Self installable and runnable service or how to make generic service and console hybrid

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:08:13 +0100

Frankly, I thought that one of basic things in windows development, such as “debagability” and “installability” of services,  were changed for the last 10 years in development environments. However I was disappointed to discover, that nothing actually Read More......(read more)

WPF 4.5 Cross-Thread Collection Synchronization Redux

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:59:04 +0100

In my post about WPF 4.5 Observable Collection Cross-thread Change Notification , I showed the basics of how to synchronize collection updates in WPF, and how to avoid having to manually dispatch calls to the UI thread. In the comments, Jonathan Allen Read More......(read more)

WPF 4.5: Observable Collection Cross-Thread Change Notification

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:54:30 +0100

WPF 4.5 is available as part of the Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview released at the Build 2011 conference, and is part of the .NET Framework version 4.5. WPF 4.5 addresses several important customer requests including the ability to have cross-thread Read More......(read more)

Surface Solution Showcase invites retailers to get hands-on at NRF 2012

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0100

Samsung SUR40 for Microsoft ® Surface ® (“SUR40”) is at this year’s National Retail Federation (NRF) Conference where retailers are getting hands-on with a showcase of new solutions developed for the Microsoft Surface 2.0 platform Read More......(read more)

Bing Maps Windows Presentation Foundation Control Version 1

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:09:00 +0100

The Bing Maps team delivered yet one more time! Last year we approached them to see if they could write one of the most requested features we heard from our WPF developers: A map control that was touch enabled, that could be rotated in a ScatterViewItem Read More......(read more)