I've had a copy of the excellent Camtasia Studio from TechSmith on my system for a while now and I've been itching to find time to create a video demo or two.
Just as everyone warned me it would be, it's a lot harder and takes wa-ay longer than you think it will, but my first effort is finally finished.
As you can see from the blog heading, the video is a mini-tutorial on the subject of how to create a simple ControlTemplate in WPF. The example I've used is a round button, just to show the techniques rather than try and get too fancy with the design.
It's 99.9% XAML; just one tiny bit of VB used to demonstrate that the templated button is wired up to the standard button Click event.
The full-length video runs to just over 12 minutes and you can access it from HERE
or download a zipped copy HERE
In addition, I was greatly encouraged by Karl Shifflett's clear and comprehensive article (not forgetting his demo videos!) on CodeProject to try and create a Silverlight version too. In order to keep within the bandwidth limitations, I've had to break the original demo into two parts.
You can view the same video streamed as a Silverlight application from the links below:
WPF ControlTemplate Part 1 Video
WPF ControlTemplate Part 2 Video
If you want to view the Silverlight versions full screen, select the button shown in the image below for Full Screen and the Esc key to return to Default Size
