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Feels like not too long ago I was writing about Xceed going to Mix09 and here we are a year later, ready to go to Mix10! We are all very excited about the announcements that will be made in regards to Windows Phone 7 Series development and are looking...
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The Silverlight development team has been hard at work creating our Silverlight datagrid, and I thought that I would let you in on our progress and give you a glimpse as to what you can expect when it's released. Last year at PDC 2009, we demoed what...
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The upcoming release of Xceed Professional Themes for WPF will be our biggest update to the product since it was released last year. The latest incarnation of Xceed DataGrid for WPF brought a Windows 7 inspired theme as well as the Live Explorer theme...
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Ever since I started working in Silverlight, I found some strange ommissions, whether voluntary or not, in the Silverlight API. At times, this was very frustrating since I was expecting something as common as BindingList to be there. So, to end this week...
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So I didn't get much feedback from my post asking for help in regards to what to write, so I will go with the only suggestion I received and let you in on the upcoming features planned for the next major version of Xceed DataGrid for WPF. So let's start...
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Hello, my name is Jenny ( @_random_ ) and I am a Twitter addict. Okay, not really and nothing even close to @kosmatos , but close enough that I check Twitter many times a day at work and on my iPhone to see what is going on. I don't follow many people...
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A few months back, Lee Sherry, Senior BI Manager at Microsoft Business Intelligence, contacted our sales director, Charles, about having an app created for the company. Charles understood right away what her needs were and proposed the project to Pierre-Luc...
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For the second year in a row Xceed will be exhibiting and attending at PDC 2009 ! In addition to the amazing new features in the upcoming version of Xceed DataGrid for WPF , we will be demoing the latest development build of our future Silverlight grid....
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When we started writing blogs at Xceed, I think we all thought that we would always have interesting content to post about and that we could never run out of ideas. How wrong we were! For me, what I find the hardest is finding topics that will interest...
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Yes! Even with version 3.2 just out the door, the developers at Xceed have been hard at work on version 3.3, now officially version 3.5. So, what new features are being introduced in the latest version? I'm glad you asked! Among other features, the long...
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I thought it would be a good idea to share with you how easy you'll be able to integrate our new Xceed Professional Themes for WPF product into your application. Version 1.0 will include 5 different themes: Media, Glass, and Office 2007 Black/Blue/Silver....
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For the past few months, Catherine and I have been working on a new product called Xceed Professional Theme Packs for WPF. This product will include all Standard Microsoft controls : Button, RadioButton, Checkbox, ListBox, TreeView, Toolbar, StatusBar...
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Today marks the release of v3.2 of Xceed DataGrid for WPF. This is the 9th major update since the product was first introduced 2.5 years ago. Another one is coming, hot on its heels for August, with smooth scrolling innovations and other UI improvements,...
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So version 3.2 is compiled and ready to be released in mid-June! It has been a hectic past couple of weeks trying to get everything done and we are all very happy with the end result. I know that many of you have been anxiously waiting for the 3.2 release...
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This is somewhat related to my previous post about "less is more". Another thing that I've noticed over the years is that some websites or applications tend to give a priority to looks over function. There are some exceptions to this that obviously depend...
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Today I noticed this blog post by Nigel Spencer discussing his experiences with both Microsoft's WPF datagrid and Xceed's. I liked that Nigel recognizes that any new datagrid coming out this year will be significantly behind in maturity. If you take a...
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Our support department often answers questions from customers who are wondering why grouping, sorting, and statistical functions are not updated when items in the underlying data source are changed, even though they are using a grid bound to an ObservableCollection...
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The question isn't "Wither WPF?" or "Will Silverlight marginalize WPF?" With announcements at MIX09 that Silverlight will gain many of the key features that made WPF special, developers, component vendors and the media are now concerned more than ever...
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Next week I'm headed to Vegas to participate in this much anticipated event. I'm really looking forward to meet some of you and I will be hard to miss with my white Xceed polo ;-) so don't be a stranger! The sessions I will be attending will be mostly...
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Rarely has a feature sparked so much debate at Xceed as hierarchical master/detail. And I think that this feature made it in both the WinForms and WPF grids solely on the fact that our customer base kept requesting it. So here we are, a couple of years...
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My previous post was xamlless so I thought I'd give some basic examples to get you started if you're not familiar with animations. First I'll show you how to create this smooth translate and opacity animation and how to tweak it to what you want. Here's...
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How an API is designed can make or break a product. A good API will make it easy and intuitive to use the product while a poorly designed API can be an immediate turnoff. At Xceed, we spend a great deal of time designing our APIs and take great pride...
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A lot has changed since WinForms but one of the variables that hasn't changed much, is the programmer. WinForms programmers who were used to static environments are now asked to "upgrade" to WPF, which brings a whole new world of possibilities. One of...
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When Microsoft Tag was announced at CES 2009 on January 7th, the official deadline for submitting ad material for the February 2009 issue of MSDN magazine (the print publication) was already passed. But I knew it still wasn't too late, most magazines...
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In Part 1 of this series, I demonstrated how to provide a grid with data. This post will continue where I left off and demonstrate how to group and sort the same data, so if you have not looked at Part 1 , I suggest you do so. Ready? Data items can be...
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