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• Silverlight Tools RTW Released!

  I am proud to announce we have released the official version our Silverlight Tools for Silverlight 2. Prior to this release we had released an RC1 candidate alongside the RTW version of Silverlight. If you have the RC1 or any previous version please upgrade... Posted Oct 28 2008, 12:40 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: silverlight, silverlight 2, game programming, resources, silverlight resources, version 2, express, RTW, Silverlight Tools

• Silverlight Tip of the Day #66 – How to copy XAML for Silverlight from Expression Designer

  Microsoft Expression Design is a professional illustration and graphic design tool that lets you build compelling elements. This tool is especially great for creating vector based graphics for your elements. If you do not have Expression Designer, check... Posted Oct 27 2008, 01:39 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: silverlight, Visual Studio 2008, silverlight 2, game programming, resources, silverlight resources, version 2, RC0, express, visual web developer

• Silverlight Tip of the Day #65 – Adding a Mouse Wheel Event Listener to your Controls

  In Tip of the Day #23 I showed you how to capture the mouse wheel event. In this tip we will take it one step further by implementing a IMouseWheelObserver interface that your Silverlight elements and controls can inherit from. This way, anytime the mouse... Posted Oct 21 2008, 07:46 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: silverlight, Visual Studio 2008, silverlight 2, game programming, resources, silverlight resources, version 2, RC0, express, visual web developer

• Silverlight Tip of the Day #64 – Deploying a Silverlight Application with a Web Service

  In Tip of the Day #42 I discussed how to create Silverlight-enabled WCF web service. In this tip I will discuss the steps necessary to take in order to publish and deploy the web service with your Silverlight application on your server. For security reasons... Posted Oct 20 2008, 08:06 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: silverlight, Visual Studio 2008, silverlight 2, game programming, resources, silverlight resources, version 2, express, visual web developer

• Silverlight Tip of the Day #63 – How to Monitor HTTP Traffic for Errors

  Recently when deploying a Silverlight application with a web service I forgot to include a client access policy and cross domain file. As a result I got the following exception when attempting to browse to my application: The exception did not make the... Posted Oct 20 2008, 05:43 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: silverlight, Visual Studio 2008, silverlight 2, game programming, resources, silverlight resources, version 2, RC0, express, visual web developer

• Silverlight Tip of the Day #62 – How to Create a Hyperlink

  Hyperlinks are a graphic or string that connects readers to another web site when clicked. Generally these are a few words that are identified by a blue color and a underline. Here is an example of a hyperlink: Click Me In Silverlight Hyperlinks can be... Posted Oct 16 2008, 04:53 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: silverlight, Visual Studio 2008, silverlight 2, game programming, resources, silverlight resources, version 2, express, visual web developer

• Silverlight 2 has been Released!

  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... Posted Oct 14 2008, 01:07 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: silverlight, Visual Studio 2008, silverlight 2, game programming, resources, silverlight resources, version 2, express, visual web developer

• Silverlight Tip of the Day #60 – How to load a XAML Control From a File or String

  If you have a control written in XAML that is included in your project you can load and create it directly from file by using the method: System.Windows.Markup. XamlReader .Load(). This method can also be used to directly create a Silverlight control... Posted Oct 09 2008, 09:11 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: silverlight, Visual Studio 2008, silverlight 2, game programming, resources, silverlight resources, version 2, RC0, express, visual web developer

• Silverlight Tip of the Day #55 – How to Apply Styles in Silverlight – Part I

  Styles are extremely important because they allow developers to control the look and layout of controls across their application. By using styles you can simply change the style declaration and all controls in the application are updated automatically... Posted Oct 02 2008, 08:37 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: silverlight, Visual Studio 2008, silverlight 2, game programming, resources, silverlight resources, version 2, RC0, express, visual web developer

• Silverlight Tip of the Day #54: How to Develop with Silverlight Tools for Free

  The recent RC0 release of Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio is now compatible with Visual Web Developer Express with SP1 installed! Express is FREE and can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/express/download/ . This version only supports the... Posted Oct 01 2008, 01:57 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: silverlight, Visual Studio 2008, silverlight 2, game programming, resources, silverlight resources, version 2, RC0, express, visual web developer