Sean Cullinan I am certain that as I move forward with my development using expression blend I will discover useful information and also need some help. The purpose of my blog is to catalog and share what I discover and also to learn from visitors as I hit any roadblocks. http://www.blendblog.net/Blendblognet/tabid/36/BlogId/5/Default.aspx en-US sean@usviking.com sean@usviking.com Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:36:50 GMT Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:36:50 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blog RSS Generator Version 3.3.0.16726 Anoymous Delegate Methods with local variables in VB I often run across anonymous delegate methods when converting sample code from C# to VB. Here's how I deal with a particularly difficult conversion: one involving local variables. http://www.blendblog.net/Blendblognet/tabid/36/EntryID/47/Default.aspx sean@usviking.com http://www.blendblog.net/Blendblognet/tabid/36/EntryID/47/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.blendblog.net/Default.aspx?tabid=36&EntryID=47 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:49:46 GMT 0 http://www.blendblog.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=47 Frustrating situation with textblock .text rendering I spent 4 hours on the most frustrating thing, getting a textblocks .text property to render before UI locking code ran. Here's how I solved the problem. http://www.blendblog.net/Blendblognet/tabid/36/EntryID/46/Default.aspx sean@usviking.com http://www.blendblog.net/Blendblognet/tabid/36/EntryID/46/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.blendblog.net/Default.aspx?tabid=36&EntryID=46 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:05:55 GMT 0 http://www.blendblog.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=46 Trick to returning datarows using WCF Datarows are not inherently serializable, therefore you cannot simply return them in WCF. However there is a simple trick that will make things work. http://www.blendblog.net/Blendblognet/tabid/36/EntryID/45/Default.aspx sean@usviking.com http://www.blendblog.net/Blendblognet/tabid/36/EntryID/45/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.blendblog.net/Default.aspx?tabid=36&EntryID=45 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:21:49 GMT 0 http://www.blendblog.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=45 .net 3.5 SP1 and VS 2008 SP1 released Hope this fixes more bugs than it creates! http://www.blendblog.net/Blendblognet/tabid/36/EntryID/44/Default.aspx sean@usviking.com http://www.blendblog.net/Blendblognet/tabid/36/EntryID/44/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.blendblog.net/Default.aspx?tabid=36&EntryID=44 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:12:33 GMT 1 http://www.blendblog.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=44 Trick with returning Datables with WCF Hint: null fields make returning Datables with WCF malfunction http://www.blendblog.net/Blendblognet/tabid/36/EntryID/43/Default.aspx sean@usviking.com http://www.blendblog.net/Blendblognet/tabid/36/EntryID/43/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.blendblog.net/Default.aspx?tabid=36&EntryID=43 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:04:04 GMT 0 http://www.blendblog.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=43 WCF DataContract and Namespaces I could not get my class object to work, it turned out to be a namespace issue. http://www.blendblog.net/Blendblognet/tabid/36/EntryID/42/Default.aspx sean@usviking.com http://www.blendblog.net/Blendblognet/tabid/36/EntryID/42/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.blendblog.net/Default.aspx?tabid=36&EntryID=42 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:16:05 GMT 0 http://www.blendblog.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=42 Phased Migration of Webservice to WCF service with Session support I found some good online resources on this topic but had difficulty with session support, here's how I conquered it! http://www.blendblog.net/Blendblognet/tabid/36/EntryID/41/Default.aspx sean@usviking.com http://www.blendblog.net/Blendblognet/tabid/36/EntryID/41/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.blendblog.net/Default.aspx?tabid=36&EntryID=41 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:17:21 GMT 3 http://www.blendblog.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=41 Massive listbox performance improvement and loading resources from resource dictionaries My WPF was not performing very well and I could't figure out why. Listboxes were terribly slow to render and even slower to scroll, and performance was sluggish overall. I found out what was wrong, it involved loading resource dictionaries. Here are some things I've learned that massively increased the performance of my app! http://www.blendblog.net/Blendblognet/tabid/36/EntryID/40/Default.aspx sean@usviking.com http://www.blendblog.net/Blendblognet/tabid/36/EntryID/40/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.blendblog.net/Default.aspx?tabid=36&EntryID=40 Fri, 23 May 2008 18:16:21 GMT 0 http://www.blendblog.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=40 Expression Studio 2 released...but be prepared to empty your wallet MSFT announces release of Expression Studio 2, unfortunately those who bought Expression Studio prior to 2/24/2008 will have to pay to upgrade. http://www.blendblog.net/Blendblognet/tabid/36/EntryID/39/Default.aspx sean@usviking.com http://www.blendblog.net/Blendblognet/tabid/36/EntryID/39/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.blendblog.net/Default.aspx?tabid=36&EntryID=39 Mon, 05 May 2008 14:52:31 GMT 0 http://www.blendblog.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=39 I'm back with an interesting note on COM Interop Spent 2 days figuring out why my events weren't working...lets just say that my findings underscore the necessity of details http://www.blendblog.net/Blendblognet/tabid/36/EntryID/38/Default.aspx sean@usviking.com http://www.blendblog.net/Blendblognet/tabid/36/EntryID/38/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.blendblog.net/Default.aspx?tabid=36&EntryID=38 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:16:41 GMT 0 http://www.blendblog.net/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=38