WPF Toolkit adds Ribbon Control to .NET 3.5 SP1

published 24 days, 9 hours ago, submitted by crpietschmann 25 days, 18 hours ago

pietschsoft.com — The first release of the new WPF Toolkit was released today. This toolkit includes a new Ribbon control as well as the following: new WPF DataGrid, DatePicker/Calendar, and VisualStateManger. The coolest feature of this Toolkit (IMO) is the new Ribbon control. In .NET 4.0 there will be a ribbon control baked in, but thanks to the WPF Toolkit we have access to utilize the new Ribbon control today in WPF with .NET 3.5 SP1! read more...

1 comment | category: Windows Presentation Foundation | Views: 337

Dynamite: High Performace Dynamic Sorting Using Expressions

codeproject.com — Easy-to-use and high performance dynamic sorting library with support for most type of sequences, multiple fields, nested properties and SQL-like syntax, developed using System.Linq.Expression classes. Also discusses performance issues with sorting and how to improve performance of sorting in Windows Presentation Foundation collection views. read more...

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Exploring System.Web.Routing

published 3 months, 1 day ago, submitted by justin_etheredge 3 months, 2 days ago

codethinked.com — An overview of the new System.Web.Routing namespace that was included in .net 3.5 SP1. read more...

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LINQ ElementAt and ElementAtOrDefault

submitted by xtremebiz 3 months, 10 days ago

codeforeternity.com — We can use the ElementAt extension method of LINQ to return the element at a specified index (zero based) in a sequence. However the ElementAt extension method would throw the System.ArguementOutOfRangeException when the specified index is a negative value or not less than the size of the sequence. In such a scenario, we can use the ElementAtOrDefault extenion method which would return the default value of a type instead of throwing the System.ArguementOutOfRangeException. Read this article for code example (both in C# and VB.NET) with comments read more...

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Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1

published 3 months, 12 days ago, submitted by johnrummell 3 months, 12 days ago

microsoft.com — It's finally here! I haven't seen an official announcement yet, but I did a search for "Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1" on Microsoft's Download Center and found the following downloads added today: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (exe) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fbee1648-7106-44a7-9649-6d9f6d58056e&DisplayLang=en Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (iso) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=27673c47-b3b5-4c67-bd99-84e525b5ce61&DisplayLang=en read more...

6 comments | category: Visual Studio | Views: 727

Create a Picture Album using ListView in ASP.NET 3.5

submitted by vivekamar 4 months, 6 days ago

dotnetcurry.com — In this article, we will see how to create a Picture Album using the ListView control. We will explore the GroupTemplate of ListView and explore how we can group multiple images together in the ListView, thereby creating an album effect. read more...

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C#: Enhance Enums using Extension Methods

published 4 months, 6 days ago, submitted by crpietschmann 4 months, 7 days ago

pietschsoft.com — Extension Methods are one of the coolest features that have been added in .NET 3.5. I've heard arguments that there is no reason to use them, and the only reason Microsoft added them is to enable the ability to buid LINQ. Well, I do not entirely agree with that statement; in fact, I have found a cool way to use Extension Methods to enhance the System.Enum object since it cannot be inherited. Even though Enum can not be inherited, it can be extended using Extension Methods. Here's the code to an Extension Method that extends the LocalizationMarket Enum with the ToDescriptionString() method that returns the DescriptionAttributes value for the given enum value. read more...

3 comments | category: Tips & Tricks | Views: 430

Open Source ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX Portal - new and improved

msmvps.com — A new release of Dropthings, open source ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX portal. Features many performance and scalability techniques and a new design. Showcases: - 10 ASP.NET Performance and Scalability Secrets. - Fast ASP.NET page rendering by deferred script loading. - Load large amount of Javascripts in batch and thus load AJAX sites a lot faster. - Fast Streaming AJAX proxy that solves double downloading problems and continuously streams content from external domain. - Making best use of cache for high performance website. - On-demand UI loading on AJAX websites. read more...

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