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Scrollable Textbox Silverlight/WP7

I was doing an Application that required a Scrollable TextBox. Unfortunately the textbox that is available via the default WP7 controls is not scrollable. Naturally, i was looking for alternative controls/workarounds. But this time Googling did not work. There wasn't any decent work around available. I was about to quit doing the application, but thanks to a friend of mine i didn't. He found of a work around for this :) (had the eureka feeling :P ). OK enough story, lets get down to business. Solution:  Key thing: Set the height of the...

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How to design a great Ui

This blog post is some what different from my regulars. I am going to share my views on how to design a great UI. Primarily I will be focusing on Windows and Windows phone based applications but this can be applied to other types also.  This post is not for professionals. Its for amateurs who are just getting into programming. I am an amateur myself and I don’t claim...

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transparency: aero like effect–windows forms

The NEED: For PC’s having Windows XP,98 it is not possible to bring in aero effects like Transparency. Since these operating systems don’t have sufficient resources, achieving both backward compatibility and superior aesthetics is going to be really difficult. Therefore workaround’s are the only option. SMALL STORY: I was designing a Windows form application – an assignment...

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Detect Alarm Entry–Wp7

If you  have used Alarms and Reminders in Wp7 Mango SDK, you will notice that reminders can be detected by having a separate page in the application. But unfortunately there is no such detection mechanism available for Alarms. By detection mechanism what I mean is that- the differentiation between the app launch due to alarm and manual launch. What if the developer wanted to do something after the alarm has occurred? how does he detect that? I had the same problem and I am going to share the work around here. Its not a perfect substitute and...

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