Silverlight Articles

By [Infragistics] Devin Rader Last Updated Sep 09, 2009

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faceOut - A Silverlight Reference Implementation

Infragistics' faceOut is an interactive demonstration of some of our NetAdvantage for Silverlight Data Visualization controls which shows what a rich, interactive Sales Dashboard might look like. Using our charts and gauges, we've created faceOut to illustrate how you can build a richer experience on the Web for a real, line-of-business scenario integrating enterprise sales data with Windows...

By [Infragistics] Tony Lombardo Last Updated May 09, 2009

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Conditional Formatting With The XamWebGrid

Introduction Some poor souls analysts spend their entire days examining numbers in spreadsheets. Row by row, column by column. The only job is to spot the number that’s out of place; a professional game of “Where’s Waldo”. Doesn’t sound that bad, yet.. Let’s raise the stakes and make the data dynamic. That’s right, we’re looking for Waldo, but now he’s...

By [Infragistics] Devin Rader Last Updated Apr 09, 2009

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Displaying AutoCAD drawings using xamWebMap

As has been described in other articles, the xamWebMap uses shapeFiles as is its source for shape data. While the free shapefiles you find on the internet are generally geography related, there are other file formats that can be converted to shapefile format, allowing you to expand the possibilities of what you can plot in the Map. In this article, I am going to show you how you can use Visio and some...

By [Infragistics] Devin Rader Last Updated Apr 09, 2009

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Red vs. Blue: Conditional Formatting in xamWebMap

The map is capable of displaying complex sets of data using a variety of mechanism like choropleth maps, and distribution scales, but sometimes all you want to do is color a map element a specific color based a condition such as a Map Element property value. In this article I will show you how you can use the xamWebMaps data binding capabilities and its event model to conditionally format Map Elements...

By [Infragistics] Devin Rader Last Updated Mar 09, 2009

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Custom Commands with Infragistics Silverlight Commanding Framework

In the NetAdvantage WebClient: Silverlight March CTP an interesting, but somewhat hidden feature is the new Commanding framework that we have built. The framework is based heavily on the WPF commanding framework, and can allow you to more easily implement Silverlight applications using the popular MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) pattern. This article shows you how you can use the Commanding framework to...

By [Infragistics] Devin Rader Last Updated Mar 09, 2009

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Using Logarithmic Scales to Clearly Communicate Chart Data

A cool feature of the xamWebChart is the ability to set an axis to use a logarithmic scale rather than a traditional linear scale. Using a logarithmic scale is useful when you have a set of data that covers a wide value range since the logarithmic scale can reduce the range to a more manageable size and result in the data being displayed in a more readable way in the chart. To show the affects of the...

By [Infragistics] Tony Lombardo Last Updated Feb 09, 2009

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Auto-Detail Zoom with MapLayers

Introduction Showing data in a visual manner such as a map, can make the data much easier to understand. However, in many scenarios showing too much data in a map will lead to information overload, and result in a confused user. Instead, data can be revealed to the user as they progressively zoom in on the map. Mirroring the real world, the closer the user gets the more details he or she will see....

By [Infragistics] Devin Rader Last Updated Feb 09, 2009

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Data Display using xamWebMap

The xamWebMap is a powerful and highly adaptable mapping control that is included with NetAdvantage for Data Visualization. It can be used to add powerful visualizations of geo-spatial data to your application. This article will walk you through the different options for binding and mapping data to the xamWebMap, as well as how you can create maps that reflect this data. Creating a Base Map To get...