The team blog of the Expression Blend and Design products.
Microsoft Expression News
We released important news today about the Expression family of products. Please visit the...
Date: 12/20/2012
Windows Phone 7 Themed Videos
As you can imagine, shortly after a major release like we had, most of us shift our focus slightly...
Date: 11/11/2010
Windows Phone Developer Tools Released!
Today, we have released the final version of the Windows Phone Developer Tools. You can download it...
Date: 09/16/2010
Windows Phone Developer Tools Beta Released
It’s been a while since we released an update for those of you working on Windows Phone 7 projects!...
Date: 07/12/2010
Expression Blend Sessions from TechEd
A few weeks ago, a couple of Expression Blend team members presented at the TechEd conference held...
Date: 06/20/2010
Check Out The New Pattern (XAML+CS) Library!
Creating great looking and functioning applications is tough. It requires having a good eye for...
Date: 06/16/2010
Expression Studio 4 Launches
Today at Internet Week in NYC, we announced the availability of Expression Studio 4. You can...
Date: 06/07/2010
Creating a Carousel with the PathListBoxUtils Sample
While the PathListBox control provides an easy way to lay out items along a path, creating a...
Date: 06/07/2010
Control Storyboards Easily using Behaviors
It’s been a while since the last article where I promised to write about all of the behaviors that...
Date: 05/25/2010
How to add mockup controls to your Expression Blend library
In Expression Blend 4, one of the new samples we added is called MockupDemonstration. If you haven’t...
Date: 05/13/2010
Updated Components for Windows Phone 7 Development
At MIX, we released an early preview of our support for building applications for Windows Phone 7...
Date: 04/29/2010
Minor Update to The Expression Blend 4 Release Candidate
As most of you know, last week we released the release candidate version of Expression Blend 4....
Date: 04/26/2010
Expression Blend 4 Release Candidate Available!
Recently, the final versions of both Silverlight 4 and .NET 4 have been released! To coincide with...
Date: 04/16/2010
Expression Blend Sessions at MIX10
If you haven’t had a chance to check out the sessions from MIX10 that showcased Expression Blend 4,...
Date: 03/29/2010
Dynamic Layout and Transitions in Expression Blend 4
Click here to watch Kenny’s MIX 2010 session that covers a lot of the topics that you see in this...
Date: 03/16/2010
Expression Blend 4 Beta and Information on Windows Phone Development
As many of you know, today was the first day of MIX - Microsoft’s annual conference for designers...
Date: 03/15/2010
Switching Visual States Easily using GoToStateAction
Over the next couple of weeks, it seems like a good idea to go over some of the behaviors we shipped...
Date: 02/22/2010
Limited Time: 30% Discount on Expression Studio 3
Hi everyone, For a limited time, there is a 30% discount on all Microsoft Expression 3 products...
Date: 12/22/2009
Try to Define Visuals in XAML
Ok, pop-quiz time. Below, you will find two screenshots I took from two different applications: [...
Date: 11/24/2009
Download Expression Blend Preview for .NET 4
Today at PDC, we made a few announcements that would be of interest to you! First, Scott Guthrie...
Date: 11/18/2009
Working with Layout when DataContexts are Involved
Hi everyone, When using Expression Blend, a common task you probably engage in is working with...
Date: 11/16/2009
Simple Cartoon Animation using Visual States
One of the goals of Silverlight’s Visual State Manager technology is to let you do quite a bit of...
Date: 11/10/2009
Storyboards, Visual States and SketchFlow Animations
What are these things – are they different ways of doing the same task? When would I use one in...
Date: 10/13/2009
Visual State Manager tips for design and authoring
As you probably know, Silverlight and WPF have a runtime piece called the Visual State Manager (or...
Date: 10/02/2009
Styling Tips for Silverlight and WPF Controls
In this article I’ve collected together some information and advice that you’ll find useful when...
Date: 09/16/2009
Styling Tips for Silverlight and WPF Controls
In this article I’ve collected together some information and advice that you’ll find useful when...
Date: 09/16/2009
Expression Blend 3 Survey- Win a free zune HD!!!
Hello! The Expression Blend team is currently planning features for future versions of Expression...
Date: 09/15/2009
Silverlight Control Styling Tips Articles
We’ve published eleven new articles on the blog and they all contain information and tips that...
Date: 09/09/2009
Control Styling Tips: RadioButton
Hello! In this article, I’d like to provide you with some information and tips that you’ll find...
Date: 09/09/2009
Control Styling Tips: Button
Hello! In this article, I’d like to provide you with some information and tips that you’ll find...
Date: 09/08/2009
Common Styling Tips: CheckBox
Hello! In this article, I’d like to provide you with some information and tips that you’ll find...
Date: 09/08/2009
Control Styling Tips: Slider
Hello! In this article, I’d like to provide you with some information and tips that you’ll find...
Date: 09/08/2009
Control Styling Tips: ScrollBar
Hello! In this article, I’d like to provide you with some information and tips that you’ll find...
Date: 09/08/2009
Control Styling Tips: PasswordBox
Hello! In this article, I’d like to provide you with some information and tips that you’ll find...
Date: 09/08/2009
Control Styling Tips: TextBox
Hello! In this article, I’d like to provide you with some information and tips that you’ll find...
Date: 09/08/2009
Control Styling Tips: ScrollViewer
Hello! In this article, I’d like to provide you with some information and tips that you’ll find...
Date: 09/08/2009
Control Styling Tips: ListBox
Hello! In this article, I’d like to provide you with some information and tips that you’ll find...
Date: 09/08/2009
Control Styling Tips: ComboBox
Hello! In this article, I’d like to provide you with some information and tips that you’ll find...
Date: 09/08/2009
Keyframe Marquee Selection, and other Timeline Tips
With Blend 3 it’s now possible to draw a marquee (or lasso) around keyframes to select all the...
Date: 09/02/2009
Using Custom Value Editors for Behaviors
Ok, Jeff Kelly is back with Part IV of his coverage on behaviors-related topics. This one talks...
Date: 08/26/2009
Blend 3 Samples Deconstructed
In my previous post, I mentioned that most of the samples from previous versions of Expression Blend...
Date: 08/24/2009
All Expression Blend Samples Posted to the Expression Gallery!
Hi everyone, As many of you probably already know, the Expression Community site is where you go to...
Date: 08/18/2009
Deep Zoom Composer Updated to Fix an Export Related Bug
Hi everyone, We have released an update to last week’s Deep Zoom Composer release to address a...
Date: 07/30/2009
The States Pane and WPF Controls
Last October I described how to use the States pane in a WPF project with Blend 2 Service Pack 1....
Date: 07/26/2009
Expression Blend 3 – Secrets of Working With Data
Evgeny is back with a great blog post describing some cool features related to the new Sample Data...
Date: 07/23/2009
Caching and Deep Zoom Composer Downloads
Hi everyone, Some of you have let us know that the version of Deep Zoom Composer you downloaded...
Date: 07/23/2009
Deep Zoom Composer Released!
Hi everyone, To coincide with the official launch of Expression Studio 3, we have released the first...
Date: 07/23/2009
Expression Studio 3 LAUNCHED TODAY!
Today we announced the official launch of Expression® Studio 3, a suite of professional design tools...
Date: 07/22/2009
A Look at Some Advanced Behaviors Features
Jeff Kelly is back with Part III of his behaviors coverage. This time, he focuses on the more...
Date: 07/15/2009