sketchflow

Does sketchflow have a layout container?

All I see as a rectangle. What I'd like to do is have a panel and add controls into it (buttons, textfields, etc.) and then when I move the panel the controls move with it. Any ideas? ...

Sketchflow - activating state on loaded doesn't work?

Hi, I'm trying to activate a state when the screen is loaded but it doesn't work. What I do is, I go to the screen, right click the LayoutRoot and then go "Activate State" and I pick my state. Then when I click on this newly generated [ActivateStateAction] I change the EventName from MouseLeftButtonDown to Loaded. However, it doesn't see...

Master-detail Data Grid in Sketchflow

I have created a simple master-details screen using two DataGrids in SketchFlow, but have been unable to have the child DataGrid update when a row is selected in the master DataGrid. The strange thing is, it works perfectly fine if the child is a ListBox rather than a DataGrid. I have used Blend to create some hierarchical sample data l...

Extending the SketchFlow player

I would like to add some controls to the SketchFlow player. For example, I would like to add a combo box with a list of values for a specific variable, and selecting a value will make a specific screen/state show up in the SketchFlow player canvas. Is this possible? I have seen that using the PlayerContext allows access to some controls/...

Sorting Listbox in Silverlight (Sketchflow)

I have a Listbox with multiple columns and bound to a data source (XML) as shown below. <ListBox x:Name="lstBox1" Background="#FFC5EFFD" Margin="7,50,10,15" ItemTemplate="{StaticResource ItemsPanelTemplate1}" ItemsSource="{Binding BPICollection}" BorderThickness="0"/> I'm trying to figure out how to sort a particular column in the li...

Using SketchFlow to prototype MS Surface Applications

Hi We're doing mockups/prototyping on a MS Surface device and I wonder if anyone has succeeded in using SketchFlow for this. The problem that I see is that the code generated by the tool uses normal WPF controls (Button, etc.) instead of the contact aware surface counterparts (SurfaceButton) which means that they won't work nice on the ...

Wrong assembly-references for Silverlight Sketchflow project in Blend 3

Hello, In my installation of Blend 3, the SketchStyles are missing when a new project is created. I found out that this is because the following automatic references in the project are wrong: Microsoft.Expression.Interactions Microsoft.Expression.Prototyping.Interactivity Microsoft.Expression.Prototyping.RunTime Microsoft.Expression.P...

Can I embed a silverlight sketchflow player in my web page?

Hi I'm new to silverlight and sketchflow. I'm getting on great with creating prototypes and can export to Word etc. I would really like to embed a prototype in another web page - is this possible and how would I go about it? Thanks ...

Do the UI first with SketchFlow - Do I concern about the UI look?

There is no questions: UI-First Software Development. But what does it takes to do the UI first? I started to build a website, a complicated one, and know I start to concern about the UI. Instead to start coding html+css, I decided to start with SkecthFlow. now, I'm very confused. Do I want to build a exact sketch? meaning to think abo...

Window like control in SketchFlow?

I've been playing around with SketchFlow from Microsoft and one thing that bothers me is that I cannot seem to find a window looking like sketch. I would like it to have title bar and 3 "buttons" like all normal windows do (minimize, maximize, close buttons). In Balsamiq Mockups this is very easy, however I don't see any kind of window...

Sketchflow component target parent state

Hi, I'm using Sketchflow in Expression Blend 4 RC (although this is relevant to Blend 3 too). I have a screen with a datagrid on it (MainScreen) and there's a "New" button. I have a component screen that has a generic form (GenericForm) and a "Save and close" button. I have two states on MainScreen: State1 (and default): GenericForm...

MSDN, Expression Studio 4 Premium, & SketchFlow

Through work I have an Visual Studio Premium with MSDN subscription that I love. However, my biggest disappointment of the last 12 months was discovering that our 2nd from the top level subscription was not enough to get me Sketchflow! This is, most decidedly, NOT SHINY, and I am borderline distraught! What are my options? Upgrading ...

How do I use Sketchflow sample data for a ListBoxItem Template at design time?

I am using Expression Blend 4 and Visual Studio 2010 to create a Sketchflow prototype. I have a Sample Data collection and a ListBox that is bound to it. This displays as I would expect both at design time and at run time. However, the ListBoxItem template it just complex enough that I wanted to pull it out into its own XAML file. Ev...

Silverlight Pixel Shader resource "not found"; what should the URI be?

So I've written and compiled an HLSL pixel shader with Shazzam, placed the resulting .ps file in my project, and am trying to instantiate it. No matter what URI I put, Blend tells me that the resource can't be found whenever I try to view any xaml designer, and Visual Studio just shows me a blank page, both in design view and if I try t...

Sketchflow removing a component

Hi, I have a screen and I have a section where a component screen is inserted. I have a cancel button on the component screen and was wondering if it is possible to remove the component from the main screen using the cancel button. Is this at all possible? So, once the component is shown, cancel on the component screen removes it so th...

Navigation with NavigateToScreenAction in WPF application

I have some buttons in a SketchFlow Screen created by: cloudButton buttonPin = new cloudButton(); MapCanvas.Children.add(buttonPin); the XAML code for cloudButton is: <Button Content="Button" Style="{DynamicResource PinCloudButton}"> <i:Interaction.Triggers> <i:EventTrigger EventName="Click"> <pi:NavigateToScreenAction TargetSc...

Can you use sketchflow controls/styles in a WPF application?

I really love the sketchy-ness of the Sketchflow buttons and controls, and would love to use those controls/styles in my own WPF app, can this be done in anyway? Perhaps just reference the Sketchflow binaries? ...

Missing Sketchflow controls button, checkbox and many others

Missing Sketchflow controls button, checkbox and many others. Hi when I try to create a sketchflow project and add controls all I get it the default text ones not the Sketchflow hand writing ones :( All I can find on the web is the advice to uninstall blend then install it again :( this cannot surely be an answer? Expression Blend 3 ...

Is there a recommended approach to share state between screens in Blend 4 Sketchflow?

I am developing a Sketchflow prototype in Blend 4 and I need to share some state across the entire app - for instance - the currently selected item on screen 1. I looked at using a Datastore but it can only store simple types (strings, booleans,etc.) I want to store an entire object in there and then databind to it from other screens. I...

How do I bind to filtered or grouped Sketchflow sample data?

I've created some sample data as a StaticResource in a Sketchflow prototype (this is a Silverlight project). I want to filter or group-by the sample data before binding it to a gridview for display. How do I get at the sample data in my C# codebehind files in order to filter or group-by it before display? ...