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Theming your Infragistics WPF Line of Business Applications – Quick and Customizable

In an earlier post we looked at a quick and easy way to theme your Infragistics WPF Line of Business applications. The approach basically came down to specifying a single color setting, with all Infragistics WPF Line of Business controls being themed...

Published 09-03-2010 5:54 PM By [Infragistics] Kiril Matev

Filed under: WPF, styles, coloring, resource string, XamRibbon, theming, XamDataGrid, Resource Washing, styling, custom resource-washing

Setting up a XamDataChart to show data from an MSSQL Server using RIA Services

You're developing an application in Silverlight and you'd like to take advantage of XamDataChart - the fast chart that features a variety of built-in series and trendlines, zooming and panning that’s a part of the NetAdvantage for DataVisualization...

Published 09-02-2010 3:26 PM By [Infragistics] Kiril Matev

Filed under: WPF, Data Visualization, XamDataChart, Silverlight, RIA, database server data, Entity Data Model, SQL Server

Theming your Infragistics WPF Line of Business Applications Made Quick and Easy

Say you’ve built an application using Infragistics WPF Line of Business controls , and would like to finish the job with a color theme matching the corporate color palette or the color your graphical designer has recommended. This blog post demonstrates...

Published 08-30-2010 6:36 PM By [Infragistics] Kiril Matev

Filed under: WPF, Grid, coloring, XamRibbon, application styling, Line of business, theming, XamDataGrid, Resource Washing

Using Built-in and Custom-logic Trendlines in the XamDataChart

Trendlines are an important feature in every charting component. The XamDataChart , the fast chart component capable of real-time data feeds in both WPF and Silverlight platforms, supports a number of built-in trendline types – Linear, Quadratic...

Published 08-23-2010 7:09 PM By [Infragistics] Kiril Matev

Filed under: WPF, Data Visualization, XamDataChart, chart, NetAdvantage for Silverlight Data Visualization, Silverlight, data analysis, trendline

Binding a collection of series to a XamDataChart

Let’s say you have a collection of data series you need to bind to a XamDataChart , our fast and user-friendly charting control in WPF and Silverlight . Declare the series in the XAML code, you say. However, let’s assume we don’t know...

Published 08-23-2010 5:04 PM By [Infragistics] Kiril Matev

Filed under: WPF, Data Visualization, XamDataChart, fast chart, data analysis

Using Date Labels with Series with missing values in the XamDataChart

A while ago, I blogged about plotting series containing missing values using scatter plots, while having date labels along the X-axis of the XamDataChart , the fast and flexible chart that’s a part of our Silverlight and WPF Data Visualization products...

Published 08-10-2010 5:26 PM By [Infragistics] Kiril Matev

Filed under: Data Visualization, XamDataChart, chart, zooming, panning, NetAdvantage for Silverlight Data Visualization, Silverlight, scatter series

Using the XamGrid connected to an OData service

Many of you have probably heard of the Open Data Protocol ( OData ) – a Web protocol for querying and updating data. According to the site of the project , the OData protocol is built upon HTTP , AtomPub and JSON to provide a way to connect to a...

Published 08-03-2010 3:24 PM By [Infragistics] Kiril Matev

Filed under: Grid, XamWebGrid, XamGrid, hierarchical data analysis, OData: Data Service, Data Feed

Using Client-Side Filtering in Cascading ASP.NET WebDropDown controls

Let’s say you have a requirement to have your application make the absolute minimum of calls to the server. One class of calls you can consider eliminating is the calls made by cascading drop down controls, which retrieve a list of items to display...

Published 07-15-2010 3:35 PM By [Infragistics] Kiril Matev

Filed under: filtering, Cascading drop downs, Client-Side, WebDropDown, ajax, asp.net

Using Date Labels with Scatter Series in the XamDataChart

Working on a project recently, we had to plot time-series data using the XamDataChart , the fast new charting component in the Data Visualization suite , available for both WPF and Silverlight . As data for the different series we were plotting was available...

Published 07-14-2010 7:08 PM By [Infragistics] Kiril Matev

Filed under: Data Visualization, XamDataChart, chart, zooming, fast chart, coloring, data analysis, date labels, scatter series

Using Multi-Column Filtering in the XamGrid

Let’s say you’re well along the path implementing your application, when your users turn to you with a request to filter records in one of the XamGrids using a multi-column filtering condition. You’re familiar with XamGrid single-column...

Published 07-12-2010 2:28 PM By [Infragistics] Kiril Matev

Filed under: Silverlight, XamWebGrid, XamGrid, multi-column, filtering, custom filtering, boolean expression, multi column, advanced filtering, complex expression