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Photoviewer part 4 - Drag and drop

The photoviewer application is getting closer to a version 1.0 release and I'm anctious to get it all done. The list of TODO items is stable now and will soon start to drop towards zero. In this 4th part I want to show a little about the new drag...

Published 04-11-2008 18:24 by willemm

Filed under: WPF, .NET 3.5, CompositeWPF

Photoviewer part 2 – Creating the collage view

You might be wondering, what is he talking about? Was there a part 1 about this application? Yes there was and it wasn't actually called part one. It was an article about custom windows in WPF and how I made one myself for my photoviewer application...

Published 21-10-2008 20:11 by willemm

Filed under: WPF, .NET 3.5, CompositeWPF

Custom Windows in WPF

In my spare time I have been working on a photoviewer application. The main reason for spending time on this project was to check out the functionality offered in Composite WPF and WPF in general. This is sort of a way for me to discover what is missing...

Published 07-10-2008 21:00 by willemm

Filed under: WPF, .NET 3.5, CompositeWPF

Using Spring.NET as IOC container for Composite WPF

Although Microsoft delivered Composite WPF with the unity container it is possible to use a different IoC container. In this post I will explain how it can be done and what caveats you are going to encounter when replacing the IoC container in Composite...

Published 16-09-2008 20:33 by willemm

Filed under: .NET 3.5, C#, CompositeWPF, CompositeWPFContrib

Introducing the dialog workspace for Composite WPF

Vacation is the best time to solve some serious puzzles, at least it is for me. The problem I was having with Composite WPF was the fact that I could create composite user interfaces, but there wasn't any support for showing views in dialogs. And...

Published 05-09-2008 9:14 by willemm

Filed under: .NET 3.5, C#, CompositeWPF, CompositeWPFContrib

Use case controllers, container hierarchies and services in composite WPF

Composite WPF comes with the notion of modules, but without any standard classes for controllers and/or viewmodels. This might sound weird to developers who have worked with the Composite Application Block before. In this post we will talk about how you...

Published 19-08-2008 17:04 by willemm

Filed under: .NET 3.5, C#, CompositeWPF

Creating closeable tabitems for use in CompositeWPF

Using a tabcontrol as a region for views in a CompositeWPF application is one thing, making them closeable can be a bit trickier. The sample in this article will show how you can modify a tabcontrol to allow closeable items. Step 1: Make the custom header...

Published 31-07-2008 14:12 by willemm

Filed under: WPF, .NET 3.5, CompositeWPF, CompositeWPFContrib

Silverlight and ADO.NET data services gotcha

Most people who know me, also know that I like to fiddle with technology in my own free time. It's one of those things that I simply can't let go, maybe later but certainly not at the moment. One of the things I'm currently quite enthuisastic...

Published 28-07-2008 21:48 by willemm

Filed under: Silverlight, .NET 3.5, CompositeWPF, CompositeWPFContrib

CompositeWPF – Installing modules on demand

One of the very cool features of modular application in my opinion is the possibility to install features when they are actually required by the application. Microsoft uses this since Office 2000 to provide the user with the possibility to install a module...

Published 28-07-2008 8:46 by willemm

Filed under: .NET 3.5, C#, CompositeWPF, CompositeWPFContrib

Module status service for CompositeWPF

CompositeWPF offers modularity by making it possible to load modules from disk on demand or loading a set modules at startup of the application. One thing that I was missing with this was the possibility lookup the status of modules and which modules...

Published 17-07-2008 22:26 by willemm

Filed under: .NET 3.5, C#, CompositeWPF, CompositeWPFContrib

Customizing regions in CompositeWPF

CompositeWPF works with regions to make the user interface composable. Standard you have the itemscontrol that can be used as a region for views. This control is already very flexible and best of all, there are a lot of WPF controls based on the itemscontrol...

Published 15-07-2008 22:04 by willemm

Filed under: WPF, .NET 3.5, C#, CompositeWPF, CompositeWPFContrib

Composite WPF and CompositeWPFContrib download

A few days ago I starting writing down stuff about the Composite WPF framework from Microsoft. A lot has happened in the mean time; I've joined up with a few other people including Microsoft developers to further expand activities surrounding the...

Published 11-07-2008 21:23 by willemm

Filed under: .NET 3.5, CompositeWPF, CompositeWPFContrib

Combining module enumerators in CompositeWPF

CompositeWPF is a new framework created by Microsoft to allow developers to build composite user interfaces and modular applications in WPF. Or as I like to call it, build higher quality WPF applications. The framework is quite easy to get running, I...

Published 08-07-2008 9:33 by willemm

Filed under: .NET 3.5, C#, CompositeWPF, CompositeWPFContrib

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Photoviewer part 4 - Drag and drop

Photoviewer part 2 – Creating the collage view

Custom Windows in WPF

Using Spring.NET as IOC container for Composite WPF

Introducing the dialog workspace for Composite WPF

Use case controllers, container hierarchies and services in composite WPF

Creating closeable tabitems for use in CompositeWPF

Silverlight and ADO.NET data services gotcha

CompositeWPF – Installing modules on demand

Module status service for CompositeWPF

Customizing regions in CompositeWPF

Composite WPF and CompositeWPFContrib download

Combining module enumerators in CompositeWPF