Robert Green of Visual Studio Toolbox is joined at TechEd in New Orleans by Jason Beres and Brian Lagunas of Infragistics. They show us some of the many XAML controls Infragistics provides for XAML development, both in WPF and Windows 8.
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Sometimes even the best developers need a great starting point from which to develop their masterpieces. Given the importance of solid design and platform consistency, it should come as no surprise that Visual Studio and Blend for Visual Studio ship with…
Today it gives me great pleasure to introduce you to Running Total. Running Total is a reference app for Windows 8 built using infragistics NetAdvantage for Windows UI. It allows runners to visualize their running data. Not only is the application a…
A development tip series for Windows 8 would not be off to a great start without an introduction to the foundation all Windows Store apps are built on. The Windows Runtime, or WinRT for short, is this foundation. WinRT is probably best described as an…
Your journey towards building an application for the Windows Store begins as most journeys do -- with a crucial choice. Thankfully, this choice doesn't involve casting a ring into a burning mountain or choosing the Light Side over the Dark Side. This…
Today I would like to preview an upcoming tutorial series I have been working on and will begin posting here soon. The series will build a Windows Store application called "Running Total" from the ground up. The application will allow users to connect…
Last night I finally had the opportunity to watch some of the key sessions from day one at Build 2013. On day one I was working the Infragistics booth so I didn’t have the chance to see any of the many great sessions that day. One of the sessions I was…
The 12.1 release of NetAdvantage for XAML brings Metro support to the table. With this addition , you can now develop Metro-styled applications using all the benefits of our Infragistics components–without losing any style !
First off , the Metro…
In the 12.1 release of NetAdvantage for Silverlight , developers may now start using the Infragistics Color Tuner to style their applications. The Color Tuner is a Visual Studio add-in that lets you pick a color palette that you can apply to any and all…
The Infragistics Silverlight XamRibbon got a configuration dialog in NetAdvantage 2012.1!
By default it is accessible from the Quick Access Toolbar drop down menu –> More Commands. The new configuration dialog is also accessible by right clicking the…
I'm still new to WPF, Data Binding, Infragistics, and reallly GUI Windows Development... Sometimes I find working with the XamDataChart a little confusing for displaying complex objects, but I think it falls down to my understanding of how the XAML Binding…
Hey there, quick question, I want to drag a listbox item fromthe listbox to a grid cell. The listbox item is a custom textbox control called "cEmployeeItem". The listbox itemssource is bound to the view model and loaded on a button push.
I…
AMAZING! That’s all I can say about this 14.1 release of Infragistics WPF and Silverlight controls. This is the most feature packed release we have had since I started working at Infragistics over 2 years ago. I am really excited about the new controls…
Your wait is over! NetAdvantage for Windows UI is HERE! Since the announcement of Windows 8 at the Microsoft //BUILD/ event in Anaheim, CA back in 2011, Infragistics has been watching the market trends, listening to customers, and working closely with…
I was monitoring my Twitter feed, like I always do, and saw a tweet come through asking about how to validate an object’s property against it’s parent ObservableCollection in the Infragistics XamDataGrid. What this person was trying to accomplish…
Try to think of your top three movie sequels. Which ones come to mind? Having trouble? Well, that might be because it’s not often that you find a sequel that is just as good, if not better, than the first. Well, grab your popcorn, your drinks, and…
Unless you have been living under a rock the past few days you already know about the recent release of Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Visual Studio 11 Beta. Since I know you already downloaded and installed all the shiny new toys, let’s take a quick…
When Microsoft first released the Windows 8 and Windows Phone platforms, Infragistics was there with an initial investment of controls to help determine if there was a community interest and platform adoption from our customers. We had to answer the question…
It’s that time again! Time for another free WPF and Silverlight theme for the Microsoft controls. The last free theme I gave away was the Metro Light and Dark Themes for WPF and Silverlight Microsoft controls. Soon after I released that theme, there…
With the release of Windows 8, the era of touch devices is in full swing. Manufacturers are scrambling to create mobile devices that can run Microsoft Windows with the touch of a finger, without the need for a keyboard and mouse. Even Microsoft has released…
The Infragistics WPF 15.1 release is upon us, and it’s time to see what new major features you’ll be getting when you upgrade. Unlike the past four releases where we saw nothing but new controls on top of new controls and features galore,…
So, I just found a feature in the Visual Studio 2015 Preview that will probably be one of my most favorite and most used. This feature is plain out AMAZBALLS! Yeah, that’s right… I said it… AMAZBALLS! What is the magical feature? It…
Back before I worked at Infragistics, I was the author of an open source project on CodePlex called the Extended WPF Toolkit. You may or may not have…
This is one of the new features for you to take advantage of with the new release and it is a cooperation between the XamDataChart control and the CorrelationCalculator which is part of the Infragistics Math Calculators™ library. This integration provides…
It has been a clear trend over the past years to move a big deal of interaction with applications from the usual desktop experience to touch-enabled versions – easily portable and compact tablets, comfortable touch displays and a whole army of mobile…