Silverlight Recipes

Silverlight 4 Native Arabic Support Deep Dive

2009-11-29T13:21:00.001+02:00

Finally Silverlight received native RTL support in its fourth release. In this post I will take a deep look into the basic and advanced features of the Arabic typography and how Silverlight 4 supports them. 1- Basic Bi-directional ordering and shaping The Arabic language is written from right to left and each character is represented by a different glyph according to its position in a

Adding RTL Support to Silverlight Using SilverlightRTL Library – Part 1

2009-03-08T18:57:00.001+02:00

In the previous post, options to display Arabic text with Silverlight has been explored. In this post we will explore how to use the Open Source SilverlightRTL library available from http://www.codeplex.com/silverlightRTL to add RTL support for Silverlight Applications. Using SilverlightRTL From Visual Studio First you will need to download the bits from CodePlex site, you can either

Displaying Arabic Text in Silverlight

2009-02-16T01:53:00.001+02:00

When it comes to typography Arabic has a distinctive rich set of features coming from a long history of calligraphy as the center of Arabic art. If you are interested in more information about Arabic calligraphy, you can check Wikipedia's article about the subject http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_calligraphy. So let's talk more specific about these features that makes Arabic language so

Silverlight 2.0 Deep Zoom using MultiScaleImage Control

2008-03-06T15:00:00.004+02:00

This is my first Silverlight 2.0 tutorial. I have seen MIX keynote yesterday and was really impressed with Hard Rock's Memorabilia sample http://memorabilia.hardrock.com/. I tried to reproduce the sample but could not find any documentation about Deep Zoom. After some search, I found a tool released by Microsoft called "Deep Zoom Composer". You can download the tool from here . And you can get

Silverlight 1.0 Animation: Checkerboard, blinds, and comb

2007-11-27T18:49:00.000+02:00

This post describes how to create a Silverlight 1.0 based checkerboard, blinds, and comb animation. The effect is added to my animation library so you can reuse the effect using a single line of code. You can download the complete source from here. Below is a working sample. Recipe: To create your own checkerboard animation using my animation library download the source code and include

Easy Silverlight 1.0 Animations: Wheel

2007-11-07T11:13:00.000+02:00

This post describes how to create a PowerPoint like wheel animation using Silverlight 1.0. The effect is added to my animation library so you can reuse the effect using a single line of code. You can download the complete source from here. Below is a working sample. Recipe: To create your own wheel animation using my animation library download the source code and include Animator.jas and

Easy Silverlight 1.0 Animations: Wipe

2007-10-28T01:10:00.000+02:00

Another effect facilitated by the rich animation features of Silverlight. In this post we will explore the addition of PowerPoint like wipe effect. I have added this effect to my animation library so you can do this animation using a single line of code. You can download the complete source from here. Below is a working sample. Recipe: To create your own wipe

2007-10-23T15:14:00.000+02:00

Easy Silverlight 1.0 Animations: FadeWelcome to the first of a series about creating Silverlight aimations. This post is about dynamically fading objects using a single line of code. Download the complete source. Below is a working sample.&amp;amp;ampamp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;ampamp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;