July 2007 - Posts

27 July 2007
Visual Studio beta 2 is out
Get it from here . Read More...
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25 July 2007
Silverlight: the XAML ASP.NET control and embeded XAML
Even though the Xaml's XamlUrl porperty seems to indicate that it can only load XAML from an existing url, the truth is that you can also pass it a reference to a XAML excerpt which is embeded on the page. here's a quick example of how you can do this: <%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup... Read More...
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25 July 2007
Silverlight: building a simple progress bar
When you're developing a Silverlight application, you'll surelly be in a situation where you need to download stuff before starting your app. In these cases, you should play nice with the user and give them some indications regarding what's going on. The most common thing to do in these scenarios... Read More...
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24 July 2007
Silverlight: error code explained
A cool reference about the errors you might get on silverlight pages can be found here . Enjoy! Read More...
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23 July 2007
Silverlight: the AG_E_RUNTIME_MANAGED_ASSEMBLY_DOWNLOAD error
Quick tip: if you have this error, then you've got the wrong name for your assembly in the xmlns namespace introduced on the xaml file. Quick example: xmlns:la="clr-namespace:Silverlight.Controls;assembly= ClentBin /SilverlightProgressBar.dll" Notice the ClentBin (instead of ClientBin)... Read More...
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23 July 2007
IronRuby's first source code drop is out
And John Lam gives you more info about it here . Read More...
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22 July 2007
Book review: Don't make me think
This is really a cool book by Steve Krug . Even though some years have passed since the release of the 1st edition, this second one maintains the level and adds 3 new chapters. The book is very well written and has lots of good advices. Another thing: it's short and you can read it in one or two... Read More...
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18 July 2007
Silverlight: compensating movement changes on animations
Another experience I've run today was related with compensating direction changes on animations. Here's the scenario: suppose you've got a rectangle and you want it to move from x to y when something happens and then from y to x when another thing happens. The main problem is that the change... Read More...
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18 July 2007
Silverlight: the parenthesis () do matter!
Today I needed to animate a Rectangle so that it moved from left to right. Like all sane people, I've right clicked the xaml file and chose open in blend. Building the animation was really a complex operation: I only needed a pair of clicks and the rectangle was moving :) . Unfortunately, the code... Read More...
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17 July 2007
Thinking about building your own AppDomainManager?
If yes, then don't forget that it need to run in full trust, so adding it to the GAC is something to keep in mind...at least, that was what i've ended up discovering after spending 2 hours trying to understand why i was getting an exception when the 2nd domain tried to create the custom AppDomainManager... Read More...
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16 July 2007
Silverlight Astoria client add on
Pablo Castro announced the Silverlight client add on a few days ago. If you're into Astoria and Silverlight, then go get it ! Read More...
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16 July 2007
We need a new release of Siverlight right now!
And one where cross-domain calls do work! I'm not a game programmer. I'm not even a designer. so, many of the features available are of no good to me. Cross-domain calls are off, which means that I cannot build components which agregate info from different domains. It really sucks! Please, help... Read More...
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16 July 2007
Silverlight: serializing the contents of a web service call
Today I've seen an interesting question on the Silverlight forum . The question was: how to change the MaxJsonLenght property of the JavaScriptSerializer object that is used on the serialization of the objects that are passed to the web service? Answer: well, you need to use the BrowserHttpWebRequest... Read More...
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13 July 2007
CTRL+ALT+DEL through remote desktop
In the last days I've been working over remote desktop and today i've needed to send CTRL+ALT+DEL to the remote machine. I've ended up discovering (by pure luck, I must say) that you get the same menu by using the combination CTRL+ALT+END... Read More...
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12 July 2007
Silverlight: Beta vs Alpha
Sorry, but to me only the manged version matters :) Just for fun i've tried porting some of the beta samples to managed code. Against all odds, i've ended up enjoying the simplicity of Javascript and I've tested different approaches for encapsulating xaml content. When i ported the beta samples... Read More...
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12 July 2007
8C Competizione
If you're into cars, then it's impossible not to like the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione...My good friend Alberto sent me this link with some cool desktop pictures of the car. This is my favourite one. Read More...
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10 July 2007
Silverlight: Dowloading several images packaged on a ZIP file
One of the things you can in your Silverlight apps is package several items on a zip file and then download them through the Downloader object. Packaging several files and compressing them might increase your app's performance, so this is something you should do whenever you can. Let's run through... Read More...
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03 July 2007
Silverlight alpha gotchas
[Update: I must have been drinking when i wrote this :) It should be local domain because you cannot get objects from a remote host through the BrowserHttpWebRequest] These 2 just made me loose +45 minutes: 1. if you're using the BrowserHttpWebRequest to download files from a remote domain, then... Read More...
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03 July 2007
Book review: Designing Interactions
Another book on usability that gives you different perspectives on this subject. It gives you a nice historical perspective on several aspects related with design with are accompanied by several interviews (which are recorded on DVD). Lots and lots of cool stories on it. That's the positive part... Read More...
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02 July 2007
Buying a new toy
One of the things i did last week (while the site was done) was buying a new camera. I really didn't need anything too fancy, but I wasn't interested in getting the cheapest of the store too. so, I've ended up buying a Canon Powershot S3 . I've been running several experiences with it... Read More...
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