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WPF ControlTemplate Trigger tip

5January2008GeekTieGuySoftware development, WPF

I didn’t fully realize how ControlTemplate Triggers work (or don’t) until I solved a problem with a UserControl today, with the help of this post on the MSDN forums. A Triggers’ EnterActions or ExitActions don’t seem to get fired when a UserControl is constructed. If you want, say, an animation in your control to start

A Lego Christmas

22December2007GeekTieGuy1 CommentPersonal, Pictures

The Christmas spirit struck today at the GeekTieGuy household. Here are a few pictures of the Lego Christmas trees I built. Merry Christmas!

The software free-conomy

19December2007GeekTieGuyOpinion, Software development

After looking through the comments to Jeff Atwood’s recent post on software product keys, I noticed that quite a few went down the rabbit-hole of free versus paid software. People suggesting that if you don’t like paying for software, typing in license keys, managing them and other hassles, you can always go to using free

CardSharkV – now with screenshots

10December2007GeekTieGuySoftware, Vista

It occurred to me that my CardSharkV page didn’t have any screenshots to show how the program works or what it looks like. That has now been remedied. Here’s the central part of it (grouping the photos): So head on over to the CardSharkV page and take a look! I think you might find the