Filip ‘xyzzer’ Skakun
UX passionate, NUI/GUI UI developer, specializing in Microsoft technologies from WinAPI and GDI through WinForms to Surface/WPF/Silverlight, DirectX & WinRT. Developer at Vectoform by day. My words are mine and mine only.
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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Another XamlParseException – “Unknown parser error: Scanner 2147500037″
Yesterday I got one of those XamlParseExceptions that do not seem to make sense. It happened after I moved most of the code from my Windows Phone application to a class library. In fact the only things I left in … Continue reading
Displaying Webcam Preview in a Metro App Using WinRT and XAML
I was looking at the controls available in WinRT () and I’ve stumbled upon this control called – CaptureElement. What it does is it “Represents a media capture from a capture device, for example recorded video content.” I thought I’d … Continue reading
GridSplitters – Part 3: Limiting the Range of a GridSplitter
Sometimes I look at what people search for when they hit my blog and see some trending questions that don’t seem to have easily findable answers. This one seems to be related to how to set the limit for moving … Continue reading
Posted in Computers and Internet
Tagged Grid, GridSplitter, Silverlight, WinRT, WPF, XAML
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Beginning WinRT Development – Part 2: Learning Resources
This is just a short post that I will likely update in the future. A where to start/how to ramp up sort of link list on WinRT development. Main Reference Resources http://dev.windows.com – Windows Dev Center Home http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/Build2011?sort=sequential&direction=desc&term=&t=windows%2Bruntime – Build … Continue reading
Vibration Behaviors for Windows Phone – Part 1
So I got my wife an HTC Titan for Christmas and I loved the way it vibrates compared to my Focus. It just feels nice with much lower frequency, while the vibrations on the Focus are a bit like an … Continue reading
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Tagged C#, Silverlight, Vibrate, Windows Phone, XAML
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“Moving GridSplitter with code behind” is not the right question
Occasionally I see people searching for how to move the GridSplitter with code behind… This is not the right question. You can in theory move the GridSplitter itself with code – it is just a control that is hosted in … Continue reading
