IntroductionYet another tool that helps you to launch your favorite applications. I also like Launchy or the RocketDock, but I wanted to have something simple where I can access my most used apps with one click.You can access the application by clicking the icon in the notification area of the task ... [More]

The default WPF panels don't animate their children when layout changes are applied. To do so, there are several examples on the web on how to implement custom panels, but there is an alternative: Instead of implementing the logic of layouting children completely new, we can attach a custom behavior... [More]

In den Köpfen vieler Beteiligter in einem Softwareprojekt hat sich die Meinung festgesetzt, Softwareänderungen seien etwas Schlechtes. Daraus entsteht dann oftmals die Forderung, das zu entwickelnde System "erweiterbar" und "konfigurierbar" zu machen, um Softwareänderungen vermeid... [More]

IT wird von vielen Menschen mit Misstrauen begegnet. Im besonderen Maße trifft dies zu für Entscheidungsträger. Gemessen an den vielfältigen Möglichkeiten mit IT zu scheitern ist dies auch verständlich. Dennoch ist es unverständlich, wie oft ein und dieselbe Pe... [More]

A reason for a lot of memory leaks in .Net applications is when event handlers are not deregistered. Basically, there are two kinds of components in an application. The first kind are components that live very long, sometimes as long as your application is running. These components have a "static... [More]

Here we can find a nice tutorial how to create a simple please-wait-animation in Blend. For those who would like to have a look on the XAML code, here is the source of a UserControl:   <UserControl.Triggers>     <EventTrigger RoutedEvent="UserControl.Loaded"> &n... [More]