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	<description>The Home of Mole and Karl's BLOG on WPF &#38; VB.NET.  (Karl speaks VB, learning C#)</description>
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		<title>T4 Preprocessed Text Templates in Visual Studio 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The best kept secret in Redmond, WA are the new T4 Preprocess Text Templates that shipped in Visual Studio 2010 Beta1 and Beta2.&#160; In just a few minutes you’ll be in the know and using them.
Background – Condensed 
T4 = text template transformation toolkit
T4 templates have been available since Visual Studio 2005 and are part [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karlshifflett.wordpress.com&blog=1204518&post=1149&subd=karlshifflett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://karlshifflett.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/t4-preprocessed-text-templates-in-visual-studio-2010/</link>
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		<title>Updated Code: Visual Studio 2010 Beta2 Sample Data Project Templates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have updated the project templates Visual Studio 2010 Beta2 Sample Data Project Templates.&#160; 
The Silverlight template needed an update to the .proj file.
Please download the templates from the above post.
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Posted in Cider Designer, CodeProject, Silverlight, VB.NET, Visual Studio 2010, WPF [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karlshifflett.wordpress.com&blog=1204518&post=1140&subd=karlshifflett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://karlshifflett.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/updated-code-visual-studio-2010-beta2-sample-data-project-templates/</link>
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		<title>Updated Code: XAML Power Toys for Visual Studio 2010 Beta2 Cider Designer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was working on a post for T4 Preprocessed Text Templates (I’ll post it tonight) and found a bug in the XAML Power Toys for Visual Studio 2010 Beta2 Cider Designer grid parsing code.&#160; 
Chances are you won’t hit it, but I did so I’ve corrected the code and posted a new update.&#160; The code [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karlshifflett.wordpress.com&blog=1204518&post=1136&subd=karlshifflett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://karlshifflett.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/updated-code-xaml-power-toys-for-visual-studio-2010-beta2-cider-designer/</link>
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		<title>d:DesignInstance, d:DesignData in Visual Studio 2010 Beta2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The WPF and Silverlight Designer for Visual Studio 2010 shares several new design time (d:) properties and design time MarkupExtensions with Expression Blend 3 that provide necessary information for the WPF and Silverlight Designer to deliver a great editing experience.
I have explained the d:DesignData MarkupExtension in detail in this blog post:&#160; Visual Studio 2010 Beta2 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karlshifflett.wordpress.com&blog=1204518&post=1129&subd=karlshifflett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://karlshifflett.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/ddesigninstance-ddesigndata-in-visual-studio-2010-beta2/</link>
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		<title>New Options for Visual Studio 2010 Beta2 WPF and Silverlight Projects</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
To get to this Options dialog, use the Tools menu, selected Options, select Text Editors, select XAML, select Miscellaneous.
MarkupExtension IntelliSense and Editing
The most requested feature for the WPF &#38; Silverlight XAML Editor was MarkupExtension IntelliSense.&#160; This feature has been added to Visual Studio 2010 Beta2.
In addition to IntelliSense you also get some entry helpers.
1.&#160; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karlshifflett.wordpress.com&blog=1204518&post=1114&subd=karlshifflett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://karlshifflett.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/new-options-for-visual-studio-2010-beta2-wpf-and-silverlight-projects/</link>
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		<title>XAML Power Toys for Visual Studio 2010 Beta2 Cider Designer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Current Version 1.0.1, Last Update 28 October 2009

These last few weeks I’ve been writing control designers for Visual Studio 2010 Beta2 WPF and Silverlight controls.
Turns out this is much easier than I expected and is a lot of fun too!
This application is an example for writing a globalized WPF &#38; Silverlight platform neutral control designer.&#160; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karlshifflett.wordpress.com&blog=1204518&post=1104&subd=karlshifflett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://karlshifflett.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/xaml-power-toys-for-visual-studio-2010-beta2-cider-designer/</link>
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		<title>XAML Power Toys for Visual Studio 2010 Beta2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is the home page for XAML Power Toys for Visual Studio 2010 Beta2.&#160; Please post all comments and suggestions for this version on this post.
XAML Power Toys for Visual Studio 2010 has all the same features as XAML Power Toys for Visual Studio 2008 except as noted below.&#160; Please use the XAML Power [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karlshifflett.wordpress.com&blog=1204518&post=1094&subd=karlshifflett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://karlshifflett.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/xaml-power-toys-for-visual-studio-2010-beta2/</link>
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		<title>XAML Power Toys for Visual Studio 2008 v5.0.0.1 Released</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the request of a XAML Power Toys user I have updated XAML Power Toys for Visual Studio 2008 to version v5.0.0.01.
This update adds one new feature and corrects the v5 known issue.
The ViewModel creation window now allows selecting the name of the method that is used to raise the&#160; PropertyChanged event.&#160; You can thank [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karlshifflett.wordpress.com&blog=1204518&post=1088&subd=karlshifflett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://karlshifflett.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/xaml-power-toys-for-visual-studio-2008-v5-0-0-1-released/</link>
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		<title>Much Improved .NET 4.0 WPF Text Rendering</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In .NET 4.0 WPF text rendering has been greatly improved.
However this new feature is not enabled by default.
You can read the complete feature write up on the WPF Text Blog.
The scenario where you get the most payback for using this feature is with text that is sized 15pt and below.
Line of Business forms containing TextBlocks, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karlshifflett.wordpress.com&blog=1204518&post=1077&subd=karlshifflett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://karlshifflett.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/much-improved-net-4-0-wpf-text-rendering/</link>
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		<title>Visual Studio 2010 Beta2 Sample Data Project Templates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Silverlight 3 application demonstrating Sample Data.

Displaying Sample Data in the WPF and Silverlight Designer for Visual Studio 2010 Beta2 is now very easy with the design time DesignData markup extension.
The below video is a complete tutorial for using Sample Data in your WPF and Silverlight applications.&#160; Please take a view few minutes to view it.
The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karlshifflett.wordpress.com&blog=1204518&post=1076&subd=karlshifflett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://karlshifflett.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/visual-studio-2010-beta2-sample-data-project-templates/</link>
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		<title>Developers &#8211; Must Learn &#8211; Booting Windows 7 from a VHD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the past few months I’ve been sharpening my Windows 7 skills and discovered what many systems people already know; “you can easily setup and boot Windows 7 or Server 2008 R2 VHD.”
Someone may already be thinking, why do I need to boot a VHD?
It’s no secret that Microsoft will be shipping Visual Studio 2010 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karlshifflett.wordpress.com&blog=1204518&post=1071&subd=karlshifflett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://karlshifflett.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/developers-must-learn-booting-windows-7-from-a-vhd/</link>
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		<title>XAML Power Toys v5 License Agreement Updated</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I contacted JB Evain the author of Mono.Cecil and determined that Mono.Cecil is licensed under the MIT X11 License and not the Creative Commons license I thought it was.&#160; Many thanks to JB for clearing this up for me and for his Mono.Cecil work.&#160; 
I have updated the XAML Power Toys installer to reflect the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karlshifflett.wordpress.com&blog=1204518&post=1055&subd=karlshifflett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://karlshifflett.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/xaml-power-toys-v5-license-agreement-updated/</link>
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		<title>How to watch Sunday Night Football Full Screen with two or more Monitors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have more than one monitor, keep reading.
When you open Sunday Night Football to view using the new Silverlight player, go full screen and then start using your other monitor to work, Silverlight immediately goes back to the smaller size.&#160; Bummer.
It’s actually a security feature, which is good.
Workaround
1.&#160; Open Sunday Night Football on your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karlshifflett.wordpress.com&blog=1204518&post=1046&subd=karlshifflett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://karlshifflett.wordpress.com/2009/09/20/how-to-watch-sunday-night-football-full-screen-with-two-or-more-monitors/</link>
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		<title>XAML Power Toys v5 Published</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s here and posted at: http://karlshifflett.wordpress.com/xaml-power-toys/
Please read the Known Issue, New Installation and Upgrading sections in the above page.
Five New 1280 x 1024 videos too. 
New Features and Changes in v5.0 

x32 and x64 support.&#160; 
Creation of Silverlight 3 DataForm from a selected class. 
ViewModel creation now allows optionally re-implementing Model properties on the ViewModel. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karlshifflett.wordpress.com&blog=1204518&post=1044&subd=karlshifflett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://karlshifflett.wordpress.com/2009/09/20/xaml-power-toys-v5-published/</link>
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		<title>XAML Power Toys v5 Will Be Available Sunday at 7:00pm PST</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My blog has been very quiet the last month because I’ve been working very long hours in preparation for the next release of Visual Studio 2010.&#160; On the weekends I was relaxing and not doing much with my computer. 
I’ve been all cranked up at home the last week, back to my 2:00am working sessions.
I’m [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karlshifflett.wordpress.com&blog=1204518&post=1036&subd=karlshifflett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://karlshifflett.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/xaml-power-toys-v5-will-be-available-sunday-at-700pm-pst-2/</link>
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		<title>Win a scholarship to PDC 2009 in Los Angeles CA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My great friend Rob Zelt and President of INETA emailed me about their coding contest that has fantastic prizes for the top 10 winners.&#160; 1st and 2nd place get full scholarship to PDC 2009.
Full details can be read here: http://www.ineta.org/codechallenge/
Submission deadline is 8/25/2009.
FYI: contest focus is on building applications with 3rd party controls.&#160; You are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karlshifflett.wordpress.com&blog=1204518&post=1030&subd=karlshifflett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://karlshifflett.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/win-a-scholarship-to-pdc-2009-in-los-angeles-ca/</link>
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		<title>Silverlight-3 FireStarter 17 Sept 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On 17 September you have a wonderful and free opportunity to kick-start your Silverlight and Blend 3 skills.&#160; 
I&#8217;ve started writing Silverlight 3 applications and love where this platform currently is and where it&#8217;s heading.
Come join us in Redmond or watch online this exciting day of practical learning that you can apply immediately.
Event Overview (copied [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karlshifflett.wordpress.com&blog=1204518&post=1028&subd=karlshifflett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://karlshifflett.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/silverlight-3-firestarter-17-sept-2009/</link>
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