Martin on WPF and .NET

A little bit late, but still, here it is:

Diary 2008

This small X-Mas project of mine is a nice-and-simple^tm Diary manager. It uses SQL Server CE 3.5 SP1 (you'll later see why SP1 makes a difference) to store the entries as well as tags and the keywords, by which the search function works.

Other nice features are the Ribbon Control and the use of the FlowDocument. A currently missing feature is localization. As you can see it's currently entirely German, but I think you can guess the meanings and the source is 100% English...

For those who can't wait, here is the code:
Download: Diary 2008

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Well, laziness and a lack of motivation won after all...

• I didn't work much on WPF Triangelo, so this will have to wait until next year. (Has to be finished at least until the end of April.)
• The H32WPF library doesn't contain much, but I will write a little bit about it next year.
• The NiceExplore project is more or less canceled, as I don't see much motivation on writing an explorer in WPF anymore. But we'll see...

But the good news are: You'll get a new X-Mas surprise project!
The accompanying article will follow before the end of the year. I think it's quite nice. You'll see how to use a FlowDocument, SQL Server Compact Edition (this is really nice) and how to use the new WPF Ribbon control.

So, stay tuned!

If you have "hacked" your Vista to use a custom skin you surely know this problem:
An app tries to look like your current theme, but as it doesn't know that "My cool hacked theme" actually is "Aero Glass" it looks terrible.

If you have this problem with one of your own WPF apps, here is a nice solution (uses reflection): http://blogs.windowsclient.net/ricciolocristian/archive/2008/11/07/real-force-theme-on-wpf.aspx