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[WP7 App] Bixel: Bixi in Montreal by Benjamin Roux

Hello everyone, I just release my first personal WP7 application and it’s called Bixel. Bixel locates the nearest Bixi stations in Montreal. You can add them to your favorites, see the directions and see the number of available docks and bikes. I will...
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[Silverlight] How to watermark a WriteableBitmap with a text by Benjamin Roux

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...
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[WP7] How to decompile WP7 assemblies by Benjamin Roux

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 by Benjamin Roux

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...
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[Silverlight] Suggestion – Move INotifyCollectionChanged from System.Windows.dll to System.dll by Benjamin Roux

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...
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[Silverlight] Need Silverlight graphist for an online game by Benjamin Roux

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...

The Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton's life in Silverlight by Benjamin Roux

The Royal Society just published a manuscript of William Stukeley which relates the life of Sir Isaac Newton with, of course, the famous apple which leads to the general gravitational low. This manuscript, as well as many others, are available for consultation...
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[Silverlight] My Entry for the MIX 10K Coding Challenge by Benjamin Roux

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 by Benjamin Roux

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...
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[Silverlight] A busy mouse pointer by Benjamin Roux

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...
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