Delay's Blog
Silverlight, WPF, Windows Phone, Web Platform, .NET, and more...
The Code Not Taken [Comparing two ways of creating a full-size Popup in Silverlight - then picking the best]
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Author: David Anson Date: 01/28/2010
Flattery will get you everywhere [Html5Canvas source code now available on CodePlex!]
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Author: David Anson Date: 01/25/2010
Looks the same - with half the overhead! [Update to free ConvertClipboardRtfToHtmlText tool and source code gives more compact output; Can you do better?]
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Author: David Anson Date: 01/20/2010
Sometimes it takes a village to solve a problem [Workaround for a Visual Studio 2008 design-time issue with the WPF Toolkit when Blend 3 is installed]
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Author: David Anson Date: 01/19/2010
"I feel the need... the need for SPEED!" [Seven simple, performance-boosting tweaks for common Silverlight/WPF Charting scenarios]
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Author: David Anson Date: 01/13/2010
The source code IS (still) the executable [Updated CSI, a C# interpreter (with source and tests) for .NET 4]
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Author: David Anson Date: 01/07/2010
Blogging code samples stays easy [Update to free ConvertClipboardRtfToHtmlText tool and source code for Visual Studio 2010!]
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Author: David Anson Date: 12/20/2009
Wrap music [A more flexible balanced WrapPanel implementation for Silverlight and WPF!]
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Author: David Anson Date: 12/13/2009
That's a WrapPanel and I am outta here... [A balanced WrapPanel implementation for Silverlight and WPF!]
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Author: David Anson Date: 12/08/2009
Normal booting is old school [Windows 7 tricks detailed: USB key install, VHD creation, and native VHD boot/dual-boot!]
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Author: David Anson Date: 12/03/2009
Two birds, squared! [Silverlight/WPF Data Visualization Development Release 3 and a DataVisualizationDemos update]
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Author: David Anson Date: 11/30/2009
Sharing isn't easy for anyone [Tricks for sharing the same XAML files across Silverlight and WPF]
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Author: David Anson Date: 11/23/2009
Silverlight 4 Beta is out - and the Toolkit has it covered! [Silverlight Toolkit November 2009 release now available for Silverlight 3 and 4!]
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Author: David Anson Date: 11/18/2009
Creating something from nothing - and knowing it [Developer-friendly virtual file implementation for .NET refined!]
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Author: David Anson Date: 11/16/2009
Creating something from nothing, asynchronously [Developer-friendly virtual file implementation for .NET improved!]
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Author: David Anson Date: 11/04/2009
As the platform evolves, so do the workarounds [Better SetterValueBindingHelper makes Silverlight Setters better-er!]
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Author: David Anson Date: 11/02/2009
My new home page, revised [Updated collection of great Silverlight/WPF Data Visualization resources!]
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Author: David Anson Date: 10/28/2009
Creating something from nothing [Developer-friendly virtual file implementation for .NET!]
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Author: David Anson Date: 10/26/2009
Two birds, one stone [Silverlight/WPF Data Visualization Development Release 2 and DataVisualizationDemos update]
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Author: David Anson Date: 10/21/2009
Silverlight (and WPF) Data Visualization classes unsealed [Silverlight Toolkit October 2009 release now available!]
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Author: David Anson Date: 10/19/2009
Brevity is the soul of wit [A free, easy, custom URL shortening solution for ASP.NET!]
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Author: David Anson Date: 10/16/2009
If all my friends jumped off a bridge, apparently I would, too [Just created a Twitter account: DavidAns]
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Author: David Anson Date: 10/13/2009
Give your computer insomnia [Free tool and source code to temporarily prevent a machine from going to sleep!]
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Author: David Anson Date: 09/30/2009
If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it must be a ... TreeGrid! [A simple, XAML-only TreeGrid UI for WPF]
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Author: David Anson Date: 09/23/2009
I get by with a little help from my friends [PieSeries annotations trilogy complete!]
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Author: David Anson Date: 09/21/2009
A preview of upcoming Charting changes [Silverlight/WPF Data Visualization Development Release 1]
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Author: David Anson Date: 09/13/2009
When framework designers outsmart themselves [How to: Perform streaming HTTP uploads with .NET]
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Author: David Anson Date: 09/08/2009
Get out of the way with the tray ["Minimize to tray" sample implementation for WPF]
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Author: David Anson Date: 08/31/2009
Following up on some of the attention [Live sample posted and a very small tweak to the Html5Canvas source code!]
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Author: David Anson Date: 08/26/2009
Using one platform to build another [HTML 5's canvas tag implemented using Silverlight!]
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Author: David Anson Date: 08/24/2009
Using your own code is its own kind of encouragement [How to: Automatically update the widths of ListView columns - updated!]
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Author: David Anson Date: 08/18/2009
Scrolling so smooth like the butter on a muffin [How to: Animate the Horizontal/VerticalOffset properties of a ScrollViewer]
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Author: David Anson Date: 08/04/2009
Simple column labels you can create at home! [Re-Templating the Silverlight/WPF Data Visualization ColumnDataPoint to add annotations]
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Author: David Anson Date: 07/27/2009
My new home page, enhanced [Updated collection of great Silverlight/WPF Data Visualization resources!]
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Author: David Anson Date: 07/19/2009
Bringing the Silverlight Toolkit's TreeMap to WPF [Silverlight/WPF Data Visualization Development Release 0]
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Author: David Anson Date: 07/16/2009
An "extreme" update for the Silverlight 3 release [HeadTraxExtreme sample application updated]
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Author: David Anson Date: 07/14/2009
Silverlight Charting gets an update - and a TreeMap! [Silverlight Toolkit July 2009 release now available!]
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Author: David Anson Date: 07/10/2009
WPF Charting: It's official! [June 2009 release of the WPF Toolkit is now available!]
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Author: David Anson Date: 06/25/2009
Peanut butter jelly time [How to: Create a pleasing visual effect with Silverlight/WPF Charting]
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Author: David Anson Date: 06/15/2009
Maintaining balance [A versatile red-black tree implementation for .NET (via Silverlight/WPF Charting)]
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Author: David Anson Date: 06/02/2009
You've got to know where you've been to know where you're going [Some background on Charting's ordered multiple dictionary implementation]
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Author: David Anson Date: 05/26/2009
Chart tweaking made easy [How to: Make four simple color/ToolTip changes with Silverlight/WPF Charting]
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Author: David Anson Date: 05/19/2009
Pineapple upside-down chart [How to: Invert the axis of a chart for "smaller is better" scenarios]
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Author: David Anson Date: 05/12/2009
One more platform difference more-or-less tamed [SetterValueBindingHelper makes Silverlight Setters better!]
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Author: David Anson Date: 05/07/2009
Going "extreme" with Silverlight 3 [Sharing the source code for a real-world sample application]
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Author: David Anson Date: 05/04/2009
Trying to get the story straight [A brief summary of Storyboard differences between WPF and Silverlight]
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Author: David Anson Date: 04/28/2009
My new home page, extended [Updated collection of great Silverlight and WPF Charting resources!]
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Author: David Anson Date: 04/24/2009
Another round of (un)support [Quick fix for the unofficial WPF Charting assembly!]
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Author: David Anson Date: 04/22/2009
Fewer gotchas to getcha [Enhancing the ScrollIntoViewCentered method for WPF's ListBox]
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Author: David Anson Date: 04/19/2009
Comma quibbling a la Eric and Jafar [A slightly wacky approach to the problem in C#]
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Author: David Anson Date: 04/16/2009