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Re-using data template across controls
How do you use the same data template across different types of control? Well you can Normally when you define the data template, you do something like the following: <DataTemplate DataType=”{x:Type...
View ArticleData validation using IDataErrorInfo
As per a previous post, how do you do data validation in WPF using IDataErrorInfo? Well what does IDataErrorInfo give you? It defines two properties: public string Error { get; } public string...
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Data validation in WPF using ValidationRule
As I mentioned in a previous post, you can specify validation by creating a Validation class (or classes). You do this by deriving a new class from the ValidationRule class and overriding the Validate...
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Data validation in WPF, my approach
Whether to use IDataErrorInfo or ValidationRule – that is the question, as I posed in a previous post. So , you may be wondering what do I do in my WPF projects? Or you may not Well, I tend to use...
View ArticleWPF Animation timeline
All of the interesting WPF classes derive from the TimeLine class. What do I mean by interesting? All of the classes for animating different types (like DoubleAnimation and ColorAnimation),...
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WPF Animation – From property
When you are doing a WPF animation, with a storyboard, the From property lets you specify the starting value. It means you can start the animation with a different value than the current value. You may...
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WPF Animation – To property
In WPF animations, the To property is an important one. It tells the animation where to stop. Quite bizarrely, in my opinion, it can be left out. When it is, the animation will use the value specified...
View ArticleWPF Animations – Duration property
This is a very important property in the world of WPF animations, as it specifies how long the animation will last. The property is actually of type Duration. What does that mean? Well, in addition to...
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WPF Animations – BeginTime property
The BeginTime property sits in the Timeline class. It specifies a delay before the animation starts. Why would you want to do that? One thing it allows you to do is have multiple animations running at...
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WPF Animations – AccelerationRatio
What does AccelerationRatio do? In a nutshell, it turns a linear animation into a non-linear one. Whaaaaaaaaaaat I hear someone say. What I mean by that is that it allows you to specify that an...
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