Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Mike Taulty's Blog : Silverlight and WPF - Sharing Library Projects

 

Silverlight and WPF - Sharing Library Projects

One thing that I got asked a couple of times down at REMIX UK was the question of;

How come I can't reference a regular .NET library from a Silverlight project?

Mike Taulty's Blog : Silverlight and WPF - Sharing Library Projects

Monday, September 15, 2008

Jason Morales' Microsoft BI Update : The Business Intelligence Update - September 2008

 

The Business Intelligence Update - September 2008

HOT TOPICS

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Business intelligence basics: case studies and job advice

Five keys to hiring (good) business intelligence professionals

Leveraging business and marketing skills for a business intelligence (BI) career

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NEWS LINKS & PRESS RELEASES

SQL Server 2008: First Impressions

BIScorecard Rates Eight Leading Products

An Effective Business Intelligence Strategy is the Key to Business Success

Next-generation BI at Hand, Forrester Reports

Gartner lists Microsoft India as leading vendor of BI

Information Agility

Who doesn't want to be agile?

The Business Intelligence Model of Conflicting Interests

Is Excel a Complete BI Solution?

Pervasive business intelligence: Are organizations really ready?

Seven Steps to Successful BI Competency Centers

Business Intelligence: Distilling Raw Data into Useful Information

The Business Intelligence Education Problem

Full Circle: Decision Intelligence (DSS 2.0)

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Jason Morales' Microsoft BI Update : The Business Intelligence Update - September 2008

Syntax Over Sanity : Syncing audio with storyboard animations in Silverlight 2 Beta 2

 

Syncing audio with storyboard animations in Silverlight 2 Beta 2

You've seen complex animations created with Flash... e-cards, cartoons, et al. Bear in mind we're not talking about video but animations, where vector-based objects are manipulated using timelines and keyframes. I haven't worked in Flash since the MX days but I remember having the ability to associate sounds with specific keyframes.

I asked a Silverlight Discussion group how this could be achieved in Silverlight 2 Beta 2. It seems there's no built-in mechanism to support it at this time, but all hope is not lost. Eric Stollnitz posited the idea, "What if you set up a DependencyProperty and animated that in your storyboard?"  Hmmm... it sounded just crazy enough to work.

Syntax Over Sanity : Syncing audio with storyboard animations in Silverlight 2 Beta 2

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Mike Swanson's Blog : Update on My Illustrator Plug-In and Flash to XAML Conversion Tool

 

Update on My Illustrator Plug-In and Flash to XAML Conversion Tool

Just over three years ago, in July, 2005, I released the first version of my Adobe Illustrator to Avalon/XAML Export Plug-In. The plug-in started off as a weekend project, and it’s since become quite popular. The plug-in is included in most WPF and Silverlight books, and it’s fun to see it referenced when I’m thumbing through new releases at Borders or Barnes & Noble. I hadn’t been watching the download stats, so I checked tonight and was surprised to see that it’s been downloaded over 75,000 times (actually a bit more, but the stats aren’t complete). Even if I only counted the most recent release, that would make it a top download on CodePlex. That’s pretty cool.

Mike Swanson's Blog : Update on My Illustrator Plug-In and Flash to XAML Conversion Tool