http://blogs.msdn.com/nigel/archive/tags/.NET+4.0/default.aspxTags: .NET 4.0en-NZCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/nigel/archive/2008/10/29/wpf-silverlight-control-toolkit-visual-studio-2010-and-net-framework-4-0-ctp.aspxTue, 28 Oct 2008 22:08:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9020755nparker0http://blogs.msdn.com/nigel/comments/9020755.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/nigel/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9020755http://blogs.msdn.com/nigel/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=9020755<P>In today’s PDC keynote <A href="http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/" mce_href="http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/">theGu</A> announced a new control suite for <A href="http://www.codeplex.com/Silverlight" mce_href="http://www.codeplex.com/Silverlight">Silverlight 2</A> and <A href="http://www.codeplex.com/wpf/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=15598" mce_href="http://www.codeplex.com/wpf/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=15598">WPF</A>. </P> <P>The Silverlight controls announced today don’t exist in WPF just yet but have been written in a way that can be easily ported to WPF.</P> <P>These releases continue to drive towards the arrowhead vision for WPF and Silverlight.<A href="http://flickr.com/photos/druclimb/133159539/" mce_href="http://flickr.com/photos/druclimb/133159539/"><IMG border=0 src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/50/133159539_c197e12efd.jpg" mce_src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/50/133159539_c197e12efd.jpg"></A> </P> <P><EM><A href="http://flickr.com/photos/druclimb/133159539/" mce_href="http://flickr.com/photos/druclimb/133159539/">photo Dru!</A></EM></P> <P>Tim <A href="http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2008/10/28/silverlight-toolkit-released-with-charting-databinding.aspx" mce_href="http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2008/10/28/silverlight-toolkit-released-with-charting-databinding.aspx">has a post</A> demonstrating chart databinding in action. <A href="http://blog.galasoft.ch/archive/2008/10/28/new-silverlight-controls-suite-delivered-by-microsoft-pdc08.aspx" mce_href="http://blog.galasoft.ch/archive/2008/10/28/new-silverlight-controls-suite-delivered-by-microsoft-pdc08.aspx">Laurent has gone deep</A> on the Silverlight controls as well.</P> <P>The <A href="http://www.codeplex.com/wpf/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=15598" mce_href="http://www.codeplex.com/wpf/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=15598">WPF Toolkit</A> includes out-of-band releases of high-quality WPF controls and features. Many of these will be rolled back into the platform with the next .NET Framework release.</P> <P>Included in the WPF Toolkit are:</P> <LI>DataGrid </LI> <LI>DatePicker/Calendar </LI> <LI>VisualStateManager (VSM) <P>If you are interested with what is around the corner you can check out the <A href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vs2008/products/cc948977.aspx" mce_href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vs2008/products/cc948977.aspx">overview</A> and <A href="https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/content/content.aspx?ContentID=9790" mce_href="https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/content/content.aspx?ContentID=9790">download Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 CTP today!</A></P></LI> <P>Watch <A href="javascript:window.frames.video.playSingleVideo('http://wm.istreamplanet.com/customers/ms/300_ms_pdc_081028.asx');">Day 2 Keynote: Ray Ozzie, Steven Sinofsky, Scott Guthrie, and David Treadwell</A></P><IFRAME height=360 src="http://www.microsoft.com/PressPass/SilverlightApps/videoplayer_3/standalone.aspx?xml=http://wm.istreamplanet.com/customers/ms/300_ms_pdc_081028.asx&amp;r=embed&amp;id=1&amp;layout=top" frameBorder=0 width=350 scrolling=no></IFRAME><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9020755" width="1" height="1">WPFSilverlight2PDC2008.NET 4.0