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Sunday, July 20, 2008 6:59 PM

Maintaining access to Silverlight 2's generic.xaml resources [SilverlightDefaultStyleBrowser updated for build 2.0.30523.8 and beyond!]

A few days ago the Silverlight team released a minor update to Beta 2 , changing the version number from 2.0.30523.6 to 2.0.30523.8 in the process. The version number is part of Silverlight's install path and SilverlightDefaultStyleBrowser (background
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 10:47 PM

Smaller is better! [A simple step to shrink the download size of Silverlight 2 applications]

When putting content on the web, it's important to get that content to the user as quickly as possible. In general, reducing the amount of data users need to download is a big step in the right direction. As such, the XAP packaging format used by Silverlight
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Attachment(s): XapReZip.cmd
Thursday, July 03, 2008 2:00 AM

The layout system lies have become a bit more elaborate [LayoutTransform functionality updated and enhanced for Silverlight 2 Beta 2!]

In the introductory post for LayoutTransformControl , I showed a trivial use case to demonstrate the need for LayoutTransform in some scenarios. I also noted that Silverlight 2 supports only RenderTransform , but went on to demonstrate how it was possible
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Attachment(s): LayoutTransformControl.zip
Thursday, June 19, 2008 10:39 PM

Text; from a slightly different perspective [VerticalTextBlock Control sample for Silverlight 2]

During an informal discussion yesterday, the question of displaying text vertically (i.e., letters stacked on top of each other instead of side-by-side) came up and I offhandedly said it would be pretty easy to do. Later on, I got curious about just how
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Attachment(s): VerticalTextBlock.zip
Friday, June 13, 2008 12:35 AM

Proof-of-concept Silverlight XPS reader comes to Beta 2 [SimpleSilverlightXpsViewer sample updated for Silverlight 2 Beta 2!]

Earlier this week I was asked about an update to my SimpleSilverlightXpsViewer sample for the newly released Silverlight 2 Beta 2 . (Background reading: Introductory Post , Beta 1 Update .) I spent a bit of time on this just now and migrating SimpleSilverlightXpsViewer
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008 10:14 AM

Again with the support for simple HTML display in Silverlight [HtmlTextBlock sample updated for Silverlight 2 Beta 2!]

A customer recently asked about an update to my HtmlTextBlock sample for the newly released Silverlight 2 Beta 2 . (Background reading: HtmlTextBlock Announcement , Improvements , Beta 1 Update , Data Binding Support ) I'd meant to eventually migrate
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Friday, June 06, 2008 10:58 PM

Continuing access to Silverlight 2's generic.xaml resources [SilverlightDefaultStyleBrowser updated for Silverlight 2 Beta 2!]

Silverlight 2 Beta was released earlier today and one of the big changes is the switch to using Visual State Manager for control design/development. Another is that many of the core controls (Button, ListBox, etc.) have moved from the SDK into the Silverlight
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008 10:52 AM

Lying to the layout system for a good cause [Bringing LayoutTransform to Silverlight 2!]

People who want to rotate visual elements in Silverlight 2 are likely to use RotateTransform within RenderTransform - but they may not always get the results they expect! For example, using RenderTransform to achieve the following effect: Actually renders
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Attachment(s): LayoutTransformControl.zip
Sunday, May 04, 2008 4:21 PM

IValueConverter: The Swiss Army Knife of Bindings [PropertyViewer sample is a WPF/Silverlight visualization and debugging aid!]

If you've made much use of data binding in WPF or Silverlight, you've probably come across the IValueConverter interface. IValueConverter sits between the data source and destination and gives the developer a chance to examine/alter/replace the data as
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Attachment(s): PropertyViewer.zip
Monday, April 21, 2008 12:15 PM

Buttons in a ListBox, and More [Demonstration of some useful Silverlight techniques]

One scenario I've seen cause a bit of trouble on the Silverlight Controls Forum is that of putting a Button in a ListBox . There are two aspects of this that seem to cause difficulty and I thought it would be helpful to demonstrate the complete scenario
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Attachment(s): ListBoxWithButtons.zip
Tuesday, April 08, 2008 3:04 PM

Proof-of-concept Silverlight XPS reader gets some Beta 1 love [SimpleSilverlightXpsViewer updated for Silverlight 2 Beta 1!]

After a few customer requests to update my SimpleSilverlightXpsViewer proof-of-concept XPS reader for Silverlight 2 Beta 1 , I finally found time to do so. :) I've just updated the original SimpleSilverlightXpsViewer demonstration page and also updated
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Saturday, March 22, 2008 3:53 PM

Improved access to Silverlight 2's generic.xaml resources [SilverlightDefaultStyleBrowser available via ClickOnce]

In response to my previous post announcing the SilverlightDefaultStyleBrowser tool for working with default styles for Silverlight 2 controls , I got an email from Rob Relyea suggesting that I make SilverlightDefaultStyleBrowser available via ClickOnce
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Saturday, March 22, 2008 12:01 AM

Improving everyone's access to Silverlight 2's generic.xaml resources [SilverlightDefaultStyleBrowser tool and source code]

When customizing the look and feel of a Silverlight 2 control, people usually want to start with a copy of the control's default visuals. Unfortunately, getting at the default XAML for a control isn't always obvious or easy. A control's default XAML is
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 1:31 PM

Code to support new features doesn't write itself [HtmlTextBlock sample gets data binding support!]

In the comments to my post about porting the HtmlTextBlock sample to Silverlight 2 Beta 1 , kind reader eibrahim pointed out that Silverlight 2's data binding feature wasn't working with HtmlTextBlock. I explained why in a reply to that comment: This
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Attachment(s): HtmlTextBlockAndDataBinding.zip
Monday, March 17, 2008 12:46 PM

Continuing support for simple HTML display in Silverlight [HtmlTextBlock sample updated for Silverlight 2 Beta 1!]

A few months ago when Silverlight 1.1 Alpha was all the rage, I wrote a sample control that made a best-effort attempt to display simple HTML markup in Silverlight. The original HtmlTextBlock post described the control's purpose and the follow-up post
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