.
After a break to review some of my favorite Silverlight 5 features in the 12 Days of Silverlight series, it’s time to get back to some PivotViewer action. This is the 4th post in the PivotViewer Basics series focused on some of the basics of the Silverlight 5 PivotViewer. In this post we will look at item adorners, what they are and how to use them.
After giving my latest talk last night on the Windows 8 XAML story, I thought I would do a little review of the Scott Hanselman’s TekPub video on The Art of Speaking. Why? Truthfully, so that I would have a baseline to come back and review further down the road and I thought a few people might be interested as well.
This has been the longest series that I have done and I’ve really had a lot of fun doing it. If you have missed any of them, you can catch the whole series here: 12 Days of Silverlight. It’s really nice to see the level of interest in Silverlight 5. Make sure to drop me a note if you have anything specific you would like to see more about. I’m always looking for more topics to write about. So, for the grand finale…
On the twelfth day of Silverlight the team delivered to me… PivotViewer.
Rounding up the series, we are going to look at a couple of my favorite features in Silverlight 5. This one has been a hobby of mine sine my college days (which are a lot further away than I care to admit). Let’s face it, it’s just cool. That, and it’s let some people do some amazing things.
On the eleventh day of Silverlight the team delivered to me… 3D.
Time flies. I took a week off for Christmas and the next thing I know it’s been a few weeks. The good news is I’ve gotten a new project off of the ground and can’t wait to start talking about it.
So where were we? That’s right, the 10th day. I’ve received a lot of great feedback from folks and I wanted to thank everyone for all of the comments.
On the tenth day of Silverlight the team delivered to me… better O/S integration.
Yep, it’s that time of year again. Out with the old and in with the new. With that in mind, Happy New Years!
This past year was an amazing one for me. I met a ton of brilliant people in the community, was able to be a part of events like the Open Source Fest at MIX, and even had a chance to speak on the Microsoft campus at VS Live. There has been some major advancements in technology this year and it’s proving to be an exciting time to be a developer. So all in all, it’s been a lot of fun.
So on to the new year….
Only a couple of days left before Christmas and I’m busy wrapping up a few more posts to put them under the tree. This one is another favorite of mine.
On the ninth day of Silverlight, the team delivered to me… implicit data templates.
On the home stretch. I’ve had some great feedback from everyone and I do appreciate it. Going to be close to bring the series to an end before the 25th, but it will get there. So…
On the eighth day of Silverlight, the team delivered to me… vector printing.