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Oleg Zhukov |
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12/20/2006 5:34 AM |
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This category contains information on user interface libraries and various techniques to make UI better |
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By Oleg Zhukov on
10/3/2008 8:33 PM
Icon editing capabilities embedded in Visual Studio 2008 are rather limited. Particularly when it comes to creating 32-bit XP or large (256x256) Vista-style icons. Of course, there is a variety of commercial icon-editing tools available, but they all include an excessive number of sophisticated features which a layman like me would never need. Instead, I was searching for a simple tool which would allow me assembling my existing graphics into 32-bit XP and Vista-styled icons for a fair price. And I found it: Axialis IconWorkshop™ Lite comes as a free plugin to VS2008 and offers basic icon creation capabilities which are, nevertheless, sufficient for common tasks.
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By Oleg Zhukov on
9/7/2008 4:31 AM
Attractive and professionally-looking graphics, primarily comprised by icons for buttons and toolbars, is a crucial part of every application
    
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By Oleg Zhukov on
7/11/2008 1:51 AM
In WinForms controls' overlapping (z-order, in other words) is adjusted easily by calling Control.BringToFront() and Control.SendToBack() methods. In Silverlight 2.0 the way to change z-order is not as straightforward although quite simple too.
First of all the default overlapping is controlled by the order in which controls appear in XAML: each subsequent element is placed on the top of the previous ones, like in the example below:

For changing the z-order in the XAML markup the Canvas.ZIndex attached property should be applied to elements. Higher property values place the control on the top of others:

The same effect can be achieved through the C# code by using Canvas.S ...
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By Oleg Zhukov on
12/20/2006 5:39 AM
My new article is about creating Multi-valued cells with Developer Express grid. See it here.
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