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Applying Themes to User Controls and Packaging Them in a Separate Library/.dll in C#, WPF & XAML with .NET Framework 4.0
Understand how to have a simple user controls with themes that match the standard controls. The themes supported in the sample are generic, luna (all types) and royale.For re-usability, these are packaged in a library.
Term of the Week: XAML
XAML (Extensible Application Markup Language) is the codename for a new Microsoft markup language used to create UI elements for client applications in the forthcoming Windows release codenamed "Longhorn." The main XAML benefit to developers is that you'll be able to separate the application logic code from presentation code.
XAML Custom Controls and Animation
Learn about Microsoft's upcoming declarative language XAML, primarily for user interfaces and documents, will provide a simple way to separate functionality from design.
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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.

Using Objects as Parameters in C#
Do you have a lot of data to pass to a function? Take a lesson from the world of JavaScript and use a class / DTO.

Using SQL Stored Procedures with VB.NET
Learn how to use the built-in SQL Server stored procedures with your VB.NET programs.
How to Create MapReduce Jobs for Hadoop Using C#
This article introduces you to Big Data, Apache Hadoop and MapReduce jobs. We will also learn how to create MapReduce jobs using C#.