Attached Behavior base like it should have been
A while ago, I was reading this shocking blog post by Joost van Schaik. It explains that the Behavior.OnDetaching is not always invoked and thus can cause (big) memory issues. He gives a great solution...
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Windows Phone 7 and MissingMethodException
Recently I was building a demo application for Windows Phone 7 to show how it can be used with Catel. I created a new Windows Phone 7 project (for Mango) and tried to run the example. I hit a strange...
View ArticleSneak preview: Windows Phone 7 Mango CameraService
You have probably already heard the good news: in Windows Phone 7 Mango, we can actually get to the camera using the PhotoCamera class. However, I always like to write my applications for xaml based...
View ArticleCatel 2.1 released
I am proud to announce that earlier this week we released Catel 2.1. This blog post contains the most important additions and changes, but the full release notes can be found here.Brand new...
View ArticleCatel 2.2: advanced validation in view models
In Catel 2.2, the validation framework has been refactored. This means that instead of this code: 1:/// <summary> 2:/// Validates the field values of this object. Override this method to enable...
View ArticleReleased Catel 2.3
The day has come, another month has passed, so it’s time for a new version of Catel (yes, we release a new version every month)!Official website: http://catel.codeplex.comDocumentation:...
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Behaviors in the spotlight: Focus
Catel contains lots of behaviors that are very useful. For more information about behaviors, see the documentation. However, this series of blog posts with “Behaviors in the spotlight” will put one...
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A weak event listener for WPF, Silverlight and Windows Phone 7
A small note upfront: this blog post does not contain catchy images or videos, but it is truly worth reading! Try to hang in there, or if you don’t care about any memory leaks in your app, this is the...
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Catel: improved validation and the ValidationContext
In every release of Catel, we try to improve a significant part of the code based on user requests. For release 2.4, it was the turn of the validation.The validation in Catel is extremely flexible, and...
View ArticleCatel: Hooking a command to validation automatically in MVVM
In Catel (2.5, not released yet, only beta available), it is possible to hook the CanExecute of a Command to the IValidationSummary automatically. This way, there is no need to check for errors...
View ArticlePleaseWaitService for Windows Phone 7
For a long time, the PleaseWaitService is available for WPF and Silverlight in Catel. However, in the latest version (3.0), we have added support for Windows Phone 7 as well.The PleaseWaitService is a...
View ArticleCatel 3.1 - beta version released
So, it’s been another month since we released Catel 3.0. This means that soon, we will release a new version, and it will be 3.1. You can grab the latest version:Via NuGetVia installerBelow is a list...
View ArticleCatel 3.1 released
We just released Catel 3.1. You can grab the latest version:Via NuGetVia installerIn this blog post, we already described the most important changes, but you can find a full list of changes here.As...
View ArticleCatel 3.2 is released!
The Catel team is very proud the announce the new 3.2 release. As always, the new version is available via NuGet and via Codeplex (http://catel.codeplex.com).In this blog post, I will try to explain...
View ArticleCatel 3.4 is released!
It has been quite a while, but today a new version of Catel is released. It took us more time then usual, but in return we have a great version ready to be downloaded via the site or via NuGet.Added...
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