Contents tagged with Silverlight

  • Announcing Silverlight 5

    Dec 6 2010 7:09 AM

    There is not much I can write about next version of Silverlight that hasn’t been written somewhere else, but I feel like I must mention it on my blog, simply because it’s – great! Continue reading...

  • Physics in Silverlight

    Oct 1 2010 8:29 AM

    Few days ago I’ve stumbled upon a Farseer physics engine for Silverlight and XNA. It looks very promising, but I didn’t get time to play with it (yet). The library itself deserves a post (I’ll probably write one in the future), but this time I want to write about another library, helper library based on the same physics engine. It enables us to do games and stuff without using a single line of code! All made with Blend behaviors! Continue reading...

  • Mobility Day drawing apps – Silverlight to WP7

    Sep 30 2010 11:43 PM

    Last week I attended a (great) conference Mobility Day and organizers asked me to build a small Silverlight application for prize giveaway at the end of the day. Every participant had a number at the back of their ID card and if the wheel stopped at your number, the prize was yours. Application itself is very simple and it took me maybe an hour to build it from scratch. The important thing is that it can be run from any computer from the web, and the total number of participants can be set via URL, like this: http://demo.dizzy.hr/mobilitydaydrawing/?max=333. To use the app, first focus it and then expand to full screen with F11 key. Wheel can be started and stopped by mouse click or space key. Not really a smart application, but useful and attractive. Continue reading...

  • Circular Progress Bar in Silverlight

    Jul 4 2010 5:23 PM

    In one project I’m working on for a few months now I got the request to show progress bar in the form of circle – empty circle would mean 0%, and filled circle stands for 100%. It seemed like and interesting challenge, so I think I’ve found the simplest solution to the problem. Continue reading...

  • Silverlight 5 Wishlist

    Jun 3 2010 1:08 AM

    Less than two months ago Silverlight 4 RTW was released and there are no official information about the next version, but I’m pretty sure guys in Redmond are already preparing something cool. If you want to suggest a feature or vote for one, you should check this site. It is the official page for feature suggestions and a lot of features requested there made their way to Silverlight 4. Continue reading...

  • DoubleClick in Silverlight

    May 24 2010 5:56 PM

    As you probably know, Silverlight does not support double click event, not even a single click event on most elements (I think there is an event called Click only on Buttons). Single click can be emulated via MouseLeftButtonDown and MouseLeftButtonUp, but it is wrong to bind it to only one out of these two. “Real” Click event combines MouseLeftButtonDown and MouseLeftButtonUp and both of them must be raised over the same element to form the click. If you still want to use only one event and you are aware that it is not the best solution, than you should use MouseLeftButtonUp. Continue reading...

  • Silverlight projects from Croatia

    Apr 27 2010 1:20 PM

    There are many Silverlight developers in Croatia, but they usually work on some internal / private business application. There are also some public projects that can be viewed by everyone, so I feel it’s important to list them in one place. If you know any other Croatian Silverlight application not listed here, please let me know. Continue reading...

  • Top Silverlight features served as a drink

    Apr 24 2010 10:39 AM

    I delivered a Silverlight presentation on WinDays conference last week in Rovinj. I talked about Silverlight in general, naming a few the most important and interesting features, as well as new features introduced in new version, launched the week before. Continue reading...

  • Wall Of Silver works on Linux

    Apr 19 2010 1:08 AM

    I’ve developed Wall of Silver in Silverlight version 3, and Moonlight (Linux version of Silverlight) supports only a number of features from 3rd version. I wasn't sure if my Wall of Silver would work on Linux or not. Continue reading...

  • Watch Silverlight 4 launch keynote

    Apr 14 2010 9:01 AM

    It has been announced that Silverlight 4 launch keynote will be available on demand here, but currently there are only follow-up talks on Channel 9 (very interesting as well). They will probably fix this when they wake up, but for now, you can find the keynote here. Continue reading...