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Stage 7: Showing the Current Selection, and a ModelItem introduction.

There's still a few tricks we can do to make our Scroller work and look better - and one of them is going to also show us the art of binding . This topic is going to be a little hairy. Stick with me, because it will teach you some very important concepts...

Published Mon, Apr 30 2007 6:38 PM by IgnoranceIsBliss

Filed under: Developer, MCML
Stage 6: Cleaning Up & Scrolling our Choices

We are making real progress now in doing things with our interface. But there are a couple of 'housework' items we need to do before we can say we are ready to move on to the next part of our program. The next question we need to ask ourselves is simple...

Published Mon, Apr 23 2007 12:33 AM by IgnoranceIsBliss

Filed under: Developer, MCML
Stage 5: Loading your buttons from C#

Now, a game with a fixed list of categories isn't exactly flexible. What we are going to need is the ability to create a list from our code , so we can load the category list when the program is running. This will let people add new categories of question...

Published Wed, Apr 18 2007 12:34 AM by IgnoranceIsBliss

Filed under: Developer, MCML
Feel Free To Comment

If anyone is reading these, feel free to leave some comments. With all the silence, I'm feeling all cold, alone and unappreciated :) Nah - I just want to make sure people are really READING these. If nobody is using them, it's kinda silly for me to bother...

Published Sat, Apr 14 2007 12:33 PM by IgnoranceIsBliss

Filed under: Developer, MCML, Plea for Attention
Stage 4: Making the Button Do Stuff

Now we have a nice responsive button - it's time to do something when the user clicks. For this, we are again going to use rules. The first thing we are going to need is a way to see if we have been clicked. If you check the SDK documentation, you'll...

Published Sat, Apr 14 2007 10:27 AM by IgnoranceIsBliss

Filed under: Developer, MCML
Stage 3, Part 2 : Making a Button

We've got some great little buttons - that do absolutely nothing . Allright, we have our mission - let's make these things move and respond to presses. First, let's make them visibly respond to having the mouse rolled over them. The first thing we have...

Published Fri, Apr 13 2007 6:17 PM by IgnoranceIsBliss

Filed under: Developer, MCML
Stage 3, Part 1: Let's make a Button

OK - we have a base to work with - an MCML file that describes a nice little layout for our application, and a C# file that is used to provide data to it. Now, how about we make this thing a little bit more interactive? In our game, we are going to need...

Published Thu, Apr 12 2007 11:51 PM by IgnoranceIsBliss

Filed under: Developer, MCML, Media Center, Buttons
Stage 2: Linking to C#

This stage isn't too hard once you understand the tricks behind it. Let's hook our new MCML file up to C#. Because of the Model-View seperation that is part of the basic design of Media Center Markup Language projects (see my post on Model-View Seperation...

Published Wed, Apr 11 2007 11:53 PM by IgnoranceIsBliss

Filed under: Developer, MCML, Walkthrough
Stage 1: A Basic Layout

Right, now let's begin playing with our application. Our first order of business is to show something a little bit more informative that 'hello' on the main screen. To do this, we are going to use one of the UI's that are included with MCMLookalike (and...

Published Wed, Apr 11 2007 6:26 PM by IgnoranceIsBliss

Filed under: Developer, MCML, Walkthrough
A Worked Example

Today I'm starting a series of blog posts - we are going to work together to build a Media Center application. The best way to learn a new technology is DOING something with it. So we are going to make a very simple trivia game in the Media Center Markup...

Published Wed, Apr 11 2007 8:13 AM by IgnoranceIsBliss

Filed under: Developer, MCML, Sample
More With My Music - Stage 1

Ian Dixon asked a question a while ago on his blog (the main blog that appears on this site). He was wondering what people wanted out of the music functionality in Media Center. I answered him, but I also thought that I'm probably one of the better candidates...

Published Mon, Apr 09 2007 10:22 PM by IgnoranceIsBliss

Filed under: 3rd Party Addins
Laying Out Your Interface

If you've played with Java, you've probably discovered Layout Managers. Basically, they are techniques that allow you to position your controls on the screen. Layout managers are used to deal with the fact that in some windows (and in Media Center screens...

Published Mon, Apr 02 2007 12:02 AM by IgnoranceIsBliss

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April 2007 - The Digital Lifestyle Developer Blog

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Stage 7: Showing the Current Selection, and a ModelItem introduction.

Stage 6: Cleaning Up & Scrolling our Choices

Stage 5: Loading your buttons from C#

Feel Free To Comment

Stage 4: Making the Button Do Stuff

Stage 3, Part 2 : Making a Button

Stage 3, Part 1: Let's make a Button

Stage 2: Linking to C#

Stage 1: A Basic Layout

A Worked Example

More With My Music - Stage 1

Laying Out Your Interface

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