SpecsFor 2.0 Released
Matt Honeycutt in his “try catch FAIL” blog announces the release of the SpecsFor 2.0 , his BDD framework . The Current Version 2 of SpecsFor 2.0 includes the support for different range of test writing styles . The SpecsFor 2.0 also includes new test helpers for object equality. Read [...]
Categories: Announcement Tags: Framework, SpecsFor 2.0, testing
Windows 8 transformation Pack for Windows XP
There are quite a lot of transformation or skin packs available for Windows 8 that makes your System or Operating System look like Windows 8 . Here’s one of them , a Windows 8 transformation Pack for Windows XP from Devian Art that makes your Windows XP look like Windows 8 [...]
Categories: Windows 8 Tags: windows, windows 7, Windows 8 transformation Pack, Windows XP
Interesting .NET Links – November 29 , 2011
Visual Studio Achievements for Windows Phone – What it looks like – Dennis Delimarsky Windows Phone 7.5 – Play with music – Andrea Boschin How can you Add Network Connection Settings Page in your WP7 Application? – Kunal HubTile in Windows Phone Handling the back-stack in Windows Phone 7 PhoneGap [...]
Categories: Dotnet Tags: links, NET, Visual Studio
How to Change the Background Image of Metro Start Screen in Windows 8 ?
The Windows 8 Developer Preview was released few months back and did infact lacked the feature where one can customize the Background of the Metro Start Screen . Here’s a unofficial way to set the custom background for Metro Start Screen explained by Winunleaked . WinUnleaked explains “In the Windows [...]
Categories: Windows 8 Tags: Metro Start Screen, start menu, Windows 8
Context Menu in Windows Phone
The Context menu is part of the Silverlight Toolkit for Windows Phone controls which can be downloaded from the codeplex site When the user holds down on a item / panel / control fro few seconds , a pop up menu is opened which shows some options .. One of [...]
Categories: How To's Tags: Context Menu, SilverlightToolkit, Windows Phone
Download Windows 8 Simulator For Windows 7 and Vista
Well , its been quite a few weeks or rather months that the Windows 8 Developer Preview was announced and was made available for download . Here’s an Windows 8 simulator , a freeware for Windows 7 that will let you try Windows 8 from Windows 7 PC . Its [...]
Categories: Windows 7, Windows 8 Tags: Simulator, windows 7, Windows 8 Simulator
Interesting .NET Links – November 23 , 2011
How to Share Link with the ShareLinkTask in Windows Phone ? PhoneGap on WP7 Tip #2: Script interaction – Glen Gordon Improvements in the LongListSelector Selection with Nov `11 release of WP Toolkit – Windows Phone Geek Determining license mode in Windows Phone 7 apps – Jevgeni Tšaikin 31 Days [...]
Simple Use of Observable Collection in Windows Phone
A newbie would definitely wonder what is ObservableCollection in Windows Phone 7 . Here’s a simple scenario which demonstrates one of the advantages of the ObservableCollection . The ObservableCollection notifies the UI when you add the items to your collection to which the ListBox will get Updated . Read More [...]
Categories: How To's Tags: Observable Collection, Windows Phone
How to Share Link with the ShareLinkTask in Windows Phone ?
You can easily share the link from your Windows Phone App using the ShareLinkTask Launcher . You could share link on FaceBook , Twitter , WindowsLive , LinkedIn etc. To share link via Windows Phone App , follow the below steps 1. Include the namespace using Microsoft.Phone.Tasks; Read More @ [...]
Categories: How To's Tags: ShareLinkTask, Windows Phone
Interesting .NET Links – November 22 , 2011
31 Days of Mango | Day #21: Sockets – Jeff Blankenburg How to perform web search in Windows Phone using C# ? – Windows Phone Rocks ASP.NET Application and Page Life Cycle. Using Windows Azure RoleEnvironment in a console app in .NET4 – Nicolas Humann ASP.NET MVC Themes: 3 different [...]
Categories: Dotnet Tags: .NET Links, Visual Studio, Windows Phone
How to get the right ApplicationBar Icons in DatePicker in Windows Phone ?
If you noticed the DatePicker control when it is run , you might see the Missing Icons in the ApplicationBar when selecting the Date . You can add the icons by following the below steps Read More @WindowsPhoneRocks.com
Categories: How To's Tags: DatePicker, Windows Phone
DatePicker in Silverlight Toolkit
The DatePicker is a control that is part of the Silverlight Toolkit for Windows Phone . The DatePicker control includes a TextBox and Date Selection form . When the user taps on the TextBox , a form to select the date , month and year is shown and on the [...]
Categories: How To's Tags: DatePicker, SilverlightToolkit
How to perform web search in Windows Phone using C# ?
You can use the “Search Task” Launcher to launch the web serach App and perform search of the keyword . How to perform web search in Windows Phone using C# ? Read More @ WindowsPhonerocks.com
Categories: How To's Tags: C#, Windows Phone
Take Screenshots on Windows Phone Mango with : Screen Capturer v3 App
JerryJiang , in xda Developers forum announces the release of Screen Capturer v3 app , an HomeBrew App to take Screenshot in Windows Phone . The Current version of the Screen Capturer v3 does not support the screenshot in Game and Movie and the might require the Developer Unlocked device [...]
Categories: Windows Phone 7, WP App News Tags: Screenshot, tool, Windows Phone Mango
Interesting .NET Links – November 19 , 2011
How to modify Cellular Settings in Windows Phone using C# ? Windows Phone Mango Local Database(SQL CE): How to Delete data – Windows Phone Geek SQL Server 2012 RC0 is here! – Ted Krueger Updated libraries and projects for Kinect for Windows SDK Beta 2 – Greg Duncan What’s wrong [...]
Categories: Dotnet Tags: .NET Links, Visual Studio, Windows Phone
How to modify Cellular Settings in Windows Phone using C# ?
You can access the Cellular Settings of the Windows Phone from your App by using the Launcher “ConnectionSettingsTask” . The ConnectionSettingsTask will launch the settings form of the specified property of the ConnectionSettingsType . Read More @ WindowsPhoneRocks.com
Categories: How To's Tags: C#, Cellular Settings, Launcher, Windows Phone
DataBinding Custom Objects to AutoCompleteBox in Windows Phone
In one of my previous blog post , i shared a sample sourecode that binds List of String as ItemSOurce for the AutoCompleteBox . In this Blog post , i will share the sample sourcecode on how to bind an object to the ItemSource property of the AutoCompleteBox in Windows [...]
Categories: How To's Tags: AUtoCompleteBox, SilverlightToolkit, Windows Phone
What’s wrong with this WP7 Code ?
Here’s a sample code that i was trying for databinding the AutoCompleteBox in Windows Phone 7 . I was trying to bind a custom object to the AutoCompleteBox and ended up looking at the code for nearly 30 mins to figure out why the suggestion was not displaying . It [...]
Categories: How To's Tags: AUtoCompleteBox, SilverlightToolkit, WP7
Reverse Filtering in AutoCompleteBox in Windows Phone
The AutoCompleteBox in Silverlight ToolKit for Windows Phone lets you perform the custom logic to display the list of Suggestions matching the typed characters . For example , you could use the write your logic to show the suggested words in reverse order . Read More @ WindowsPhoneRocks.com
Categories: How To's Tags: AUtoCompleteBox, SilverlightToolkit, Windows Phone
How to set Airplane mode in Windows Phone using C# ?
Airplane mode is a feature in Windows Phone that lets the user to easily turn off the cellular , Wi-Fi , Bluetooth etc . If you want to access turn on / off the Airplane mode from your Windows Phone App , then you can use the Launcher “ConnectionSettingsTask” to [...]
Categories: How To's Tags: Airplane mode, C#, Windows Phone
Interesting .NET Links – November 16 , 2011
Automatic text completion in AutoCompleteBox in Windows Phone SQL Server: TOP…WITH TIES a Beauty of TSQL – ConnectSQL MVCscaffolding database first – Paul Litwin How to Set the Minimum Characters for AutoCompleteBox to filter in Windows Phone ? Localizing a Windows Phone app Step by Step – Windows Phone Geek [...]
Categories: Dotnet Tags: MVC, NET, Visual Studio 2010
Automatic text completion in AutoCompleteBox in Windows Phone
When you are using the AutoCompleteBox in Windows Phone , you would have noticed that when you type the characters in the text box , the text will only have the characters you typed with the Suggestions being displayed on the DropDownList . Read More @ WindowsPhoneRocks.com
Categories: How To's Tags: AUtoCompleteBox, SilverlightToolkit, Windows Phone
How to Set the Minimum Characters for AutoCompleteBox to filter in Windows Phone ?
The AutoCompleteBox that is part of Silverlight Toolkit for Windows Phone by default shows the suggestions when you type one character in the AutoCompleteBox . You can change this behaviour . For example , if you want to display the Suggestions in the Autocompletebox if you type 3 characters or [...]
Categories: How To's Tags: AUtoCompleteBox, SilverlightToolkit, Windows Phone
Interesting .NET Links – November 15 , 2011
Databinding an Auto Complete Box in Windows Phone – WindowsPhoneRocks Locking the Workstation Programmatically – BlackWasp LINQ Pitfalls: Using external variables in projections – Adam Bar Information on upgrading Kinect Applications to MS SDK Beta 2 – Michael Crump MSBuild Extension Pack November 2011 Release – Mike User-defined Server Roles [...]
Categories: Dotnet Tags: C#, NET, Visual Studio
Databinding an Auto Complete Box in Windows Phone
Auto Complete Box is one of the controls that is a part of the Silverlight Toolkit for Windows Phone . One of the features of the AutoCompleteBox is that when a user types a character or keyword , the control will show the related words in the drop down list [...]
Categories: How To's Tags: Auto Complete Box, Silverlight toolkit, Windows Phone
Nokia Lumia 800 Specification
Its time for the Nokia’s first device powered by Microsoft’s Windows Phone . Its called Nokia Lumia 800 and runs Windows Phone 7.5 ( Mango ) Operating System . The Nokia Lumia 800 comes with 1.4 Ghz processor with 3.7 inch TFT touchscreen with AMOLED capacitive screen . The Nokia [...]
Categories: WP News Tags: Lumia, Mango, Microsoft, Nokia, Nokia Lumia 800, Windows Phone
You can’t do this in Binding the Data for ListBox
During the Binding of the Data to the ListBox , it is only possible to bind the public properties to the ItemSource . If you are binding the public fields to the Listbox , you might not see the actual data For example Read more @ WindowsPhoneRocks.com
Categories: How To's Tags: Binding, Data, ItemSource, ListBox, Windows Phone
Sitefinity 4.3 released
Telerik has announced the release of Sitefinity 4.3 which can be downloaded from the member’s area . Want to know what is Sitefinity ? Here’s the description from Telerik’s FAQ Sitefinity is a web-based content management system (CMS) for the construction and management of websites, community portals, and intranets. This .NET [...]
Categories: Announcement Tags: CMS, Sitefinity 4.3, Telerik
How to display your Downloads in Windows 7 Start Menu ?
If you download a lot and if you are using Windows 7 , here’s a little trick that might help you find or manage the downloaded files . Its the trick that will display your downloads in Windows 7 Start Menu as Shortcut . How to display your Downloads in [...]
Categories: Windows 7 Tags: Downloads in Windows 7 Start Menu, start menu, windows 7
How to add Windows Phone Silverlight Toolkit Controls to Visual Studio 2010 ?
If you wish to drag and drop the Silverlight Toolkit for Windows Phone to the Windows Phone App , you should first add the the Silverlight Toolkit Controls to Visual Studio 2010 Toolbox . By Default , the Silverlight toolkit controls are not added to the Visual Studio toolbox and [...]
Categories: How To's Tags: Silverlight, toolkit, Visual Studio 2010, Windows Phone