WPF binding to static property

Just so I don't forget again, here's how it's done...

xmlns:ValueConverters="clr-namespace:ValueConverters;assembly=Controls"
xmlns:Services="clr-namespace:Infrastructure.Interface.Services;assembly=Infrastructure.Interface"

...

        <ValueConverters:BooleanToVisibilityConverter2 x:Key="booleanToVisibilityConverter2" />
    </ResourceDictionary>

</UserControl.Resources>

...

<StackPanel x:Name="MyStackPanel"
            Orientation="Vertical"
            Visibility="{Binding Source={x:Static Services:UserPreferencesService.Instance}, Path=UseWebAssignment, Converter={StaticResource booleanToVisibilityConverter2}, ConverterParameter=true}">

Fix for Icons in WPF being blurry

 

Just found this article on stack overflow about why our WPF icons appear blurry.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5645274/image-in-wpf-getting-blurry

Turns out you can fix this by adding the following attached properties to your images

<Image Source="/LoginPanel;component/Icons/icoLogin.ico"
RenderOptions.BitmapScalingMode="NearestNeighbor"
RenderOptions.EdgeMode="Aliased"/>

Microsoft Learning Resources

A really good set of videos up here to have a look at

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vcsharp/bb798022

How to decide between Silverlight 5 and HTML5

Here's a very good white paper comparing the pros and cons of each...

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/eternalcoding/archive/2011/06/13/html-5-vs-silverlight-5.aspx

Binding to a constant in XAML WPF

Example...

Add this to your controls namespace declarations

xmlns:MyNameSpace="clr-namespace:MyNameSpace;assembly=MyAssembly"

then use it as follows in your markup

ToolTipService.ShowDuration="{x:Static MyNameSpace:MyClass.MY_CONSTANT}"