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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.

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

by Alan Beasley

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

Multiplatform Avalonia .NET Framework Programming Basic Concepts in Easy Samples

by Nick Polyak

This article explains the most important and basic concepts of Avalonia WPF-like multiplatform UI package.

Conceptual Children: A powerful new concept in WPF

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.

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XAML Data to Code

by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

How to generate C# code from XAML? But why? Anyway, this question is answered, but this is not the main part…

Improved WPF MenuItem Template

by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Improvements used to fix an annoying WPF MenuItem defect related to icons

WinUI3 in Existing Win32 Applications

by Michael Chourdakis

How to use the WinUI3 controls in a plain Win32 application without packaging

A Simple Property Grid Control

by IssamTP

A .NET XAML user control to get a simple PropertyGrid

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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.

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.

Multiplatform Avalonia .NET Framework Programming Basic Concepts in Easy Samples

14 Sep 2021 by Nick Polyak

This article explains the most important and basic concepts of Avalonia WPF-like multiplatform UI package.

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.

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.

Music Notation in .NET

15 Jul 2018 by Ajcek84

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

Binding RadioButtons to an Enum in Silverlight

5 Sep 2011 by Todd Davis

How to bind an enum to radiobuttons in Silverlight/WPF

Introducing Calcium for Xamarin.Forms

15 Sep 2014 by Daniel Vaughan

Create best-in-breed cross-platform MVVM apps using Calcium for Xamarin.Forms.

A Custom WPF Carousel Control

21 Nov 2019 by Leif Simon Goodwin

This article presents a simple WPF Carousel Control

Manageable Services

30 Apr 2009 by Roman Kiss

This article describes a design, implementation and tooling of model driven WorkflowServices logically centralized in the Repository and physically decentralized for their runtime projecting.

Build Your Own DataGrid for Silverlight: Step 1

23 Apr 2009 by Jeff Karlson

Learn how to build the body part of your DataGrid using Silverlight and the GOA Toolkit. Implement Virtual Mode, work with hierarchical data, and build cells and cells navigation.

WinRT: StyleMVVM Demo 1 of 2

4 Nov 2013 by Sacha Barber

A look at an excellent WinRT MVVM framework.

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WPF Custom Visualization Part 2 of some: Triggers

24 Aug 2016 by Serge Desmedt

(Yet Another) Investigation of WPF triggers

ListBox Styling (Part 2 - ControlTemplate) in Expression Blend & Silverlight

26 Apr 2010 by Alan Beasley

How to Style the Control Template of a ListBox in a small MVVM application

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

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?

31 Jan 2010 by Arik Poznanski

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

UniDock - New Multiplatform Docking Framework (Introduction)

29 Aug 2021 by Nick Polyak

This article describes a new multiplatform Docking framework - UniDock

Multiplatform Avalonia .NET Framework Programming Advanced Concepts in Easy Samples

17 Nov 2021 by Nick Polyak

This article covers important concepts of Avalonia/WPF needed for programming and software design

A WinRT CollectionView class with Filtering and Sorting

30 Sep 2014 by Bernardo Castilho

The article presents an ICollectionView class that supports filtering and sorting.

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

Silverlight 4: Interoperability with Excel using the COM Object

31 May 2010 by Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

Silverlight 4 has the feature to talk with Excel or any other application using the COM API. In this article, I will guide you to understand this feature step-by-step.

ATL Windowless ActiveX Media Container

5 Mar 2009 by Ernest Laurentin

Full-fledged ATL Windowless ActiveX Container. Ideal for hosting Windows Media Player, Transparent Flash and Silverlight Animations.

Numbered Bookmarks - Visual Studio Extension VSX 2010

1 Mar 2010 by The Manoj Kumar

A Visual Studio 2010 extension for creating numbered bookmarks.

A XAML-Only Font ComboBox

9 Mar 2012 by Barry Lapthorn

A XAML-only font combobox.

PaydayUSA™ Employment Tax Calculator and Payroll Organizer

17 Feb 2015 by DrABELL

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

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#

Using WF4 WorkflowInvoker

1 Sep 2009 by Roman Kiss

This article describes a design, implementation and usage of the custom service operation invoker for invoking a xaml workflow. It is based on the upcoming Microsoft .NET 4 Technology.

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!

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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.

Asynchronous Animation of Realistic Motion

12 Mar 2014 by Petr Ivankov

Interoperability between 3D graphics and calculations

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.

WinRT : Simple ScheduleControl

16 Sep 2013 by Sacha Barber

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.

UWPLib: Include XAML Controls in Plain Win32

4 Feb 2020 by Michael Chourdakis

A quick way to add UWP controls into plain Win32 apps for Windows 10

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.

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

19 Jul 2009 by Jammer

An article showing an extremely simple implementation of CompositeWPF.

Customized Scrolling in Silverlight using Expression Blend

13 Nov 2010 by Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

Customized Scrolling in Silverlight using Expression Blend

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Small Paging Control for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

27 Jun 2012 by freedeveloper

A small control to control paging in Windows Presentation Foundation.

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Recording Audio to WAV with WASAPI in Windows Store Apps

19 Jan 2013 by padmore

Getting started recording audio to WAV with WASAPI in Windows Store apps

Slitastic

13 Aug 2013 by Florian Rappl

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

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Xamarin TV Scripts

31 Mar 2018 by Marcelo Ricardo de Oliveira

An entertainment app written in C# language for the Xamarin Forms and Android, using a SQLite local database

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.

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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.

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

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

A Highlightable WPF/MVVM TextBlock in C#/VB.Net

22 Jan 2018 by Dirk Bahle

Implementing text highlighting in a WPF TextBlock control with MVVM

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.

Silverlight Cairngorm - Port Cairngorm to .NET

6 Oct 2008 by Modesty Zhang

Port Cairngorm 2.2.1 to Silverlight 2 Beta 2. Includes all source code and a sample application.

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.

FloTiles: An Innovative Metro Game

2 Dec 2012 by Ratish Philip

A Windows 8 Metro App showcasing an innovative jigsaw puzzle game while utilising the powerful features of an Ultrabook.

WPF Custom Visualization Intermezzo 2: Bindings

24 Aug 2016 by Serge Desmedt

(Yet Another) Investigation of WPF bindings

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

17 Dec 2015 by 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.

Advanced WPF TreeViews Part 2 of n

22 Sep 2017 by 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 by Dirk Bahle, Alaa Ben Fatma

Tips & tricks on visting and searching nodes in WPF TreeViews

Changing the background color for one or more columns in a Silverlight DataGrid

2 Jan 2010 by Paul B.

Column.BackgroundColor = "Yellow"? I wish.

WCF by Example - Chapter XIV - Validation & Exception Management

25 Oct 2012 by Enrique Albert

WPF Validation using the IDataErrorInfo interface combined with Validation attributes

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

12 Feb 2012 by 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.

Using MVVM to create Tabbed Interfaces with Calcium for Xamarin Forms

17 Sep 2014 by Daniel Vaughan

Create a Xamarin Forms tabbed page or carousel page by binding to a collection of ViewModels; extending beyond the current capabilities of Xamarin Forms.

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

27 Aug 2018 by amitthk

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

Illusionary XAML: Reinventing Benham's Top

1 Apr 2018 by 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.

Creating the Microsoft Outlook Appointment View in WPF - Part 3

21 Apr 2009 by 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 by Sacha Barber

ImageBrush in WPF

Wrapper Pattern for Silverlight and WPF

14 Feb 2010 by 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 by Clifford Nelson

A generic WPF/Silverlight value converter.

Display HTML in WPF and CefSharp Tutorial Part 2

9 Apr 2015 by Dirk Bahle, Alex Maitland

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

WiFi Password Recovery and Management Tool

27 Sep 2019 by Mohamed Kalmoua

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

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MvvmCross for WPF: A Basic Primer

7 Jul 2020 by Meshack Musundi

An overview of MvvmCross for WPF application development

Binding Passwords

29 Jun 2009 by Pete O'Hanlon

Binding passwords

Displaying XML in a WPF TreeView

23 Jan 2012 by Gil Yoder

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

Azure Virtual Bridge

10 Jun 2012 by Roman Kiss

This article describes the design and implementation of the Message Mediator for connectivity pipeline hosted on the Windows Azure.

A MIME Message Viewing Library in WPF

31 Jul 2012 by 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.

Augmented reality - XNA Models

23 Aug 2012 by Harald Heide Gundersen

Geocoordinate positioned Xna model viewable thru Photocamera

Natural Language Interface to Database using SIML

14 May 2015 by DaveMathews

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

Dynamic Modules with Prism and the Modern UI for WPF Toolkit

23 Mar 2016 by Rubén Hinojosa Chapel

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

DataBinding Expression in WPF

20 Jan 2017 by Swati 191288

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

Search Selectable Virtual List

3 Jan 2013 by Young Ye

This article is the part 3 of the data display Performance Optimization series. It talks about performing multiple searches against the virtual list.

7 Oct 2012 by 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 by Nrupal Prattipati

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

WorkflowChannel for Windows Azure BizTalk Service (WABS)

30 Jan 2014 by Roman Kiss

This article describes how a Windows Azure BizTalk Service Bridge pipeline can be extended for message mediation by Workflow (VETER + WORKFLOW Pattern).

WPF Custom Visualization Intermezzo: Resources

24 Aug 2016 by Serge Desmedt

(Yet Another) Investigation of WPF resources

RadialControls - Normal Controls, BenT

17 Jul 2015 by Ben Thorner

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

Xamarin Forms - Theming Made Simple

21 Feb 2019 by Chandru BK

This article will assume that you have basic knowledge of C#, XAML Styles and Xamarin Forms and shows how to implement theming using simple styles.

RGF: A Save/Open Dialog Box with Cloud Capabilities

31 May 2019 by Michael Chourdakis

Replace GetOpenFileName/GetSaveFileName with a new cloud API!

Miller Columns for WPF

4 Jan 2023 by Alexey A. Popov 2

A simple implementation of Miller columns (cascading columns) control

Must Read for WPF Developers: WPF Control Test Bench

21 Mar 2022 by Peter Huber SG

WpfTestbench helps you to write sophisticated test windows for your WPF controls with few lines of code

WPF/Silverlight Binding Using Flags Class

8 Jul 2011 by Clifford Nelson

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

Implement Virtual List with Paged Data

3 Jan 2013 by 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.

Spell Check Enabled RichText Editor in WPF

13 Apr 2013 by Azim Zahir

Creating a spell check enabled RichText editor.

CLRBinding - Properties Binding

23 Jun 2012 by igkutikov

Binding Properties of non GUI elements that still implement INotify

UltraHello

15 Oct 2012 by Talha Naqvi

Unconventional uses of Sensors!

Simple Metro Style Application with WCF service and MS Excel Database

16 Apr 2013 by Muhammed Anseer K K

Creating a metro style application with WCF

Semafon™ semantic phone number-to-text converter

8 Oct 2015 by DrABELL

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

Basic WPF Way to Implement and Include Animation in XAML

5 May 2014 by Gerald Gomes

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

MultiBinding for WPF Command Combining

16 May 2015 by Leonid Osmolovski

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

Geolocalize a Device and Store Coordinates on Webserver

19 Jun 2015 by Emiliano Musso

Geolocalize a device and store coordinates on webserver