Mark Johnston's Blog
WPF Styles and Template explained with style
Via Nathan Dunlap. This article by Nick Thuesen introduces the concept of Styles and Templates in...
Author: markjohnston Date: 04/11/2007
Mark of the Web
No, not me! But more a feature of Internet Explorer that enhances security when running web pages...
Author: markjohnston Date: 04/10/2007
Free web application hackers workshop coming up
SPI Dynamics are running a web application hacking workshop at Microsoft UK campus on the 26th April...
Author: markjohnston Date: 04/10/2007
PhotoStore WPF demo
For those people who have seen my demo of styling a photo browser application using Expression Blend...
Author: markjohnston Date: 04/10/2007
VBUG Northeast WPF, Expression and WPF/E event follow-up
This is for attendees of the event earlier in the week in Newcastle (Northumbria Uni venue). As...
Author: markjohnston Date: 04/05/2007
Workaround for Visual Studio 'Orcas' March CTP and Blend not playing together
I've had a couple of email exchanges with customers who are playing with Visual Studio Orcas and...
Author: markjohnston Date: 03/29/2007
Bootcamp 1.2 released
...just after I installed 1.1.2 on my Macbook Pro. Very annoying but good to see that it now...
Author: markjohnston Date: 03/29/2007
Podcast software and kit - what do I need?
Our team are toying with the idea of doing a podcast about 'stuff' on 'stuff' that interests...
Author: markjohnston Date: 03/28/2007
It's me..at the MSDN roadshow
I get the Parry photography experience... (I'm the dot at the front looking at the camera, everyone...
Author: markjohnston Date: 03/27/2007
Using a Downloader object with MediaElement in WPF/E
A 70 meg video isn't the nicest thing to download and have no feedback from the UI when you are...
Author: markjohnston Date: 03/26/2007
Softies on Rails
Just spotted on Frank's blog that a bunch of AUS Microsoft people attended a conference and bought...
Author: markjohnston Date: 03/26/2007
Camtasia with Vista support now released
I posted back in November about Camtasia and Vista RTM not being the best of friends and Techsmith...
Author: markjohnston Date: 03/26/2007
Updated my WPF/E Video Player
I've been messing around with my WPF/E video player and adding more functionality. You can look at...
Author: markjohnston Date: 03/23/2007
Hosting WPF/E code on an ISP - adding content types
Due to the limitations of hosting my blog on the mammoth blogs.msdn.com and wanting to write WPF/E...
Author: markjohnston Date: 03/23/2007
Building a simple video player with WPF/E tutorial
I haven't had much original content on here in a while so I thought that should change by putting up...
Author: markjohnston Date: 03/19/2007
Example of WPF/E and ASP.NET Ajax working together
During today's MSDN event in London I showed to two audiences this really great example of...
Author: markjohnston Date: 03/15/2007
Expression Blend Release Candidate now available
Just noticed on the Expression site that there is an RC available. Downloading it now and will have...
Author: markjohnston Date: 03/14/2007
Some WPF/E examples for those that attended the MSDN event in Reading last week
During the event Jon Harris and I delivered on Expression and designing great user experiences (I...
Author: markjohnston Date: 03/12/2007
WPF and Accessibility
A developer at Devweek asked me yesterday how WPF handles accesibility and I wasn't 100% on the...
Author: markjohnston Date: 02/28/2007
Extreme WPF Makeover by Frog Design
There is a nice video over on Channel 10/on10 that walks through a case study of design agency, Frog...
Author: markjohnston Date: 02/27/2007
OT: Put a Linux Guru through pain (for charity...mate)
Jono Bacon, Mr Ubuntu Community dude/Herder of Cats/all-round-good-chap, is attempting to perform,...
Author: markjohnston Date: 02/26/2007
Free 'Web 2.0' training with Mix University
Unfortunately, I won't be attending Mix in May but thankfully there are lots of good resources being...
Author: markjohnston Date: 02/22/2007
WPF based Daily Mail (UK) eReader beta released
At the UK Vista and Office 2007 developer launchh event a few weeks back, I had Rich Griffin from...
Author: markjohnston Date: 02/22/2007
WPF Application Portfolio on Channel9
Looks like there are a lot of people jumping on the WPF gravy-train at the moment with an absolute...
Author: markjohnston Date: 02/19/2007
Calling all UK architects, Architect Insight Conference
Now, I know this doesn't seem really on the money for the type of stuff I talk about or the people I...
Author: markjohnston Date: 02/15/2007
Expression Blend tutorial videos
Martin Grayson, a UX guru in the Microsoft Services part of our business has worked with a colleague...
Author: markjohnston Date: 02/15/2007
Rich Client Development with XAML Resources: MS UK Technical Roadshow 2007
Below are a list of resources which are relevant for attendees of the UK Technical Roadshow running...
Author: markjohnston Date: 02/14/2007
Vista Sidebar Gadget Resources from Conchango
As a nice follow on to my post yesterday about the Universal Music uMusic gadget I spotted on Rich...
Author: markjohnston Date: 02/08/2007
Nice new gadget from Universal Music
If you are into music and want a minimalist way of playing your music collection on your Windows...
Author: markjohnston Date: 02/07/2007
In Seattle for training this week
I meant to post that I was heading to the north west US for our annual "chip-in-neck-upgrade" but...
Author: markjohnston Date: 02/06/2007
WPF/E December CTP prematurely expired, February CTP released
Looks like there was a boo boo in the December CTP of WPF/E and it prematurely time bombed. Tim...
Author: markjohnston Date: 02/01/2007
Visual Studio Keyboard shortcuts
I see from Tim Heuer in the US that they have been distributing a poster with Visual Studio keyboard...
Author: markjohnston Date: 02/01/2007
Vista and Office Developer Roadtrip kicks off tomorrow
Friday past was the main developer launch event for Windows Vista and Office 2007 at Thames Valley...
Author: markjohnston Date: 01/21/2007
OT: Sponsor fellow teammate Mike Ormond run the London Marathon for Hearing Dogs
Mike Ormond is running the London Marathon this year and needs to raise a lot of money for his...
Author: markjohnston Date: 01/17/2007
WPF Screencast - Layout
Layout is one of WPF's fundamentals and can be used to create complex layouts which scale according...
Author: markjohnston Date: 01/16/2007
UK Vista and Office Developer Launch UPDATE: If you see this vehicle WAVE!
My boss Kevin showed me the car and how it will look: So, if you see either of those images on the...
Author: markjohnston Date: 01/16/2007
UK Vista and Office Developer Launch tour hits the road
The Vista and Office developer launch is fully under way. Yesterday we did the "live" recording for...
Author: markjohnston Date: 01/16/2007
WPF app - Yahoo Messenger looks amazing
With Vista general availability under 3 weeks away, there are more and more companies jumping on the...
Author: markjohnston Date: 01/09/2007
Turn off WPF Designer view when opening XAML files
This may not be to everyone's taste, but when I use Visual Studio to edit XAML files I normally want...
Author: markjohnston Date: 01/08/2007
Designertopia - 1st/2nd February, London
I should just rename this the <Mark announces events and conferences blog>...it's a busy time...
Author: markjohnston Date: 01/08/2007
WebDD Backnetwork registration is open
Phil Winstanley has been a busy boy over the festive break and has set up the Backnetwork for the...
Author: markjohnston Date: 01/08/2007
More gadget goodness from DPE Intern, Matt
Matt has been working away on gadgets for a while now, and is becoming a bit of a guru on developing...
Author: markjohnston Date: 01/08/2007
FREE copies of Windows Vista and Office for UK developers
...all you have to do is attend the Vista/Office launch event for developers were such leading...
Author: markjohnston Date: 01/05/2007
To do: Create perfect WPF workstation
Thanks to Tim I've probably got a few bits and pieces to install to get my machine up to dream spec...
Author: markjohnston Date: 01/03/2007