jfo's coding
adventures in windows forms and wpf
Workaround for disabled flyouts
Frans ran into some trouble disabling parent menu items. Turns out they dont disable the evaluation...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 08/10/2006
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Author: jfoscoding Date: 08/02/2006
Win32 Activation and Focus
For the most part, activation and focus work pretty darn well in windows, until you want to tweak...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 08/02/2006
TIP: Try right clicking on the filetabs in VS 2005
"Open containing folder" and "Copy full path" are menu items I use daily. Image from a guided tour...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 07/27/2006
Rule of thumb for System.Drawing
A friend of mine ran into this the other day. If you call a method to get a handle some sort of...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 07/25/2006
Tim resurfaces with another control
I enjoy talking to Tim Dawson quite a bit; we both know that making the decision to build your own...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 07/23/2006
How can I figure out how much goo my object is holding onto?
Previously, we figured out a way to eek out class size information from strike. This is kind of...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 07/21/2006
Are you familiar with [ThreadStatic]?
If you're stuffing anything in thread local storage, you might be interested in the performance...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 07/18/2006
Steve's all excited about SQL Everywhere
Steve stopped by earlier in the week to tell me about his latest projects. He's really enthusiastic...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 07/07/2006
Upgrading to June CTP? Your layout might be different.
There's a breaking change to the WPF control templates, which you might need to know about. The...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 06/28/2006
Quickly finding a file in a solution
When watching folks look for a file or attempt to find something in a list of items, I find there...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 06/25/2006
How do I detect when the WindowState changes?
Most of the time, you can get away with checking it in the Form.SizeChanged or Form.Resize event. If...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 06/23/2006
What is Rich Data Visualization Anyways?
One of the things you hear over and over again with WPF is the ability to do Rich Data...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 06/11/2006
Pretty darn excited - two presents shipped to my desk
A copy of Chris Sells and Michael Weinhardt's book appeared on my chair today. I guess Chris had his...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 05/25/2006
Consolas
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Author: jfoscoding Date: 05/20/2006
LucidaConsole
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Author: jfoscoding Date: 05/20/2006
Plugging in your own templates to Create New Project and Add Item
I wanted to let you all in on a trick I've been using for creating my test projects. If you open up...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 05/14/2006
Ever wish you could do this when your PM stops by?
No more feature requests JIM!
Author: jfoscoding Date: 05/04/2006
Tim shows how to get glass in your client area using Windows Forms
Here's how to do it. (Requires Windows Vista and some willingness to fiddle with how your app paints...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 04/19/2006
GDI book followup
An update on the GDI book reprint. Feng Yuan says the books are in!
Author: jfoscoding Date: 04/18/2006
Brian discusses the evolution of user input and feedback in the designer
Brian walks through the history of the implementation of grab handles and snaplines in the designer,...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 04/18/2006
ToolStripManager.SaveSettings and UserControls
Ingas asks a great question: In windows form I have a ToolStripContainer inside a control (inherided...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 04/12/2006
The most awesome book on GDI is getting reprinted...
I just stumbled across Feng Yuan's blog, and it seems like he's worked out a deal to get his book...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 04/08/2006
Mike shows us how to localize a hybrid application
Mike Henderlight has walked through a sample on how to localize a WPF/WindowsForms hybrid...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 04/05/2006
What's the difference between the "EmbeddedResource", "Page" and "Resource" Build Actions?
Jim has posted the results of his recent inquiry on this subject as well as some other goodness...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 04/05/2006
Chuck is all about the yield statement
One of the cool things about working on Cider is that I get to work closely with Chuck. We were...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 03/31/2006
Windows Forms documentation team is blogging
Welcome the folks behind the reams and reams of Windows Forms documentation to the world of...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 03/21/2006
Tracepoints are AWESOME!
So I was debugging a function this week that is called whenever my program is focused, which leads...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 03/16/2006
Tried the Express Editions of VS yet?
There's a new contest with fabulous prizes. Coolest thingee wins. The catch? You gotta use the...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 03/15/2006
WM_GETCONTROLNAME
Folks quite often ask how to get information about controls from outside the process. In addition to...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 03/10/2006
ProfessionalColorTable - what does what?
If you've read the ToolStrip FAQ, you may already be aware that you can replace the colors of the...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 03/08/2006
The new window manager in Windows Vista (DWM)
Greg Schecter shows of what he's been working on for the last 21 months. It's worth a read, as he...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 03/06/2006
Using Windows Forms on Windows Vista?
Brad wants to know your experiences...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 03/03/2006
Commanding in WPF
There's a nice article out on commanding in WPF.
Author: jfoscoding Date: 03/02/2006
Updates to the SplitButton sample
David was kind enough to point out some rough spots in the SplitButton sample, so I've gone ahead...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 02/28/2006
Feb CTP is out
Feb CTP is out. Rather than have a separate install, Cider is now integrated into the Visual Studio...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 02/25/2006
Sneak preview for Windows Vista UX guidelines
Slightly old news, but hey I'm not always hip to the latest info. It looks like there's a draft of...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 02/17/2006
Perf, Text Renderering and Designer hosting
There are three great articles from the Windows Forms team to read in the March issue of MSDN...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 02/17/2006
Ben talks about writing Managed Spy++
Ben has written a great article for the April issue of MSDN magazine. You can see it online here....
Author: jfoscoding Date: 02/15/2006
Some "Avalon" goodness...
I thought I'd put up a few good reads: Mapping PIs are going away in the next CTP. Rob promises to...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 02/15/2006
Kevin & Robby show "The Power of Templates"
There's a nice new MSDN TV episode talking about Data Templates and Control Templates.
Author: jfoscoding Date: 02/03/2006
Straight from the dev: DataGridView whitepapers
Regis, the dev on DataGridView has put up two new whitepapers on creating custom columns. Check it...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 02/02/2006
A different kind of key altogether: keyed collections
In most of the commonly used collections in Windows Forms 2.0, you'll find that they also take a...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 02/02/2006
New keyboard APIs: KeyEventArgs.SuppressKeyPress
Here's the scenario: In 1.1 whenever someone types one character you want to replace it with...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 01/30/2006
Discussion group goes off-topic
...and I have to say, made me giggle.
Author: jfoscoding Date: 01/28/2006
Tell us what you think about the Grid!
As you may know the Jan CTP is out, with improvements to the Cider Grid design time experience. We...
Author: jfoscoding Date: 01/27/2006