Max Wanadoo
max.wanadoo at gmail.com
Sat May 30 03:58:17 CDT 2009
Gustav,
Out of curiosity I googled it and this is what I found-
"xpcom.dll is a module associated with Firefox from Mozilla Foundation."
Max
-----Original Message-----
From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: 30 May 2009 09:20
To: dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: Re: [dba-VB] SCRUM/WPF - Buttons Styling Exercizes (StepN)
Hi Shamil
OK, that's a lot of code to write by hand to create three buttons - I'm not
sure my patience will hold for writing code at this level, not when tools
are available. I feel more comfortable using the native methods of Visual
Studio. And still, the only reason I have Expression Design is because it
comes as part of the web designer tools add-on to the Action Pack. The
reason, I think, is because MS wishes to push Silverlight development.
As for code behind xaml files, I have no idea.
Which ActiveX is needed, I don't know. But if I load your file in Chrome it
pops an error box multiple times about a component not found. That component
is xpcom.dll which doesn't sound like an ActiveX to me. However, if I search
my Vista, no xpcom.dll is found so the message is true.
/gustav
>>> Salakhetdinov Shamil <mcp2004 at mail.ru> 29-05-2009 23:48 >>>
Hi Gustav,
I have created this code by hand - I have no Expression Design 2 here.
I'd guess Chrome, Safari and Opera will start support .xaml files rendering
soon as recently FireFox 3.x have done: AFAIU rendering .xaml files is done
by using something like ActiveX control - do you know which one?
BTW, what I do not know but (I'd hope that it should work) is how to use
code behind with such .xaml pages? If create e.g.
http://shamils-4.hosting.parking.ru/wpf/SpecialButtonStyleX.xaml.cs
processing button click event then it will not run - it will be blocked
because of security reasons - there should be possible I guess/hope to
accompany such .xaml.cs files with special manifest files to have code
behind enabled?
Just wondering - if loading .xaml pages with code behind would be possible
and also if it would be possible to have entry .xaml pages to call other
ones located on server then that would be a way to make light .xaml (not
XBAP) applications with .xaml pages loaded from server, compiled and run in
demand...
Thank you.
--
Shamil
-----Original Message-----
From: "Gustav Brock" <Gustav at cactus.dk>
To: <dba-VB at databaseadvisors.com>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 23:18:43 +0200
Subject: [dba-VB] Fw: Re: SCRUM/WPF - Buttons Styling Exercizes
(StepN)
> Hi Shamil
>
> OK, that's fine.
> The buttons display correctly in Firefox here on Vista. But neither
Chrome, Safari nor Opera likes it.
>
> By the way, how did you create that code? By hand or some tool like
Expression Design 2?
>
> /gustav
>
>
> >>> Salakhetdinov Shamil <mcp2004 at mail.ru> 29-05-2009 21:53 >>>
>
> Hi Gustav,
>
> I just wanted to learn/play with .xaml here together with you and other
AccessD-VBA members - I assumed that everybody here do have IE 7 or IE8 and
MS Windows Vista or MS Windows XP with .NET Framework 3.0/3.5 to view .xaml
files rendering directly in the browser.
> The styles created in those .xaml files can be reused in all kinds of WPF
applications e.g. SilverLight ones - and SilverLight will run on any browser
installed on Windows system.
> But again the purpose is to just learn .xaml "tricks & techniques" and use
them e.g. in WPf desktop applications, which do not need browser at all.
>
> --
> Shamil
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Gustav Brock" <Gustav at cactus.dk>
> To: <dba-VB at databaseadvisors.com>
> Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 19:10:46 +0200
> Subject: Re: [dba-VB] SCRUM/WPF - Buttons Styling Exerc izes (StepN)
>
> > Hi Shamil
> >
> > I can see you have brushed up the example a bit. It is very neat now.
> >
> > My problem with xaml is that it is browser specific. It won't run at all
in, say, Google Chrome. This may or may not be in issue but for a public web
site I think it will be - which in my opinion limits the use of this
technique.
> >
> > /gustav
> >
> >
> > >>> Salakhetdinov Shamil <mcp2004 at mail.ru> 29-05-2009 18:54 >>>
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Because of absense of feedback on first message I decided to skip some
steps and to present the following WPF buttons styling sample:
> >
> > http://shamils-4.hosting.parking.ru/wpf/SpecialButtonStyleX.xaml
> >
> > If it will not activate some discussion here in what direction to extend
this sample then some other proposals would follow from my side: WPF GUI
design and functioning is a "rather special and quite advanced story" - why
not investigate this story together? For example the following sample
http://www.beacosta.com/blog/?p=40 can be used to make even more advanced
one, which could be used in such applications as Solar System planets
movement watching/learning, airport or harbor area dispatching etc. And I
must note that programming of those applications would be rather different
from what we all who are working with MS Access/VBA or VB6 or even C#/VB.NET
but not WPF, are accustomed to...
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > --
> > Shamil
> >
> > P.S. Here is the source of the above link:
> >
> > <Page
> > xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
> > xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
> > Title="Sample Buttons" Height="200" Width="300">
> >
> > <Page.Resources>
> > <Style x:Key="specialButton" TargetType="Button">
> > <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="White" />
> > <Setter Property="HorizontalAlignment" Value="Left"/>
> > <Setter Property="VerticalAlignment" Value="Top"/>
> > <Setter Property="FontFamily" Value="Verdana"/>
> > <Setter Property="FontSize" Value="14"/>
> > <Setter Property="Cursor" Value="Hand" />
> > <Setter Property="Height" Value="50"/>
> > <Setter Property="Width" Value="200"/>
> >
> > <Setter Property="Template">
> > <Setter.Value>
> > <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
> > <Grid>
> > <Rectangle x:Name="GelBackground"
> > Opacity="1"
> > RadiusX="6"
> > RadiusY="6"
> > StrokeThickness="0.35">
> > <Rectangle.Stroke>
> > <LinearGradientBrush
StartPoint="0,0" EndPoint="0,1">
> > <GradientStop Color="White"
Offset="0" />
> > <GradientStop Color="#666666"
Offset="1" />
> > </LinearGradientBrush>
> > </Rectangle.Stroke>
> > <Rectangle.Fill>
> > <LinearGradientBrush
StartPoint="0,0" EndPoint="0,1">
> > <GradientStop Color="#E65156"
Offset="0"/>
> > <GradientStop Color="#CA171D"
Offset="1"/>
> > </LinearGradientBrush>
> > </Rectangle.Fill>
> > </Rectangle>
> > <Rectangle x:Name="GelShine"
> > Margin="2,2,2,0"
> > VerticalAlignment="Top"
> > RadiusX="6"
> > RadiusY="6"
> > Opacity="1"
> > Stroke="Transparent"
> > Height="15px">
> > <Rectangle.Fill>
> > <LinearGradientBrush
StartPoint="0,0" EndPoint="0,1">
> > <GradientStop Color="#ccffffff"
Offset="0"/>
> > <GradientStop
Color="Transparent" Offset="1"/>
> > </LinearGradientBrush>
> > </Rectangle.Fill>
> > </Rectangle>
> > <ContentPresenter VerticalAlignment="Center"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"/>
> > </Grid>
> > <ControlTemplate.Triggers>
> > <Trigger Property="IsMouseOver"
Value="True">
> > <Setter Property="Fill"
TargetName="GelBackground">
> > <Setter.Value>
> > <RadialGradientBrush>
> > <GradientStop
Color="#CA171D" Offset="0" />
> > <GradientStop
Color="#E65156" Offset="0"/>
> > </RadialGradientBrush>
> > </Setter.Value>
> > </Setter>
> > </Trigger>
> > <Trigger Property="IsPressed" Value="true">
> > <Setter Property="Fill"
TargetName="GelBackground">
> > <Setter.Value>
> > <RadialGradientBrush>
> > <GradientStop
Color="Chocolate" Offset="0" />
> > <GradientStop
Color="CornflowerBlue" Offset="0"/>
> > </RadialGradientBrush>
> > </Setter.Value>
> > </Setter>
> > </Trigger>
> > <Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
> > <Setter Property="Fill"
TargetName="GelBackground">
> > <Setter.Value>
> > <RadialGradientBrush>
> > <GradientStop
Color="SteelBlue" Offset="0" />
> > <GradientStop
Color="LightGray" Offset="0"/>
> > </RadialGradientBrush>
> > </Setter.Value>
> > </Setter>
> > </Trigger>
> > </ControlTemplate.Triggers>
> > </ControlTemplate>
> > </Setter.Value>
> > </Setter>
> > </Style>
> >
> > </Page.Resources>
> >
> > <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">
> > <Button Style="{StaticResource specialButton}" Content="Foo" />
> > <Button Style="{StaticResource specialButton}" IsDefault="True"
Content="Bar" Margin="0,5,0,5" />
> > <Button Style="{StaticResource specialButton}" IsEnabled="False"
Content="Baz" />
> > </StackPanel>
> > </Page>
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Salakhetdinov Shamil <mcp2004 at mail.ru>
> > To: dba-VB <dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com>
> > Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 12:14:29 +0400
> > Subject: [dba-VB] SCRUM/WPF - Buttons Styling Exercizes (Step1)
> >
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > Let's start WPF buttons styling exercizes - here is a web page, which
should display three stacked buttons when loaded into IE 7/8 or FireFox 3.x
on MS Windows Vista, and I guess on latest Windows XP SP3(?) - but I haven't
tested that latter:
> > >
> > > http://shamils-4.hosting.parking.ru/wpf/SpecialButtonStyle1.xaml
> > >
> > <<< snip>>>
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