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...

Today was a big day for so many Microsofties. Beta 2 of just about everything went out the door today. Get Windows Vista, WinFX and Windows SDK. Or get Office 2007 Beta 2. Or Expression Graphic Designer. Or Expression Interactive Designer. The latter two are CTPs. I can't wait to geek out with my colleagues at the Beta 2 Party...

Today was a big day for so many Microsofties. Beta 2 of just about everything went out the door today. Get Windows Vista, WinFX and Windows SDK. Or get Office 2007 Beta 2. Or Expression Graphic Designer. Or Expression Interactive Designer. The latter two are CTPs. I can't wait to geek out with my colleagues at the Beta 2 Party...

I came across an old iPod review on Slashdot dating back to October 2001 (via Niall Kennedy). A cursory glance at the collective wisdom of this crowd led me to believe the iPod had no real chance of being successful. Perhaps folks at Apple should have read this and just given up in 2001.

I came across an old iPod review on Slashdot dating back to October 2001 (via Niall Kennedy). A cursory glance at the collective wisdom of this crowd led me to believe the iPod had no real chance of being successful. Perhaps folks at Apple should have read this and just given up in 2001.

This was a nice surprise. Ashley and I were watching the Mariners play the Padres on TV and she suggested we go to the ballpark to catch a game. With visions of hot-dogs and garlic fries, I fired up IE7 and typed "seattle mariners" in the search bar. Lo and behold, MSN Search comes back with this... the current scores from the game! And...

This was a nice surprise. Ashley and I were watching the Mariners play the Padres on TV and she suggested we go to the ballpark to catch a game. With visions of hot-dogs and garlic fries, I fired up IE7 and typed "seattle mariners" in the search bar. Lo and behold, MSN Search comes back with this... the current scores from the game! And...

I'll attempt to provide an overview of the application and content options available with Windows Presentation Foundation. Perhaps that will clear some of the confusion and ambiguity, and help you make decisions. This is a cross-post to my response in the WPF Forum.Application or content in WPF can be architected to fit into one of the...

I'll attempt to provide an overview of the application and content options available with Windows Presentation Foundation. Perhaps that will clear some of the confusion and ambiguity, and help you make decisions. This is a cross-post to my response in the WPF Forum.Application or content in WPF can be architected to fit into one of the...

A colleague asked: I have a task on my plate to change the StartURI for our app based on query parameters to the xbap app. Is that possible? We have one app (which combines Foo and Bar), but when users launch "myapp.xbap?view=Bar", I’d like to show a different initial UI. [ed: minor edits made to the quote above to remove...

A colleague asked: I have a task on my plate to change the StartURI for our app based on query parameters to the xbap app. Is that possible? We have one app (which combines Foo and Bar), but when users launch "myapp.xbap?view=Bar", I’d like to show a different initial UI. [ed: minor edits made to the quote above to remove...

Don Dodge on Microsoft's acquisitions and the recent VC Summit: [...] The acquisitions cover a range of technology areas, and typically fill in holes in our product roadmap. About a third of the companies acquired were not yet VC funded. We are doing our best to identify great engineering teams and unique technology early in the...

Don Dodge on Microsoft's acquisitions and the recent VC Summit: [...] The acquisitions cover a range of technology areas, and typically fill in holes in our product roadmap. About a third of the companies acquired were not yet VC funded. We are doing our best to identify great engineering teams and unique technology early in the...

Dave Relyea threw in this pearl of wisdom in one of his emails (I can't talk about the subject just yet).

Dave Relyea threw in this pearl of wisdom in one of his emails (I can't talk about the subject just yet).