Learning more about WPF and Silverlight
Posted in Silverlight on Mar 24th, 2008
It seems that there is some confusion on how to add the Silverlight data controls to your Silverlight 2.0 project.
1. Add reference to System.Windows.Controls.Data.dll.
2. Add an xmlns attribute to your root tag.
3. Use the DataGrid control in your XAML.
Posted in Silverlight, Visual Studio on Mar 19th, 2008
I ran into some Silverlight install problems on one of my computers. The Silverlight runtime installed fine. The SDK installer and the modifications to Visual Studio 2008 was where I ran into trouble.
Here are two blog posts that I found useful in solving these problems.
BradleyBMichaelSync
Error Messages
“Could not load type. Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.Silverlight.IVsSilverlightService”
“The project type is not supported [...]
.NET 3.5 shipped a few months ago. There are a number of improvements that apply to WPF applications. Today I want to talk about the Binding class improvements.
Performance
Some good news on the performance front. The WPF and ADO.NET team have spent considerable resources improving the data-binding performance. More details in future posts.
Binding Class
In .NET [...]
Posted in MIX, Silverlight on Mar 5th, 2008
A preview version of Expression Blend for designing Silverlight 2 applications is now available.
http://silverlight.net/getstarted/#beta
–Mix08–
Posted in MIX, Silverlight on Mar 5th, 2008
Microsoft is releasing several thousand unit tests for the Silverlight controls. These will be released under an Open Source license.
-Mix08-
Posted in MIX, Silverlight on Mar 5th, 2008
What if your customers are watching a video on your site and their bandwidth is flaky? For the first five minutes they’ve got a solid high speed connection but then the bandwidth drops drastically. What happens to the video playback? Does it stall for a few seconds and then startup again?
Silverlight 2.0 will intelligently [...]
Posted in Silverlight on Mar 5th, 2008
Scott Guthrie just announced that the Beta is now available
http://silverlight.net/getstarted/#beta
Posted in Conferences, MIX, Silverlight on Mar 4th, 2008
Scott Guthrie writes another amazing article, this time about using Expression Blend 2.5. His 40 page, 4,000 word post shows how to build a Silverlight chat application with the upcoming Expression beta.
Posted in Conferences, MIX, Silverlight, WPF on Mar 4th, 2008
Soon, very soon, Microsoft will open the Mix08 information floodgates. Microsoft employees and partners will be released from their NDA shackles and we’ll finally learn what’s been cooking in the Silverlight kitchen. At Mix07 I heard an excited buzzing sound in the conference hallways as attendees discussed the ramifications of the Silverlight announcements. Managed code. [...]
