Semantic Zoom with Silverlight 5 Pivotviewer: Listing 4

Initial PivotViewer item template.

 <pivot:PivotViewer x:Name="pViewer" >
   <pivot:PivotViewer.ItemTemplates >
     <pivot:PivotViewerItemTemplate >
       <Border Width="300" Height="300" 
        Background="{Binding StaffName, 
        Converter={StaticResource staffConv}}" >
         <TextBlock Text="{Binding SizeOfParty}" 
          FontSize="90"
          FontWeight="Bold"
          Foreground="White"
          HorizontalAlignment="Center" 
          VerticalAlignment="Center" / >
         </Border >
       </pivot:PivotViewerItemTemplate >
   </pivot:PivotViewer.ItemTemplates >
   <pivot:PivotViewer.PivotProperties >
... removed for brevity
   </pivot:PivotViewer.PivotProperties >
 </pivot:PivotViewer >

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Tony Champion is a software architect with more than 18 years of experience developing with Microsoft technologies. As the president and lead software architect of Champion DS, he remains active in the latest trends and technologies, creating custom solutions on Microsoft platforms. Tony is also a Microsoft Windows Developer MVP.

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