Windows 8: TopMost vs. TopMost
In Windows, a Window can be made topmost, by setting an extended style with the value WS_EX_TOPMOST (8), typically provided to CreateWindowEx. A topmost window is always on top of non-topmost windows. Among all topmost windows, the normal z-order rules…
WPF Tip: Attached properties and bindings
Attached properties are a great way to extend capabilities of existing elements without the need to derive or otherwise tinker with those elements. Suppose we create an attached property that is a collection of objects of some particular kind. When tha…
Don’t use TxF
Windows NT 6.x (Vista/Server 2008 and above) has many reliability mechanisms. Among them you can find the Windows Error Report, Application Restart & Recovery, The Restart Manager, and the Kernel Transaction Manager with Two resource managers, the …
Win32 and Metro–CreateFile(2)
When a new Windows version comes out, I’m always curious about the new Windows API (Win32) functions that are added to the release. With Windows 8, things get a little more complicated, as there are desktop apps and there are metro apps. Now, for eve…
WPF 4.5 Cookbook
A few months back, I was approached by Packt publishing, asking me to write a WPF book, in their “cookbook” style, and I accepted. I haven’t written an entire book before, but I have written dozen of courses for Hi-Tech College, John Bryce Traini…
Sample Code from my “What?!? C# Could Do That?!?” Session
In the last few months I had the honor of presenting my session “What?!? C# Could Do That?!?” at different conferences and user groups around the world. The session is mainly about different things you can do with C#’s dynamic capabilities, IronR…
Running Angry Birds on the BUILD Samsung Tablet with Windows 8 Consumer Preview
If you try to install and run Angry Birds on your BUILD machine, you’ll soon find that you can’t run it because there is no support for OpenGL. AT the first it looks like no support in the beta of Windows 8, but the problem is actually happens also…
MVP for the 3rd Time!
A few weeks ago I’ve received an email from Microsoft telling me my MVP had been renewed for another year – 3rd time for me! I would like to thank my colleagues at CodeValue, you guys ROCK! Also big thanks to Guy Burstein for everything. If …
Windows Devices UG Meeting Reminder: WinRT & Metro Apps
The Windows Devices user group managed by Elad Shaham and myself is meeting next Tuesday (the 24th) at Microsoft Offices in Ra’anana. We’ll have two sessions dedicated to Windows 8. Full agenda and registration (free) is available at http://inside…
April on Israel Dot Net Developers User Group
This week we are helding our annual monthly session. It’s a bit odd, but Erez Pedro and myself are going to be the speakers . The session name is “Developers Are from Mars, Designers Are from Venus” it has 2 parts, one by Erez an amazing design…
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Team Blogs
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Windows 8: TopMost vs. TopMost
16 May 2012
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WPF Tip: Attached properties and bindings
12 May 2012
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Don’t use TxF
6 May 2012
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Win32 and Metro–CreateFile(2)
3 May 2012
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WPF 4.5 Cookbook
26 Apr 2012
