Benjamin Roux

Silverlight Expert - Silverlight Fan - MVP Client App Dev

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[Silverlight] How to watermark a WriteableBitmap with a text
Hello, In my current project, I needed to watermark a WriteableBitmap with a text. As I couldn’t find anything I decided to create a small extension method to do so. public static class WriteableBitmapEx { /// <summary> /// Creates a watermark on...
[WP7] How to decompile WP7 assemblies
The other day I wanted to check the source code of the ScrollViewer of WP7. I started Reflector (profit while its still free) and I opened the System.Windows.dll assembly located at C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\Silverlight...
[Silverlight] How to choose the webcam resolution
Hello, Today I’m gonna show you how to choose the webcam resolution when using Silverlight. By default most of them are in 640x480 which can be sometimes insufficient. VideoCaptureDevice source = devices.SelectedItem as VideoCaptureDevice; source.DesiredFormat...
[Silverlight] Suggestion – Move INotifyCollectionChanged from System.Windows.dll to System.dll
I just submitted a suggestion on Microsoft Connect to move the INotifyCollectionChanged from System.Windows.dll to System.dll . You can review it here: https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/560184/move-inotifycollectionchanged-from...
[Silverlight] Need Silverlight graphist for an online game
Hi everyone, I just created a multiplayer turn-based online game and I'm looking for a Silverlight graphist to realize the design of the game itself and of the hosting website (room, room chat, in-game chat...). The game is 90% completed but I cant publish...
[Silverlight] My Entry for the MIX 10K Coding Challenge
Hello everyone, Today, I’d like to present you my entry for the MIX 10K Coding Challenge . For those who don’t know this challenge, the rules are really simple. You have to submit an application whose the source code’s size is less than 10 kilobytes....
[Silverlight] An image loading control
Re, Ok the title is not really explicit but in this post we’re going to see an image control which display the busy pointer that we saw in my previous post , until the image be loaded. First we create the Xaml composed with two controls: an image and...
[Silverlight] A busy mouse pointer
Hello everyone, Today I’m gonna present you a control which can be really useful, since you can find him in Windows: the busy mouse pointer. This control is used for notice the user than something is happening. The code for this control is quite simple...
[Silverlight] How to handle the contextual menu
Hello again, There is a question that I often see on Silverlight’s forum. It’s about the contextual menu (right click). The current answer is that it’s not possible to surcharge them like we can do in Flash. Maybe in the next version of Silverlight… However...
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