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Kevin Moore, Program Manager, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), WinFX
Kevin's WPF Bag-o-Tricks
This page no longer exists...here. Go here (https://j832.com/bagotricks/) instead. :-)
Date: 06/25/2007
Update your bookmarks and blog readers--I'm moving
Lake Okoboji is freezing over indefinitely. In an effort to unify all the random stuff I do, I've...
Date: 04/28/2007
Updates to 2 must-have applications! Both managed code! Both free (as in beer)!
Paint.NET ROCKS! I can't imagine ever paying for Photoshop. Now in version 3.0. The killer new...
Date: 02/21/2007
Windows Vista: What Should WebSite Hosters Do?
Check out Rob's blog on instructions for ISP's (or anyone that runs a server) on how to host WPF...
Date: 02/21/2007
On ItemTemplate, ContentTemplate, DataTemplate
A recent forum post asked how one could build out ItemsControl-like functionality in a custom...
Date: 02/13/2007
Programmer Don't Like to Code
Forgot what link brought me here, but I was quite impressed with the analysis. Programmer's Don't...
Date: 02/05/2007
Updated Bag-o-Tricks for January
In celebration of the availability of the January CTP of VS "Orcas", I've updated the bag-o-tricks....
Date: 01/11/2007
Chat with the WPF team tomorrow
Our holiday gift to you: listening. Tomorrow (Dec 21) 12:30 - 1:30 PM Pacific Time. Details:...
Date: 12/20/2006
Expression Web - beautiful
I'm working on an end-of-year letter as web site. (Yeah, I'm a geek. I have way more email addresses...
Date: 12/19/2006
Business Objects are cooler than you think
I think it was Paul Stovell's article on Validation in WPF that got me started. The article is...
Date: 12/18/2006
New hotness, random musings
Interacting with 2D on 3D in WPF Holy hotness! Check out details on the WPF3D Blog Check out the...
Date: 12/14/2006
What do I love about Vista? Everything Chris loves
Mr. Sells does a great job of listing the great features of Vista. (Including some things I don't...
Date: 11/26/2006
Bag-O-Tricks : RTM Edition
Okay, I admit I should have a whole mountain of new and sexy stuff for the RTM release. I've been...
Date: 11/10/2006
How you can tell the bolts are tightening
I tested the latest rev of the bag-o-tricks on Vista RC1 (which included the .NET Framework 3.0 RC1)...
Date: 09/27/2006
The Bag, the Blogs, the Betas
The Bag Glad to see people are downloading the RC1 rev of the bag-o-tricks. Thanks for the love....
Date: 09/26/2006
Update to Bag-O-Tricks for RC1
As promised, I've updated the bag-o-tricks. Download now. Updates HexHex had a few rough edges that...
Date: 09/20/2006
WPF PivotTable
Bea's intern this summer (Tomasz) wrote a sweet WPF control: PivotTable. I haven't had a chance to...
Date: 09/14/2006
Update to the bag-o-tricks...soon...I promise...
I've been busy hacking on a bunch of stuff. I have updates in the cue. (Some really cool stuff.) I...
Date: 09/08/2006
Snoop + IronPython = "OH MY GOD!"
(Thanks to Rob for the pointer.) Check out Matt's blog. I'm speechless. Amazing.
Date: 09/08/2006
Net Neutrality Event in Seattle Tomorrow
Senator Murray's Seattle Office30 Aug 12:00 PMSenator Murray needs to know her constituents are...
Date: 08/29/2006
Wolves in Sheep's Clothing
Okay, so I've blogged about this before. I think it's super important stuff. Common Cause has some...
Date: 08/17/2006
I'm going to be posting to my blog a lot more.
Windows Live Writer just went beta. Hot!
Date: 08/14/2006
Cleaning up your theme files with MergeDictionary
Once you get the resources for more than one control in generic.xaml, things can get a bit messy....
Date: 07/29/2006
Handling old projects when you upgrade to a new .NET Framework CTP
I'm sure we all love this dialog after a CTP refresh: The issue is that the project types have...
Date: 07/28/2006
Hello Tuesday
Control Licensing in Cider (WPF designer for VS) James provides some great information on supporting...
Date: 07/25/2006
Random musings.
July CTP Bag-O-TricksWow! People seem to be enjoying it...or at least downloading it. Let me know...
Date: 07/25/2006
DatePicker and expand-a-node in TreeView: updates to the Bag-O-Tricks for the July CTP
I promised you I'd get these in "this week". I guess, depending on how you split the weeks, I...
Date: 07/23/2006
XBAP video on Channel 9
Check out the video of Lauren and Karen talking about XBAPs (WPF in the browser) on Channel 9.
Date: 07/17/2006
IE 7: Cool to Wicked Cool
I’ve been happily crankin’ along with IE 7 Beta2 for a while now. I just upgraded to IE7 Beta3. Wow!...
Date: 07/16/2006
Reasons to submit error reports
Punish your Microsoft developer Okay, so submitting bug reports isn't quite this gratifying, but I...
Date: 07/13/2006
Better performance for large data sets in Selector (ListBox, ListView, etc)
We've had feedback from a number of people about enumerations of the entire collection and calls to...
Date: 07/11/2006
Hardware-accelerated transparent windows - Hot!
Nick and Lauren have both blogged about one of the coolest "late" features in WPF:...
Date: 07/09/2006
MSDN Magazine - I should have asked for angle brackets
I wrote an article for the August issue of MSDN Magazine. An editor saw Robby's and my video for MIX...
Date: 07/09/2006
Bag-O-Tricks updated for June CTP
Nothing too amazing, just some clean-up for the latest CTP. Check out the post for details. Can you...
Date: 07/06/2006
Recap from TechEd (hello to the control vendor lab)
I had a blast in Boston, but a week is a really long time to be at a conference. To address common...
Date: 06/20/2006
Hello from TechEd Boston (update to Bag-O-Tricks)
Having a blast in Boston. The city is beautiful.Coolest things I’ve seen today: Exchange 2007. Scary...
Date: 06/14/2006
Beta2 is Live!
Hopefully I wasn't too subtle yesterday. As of this morning, we are live with Beta2 of Vista, which...
Date: 05/23/2006
Coming to TechEd? I’ll be there!
As Rob has already mentioned, I’m talking at TechEd. I’m giving two talks. Data Visualization in WPF...
Date: 05/22/2006
Save the Internet!
In general, I avoid political discussion like the plague on my work blog, but since Microsoft has...
Date: 05/17/2006
Books on WPF
Mehrdad is looking for some WPF books.I know of two: Programming Windows Presentation Foundation...
Date: 04/26/2006
Do you subclass ItemsControl? Keep reading.
ItemsControl has a protected virtual GetContainerForItemOverride that takes an object parameter. In...
Date: 03/10/2006
TreeListView - Scary Cool Control Mash-up in WPF
As promised, the ATC team has posted another ListView sample. This sample is amazing because it...
Date: 03/02/2006
WPF ListView Rocks!
No control in our library demonstrates the power of WPF more than ListView. It is the example of how...
Date: 02/23/2006
Updated Bag-O-Tricks for WinFX Februrary CTP
In case you haven't heard, the WinFX February CTP has been released. If you haven't downloaded it...
Date: 02/22/2006
Robby and Me on Channel 9
We're not nearly as entertaining as Don and Chris, but Robby and I are in another video on Channel 9...
Date: 02/19/2006
In other news...
Our friends from Max have been busy. Not only are they cranking away at a beautiful WinFX app, but...
Date: 02/16/2006
MSDN TV: The Power of Templates in Windows Presentation Foundation
Robert and I just got posted to MSDN TV. We do a talk on the Power of Templates in Windows...
Date: 02/02/2006
Read Bea's Blog
I think at some point I mentioned I've moved over to work on Data Binding in WPF. Binding is a...
Date: 01/26/2006