Windows Presentation Foundation has two flavors of applications: standalone and browser-hosted. The former is in the mold of a conventional "smart client" Windows application, installed on your computer, with Start menu and Add/Remove Programs presence. The browser-hosted app runs in a partial trust security sandbox within a browser. You...

Windows Presentation Foundation has two flavors of applications: standalone and browser-hosted. The former is in the mold of a conventional "smart client" Windows application, installed on your computer, with Start menu and Add/Remove Programs presence. The browser-hosted app runs in a partial trust security sandbox within a browser. You...

Customers often ask me: "How do we get Windows Presentation Foundation on our application users' desktops?" "Can we redistribute .NET Framework with our application?" "Should I bet on WPF given that .NET Framework 3.0 isn't yet installed on millions of PCs?" I figured a post capturing my answers was merited. [Needless...

Customers often ask me: "How do we get Windows Presentation Foundation on our application users' desktops?" "Can we redistribute .NET Framework with our application?" "Should I bet on WPF given that .NET Framework 3.0 isn't yet installed on millions of PCs?" I figured a post capturing my answers was merited. [Needless...

I tweaked the Events page of the Windows Presentation Foundation community site and exposed the events as hCalendars. Here's a shot of the Tails pane in Firefox. Tails is a Firefox plug-in which detects the presence and details of hCalendar microformats (in addition to hCard and hReview). I don't ordinarily use Firefox...

I tweaked the Events page of the Windows Presentation Foundation community site and exposed the events as hCalendars. Here's a shot of the Tails pane in Firefox. Tails is a Firefox plug-in which detects the presence and details of hCalendar microformats (in addition to hCard and hReview). I don't ordinarily use Firefox...

Well, do you? If you'd like your blog to be on the WPF community site's aggregator, please drop me a comment with your site URL, feed URL (RSS/Atom) and name. If you blog about WPF very often but also talk about your cat, that's not a problem. We won't hold that against you. (Don't know, maybe your cats will). You are free to contribute...

Well, do you? If you'd like your blog to be on the WPF community site's aggregator, please drop me a comment with your site URL, feed URL (RSS/Atom) and name. If you blog about WPF very often but also talk about your cat, that's not a problem. We won't hold that against you. (Don't know, maybe your cats will). You are free to contribute...

Karen and I tag-teamed on a chalk talk yesterday at Tech Ed. The slide deck has been posted online. [Click here to launch] Tags: WinFX, NetFX3

Karen and I tag-teamed on a chalk talk yesterday at Tech Ed. The slide deck has been posted online. [Click here to launch] Tags: WinFX, NetFX3

David Shadle has a new site specifically for designers and creative professionals who want to create user experiences on Microsoft platforms. It's called Next Design Now. We in Microsoft are investing heavily in these areas. Designers have partied on features in Windows Presentation Foundation that let them channel their creative energies into...

David Shadle has a new site specifically for designers and creative professionals who want to create user experiences on Microsoft platforms. It's called Next Design Now. We in Microsoft are investing heavily in these areas. Designers have partied on features in Windows Presentation Foundation that let them channel their creative energies into...

Well I'm finally here in Boston for Tech Ed 2006, Microsoft's largest developer conference. Lots of things happening today: WinFX v3.0 has been re-branded to .NET Framework v3.0. Read Soma's post on this. I'm also happy to announce that the WinFX .NET Framework community site (netfx3.com) that I've been secretly working on the side (w/...

Well I'm finally here in Boston for Tech Ed 2006, Microsoft's largest developer conference. Lots of things happening today: WinFX v3.0 has been re-branded to .NET Framework v3.0. Read Soma's post on this. I'm also happy to announce that the WinFX .NET Framework community site (netfx3.com) that I've been secretly working on the side (w/...

Question: I want to create a custom Windows Presentation Foundation button whose look and feel depends on the Windows desktop theme currently in use. How do I get notified when the user changes the theme? Neil Kronlage provided this answer:The WPF theme engine will switch styles automatically for you if you place them in...