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An Application to Keep Track of Your Article Ratings Over Time

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Collects and records your article ratings plus a couple of new summary ratings
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    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:local="clr-namespace:ArticleRatings"
    >

    <ControlTemplate x:Key="VotingsTemplate" TargetType="ContentControl">

        <ControlTemplate.Resources>

            <local:VotingConverter x:Key="VotingConverter" />

        </ControlTemplate.Resources>

        <DockPanel ToolTipService.ShowDuration="1000000">

            <TextBlock VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="42"  TextAlignment="Right" Margin="3,3,3,3" Text="{Binding Path=StatVotes, Converter={StaticResource IntConverter}}" />
            <TextBlock VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="3,0,3,0" Text="=" />
            <TextBlock VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Margin="3,0,8,0" Text="{Binding Path=StatVoteTotals}" />
            
            <DockPanel.ToolTip>
                
                <ToolTip HorizontalOffset="0" VerticalOffset="0" Placement="Right">
                    
                    <ToolTip.Resources>
                        
                        <local:VotingsToBoolConverter x:Key="VotingsToBoolConverter" />
                        
                        <Style TargetType="ToolTip">
                            <Setter Property="Visibility" Value="Collapsed" />
                            <Style.Triggers>
                                <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Converter={StaticResource VotingsToBoolConverter}}" Value="true">
                                    <Setter Property="Visibility" Value="Visible" />
                                </DataTrigger>
                            </Style.Triggers>
                            
                        </Style>
                        
                    </ToolTip.Resources>
                    
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                        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
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                        <Grid.Resources>
                            
                            <Style TargetType="TextBlock">
                                <Setter Property="Margin" Value="3" />
                            </Style>
                            
                        </Grid.Resources>
                        
                        <TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Text="Platinum" />
                        <TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Text="Gold" />
                        <TextBlock Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="0" Text="Silver" />
                        <TextBlock Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="0" Text="Bronze" />
                        
                        <TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Text="{Binding ConverterParameter=16, Converter={StaticResource VotingConverter}}" />
                        <TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="2" Text="{Binding ConverterParameter=17, Converter={StaticResource VotingConverter}}" />
                        <TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="3" Text="{Binding ConverterParameter=18, Converter={StaticResource VotingConverter}}" />
                        <TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="4" Text="{Binding ConverterParameter=19, Converter={StaticResource VotingConverter}}" />
                        <TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="5" Text="{Binding ConverterParameter=20, Converter={StaticResource VotingConverter}}" />
                        
                        <TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" Text="{Binding ConverterParameter=11, Converter={StaticResource VotingConverter}}" />
                        <TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="2" Text="{Binding ConverterParameter=12, Converter={StaticResource VotingConverter}}" />
                        <TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="3" Text="{Binding ConverterParameter=13, Converter={StaticResource VotingConverter}}" />
                        <TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="4" Text="{Binding ConverterParameter=14, Converter={StaticResource VotingConverter}}" />
                        <TextBlock Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="5" Text="{Binding ConverterParameter=15, Converter={StaticResource VotingConverter}}" />
                        
                        <TextBlock Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="1" Text="{Binding ConverterParameter=6, Converter={StaticResource VotingConverter}}" />
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                        <TextBlock Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="1" Text="{Binding ConverterParameter=1, Converter={StaticResource VotingConverter}}" />
                        <TextBlock Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="2" Text="{Binding ConverterParameter=2, Converter={StaticResource VotingConverter}}" />
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                        <TextBlock Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="5" Text="{Binding ConverterParameter=5, Converter={StaticResource VotingConverter}}" />
                        
                    </Grid>
                    
                </ToolTip>
                
            </DockPanel.ToolTip>        
        
        </DockPanel>

    </ControlTemplate>

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I discovered C# and .NET 1.0 Beta 1 in late 2000 and loved them immediately.
I have been writing software professionally in C# ever since

In real life, I have spent 3 years travelling abroad,
I have held a UK Private Pilots Licence for 20 years,
and I am a PADI Divemaster.

I now live near idyllic Bournemouth in England.

I can work 'virtually' anywhere!

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