Contents tagged with WPF
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For those that think Microsoft Connect is useless
A while back I reported both through my weblog and Microsoft Connect what I thought was a serious flaw in the WPF validation infrastructure for ValidationRule and Binding. The issue, in short was:
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NavigationWindow, WinFormsHost and TextBoxes: backspace bug
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How to compile and run ALL WPF samples in the Windows SDK with a single command
Just issue the following PowerShell one-liner, and you'll compile and run each sample in the SDK (enter all in one line; broken here for readability):
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Automatic generation of data-binding interfaces for data context objects
From the new Clarius Labs release:
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Evolving community guidelines on XAML and WPF
I just found the following excelent guidelines (especially the ones on resources organization) at Paul Stovell's blog.
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Automatic input validation in WPF with data binding and Enterprise Library Validation Application Block
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Serious flaw in WPF validation infrastructure for ValidationRule and Binding
Adam Nathan's excelent book on WPF states:
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Why we need an EntLib Standalone Validation Application Block
In my previous post about XAML and its future as a domain model/DSL serialization format, I've argued that System.Configuration as well as Enterprise Library Configuration (part of the core of EntLib) will soon become irrelevant.
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Why XAML makes System.Configuration and Enterprise Library Configuration obsolete
It may seem unrelated, but if you haven't read Fowler's article on DSLs (from Google cache if it's down like now), please do so now. It will help you understand why XAML goes far beyond WPF and presentation.
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Forget about extending WPF data-binding support
Databinding in WPF is implemented in the Binding class, which in principle looks like just a MarkupExtension. A MarkupExtension is a core piece of XAML markup "magic". It's rather simple, though: