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We’re Hiring in KC!!!

Jeff Wolfer — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:43:46 GMT

Silverlight Attached/Dependency Properties code snippet update

Jeff Wolfer — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:01:14 GMT

I noticed while working with Attached Properties and Dependency Properties that the code snippet is wrong. It keeps on trying using the UIPropertyMetadata. My guess is that this is an older version of the Register methods. So, here is a link (to my skydrive) that you can download and update your code snippets: cid-af5c4f2a863b6b78.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Public/AttachedDependencyProperty%20Snippets. Just download the two snippets and place them in your "%Program Files%\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC#\Snippets\1033\NetFX30" directory on your development machine. Next time you use the snippet(s), they'll be updated!

Update 11/28: Laurent has pointed out that the code snippets using UIPropertyMetadata are for WPF. So, I've updated the code snippets on my skydrive. "propa" and "propdp" have been reverted to their original snippet form. I've added two snippets "slpropa" and "slpropdp" for use within silverlight. Thank you Laurent for pointing that out.

First day at PDC

Jeff Wolfer — Mon, 27 Oct 2003 23:15:00 GMT

Wow! That's all I can say, is WOW. With a keynote speech from Bill Gates, a presentation of Avalon from Don Box, a look into the new features of Yukon, and I had the privilege of attending a not highly attended presentation of MSBUILD, the universal build engine for Visual Studio (Whidbey). This is such an awesome place to be!!!

Late travels to PDC

Jeff Wolfer — Mon, 27 Oct 2003 23:09:00 GMT

Well, my travel here to PDC03 could not get much worse. My itinerary had that I would leave Kansas City at 7:10 am, have a one hour layover in Denver, and end up in Los Angeles at 10:10am. However, this was not what happened. The trip was going fine at first; I had gotten onto the plane on tim from Kansas, we got to Denver with no problems, and the outgoing plane in Denver was present at the appropriate time. Then problems started occurring. We were listerally FIVE minutes away from landing at LAX and we were informed that we were being redirected to another airport!!! We were told that the fires forced the evacuation of one of the Regional Air Traffic Control Towers and that all air traffic was being grounded indefinitely. At first, I thought that we'd be delayed for only an hour or so. This was not the case. It ended up that we were grounded at the airport until 4:30, and only had a 45 minute window to get to LAX. Once we learned of this window and got clearance, the flight crew went through all those safety proceedings that they go through at the beginning of each flight, and finally we were off. When we got close to Los Angeles, we all noticed the smoke being emitted from the fires. It was unbelievable!!! I could never imagine seeing the site. THE WHOLE CITY was blanketed with a cloud of smoke!!!!! We had to go through the smoke to get to the airport. But, finally, we did. I got my bags, I got a cab, and I got my hotel with no other real incident (THANK GOD!) Later, after meeting up with Jeff Julian, I found out that there were many people who weren't in yet and were supposed to. In fact, I later found out that some of them were grounded in various places around the country and had to find alternate routes into Los Angeles. What a first day, but alas, at least I made it!!!!

Another PDC Attendee

Jeff Wolfer — Sat, 11 Oct 2003 19:31:00 GMT

I will be one of the attendee's for PDC 2003 in Los Angeles, CA in late October. I signed up about a month ago and just got my badge. I'll be up there with one of my closest friends from here in KC, Jeff Julian. This is my first conference of any sorts so its going to be extremely interesting!!!