Dante's blog
Tester by day, teacher by night, and learning a bit more each day.
The next page!
Well, the link isn't QUITE active yet, but if you go to...
Author: Dante Gagne MSFT Date: 07/10/2009
Working with Drawing Brushes
Ok folks, I've got a few minutes, and I've been seeing some discussion on our internal lists about...
Author: Dante Gagne MSFT Date: 06/30/2009
Cre8 and ZAAZ
This is particularly overdue, but now that I've been featured on the Expression community site, I...
Author: Dante Gagne MSFT Date: 05/20/2009
A Silverlight TextBlock with Tracking? Surely you jest!
Well, I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted… although I’m going to be paying a LOT more...
Author: Dante Gagne MSFT Date: 02/27/2009
Featured!
Well, I just had it pointed out to me, that my blog is now listed on...
Author: Dante Gagne MSFT Date: 03/03/2008
Moving objects around interactively
I was playing around with Blend today, and decided that I wanted to write a function to allow my...
Author: Dante Gagne MSFT Date: 02/21/2008
MIX '08
Well, it's official, I'm going to be presenting at the MIX convention! I'm really excited for this,...
Author: Dante Gagne MSFT Date: 02/13/2008
Getting the 'Vista' minimize with Windowless applications
Here's the problem. Launch Blend, and create a window that has AllowsTransparency set to true (which...
Author: Dante Gagne MSFT Date: 01/16/2008
Transparent Windows and how to Resize them
A teammate came to talk to me, because he's working with a semi-transparent window, with no Border,...
Author: Dante Gagne MSFT Date: 11/21/2007
XBox 360 Live Gamertags in Blend!
The honorable Major Nelson just posted that someone created a Vista Gadget that will display the...
Author: Dante Gagne MSFT Date: 10/25/2007
Changing the selection color in a ListBox
I just worked through figuring this out today, and since it was sufficiently irritating, I thought...
Author: Dante Gagne MSFT Date: 10/15/2007
Repeating an animation
It may not be a huge revelation for other folks, but with some of the testing I've been doing, I...
Author: Dante Gagne MSFT Date: 08/03/2007
Variable Value Converters
I've been asked how to create a Value Converter that you can configure the behavior of. In my Total...
Author: Dante Gagne MSFT Date: 07/27/2007
Calligraphy In Ink! (Part 2)
Ok, see this is what happens when I have some time to 'play' with Blend. My previous post showed how...
Author: Dante Gagne MSFT Date: 06/20/2007
Calligraphy in Ink!
Ok, this is something I think is kinda cool... one of my side hobbies is calligraphy. I've been...
Author: Dante Gagne MSFT Date: 06/20/2007
Command line arguments
Ok, this was really bugging me... I needed to figure out how to create a Window application, and...
Author: Dante Gagne MSFT Date: 06/12/2007
I'm up on the web!
Ok, this isn't anything too new for most folks, but the "Trailer" for the Total Training series on...
Author: Dante Gagne MSFT Date: 03/27/2007
Creating an alternate layout panel
Ok, this is neat. This is the first time I've worked with layout panels and actually creating one of...
Author: Dante Gagne MSFT Date: 03/07/2007
Using a Timer
Ok, most C# developers can probably do this in their sleep, but I needed to hook up a timer that...
Author: Dante Gagne MSFT Date: 03/07/2007
Databinding to CLR Objects
I'm sure everyone else runs into these issues all the time, but every time I have to do this, I end...
Author: Dante Gagne MSFT Date: 03/07/2007
Working with the Opacity Masks
Well, it's been a while since I've managed to post, but I've been working with Interactive Designer...
Author: Dante Gagne MSFT Date: 10/09/2006
Updating an Image control
I had a coworker as me how to update an Image control in code. Specifically, he wanted to create a...
Author: Dante Gagne MSFT Date: 06/20/2006
Saving and retrieving Ink
Well, we had another Application Bash for Expression Interactive Designer this week, and my...
Author: Dante Gagne MSFT Date: 06/09/2006
Integer to Roman Numeral Value Converter
Databinding uses Value Converters to bind a value in one component's "Language" to another. For...
Author: Dante Gagne MSFT Date: 03/22/2006
Obligatory Introduction
Well, as everyone seems to do with their first posts, I figure I should say a bit about myself. I'm...
Author: Dante Gagne MSFT Date: 03/17/2006