DevDave (Dave Relyea) is a dev lead on the Silverlight team. He just blogged a really slick new animating wrap panel. Read about it here and try out the sample app below. There are a bunch of different “interpolations” … Continue reading
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FlickrViewr Updated for Beta2
Just a note to say I’ve updated my FlickrViewr for Silverlight Beta2. (All of the controls now use VisualStateManager, too!) Enjoy! (See the original post for more info & source code.)
Parts & States Model with VisualStateManager (Part 4 of 4)
Here we are – the final post of our Parts & States Model series for Silverlight 2 controls. Hope you’ve enjoyed the ride so far! Today, we’ll go through some general recommendations on how to use the Parts & States … Continue reading
Parts & States Model with VisualStateManager (Part 3 of 4)
This is the third post in a four part series on Silverlight 2’s Parts & States control model. Last time, you learned how to reskin an existing control using VisualStateManager. In this post, you’ll see how to build up a … Continue reading
Parts & States Model with VisualStateManager (Part 2 of 4)
This is the second post in a four part series about managing parts & states in Silverlight 2 controls. Today, we’ll put into practice the concepts you learned last time and walk through how to reskin a CheckBox. (If you … Continue reading
Parts & States Model with VisualStateManager (Part 1 of 4)
In Silverlight 2, we’ve added significant new support for managing states and transitions inside of controls. To help explain the Parts & States Model, I’ve put together a 4 part post series that will show how to: Create a control … Continue reading
Silverlight 2 Beta2
Silverlight Beta2 is officially out in the wild! All the required download links to get started are here: Silverlight 2 Beta 2 runtime Visual Studio 2008 Silverlight Tools Expression Blend 2.5 June Preview Deep Zoom Composer Also, for the … Continue reading
TechEd Samples
Thanks everyone who attended my TechEd talks last week! As promised, here are the decks and samples from each session. When the videos get posted, I will add links. :) WUX206: An Introduction to Microsoft Silverlight Controls Framework (slides, samples) … Continue reading
TechEd Orlando
I’ve landed in Orlando for the dev week of TechEd 2008! And it’s raining. (Seattle weather haunts me.) Anyways, for those of you in Orlando, I’ll be giving two talks on the Silverlight Control Model: WUX206 An Introduction to Microsoft … Continue reading
Silverlight HTTP Networking Stack – Part 3 (Configuring a Cross Domain Policy File)
Here’s the final post in this 3 part Silverlight HTTP networking series. In the first post, we discussed basic site of origin HTTP communication. In the second, we gave an overview of Silverlight’s cross domain communication support. Today, we’ll drill … Continue reading
Silverlight HTTP Networking Stack – Part 2 (Cross Domain Communication Overview)
In part 1, we discussed how Silverlight applications talk to their site of origin server. In this post, we’ll dive into the high level concepts around Silverlight’s cross domain HTTP communication. Then next time, we’ll go into details of how … Continue reading
Silverlight HTTP Networking Stack – Part 1 (Site of Origin Communication)
This is going to be a three parter. :) Today, we’ll dig into the core networking capabilities of the HTTP stack for site of origin communication. In the next two parts, we’ll go deep into understanding our HTTP cross domain … Continue reading