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Silverlight 2 has been Released!

October 14, 2008 Oct 14, 2008 10/14/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
Today I am very proud to announce that Silverlight 2 has been officially released! Grab it today at http://silverlight.net/GetStarted. This is a phenomenal release that provides a powerful solution to creating rich web application. At the link above you can install: Breaking ChangesMake certain to upgrade your beta 1 and beta 2 ...

A simple Silverlight 2.0 Stock Quotation Demo

October 14, 2008 Oct 14, 2008 10/14/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
I wrote a simple Silverlight demo of using data grid control to display stock quotes from a web service.  Here's the demo Silverlight 2.0 Stock Quotation Demo Part 1/4: Basic Design (This one include the project zip file) Silverlight 2.0 Stock Quotation Demo Part 2/4: Basic stock quotation Silverlight 2.0 Stock Quotation Demo ...

Silverlight Tips of the Day – Week 8

October 8, 2008 Oct 8, 2008 10/8/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
Silverlight Tip of the Day #57Title: How to Dynamically Load a Silverlight Control within another Silverlight ControlSilverlight Tip of the Day #56Title: Accessing the HTML DOM from Silverlight.Silverlight Tip of the Day #55Title: How to Apply Styles in Silverlight – Part ISilverlight Tip of the Day #54Title: How to Develop with ...

Exclude Files and Folders from WDP Output

October 4, 2008 Oct 4, 2008 10/4/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
Web  Deployment Projects (WDP) allows you to pre-compile your web into binaries and further also allows you to merge the assemblies produced in the format that you like. In my earlier posts I had talked about various WDP features and the latest release of WDP for VS 2008.  You can read more about this here By default in the WDP ...

A simple Balloon shooting silverlight game.

September 29, 2008 Sep 29, 2008 09/29/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
The following is a step by step walkthrough of designing a simple Balloon shooting silverlight game.  Hope you enjoy it.Siverlight 2 Beta 2 Balloon shooting tutorial Part 1/4, DesignSiverlight 2 Beta 2 Balloon shooting tutorial Part 2/4, Create Silverlight project, add balloon user control Siverlight 2 Beta 2 Balloon shooting tutorial ...

Silverlight Version 2 RC0 has been Released!

September 25, 2008 Sep 25, 2008 09/25/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
Version 2 of the Silverlight developer runtime along with the Silverlight Tools is now available. This release candidate will give developers the chance to convert their sites from Beta 2 –> Release before the final release of the runtime is out. Also, included below is a link to a patch that will upgrade Blend.Visual Studio 2008 ...

Silverlight Tips of the Day – Week 7

September 24, 2008 Sep 24, 2008 09/24/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
Silverlight Tip of the Day #46 Title: Font Support in SilverlightSilverlight Tip of the Day #45: Title: Text Formatting with the TextBlock controlSilverlight Tip of the Day #44: Title: Silverlight-enabled WCF Services versus ASMX Web Services. Silverlight Tip of the Day #43 Title: Making it Snow in Silverlight. Demo...