Jerry Nixon on Windows

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Showing posts with label Screencast. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Screencast. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Let’s code! Build a custom progress ring in Windows XAML

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There are several controls that ship for free in the Visual Studio XAML toolbox. One of them is the ProgressRing, a neat, animated ring of d...
Sunday, January 11, 2015

12 things you should teach your daughters about Microsoft Word

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My daughters are getting into typing their homework, so I am making sure they understand OneDrive, OneNote, and Word. These are like Visual ...
Friday, April 25, 2014

Let’s Code: Build your own FlipView Page Indicator

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XAML data binding is pretty powerful. One of the benefits of XAML data binding is that it lets different elements on one UI use the same dat...
Monday, February 10, 2014

More Free Training: Developing Windows Store 8.1 Apps using XAML

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Daren May and I are back to walk through the core C# and XAML concepts of Windows Store development, in our Microsoft Virtual Academy course...
Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Make it snow with XAML

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XAML is a very flexible technology platform. This time of year, some of the nicest things you can do is release apps that contain the charac...
Monday, August 26, 2013

Walkthrough: Create a whiteboard app in 10 minutes using XAML

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Recently, I updated my Timer App to version 2. And, one feature I added was a whiteboard. Letting your user draw a picture is cool. It’s a...
Thursday, August 15, 2013

Walkthrough: Let’s build a control like that awesome new one in Windows 8.1.

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If you are like me, then every time you get a new MSDN magazine, you flip to the advertisements first. There’s nothing cooler than looking t...
Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Walkthrough: Reordering items in a GridView with Drag and Drop

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So, you have some data showing in a GridView . You have ordered it programmatically. Now, you want to let the user reorder it, manually, by ...
Friday, May 31, 2013

Walkthrough: Windows 8 Extended Splash Screen

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So we have two real problems: If your app does not present a UI to the user in a given time, Windows 8 will assume your app is frozen and...
Friday, January 11, 2013

Walkthrough: Dynamically Skinning your Windows 8 App

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One powerful feature of XAML is the ability to make any control look however the developer or designer wants without having to change the co...
Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Walkthrough: A Custom Control in XAML isn’t a User Control

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Catnip to developers is truly reuse. Redundant code is a source of continual agony to architects and maintenance developers alike. In XAML w...
Monday, December 10, 2012

Walkthrough: Implementing SnapView in your Windows 8 App

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There are four supported orientations in Windows 8. There is Full View, Snap View, Fill View and Portrait View. Each is important in the ove...
Thursday, October 18, 2012

Walkthrough: using Windows 8 Custom Protocol Activation

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Protocol activation, what is it? Well, when you run “http:{something}” you expect a browser to launch, right? When you type “mailto:{somethi...
Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Walkthrough: Monetize Windows 8 with the Microsoft Advertising SDK

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An interstitial advertisement is traditionally recognized as a full-page ad appearing between two pages. Interstitial, which means “gap” per...
Friday, October 12, 2012

Walkthrough: The Windows 8 AppBar, you might as well have the coolest! (feat. Expression Design)

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Windows 8 apps don’t have a ribbon. Windows 8 apps don’t have a top menu. Instead, Windows 8 apps have AppBars. An AppBar on the bottom of y...
Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Walkthrough: Adding Text Translation to your Windows 8 App

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The Microsoft Translator is a powerful service that developers can leverage in their Windows 8 apps. It’s core functions are to detect the l...
Thursday, August 23, 2012

Windows 8 Beauty Tip: Using a VariableSizedWrapGrid in a GridView makes Grids Prettier

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Using a GridView in XAML is the primary way to show lists of data. The GridView inherits ItemsControl and behaves like the ListView whic...
Monday, August 13, 2012

How to Create a Windows 8 Settings Pane in XAML

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There are five charms in Windows 8: search, share, start, devices, and settings. The reason for the charms is to create a single point of in...
Thursday, August 9, 2012

Adding Location, Geocoding, and Bing Maps to Windows 8 Apps

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Did you know that the Windows 8 Location service does not require a GPS? It’s totally true. So many applications have to use location and ...
Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Use Expression Design to create a Windows 8 ‘Ratings’ control

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If you are not aware of Expression Design, you are missing a powerful tool in your toolbox. Expression Design allows designers and develope...