RogerGuess

Defend Stuff: A Silverlight 2 Game

2008-10-24T04:34:00Z

Defend Stuff is a tower defense game written in Silverlight 2. There is this ‘stuff’ that you are supposed to protect from the ‘bad guys’. You have rocket turrets, machine guns, and a seismic disruptor thingy. You can place turrets throughout the map as long as you do not block all paths preventing the enemy from getting to the stuff. Yes, the goal is to stop them, but blocking them would be rude. You need to blow them up instead. Click HERE to play....(read more)

Silverlight Links

2008-06-29T17:15:00Z

There is already an incredible wealth of samples, articles, tutorials, and applications out there for Silverlight. Here is a list of the links I like to keep my eye on. Scott Guthrie Tim Heuer (be sure to check out his video podcasts on Silverlight) Adam Kinney WynApse.com Shawn Wildermuth Jesse Liberty Bill Reiss Dan Wahlin SilverlightCream...(read more)

Silverlight 2 Beta 2: Value does not fall within the expected range

2008-06-11T01:32:00Z

This can come from a number of potential errors with XAML. The first thing I now check, is to see if I am attempting to add multiple FrameworkElements with the same x:Name. For me, I was dynamically adding usercontrols to a canvas, but I made the mistake of giving the root element of the usercontrol an x:Name. Other cases where I created this error: Specified a Grid.Row or Grid.Column that was greater than the actual number of columns or rows...(read more)

SilverLander: A Silverlight 2 Game (updated for Beta 2)

2008-06-08T21:26:00Z

This was my first Silverlight game. I have now updated it for Silverlight 2 Beta 2 ( here is the Beta 1 version ). The game counts down and begins the lander on approach from the top left of the screen. Your job is to bring the lander to a safe slow (and upright) landing on the surface inside the highlighted landing zone . Each level increases difficulty by increasing gravity, increasing initial velocity, decreasing available fuel, and a decreasing landing zone radius. Use the arrow keys to rotate...(read more)

Runtime Alternative to XamlReader.Load in Silverlight 2 Beta 2

2008-06-08T00:37:00Z

This Sample was update for Silverlight 2 Beta 2 ( the beta 1 example is here ) I can see XamlReader.Load has it's uses for adding FrameworkElements at runtime, but I really hate the way the code looks. Additionally, I don't like the idea of managing a bunch of String.Format statements for my XAML. Things get even more complex when you want to take advantage of events. Luckily, there is an alternative. Here is an example of adding elements (ellipse, storyboard, doubleanimation) at runtime...(read more)

Silverlight 2 Beta 2 %project%TextPage.html Looking for Beta 1 (installed version 2.0.30523 requested version 2.0.30226)

2008-06-07T23:41:00Z

I converted a Beta 1 project to Beta 2 and made a few fixes to get it up and running. However, I noticed the testpage.html was still looking for the previous version of Silverlight 2 Beta 1. It's a quick fix: Create a new Silverlight 2 Beta 2 project/solution and grab the source for the %Project%TestPage.html and use it for your existing project. All you have to change is the path to the .xap file....(read more)

Silverlight 2 Beta 2: "Operation could destabilize the runtime"

2008-06-07T21:07:00Z

I ran into this after having Visual Studio convert my Beta 1 project to Beta 2. System.Security.VerificationException was unhandled by user code Message=" Operation could destabilize the runtime ." I created a new Beta 2 solution from scratch and noticed at least one difference, which turned out to be a fix in my case. The reference to mscorlib was pointing to "%\Program Files\Microsoft Silverlight\2.0.30226.2\mscorlib.dll" for my converted project, but was pointed to "%...(read more)

The requested operation cannot be performed on a file with a user-mapped section open. Silverlight

2008-06-06T17:26:00Z

I am getting this error when publishing the a asp.net website that gets added to he solution for Silverlight applications in Visual Studio 2008. The requested operation cannot be performed on a file with a user-mapped section open. I do not know the root cause yet, but I am currently getting around it by clearing out all the files in the website's ClientBin folder before publishing....(read more)

SilverLander: A Silverlight 2 Game

2008-06-05T22:59:00Z

This was my first Silverlight game. I have now updated it for Silverlight 2 Beta 1 ( here is the Beta 2 version ). The game counts down and begins the lander on approach from the top left of the screen. Your job is to bring the lander to a safe slow (and upright) landing on the surface inside the highlighted landing zone . Each level increases difficulty by increasing gravity, increasing initial velocity, decreasing available fuel, and a decreasing landing zone radius. Use the arrow keys to rotate...(read more)

WatiN SelectList Name

2008-06-03T17:37:00Z

WatiN does not currently expose the name property of a select list. However, there is still a way to get at it if you have the element that represents it with a reference to Microsoft.mshtml: foreach ( Element element in ie.Elements) { string name = Read More......(read more)

Runtime Alternative to XamlReader.Load in Silverlight

2008-06-01T18:01:00Z

Update: This was a Silverlight Beta 1 example. Beta 2 now has updates to make this even easier. Here is an example . I can see XamlReader.Load has it's uses for adding FrameworkElements at runtime, but I really hate the way the code looks. Additionally, I don't like the idea of managing a bunch of String.Format statements for my XAML. Things get even more complex when you want to take advantage of events. Luckily, there is an alternative. Here is an example of adding elements (ellipse, storyboard...(read more)

WatiN TextField and ASP.NET AJAX MaskedEdit Controls

2008-05-17T03:19:00Z

If you have tried to user WatiN tests to set the value of text boxes/fields, you likely have run into a few things. First, this... ie.TextField("ID").Value = "some text"; is much faster than this... ie.TextField("ID").TypeText Read More......(read more)

SilverTwitter: A Service Enabled Silverlight App

2008-04-29T09:42:00Z

I am finally uploading that sample app I used for my FWDNUG talk this past Tuesday. Check it out on SilverlightAddict.com email it! reddit! del.icio.us digg it! Read More......(read more)

Silverlight 2 - More Goodness from ScottGu

2008-02-23T18:27:00Z

Scott has a post ' First Look at Silverlight 2 ' that reveals some goodies coming up in the Beta1 release. He has also listed a number of great Silverlight tutorials: Part 1: Creating "Hello World" with Silverlight 2 and VS 2008 Part 2: Using Layout Management Part 3: Using Networking to Retrieve Data and Populate a DataGrid Part 4: Using Style Elements to Better Encapsulate Look and Feel Part 5: Using the ListBox and DataBinding to Display List Data Part 6: Using User Controls...(read more)

Introducing: SilverlightAddict.com

2007-10-14T06:19:00Z

SilverlightAddict.com was launched today. The goal is to become a rich content driven sitcky website for all things Silverlight. email it! reddit! del.icio.us digg it! Read More......(read more)