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    Increasing the compression ratio of the XAP files

    Today I was hacking around with a Silverlight application and decided to check if it is possible to recompress its XAP file in order to save some bytes. As you might already know, the XAP files are just renamed ZIP files and you can open and view their contents with almost any archiver. I created a simple batch file that extracts an archive to a temp folder, deletes it and then compresses the extracted files into a new archive with the same name as the original (I am using the open source archiver 7-Zip, which was installed in its default location): @if...
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    New online resources for the past three weeks (04/14/2008 - 05/04/2008)

     Below is a summary of the new online resources available for our ASP.NET controls/WinForm controls: ASP.NET New major release (Q1 2008) with numerous new features/enhancements for the entire RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX suite: http://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/release-history.aspx http://www.telerik.com/DEMOS/ASPNET/Prometheus/Controls/Examples/Default/DefaultCS.aspx (new online demos) http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/introduction.html (brand new online help application) http://www.telerik.com/community/code-library/default.aspx (ASP.NET AJAX versions for code library projects posted by Telerik members) http://www.telerik.com/support/kb/home.aspx (ASP.NET AJAX versions for all active knowledge base articles) RadGrid HELP: OnRowDragStarted/OnRowDropping/OnRowDropped articles (will be uploaded shortly)
  • Web ASP.NET MVC

    Introduction to ASP.NET MVC – slides and demo project

    I had a presentation last week at MS DevDays Bulgaria and I thought I’d share it with you. I was very excited and somewhat nervous - this was my first presentation ever. Nervousness aside, the feeling cannot be compared to anything else – I was glad there are so much people out there who are curious about the topic I’m interested in. It’s a kind of a win-win situation, where the attendees learn something new or see the things from another person’s point of view and the presenter learns even more on the topic from the questions the audience asks. Back to the...
    April 30, 2008
  • Web

    History Enabled Script Manager and Silverlight

    A.k.a Deep Linking in Silverlight Undoubtedly Silverlight offers a myriad of useful features that can enhance the user and development experience – Binding, Multithreading, Layout System, Animations to name a few. But the fact that it is in essence a browser plug-in leads to certain limitations or “hurdles” for the user experience. Deep Linking? Why? One such thing is the lack of Deep Linking, i.e. the browser’s address bar contains the starting page for the application but any change in its state is not reflected in the address. Some people argue that there is difference between Web Applications and Web Pages and while the...
    April 30, 2008
  • Web ASP.NET AJAX

    RadEditor... on msdn2.microsoft.com

    It has been some time this was in the making... and as of the beginning of this week RadEditor is the editor one uses to submit community content in MSDN. Here is a hasty screenshot I made for you: To my best knowledge, this is the fifth Microsoft team that adopts the RadEditor, yet I believe it is the first team to use it on a public Microsoft site (besides, such an important one). The other teams using the editor are doing internal MS content, and since I have not explicitly asked for permission to list their names here, I will...
    April 29, 2008