Jaime Rodriguez
On Windows 8, Windows Phone and HTML5
writing a .net activex control for your sidebar gadget..
HTML is quite easy for people to get started with, pretty broadly known, light weight, rich enough...
Author: jaime_rodriguez Date: 10/03/2006
Using Atlas to make webservices calls from sidebar gadget..
Last post we did a REST call using XmlHttp from a sidebar gadget... but let's admit it, we were all...
Author: jaime_rodriguez Date: 10/02/2006
Making REST calls and using state (aka cookies) from a sidebar gadget...
This will walk you through how to make REST (GET,POST) calls from a sidebar gadget using XmlHttp.. (...
Author: jaime_rodriguez Date: 09/28/2006
The basic wiring for a vista sidebar gadget..
[This should be read as a supplement to gadget development verview ]. Writing a gadget is quite...
Author: jaime_rodriguez Date: 09/28/2006
MSDN architecture webcasts on wpf..
Yesterday, I had the [unsual for me] pleasure of surfing the web for 'things WPF'... A couple of...
Author: jaime_rodriguez Date: 09/12/2006
Some Vista sidebar links..
This is an FAQ and I just shared it via email w/ someone, so sharing it for future:...
Author: jaime_rodriguez Date: 09/08/2006
Cider! Cider! Cider!
No surprise, Tim is prompt to post links to latest CTP goodies Huge surprise: I am giving Cider a...
Author: jaime_rodriguez Date: 09/08/2006
You must snoop into your app..
Via John Gossman... At first, I could not believe this there would be a utlility that helped me...
Author: jaime_rodriguez Date: 09/01/2006
Every one wants a Windows Vista sidebar gadget... share your wish...
Sidebar is one of my favorite features in Vista.. It is just so full of business-value opportunities...
Author: jaime_rodriguez Date: 08/30/2006
rant to self...
jaime, 3 weeks again with no posts at all.. lame..
Author: jaime_rodriguez Date: 08/30/2006
ClipToBounds part2... Applied to ListBox ....
So, I gave you the secret already ... GetLayoutClip () ... that is it ... MY problem is twice I have...
Author: jaime_rodriguez Date: 08/11/2006
Can't get ClipToBounds to work... or why is my content being clipped
I often get pinged with a "My < insert control or panel here> is clipping ... even though I...
Author: jaime_rodriguez Date: 08/11/2006
.NET FX 3.0 July CTP...
While I am here, might as well share a headache from last week... The .NET FX 3.0 July CTP shipped...
Author: jaime_rodriguez Date: 07/25/2006
DataTemplates in WPF..
Today, I mentioned "DataTemplates" to a new team that is just getting started w/ WPF.. templates...
Author: jaime_rodriguez Date: 07/25/2006
rounded corner images in wpf.
this has come up 3 times over last few weeks.. so I am putting it here for the nxt time .. "How do I...
Author: jaime_rodriguez Date: 06/08/2006
CLR profiler in Windows Vista beta2 ...
for some reason my CLR profiler was misbehaving in Windows Vista beta2.. CLR Profiler started fine...
Author: jaime_rodriguez Date: 06/06/2006
video driver checks for hardware acceleration iin WPF beta2
The way to know if you are getting HW acceleration is still Perforator .. [that ships w/ the WinFX...
Author: jaime_rodriguez Date: 06/06/2006
Adobe Fireworks to XAML exporter...
via Mike Swanson's ... blog
Author: jaime_rodriguez Date: 06/03/2006
Executing against the Windows Presentation Foundation vision .. [Update as of beta2]
When we started looking for early adopters, it was all about business value; I had three specific...
Author: jaime_rodriguez Date: 06/02/2006
Notes/Interpretations from the field...
WPF evangelism has been a lot of fun lately.. many companies are popping up wanting to build the...
Author: jaime_rodriguez Date: 06/02/2006
catch up blogs..
last two months I read no blogs -- this had to do with my moving 100% to Vista & office beta2, I...
Author: jaime_rodriguez Date: 06/02/2006
Windows Presentation Foundation Beta2 ...
Is out the door ... For breaking changes and "what's new" information, check Tim Sneaths post If you...
Author: jaime_rodriguez Date: 05/24/2006
back online..
wow.. almost two months.. here is the short excuse: My baby girl was born 7 weeks ago.. so I took 3...
Author: jaime_rodriguez Date: 05/24/2006
The "UI framework" team is alive and teasing ...
In the last 3 days I have gotten 4 emails about this blog entry.. That is pretty unusual ...but the...
Author: jaime_rodriguez Date: 04/06/2006
XPS Essential Pack.. beta1
Recently, I had a few issues printing a large XPS document... I reported it internally and today I...
Author: jaime_rodriguez Date: 04/06/2006
Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere ( WPF/E ) at MIX06
WPF/E is a cross-platform (POR is windows + mac, linux tbd) subset of WPF that runs in a browser.....
Author: jaime_rodriguez Date: 04/03/2006
New Expression training videos...
Last week, the expression team posted five new "training" videos for expression ... You can find...
Author: jaime_rodriguez Date: 04/03/2006
A Windows Forms/WPF hybrid satellite assembly.
This is an FAQ ... For those with Windows forms apps and moving to WPF apps.. reuse of existing...
Author: jaime_rodriguez Date: 03/30/2006
What is XAML??
I get this a lot, and usually answer "xaml is an xml based object initialization language" .....
Author: jaime_rodriguez Date: 03/21/2006
Getting started with Windows Presentation Foundation (Avalon)
There are lots of blogs out there on learning windows presentation foundation ... Tim Sneath First...
Author: jaime_rodriguez Date: 03/21/2006
welcome... and what you can expect
I tried blogging once before.. it is hard work, takes discipline and having some thing smart to say...
Author: jaime_rodriguez Date: 03/21/2006