UI

WPF — No Comments
9
Nov 10

WPF Series #1: Application Architecture

As I said before, I’m starting my first Blog post series, and it would be about Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).

WPF, a component of Microsoft .NET Framework, empowers you to build the next-generation of Windows user experiences. WPF supports UI, media, documents, hardware acceleration, vector graphics, scalability to different form factors, integration with Windows, interactive data visualization, and superior content readability.

I’ll assume that you have basic information about WPF and that you have played a little with it and try to build something. I’m using VS 2010 for programming, and Expression Blend 4 for designing application.

WPF Application Architecture

This one is no-brainer, but I need to start with something :) Every time I’m creating new application I want to have place for Common code and Data access separated from my UI project. Even if you think that your application will be small one and that you don’t have any need to separate it, I would still suggest you  to take this advice and Separate Common classes and DataAccess from UI. Continue reading →

Blend / C# / Design / MSSQL / Programming / SQLite — 5 Comments
20
Oct 10

My first blog post series, are you interested in it?

I was thinking to write blog post series about process of developing WPF applications.

The series would be about WPF and:

  1. Main architecture of Client/Server application (the big picture)
  2. Using Entity Framework with SQL Server, SQLite (or SQL CE)  and WPF (+Advanced topic on Error handling on Model level)
  3. Authentication and Authorization
  4. Navigation through Forms in WPF app. Continue reading →
Blend / C# / Design — No Comments
20
Oct 10

Sneak peek at ISOR login screen

ISOR is our latest WPF application, outsourced for Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Federal Ministry of Development, Entrepreneurship and Crafts). Case study will be published in next posts, but for now, how do you like our Login Screen :) ?

Design / UI / Web — 5 Comments
6
Oct 10

Design by Developer VS Designer?

Left side of this image is design not produced, but instructed, by developer (Me).

Right side of image is design created by designer (Emanuel Blagonic)

Which one is your favorite, and what is your profession?

Leave your thoughts in comments :)

Action Script / Flash / Javascript / Programming — 10 Comments
27
Apr 10

Communication between JavaScript and Actionscript (AS3) and vice versa

I haven’t used flash for a while, and today while creating little news slider in flash which communicate with Javascript (and vice versa), i lost 30 min to find the best way to communicate between Flash and Javascript. So to save you a lot of time here is simple description.
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PHP / Programming / Web — No Comments
14
Apr 10

WordPress plugin for Google buzz this button

Yesterday Google released to public Post to Buzz and Follow on Buzz buttons. You can choose from predefined list of button templates, how your button will look like and what will be posted to Buzz (description, image, url of website).

With this plugin, you can do all that (and much more), from within plugin configuration page. Besides defining look of your button you can choose where and how it will be placed.

More details and screenshots you can find at http://www.hariscusto.com/buzz-this/

C# / Programming / UI / WinForms — 3 Comments
25
Dec 09

Reset all controls on form (Windows forms – C#)

Well i had a situation where i need to reset all controls (mostly Textboxes and Comboboxes) on form to their default (entry ready) state. Well, at first sight I was thinking it’s not a problem, my .net Win form have property called Controls – list of all controls on form. But problem was that i had overlapping panels which i used for positioning, and inside of panels was Group box control. So it’s allready complicated then at first sight.

I have created little Form helper which will help you reset all controls on form to their default state.
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