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Archive for July, 2009
You say hello and I say goodbye (to Windows Azure)
Posted in Windows Azure, tagged ASP.NET, Azure, IIS, webservice on July 19, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Cropping an image in Silverlight 3
Posted in Silverlight tips and tricks, tagged silverlight, Silverlight tips and tricks, WriteableBitmap, Silverlight 3, Image manipulation on July 12, 2009 | 14 Comments »
Silverlight 3 introduces the WriteableBitmap class and with it, the ability to crop an image programmatically on the client! All you need to do is create a new instance of the WritableBitmap class as your destination (supplying the dimensions in the constructor). Then create or acquire another instance of the WriteableBitmap class fully loaded with an [...]
According to my stats: Silverlight install base over 50%
Posted in Silverlight tips and tricks, tagged silverlight, silverlight install base, silverlight adoption, ria install base on July 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
How many people have Silverlight installed? According to Rich Internet Application Statistics, Silverlight is installed on 30.27% of the machines out there. However, I’ve been tracking stats on my own site: MyPadlock.com (a free password manager for Windows) and have seen a much different number. Here are my results from the previous month: Find out more [...]
