Archive for 06:18 PM

WPF & Namespacemapping

06:18 PM

This happened to me when I tried to import a Namespace of an Assembly into my XAML Page:

This sucks: “clr-namespace:My.Sub; assembly=MyAssembly

This works: “clr-namespace:My.Sub;assembly=MyAssembly

See the difference? Unbelievable, but there is just a space between the ‘;’ and “assembly”. Sure, it’s not possible to use Trim() during parsing. Or there is another reason I dont know why.

 

GPS Tracking for TomTom Devices

09:33 PM

GPS Tracking can also be done with TomTom Devices. You install TripMaster (http://www.webazar.org/tomtom/tripmaster.php), log your Trips as a KML File (or any other), use it with http://www.openstreetmap.org/ or build a Google Maps Mashup like http://www.zaczek.net/ArthursReisen/. A www.codeproject.com Article will follow…. But it’s late….

Wow Wow Wow!!! – Wii Remote and WPF

08:16 PM

Wii Remote for a

  • Whiteboard
  • Finger Tracking
  • Head Tracking

http://johnnylee.net/projects/wii/

COOOOLLLLL!!!!

And for all WPF Friends:

http://www.cynergysystems.com/blogs/page/rickbarraza?entry=connecting_to_the_wii_control

GPS-Logging with PalmOne’s GPS on Windows Mobile 5.0

11:47 PM

Ingredients:

  1. GPS: a PalmOne bluetooth GPS receiver
  2. PDA: a Dell Axim x51v
  3. Software: VisualGPSce
  4. a PC with a SD-card reader

Result: One PDA ready to go to collect traces for OpenStreetMap.

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Creating a Pushbutton from a Icon

03:15 PM

Today I posted the first article about my recent WPF experiences to CodeProject: “WPF: IconButton – Creating a little push button from a icon.”

Abstract: While there are a few demo videos how to create nice buttons with Expression Blend, I didn’t find a straight-forward description how to do a nice button from a image. This article tries to fill this gap and a bit more. The IconButtonStyle takes the contents of the button, decorates them with a little shadow and when the user presses the butten, it generates a subtle animation “pushing” the content into the screen.

Demo Application