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Introducing the amazing WPF controls library on Codeplex !

2010-10-25T01:19:00+02:00

Hello everyone, I am pleased to announce you the creation of the Amazing WPF controls library on Codeplex ! It will contains the differents controls I describe and/or peel on this blog. I will try to make an article for each control added to the library. Here is a list of the currently available controls : An headered control (the one... Read Introducing the amazing WPF controls library on Codeplex !

How to create an hand writing to text control (ink recognizer)

2010-10-25T00:01:00+02:00

When building a (multi)touch application you may need one nice feature : translate hand-written text to real words. This open a whole new world full of possibilities like starting some actions when keywords are recognized or simply allow the users to write some text for later use.

In this post we'll see all the step to create an hand writing to text control and how to tune it.

Specifications The HandWritingToText controls translate the text written with it's hand by the user into "computer text". The final purpose is to triggers some actions when a specific keyword is recognized and it'll so be able to recognize only one word at a time and not a whole text. The recognized text will be published via an event and... Read How to create an hand writing to text control (ink recognizer)

[Performance tips] Use the system shadows instead of your own

2010-04-27T23:52:00+02:00

Today a fast and easy tip about shadows and performance. In a project I have recently made, we've told the designer not to use BitmapEffects because they are performance killer. He so decided to create it's own shadows by duplicating each shape and make them looks like shadows(designer magic, voodoo things, etc...). I was then surprised to see... Read [Performance tips] Use the system shadows instead of your own

Simple properties Mapper by reflection : stop copying manually each property of your objects !

2010-04-08T23:14:00+02:00

There is time when you have to copy each property of an object to one another. This is called mapping and it's very fastidious to do it by hand. In this post we'll see how to create a method extension which do it for you in one line of code ! When can it be useful Here is a non exhaustive list of usage you can find to this snippet: You want... Read Simple properties Mapper by reflection : stop copying manually each property of your objects !

Binding on a Property which is not a DependencyProperty

2010-04-05T09:03:00+02:00

A lot of controls expose properties which are not DependencyProperties and then you can’t put a binding on it. On some other cases, you only have a getter as accessor and you can’t put a binding on it too… This is for example the case for the ribbon’s group of the office ribbon or the converter’s parameter. If you ever tried to do so, you... Read Binding on a Property which is not a DependencyProperty

Les nouveautés de WPF 4.0

2010-02-11T23:26:00+01:00

Hello all, A post in french : Je relaie les informations postées par moi-même sur un autre blog : Blog expertease Alti C'est en français !... Read Les nouveautés de WPF 4.0

how do I detect double clic in JavaFX ?

2008-12-14T15:49:00+01:00

I am currently confronted to this problem: detect double clic in JavaFX. What I want to do : When you make a double click, you click twice, so this is what will occurs: The first click will be catch and the simpleClickAction will be done (because clickCount != 2) ---> I don't want it : this is a double click and I want the simpleClick action... Read how do I detect double clic in JavaFX ?