Ιούλιος 2012 - Δημοσιεύσεις

How to transfer a domain name from Network Solutions registrar
26 Ιουλίου 12 02:47 μμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

Some time ago I gave up on OneStop.net (after their support fell into zombie status and they managed to let my domain name expire) and eventually managed to arrange with the Network Solutions registrar that they were using under the hood to renew my expired domain name (there is some time before it is available [...]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: Posts, HowTo, Network Solutions, Transfer, Registrar, DNS

Gotcha: Silverlight’s Uri class constructor eats up part after last slash
22 Ιουλίου 12 10:54 μμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

Via trial and error, I recently found out that when creating a Uri combining another Uri and a suffix part (tried at Silverlight, but I guess it’s a .NET issue in general), it eats up the last part of the (first) Uri if it doesn’t end with "/". That is, if you combine http://test.com/a with [...]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: .NET, Posts, Silverlight, ClipFlair, Uri, Workarround, Gotcha, URL

Fix: The tag ‘TimeUpDown’ does not exist in XML namespace (Silverlight Toolkit)
14 Ιουλίου 12 07:59 μμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

If you use TimeUpDown control from Silverlight Toolkit in your XAML like below (copy pasting from CaptionGrid at ClipFlair source): <ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" > <DataTemplate x:Key="StartTimeCellTemplate"> <TextBlock Margin="4" Text="{Binding Begin}" /> </DataTemplate> <DataTemplate x:Key="StartTimeCellEditTemplate"> <!-- <TextBox Margin="4" Text="{Binding Begin, Mode=TwoWay, ValidatesOnExceptions=True, NotifyOnValidationError=true}" /> --> <input:TimeUpDown Format="hh:mm:ss" Value="{Binding Begin, Mode=TwoWay, ValidatesOnExceptions=True, NotifyOnValidationError=true}" /> </DataTemplate> … </ResourceDictionary> [...]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: .NET, Posts, Silverlight, XAML, Errors, Fix, ClipFlair, Controls, DLL, Reference, TimeUpDown, Toolkit

Set default document for IIS via web.config at Silverlight Web project
13 Ιουλίου 12 04:29 μμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

When you tell the Visual Studio IDE to generate a web project (instead of just using an autogenerated page) for a Silverlight project, it creates a project named SilverlightAppName.Web with a SilverlightAppNameTestPage.aspx (ASP.net) and an SilverlightAppNameTestPage.html. Either one can be served from a web server (obviously the .aspx one from IIS or any web server [...]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: .NET, Posts, Silverlight, Web, Launch, HTTP, ClipFlair, IIS, Configuration

How to crash Visual Studio 2010 via (Silverlight) XAML recursion bug
12 Ιουλίου 12 04:42 μμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

Following up on a note about Visual Studio 2010 crashing at my previous post, this is the XAML that crashes VS2010 when opened up in a Silverlight project: <UserControl x:Class="SilverlightApplication1.MainPage"   xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"   xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"   xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"   xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"   mc:Ignorable="d"   d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="400">   <UserControl.Resources>     <ResourceDictionary>        <Style x:Key="MyStyle" TargetType="StackPanel">          <Setter Property="Margin" Value="0,5,0,5" [...]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: .NET, Posts, Fail, Silverlight, VisualStudio, XAML, Errors, ClipFlair, Styles, Recursion

How to space StackPanel items in XAML (has no Padding property)
11 Ιουλίου 12 01:34 μμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

While adding some properties to the back panels of ClipFlair windows, I came upon the issue of how to space items in a StackPanel. A Padding property is missing from multiple item containers (only single content controls have such), but a nice solution is described at: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/932510/how-do-i-space-out-the-child-elements-of-a-stackpanel Sergey Aldoukhov suggested there (WPF example): Use Margin [...]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: .NET, Posts, WPF, Silverlight, XAML, ClipFlair, HowTo, Layout, Padding, Margin, StackPanel

Collection of useful links for .NET, Silverlight, WPF etc. development
05 Ιουλίου 12 12:22 μμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

During the development of ClipFlair (currently at Alpha1-internal version), I’ve been doing lots of research, hunting for information (documentation, related discussion threads, useful download links) needed when writing and refactoring source code etc. I have tried to organize these links as (Windows) Internet shortcut files into folders. They do need some further restructuring, but they [...]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: .NET, Posts, Downloads, WPF, Silverlight, Programming, Documentation, ClipFlair, Information, Development, Links, Reference

C# Using Alias Directive, Namespace Alias Qualifier and a sad story
04 Ιουλίου 12 10:45 μμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

Following up on my last post: http://zoomicon.wordpress.com/2012/07/04/how-to-compile-code-that-uses-wpf-decorator-type-in-silverlight/ I’m copying from a mental note I added to: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4936941/using-a-using-alias-class-with-generic-types/11334359: As shown at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/sf0df423.aspx and http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/c3ay4x3d%28VS.80%29.aspx you can do: using gen = System.Collections.Generic; using GenList = System.Collections.Generic.List<int>; and then use gen::List<int> x = new gen::List<int>; or GenList x = new GenList(); However: you have to replicate those using [...]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: .NET, Posts, Help, C#, Namespaces, Qualifier, Using Directive, Type Aliases, Forums

How to compile code that uses WPF Decorator type in Silverlight
04 Ιουλίου 12 09:57 μμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

At ClipFlair I’m using a modified version of FloatingWindow control, where I try to make the WPF and Silverlight flavours of the original control share as much code as possible (this is work in progress currently, hoping to eventually have the WPF and Silverlight projects both link to the same source files [this is currently [...]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: .NET, Posts, Compatibility, WPF, Silverlight, ClipFlair, Extensions, Decorator, Border, Alias Types

Why I don’t see static extension support for constructors in C# coming
02 Ιουλίου 12 12:30 πμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

I was hoping C# would someday add static extension support for constructors too (apart from classic methods), that would help a lot in source-level compatibility layers (for example at my WPF_Compatibility project for WPF syntax in Silverlight, which one can find under the ClipFlair source base). However, according to : http://mrpmorris.blogspot.gr/​2007/01/​net-calling-base-constructors-i​n-c.html Anders Hejlsberg (father of [...]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: .NET, Posts, Extensions, OOP, Type Safety, Constructors, C#, Immutability

Fix: The tag XXX does not exist in XML namespace ‘clr-namespace:YYY’
02 Ιουλίου 12 12:18 πμ | Μπιρμπίλης Γεώργιος | 0 σχόλια   

I just had some big trouble troubleshooting the Visual Studio / XAML compiler error message: The tag XXX does not exist in XML namespace ‘clr-namespace:YYY’ It turned out this occurred because I had a Silverlight library with Assembly name X and default namespace X (at properties pane), but was using it from a demo project [...]

Δημοσίευση στην κατηγορία: .NET, Tags, Posts, VisualStudio, XAML, Fix, Troubleshooting, XML, Namespaces