XAML Image Browser
After my entrance into the wonderful world of WPF, I came to the realisation that WPF apps should probably use XAML-based images for greatest flexibility. So I began a bit of a search on the web for supporting tools.
Two good exporters I came across were:
I also found some really good free vector art:
Using the exporters, I now had a good stockpile of XAML to use in my applications!
But I had a bit of a dilemma – these source XAML files wont preview in explorer and take too long to appear in IE/XAML pad.
So rather than looking at something like this in Explorer:
…XAML Image Browser was born:
Usage:
- Download the zip, extract the contents wherever you like
- Run XamlImageBrowser.exe
- Click the elipsis button (“…”) and browse to the folder that contains your XAML images and press open
- A preview of all the XAML in that directory should appear shortly!
Known issues:
- XAML that contains resource dictionary elements fails to load and will not appear in the preview panel
Revision history:
Version 0.2 – 1st July 2007
- Changed the way the folder browsing works
- Fixed the progress bar
- Increased the zoom range to allow for a better idea of what the XAML will look like at different sizes
- Added an option for recursive XAML discovery within the selected folder
Added “smart copy” option to allow for custom copying of xaml with the following features:
- Configurable auto-adding of customdata when copying using the tags %key and %payload
- Auto-removal of comments
Version 0.1 – 27th May 2007
Initial release
Disclaimer: The software is provided AS IS and I accept no responsibility for any issues arising as a result of using it.