expression-blend

Content blured in Silverlight4 after making a rotation and a scale

Hy, I am making a rotation of 180 degree and after that a scale of -1 on X axis. This is applied to the main grid of the user control. In this grid i have a button and a stack panel with textBox. The problem is that after the animation is done the button and the textBox become blurred. If someone can help, i wait an answer. Thanks. ...

Export Expression Blend project in an accessible way?

I'm mocking up a wp7 app in Expression Blend. I would like to export it in an accessible way, so people without Visual Studio or Expression can view it. I know how to do it for Sketchflow, but it is also possible to do it for a Windows Mobile project? ...

Is there any way to automatically gather Sketchflow feedback in regular asp.net instead of using SharePoint?

Is there any way to automatically gather Sketchflow feedback in regular asp.net instead of using SharePoint? I've got a client that likes the Sketchflow experience but dislikes the SharePoint overhead. Thanks Everyone. ...

bind wpf user control to Xelement/XML file at runtime

Hi, I have a custom winforms control that builds a UI based on an XML file and Linq query. The XML has general nodes with the size, background image etc and collections of nodes for the actual controls themselves. the custom control populates the controls acocrding to an Xelement passed at runtime. I am now trying to learn WPF with Ble...

Silverlight and Expressions components on a Build Box

I have a solution that needs to build Silverlight projects on a computer that doesn't have standard editing tools like VS or Expression Blend. From Expressions, I do need the font embedding and media processing capabilities of the Blend SDK. For Silverlight, I need to build for these 3 runtimes - SL3, SL4 and Windows Phone SL3. I am goin...

Silverlight fluid move behaviour and a wrap panel

Hi All, I want to create a really slick wrap panel layout in my SL4 application, I have been doing a fair bit of research into the fluid move behaviors, and I think its where I want to go but I cannot get it right. I want a list of controls in a 2(row) X 2(col) Grid starting with just a singular control, then once I add controls to the...

Books for Expression Blend 4?

Are there any good reference books for Expression Blend 4? ...

Setup listbox selectedItem event in Expression Blend

I am trying to learn to use Expression Blend to build SilverLight UI. I am currently working with the ListBox and have managed to add it to my page. In addition, the list box is data-bound to a sample data source defined in Blend. But I am unable to figure out how to wire up the selectedItem event in Blend. Is this not possible in Blend...

What have been the most helpful Blend resources for Developers

What have been some of the most helpful resources for learning Blend from a developers perspective? I suspect in the end we will hand off the XAML of our app to a design expert, but until that blessed day there are some things even a coding grunt should be able to manage in Blend that are painful in Visual Studio (styles for example) ...

Plane projection problem (the element is more higher than the control)

I have a Grid witch contains a User Control. I want to make a flip effect and i'm applying a projection to the grid. The projection is rotating from Y axis from 0 to 180 degree. The problem is that during the animation the projection is increasing the height of my grid and the user control causing them to go out of the current page. If i...

Blend 4 can't find namespaces in C++/CLI .dll

My WPF4 XAML has bindings that reference objects in my C++/CLI .dll. In VS2010 the XAML passes verification, but Blend 4 is very borked. It can't find the namespace within the CLI dll. In the 2008/.NET 3.5 days I could remove the project reference and replace with the compiled .DLL in Blend and go on my merry way but this doesn't work ...

Changing VisualState of a control by binding it with some property of ViewModel.

Considering the code below: xmlns:interactivity="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Expression.Interactivity;assembly=Microsoft.Expression.Interactivity" ... <ToggleButton IsChecked="{Binding Path=IsGlobalControllerAttached}" Command="{Binding Path=AttachDetachGlobalControllerAction}" ToolTip="{Binding Path=GlobalControllerToolTip}" Visibility...

Drawing a horizontal line in Silverlight

Possible Duplicate: Horizontal Rule in Silverlight/XAML Hi there, is there a way to draw a horizontal line in Silverlight? I'm thinking of a line to be used as a separator, much like the HTML element <hr />. Is there a quick and easy equivalent in Silverlight? Thanks very much! ...

Are there any designers for WPF resource dictionaries?

I've discovered to my great annoyance, that once I move a color gradient or some other complex style to a resource dictionary it is out of Expression Blend's Visual Studio WPF Designer Thingy's jurisdiction and must be edited in XAML. I have no issues with working in XAML except that it is more time intensive than a designer. So my que...