Silverlight City - Recent Posts

Post: 168

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:59:45 GMT

Post: Approved at: Aug-19-2008

Silverlight heating up with Grid Girls

Seems Silverlight is really getting around the sports world ;)

Pick a Girl and maybe win a prize:

http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/business/0,39044229,62045016,00.htm

http://www.singtelrace.com/SingTel-Grid-Girls_Heart-Race.aspx

Implement Custom Mouse Cursor

http://silverlight.net/blogs/msnow/archive/2008/08/18/tip-of-the-day-28-how-to-implement-a-custom-mouse-cursor.aspx

SL Animations back MS RFID Network

Microsoft is developing cutting-edge motion design visuals in Silverlight for its RFID network at Tech Ed 2008 in Sydney.

http://www.itnews.com.au/News/82864,silverlight-animations-back-microsoft-rfid-network.aspx

Post: 167

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:35:58 GMT

Post: Approved at: Aug-18-2008

SL vs Flash/Flex (or not) and my SL wishlist

http://community.irritatedvowel.com/blogs/pete_browns_blog/archive/2008/08/17/Silverlight_2F002E00_NET-vs-Flash_2F00_Flex-_2800_or-not_2900_-and-My-Silverlight-Wishlist.aspx

Post: 166

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:43:17 GMT

Post: Approved at: Aug-17-2008

Webcam in Sl 2 – Sliding Puzzle Game

Game image from webcam via Flash:

http://jonas.follesoe.no/WebcamInSilverlight2NdashSlidingPuzzleGame.aspx

Dan Wahlin on SL 2.0 and WPF

Dan Wahlin chats with Carl and Richard in front of a live audience at DevConnections in Orlando about his experiences with Silverlight 2.0 and WPF.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1f3dea01-c497-4378-b5db-e24477d9cde1&DisplayLang=en

The Dynamics Duo talk about CRM and SL

http://blogs.msdn.com/benriga/archive/2008/08/15/the-dynamics-duo-talk-about-crm-and-silverlight.aspx

XAML Brushes and Silverlight

* XAML Brushes and Silverlight
* Using Brushes
* Using Brushes continued
* Still More on Using Brushes

http://www.aspfree.com/c/a/BrainDump/XAML-Brushes-and-Silverlight/

Moonlight 0.8

Linux is getting there:

http://michaelsync.net/2008/08/15/free-download-moonlight-08-for-silverlight-linux-users

Four Transforms

http://silverlight.net/blogs/jesseliberty/archive/2008/08/16/four-transforms.aspx

Post: 165

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:16:54 GMT

Post: Approved at: Aug-15-2008

Custom Sort Icons in DataGrid

What you own sort icons to display in the Silverlight 2's DataGrid controL?

http://mattberseth.com/blog/2008/08/custom_sort_icons_with_silverl.html

SL Flickr client in IronRuby

http://blog.jimmy.schementi.com/2008/08/walk-through-silverlight-flickr-client.html

Our Making Silverlight Shine

Article about Microsoft goal of getting Silverlight on all devices:

http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2008/8/14/technology/20080814104614&sec=technology

Tips to view silverlight pages on Linux

http://www.ciol.com/Developer/Open-Source/Tutorial/Tips-to-view-silverlight-pages-on-Linux/14808109057/0/

SkyFire and PC Web on a phone

http://jonas.follesoe.no/SkyfireThePCWebOnAPhoneIncludingSilverlight2.aspx

Silverlight has a more natural support of JavaScript

The Mossy Blog:

http://blogs.msdn.com/msmossyblog/archive/2008/08/12/silverlight-has-a-more-natural-support-of-javascript.aspx

Post: 164

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:08:14 GMT

Post: Approved at: Aug-14-2008

SilverlightOnly 360° Panorama Viewer 2D
Features:
* Support for file types JPEG (*.jpg) and QuickTime QTVR (*.mov).
* Open local panorama files or load from Internet with authorization
* Mouse-activated control panel with full-screen switch
* Zoom in and out through control panel, keyboard keys (+)(-) or the mouse wheel.
* Keyboard and mouse controlled movement with variable speed.
* Screensaver mode: automatic horizontal rotation with speed choice.
Visit http://silverlightonly.com

Post: 163

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:10:09 GMT

Post: Approved at: Aug-12-2008

Angled Column Headers with SL 2's DataGrid

Matt Berseth has a winner with his post on angled column headrs:

http://mattberseth.com/blog/2008/08/angled_column_headers_with_sil.html

Silverlight Offline Database storage

http://infosysblogs.com/microsoft/2008/08/silverlight_offline_database_s.html#more

Loading an XML File into Silverlight

Example of how to use an XML file via WebClient

http://www.kirupa.com/blend_silverlight/loading_xml_sl2_pg1.htm

A Practical Look at Silverlight 2

Now that Silverlight 2 is at the Olympics and making a big splash, we wanted to explore this fascinating technology more. Microsoft Silverlight 2 is a cross-browser, cross-platform, and cross-device plug-in for delivering the next generation of .NET based media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web. Keith and Woody sit down with Shawn Wildermuth about the past, present and future of Silverlight 2 and get into some of the truths about this exciting technology

http://deepfriedbytes.com/podcast/episode-9-a-practical-look-at-silverlight-2-part-1/

Visual Studio 2008 SP 1 and Silverlight 2 B2

Appears Silverlight 2B2 is working under VS 2008 SP 1:

http://weblogs.asp.net/lduveau/archive/2008/08/12/visual-studio-2008-sp1-and-silverlight-2-beta-2.aspx

Post: 162

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 06:49:56 GMT

Post: Approved at: Aug-9-2008

Tutorial: High-Touch Encoding MS Expression Encoder 2

Ben Waggoner walks you through some of the new encoding features of Microsoft’s new Expression Encoder 2 product for high-quality compression, authoring with Silverlight skins, and publishing to the Silverlight Streaming service.

http://www.streamingmedia.com/article.asp?id=10553

Beet.TV MSN's Spectacular Olympics

MSN's Spectacular Olympics Online Video Streaming Is Powered by Level3 and Limelight

http://www.beet.tv/2008/08/msns-spectacula.html

Post: 161

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:18:26 GMT

Post: Approved at: Aug-8-2008

Terrain Tutorial Part 1 – Creating a Scrolling Map

http://silverlight.net/blogs/msnow/archive/2008/08/08/terrain-tutorial-part-1-creating-a-scrolling-map.aspx

Silverlight 2 - Data Part V - Realtime quotes

With Silverlight, most of the "data" you will use you'll get via some sort of networking call - whether it be sockets, HttpWebRequest/Response, WebClient, or a WCF / WebService proxy -- which uses WebRequest under the hood. Here we scrape realtime stock quotes and display them in a scrolling Silverlight "Marquee" display... (more)

http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/576c2f4c-7131-4664-853f-49825833c8db/silverlight-2-beta-2--do.aspx

Talk wtih Ivan Porto Carrero on IronNails

IronNails is developed by Ivan Porto Carrero, developer, writer and Ruby fan. Ivan has opened the source for other developers to use and develop further. He describes IronNails as a "Rails like development for IronRuby and WPF/Silverlight". InfoQ had the chance to catch up with Ivan and talk to him a bit about IronNails. (more)

http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/08/ironnails

Silverlight & Composite Application Guidance..

http://blogs.southworks.net/ejadib/2008/08/06/silverlight-composite-application-guidance-prism-spike-published/

Post: 160

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:55:08 GMT

Post: Approved at: Aug-6-2008

Kelley Blue Book site adds Deep Zoom

They now have added a "perfect Car Finder: Photo Edition" that uses Deep Zoom. Seems pretty easy to use:

http://www.kbb.com/kbb/PerfectCarFinder/PhotoEdition.aspx

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/kbbcom-launches-photo-edition-of-its-new-car-perfect-car-finderr,491042.shtml

Aspect Oriented Programming for Silverlight

http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/08/AOP-Silverlight

Splash Screen / Loader for SL Apps

http://agkdesign.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/splash-screenloader-for-silverlight-appz/

Post: 159

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:52:59 GMT

Post: Approved at: Aug-4-2008

Working with Ink and more

Julie Lerman posted an article about drawing in Silverlight. It has information about a new article in MSDN Magazine working with InkPresenter. Want to make your Silverlight Inkable?

http://www.thedatafarm.com/blog/2008/08/02/DrawingInSilverlightArticleInMSDNMagazine.aspx

Be srue to see the MSDN article as well:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc721604.aspx

How about a Silverligth Vista Sidebar Gadget?

Here is how to do it by Ioan Lazarciuc:

http://www.lazarciuc.ro/ioan/2008/08/02/creating-a-vista-sidebar-gadget-using-microsoft-silverlight/

Manic Miner - Got some time to play a game?

Check this Silverlight game out:

http://silverlightuk.blogspot.com/2008/08/nxtgenug-silverlight-manic-miner.html

Problem Previewing Silverlight aps?

http://blog.pinkandyellow.com/microsoft-expression-web/previewing-silverlight-applications-in-your-browser-with-expression-development-server-20080803/

Post: 158

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:16:31 GMT

Post: Approved at: Aug-1-2008

WPF+SL2 Silverlight Clients

Screencast of Twitter cleitns in WPF and SIlverlight:

http://www.aeoth.net/blog/2008/08/02/screencast-wpfsl2-silverlight-clients/

Post: 157

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:18:12 GMT

Post: Approved at: Aug-1-2008

One Perspective on Silverlight

Matt Davey writes about his impression of Silverlight:

http://www.ddj.com/web-development/209900978

Set as "Start Page"

http://weblogs.asp.net/hpreishuber/archive/2008/07/31/set-as-start-page-silverlight-xaml.aspx

ASMX Services & XmlSerializer

http://mtaulty.com/CommunityServer/blogs/mike_taultys_blog/archive/2008/07/31/10659.aspx

DataBinding & DataTemplates in Blend

http://silverlight.net/learn/tutorials/DataBindingTemplatesBlend.aspx

Show/Hide a Border and other Border fun

http://blogs.msdn.com/silverlight_sdk/archive/2008/07/30/show-hide-a-border-and-other-border-fun.aspx

Post: 156

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:39:50 GMT

Post: Approved at: Jul-31-2008

Silverlight Desktop Application Launcher

Simple tool to launch Silverlight apps from your desktop. Surely Microsoft will move more in this direction in the near future (hoping...)

http://silverlightuk.blogspot.com/2008/07/silverlight-desktop-application.html

Switch SilverLight UserControl

http://littletalk.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/switch-silverlight-usercontrol/

Silverlight and Drupal

http://aquaseal.cilon.com/silverlight/connecting-drupal-and-silverlight

Post: 155

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:13:46 GMT

Post: Approved at: Jul-30-2008

Asynchronous is Evil!

Here is a good post about people complaining about Silverlight not supporting synchronous web requests. If you are one of those you should read this. If you are not and what to know what the fuss is all about, give it a read:

http://petesbloggerama.blogspot.com/2008/07/omg-silverlight-asynchronous-is-evil.html

A quick look at Silverlight with IronRuby

http://langexplr.blogspot.com/2008/07/quick-look-at-silverlight-with-ironruby.html

Post: 154

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:30:25 GMT

Post: Approved at: Jul-28-2008

Earn money with Silverlight Streaming

Got this in MSDN Flash today. They are working on embedding ads into Silverlight streaming content. Kind of a Google Adsense for Silverlight content but from Microsoft:

http://silverlight.live.com/

NFL to Silverlight - Showing Love

Silicon Alley Insider reported yesterday that an announcement would be made announcing NBC live coverage of Sunday Night Football during the 2008 season over the web. That’s right. Streaming games, multiple camera angles, instant in-home replay, statistics and more:

http://technosailor.com/2008/07/28/nbc-nfl-deal-puts-adobe-one-more-step-back/

Controlling your Treadmil with SL?

Check this one out:

http://pagebrooks.com/archive/2008/07/28/controlling-your-treadmill-from-silverlight---part-1.aspx

Post: 153

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:34:33 GMT

Post: Approved at: Jul-27-2008

Silverlight Write and Win Contest Winners

http://www.silverlightshow.net/news/Silverlight-Write-Win-the-Winners.aspx

Layout Fundamentals Part 2 - Layout Containers

Here is part two of the Layout Fundamentals by Dave Relyea:

http://blogs.msdn.com/devdave/archive/2008/07/26/layout-fundamentals-part-2-layout-containers.aspx

Post: 152

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:26:59 GMT

Post: Approved at: Jul-26-2008

More Polygon Physics with Silverlight

http://www.andybeaulieu.com/Home/tabid/67/rssid/2/Default.aspx

New Nibbles Tutorials

If you have not been to NibblesTutorials lately, you might check them out:

http://nibblestutorials.net/

Watch out for the 360 panarama sample though, can make you motion sick :)

Another blog to check out

If you have not been there before, you might check out:

http://blogs.msdn.com/vivekd/default.aspx

Lots of good stuff there!

New Silverlight Game Contest

$1,000 first place!

http://www.teamzonesports.com/home/SilverlightGameContest

List of articles to keep you busy

Here is a list of artcles by Dan Wahlin:

Getting Started with Silverlight
Using Microsoft's Silverlight Control in a Web Site
Understanding Silverlight's createObject and createObjectEx Methods
Silverlight XAML Primer 1: Exploring Canvases
Silverlight XAML Primer 2: Rectangles, Ellipses, Lines and Text
Silverlight XAML Primer 3: Working with Image Brushes
Silverlight XAML Primer 4: Working with Linear Gradients
Silverlight XAML Primer 5: Working with Radial Gradients
Silverlight XAML Primer 6: Using Inline XAML with Silverlight
Silverlight XAML Primer 7: Embedding Media into Silverlight
Silverlight XAML Primer 8: Working with XAML Events
Silverlight XAML Primer 9: Using the Silverlight Downloader Object
Working with Events in Silverlight
Silverlight XAML Primer 10: Creating a Silverlight Downloader Progress Bar
Silverlight XAML Primer 11: Getting Started with Animations
Silverlight XAML Primer 12: Using Linear Keyframe Animations
Silverlight XAML Primer 13: Starting and Stopping Animations
Silverlight XAML Primer 14: Using Color Animations
Silverlight XAML Primer 15: Enhancing TextBlock with Runs and LineBreaks
Introducing Silverlight 2.0
Socket Support in Silverlight 2: Part I
Socket Support in Silverlight 2: Part II
Creating Your First Silverlight 2 Application
Getting Started with Silverlight 2 Controls
Using Silverlight 2 Layout Controls (New!)
Using the StackPanel Control (New !)

http://weblogs.asp.net/dwahlin/archive/2008/07/22/my-latest-silverlight-articles.aspx

Post: 151

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:10:12 GMT

Post: Approved at: Jul-26-2008

CLR Inside Out

Here is an article for you from MSDN Magazine. It helps you understand what is and is not included in the Silverlight CLR and why:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc721609.aspx

Four new QuickApps released

http://www.liveside.net/blogs/main/archive/2008/07/25/new-windows-live-platform-quick-applications-released.aspx

Telerik Announces Q2 2008 Release

RadControls Beta for Silverlight:

http://www.pr-inside.com/telerik-announces-landmark-q2-2008-release-r722794.htm

Tip: How to add Sound, Music and Video to an SL app

http://silverlight.net/blogs/msnow/archive/2008/07/25/tip-of-the-day-22-how-to-add-sound-effects-music-and-video-to-your-silverlight-app.aspx

IDV Virtual Earth / Slverlight Demo

http://virtualearth4gov.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!369B39F890CE30C1!1245.entry

Post: 150

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:16:17 GMT

Post: Approved at: Jul-24-2008

Tall Skinny Data Columns

Multiple narrow tall columns wrapping data:

http://michaelsync.net/2008/07/23/tall-skinny-data-columns-using-improved-wrappanel-for-silverlightmatt-perdeck

GameFest 2008 – Silverlight Game Programming

http://silverlight.net/blogs/msnow/archive/2008/07/23/gamefest-2008-silverlight-game-programming.aspx

Desktop Silverlight Apps

Need for desktop power!

http://silverlightuk.blogspot.com/2008/07/desktop-silverlight-applications-part.html

http://silverlightuk.blogspot.com/2008/07/silverlight-desktop-applications-part-2.html

Open Source Virtual Earth Wrapper

http://michaelsync.net/2008/07/23/views-opensource-virtual-earth-wrapper-for-silverlight

Post: 149

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:05:43 GMT

Post: Approved at: Jul-23-2008

InitalizeError #2103 - Invalid or malformed application?

Have you run into this error? Check this out:

http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/alex_golesh/archive/2008/07/22/quick-silverlight-tip-quot-initializeerror-2103-invalid-or-malformed-application-quot-what-is-it-and-how-to-deal-with-it.aspx

Silverlight Listbox Basics

The basics on how to create and use the ListBox control in Silverlight 2.0:

http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/mahesh/SilverlightListBox07212008115956AM/SilverlightListBox.aspx

Convention Coverage a Click Away

http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_9953394

Secure your client side code?

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1131194.htm

Post: 148

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:27:20 GMT

Post: Approved at: Jul-22-2008

Yosemite Exteme Panoramic Imaging Project

45 Gigpixel Panorams in Silverlight...

http://www.xrez.com/yose_proj/Yose_result.html

Flash video to Silverlight 2

Two projects at CodePlex to help with FLV files:

http://riait.co.uk/2008/07/21/delivering-flash-video-to-silverlight-2-projects-on-codeplex/

Post: 147

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:28:50 GMT

Post: Approved at: Jul-21-2008

Visifire Open Source charts

http://www.visifire.com/

Silverlight Drag, Drop, Import , and Export

http://michaelsync.net/2008/07/19/silverlight-drag-drop-import-and-export-by-michael-washington

How to learn Silverlight in 10 steps

http://math-geek-rock-chick.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-learn-silverlight-in-10-steps.html

Post: 146

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:25:41 GMT

Post: Approved at: Jul-20-2008

Silverlight Training

The Silverlight Tour Workshop is a three-day course on Silverlight 2. It divides the content into three distinct areas: Design, Development and the Server-Side.

Students should be able to develop Silverlight 2 applications once attending the workshop. The Workshop is structured with a mix of didactic lessons, demonstrations and hands-on labs.

Each student will leave the workshop having created several small Silverlight 2 applications. This variety of learning techniques will ensure that all students become proficient in the technology quickly and in an exciting way.

www.runatserver.com/SilverlightTraining.aspx

Post: 145

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:58:38 GMT

Post: Approved at: Jul-19-2008

Protecting Secrets in your Silverlight App

Is it possible to help lock down your Silverlight applications?

http://pagebrooks.com/archive/2008/07/19/protecting-secrets-in-your-silverlight-applications.aspx

Post: 144

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:53:54 GMT

Post: Approved at: Jul-19-2008

My Silverlight and WPF Dream

Mike Taulty's has a good post about what he would like to see with Silverlight. I agree! Dragging a Silverlight app to your desktop would be cool. Since it already is a subset of WPF, making things like this work should not be that hard.

http://mtaulty.com/CommunityServer/blogs/mike_taultys_blog/archive/2008/07/18/10602.aspx

10 Silverlight 2 gotchas resolved

Have you run into a few of these?

1. Canvas rules
2. One way to make Color resources
3. Limited Fonts
4. No BitmapEffects
5. No Paging facility
6. Limited Resource facilities
7. Significant Transparency
8. StaticResources only
9. XML Data Binding in code only
10. Lack of important controls: DropdownList and PasswordBox

http://www.silverlightshow.net/items/10-Silverlight-2-gotchas-resolved.aspx

Is Microsoft Becoming "Cool"?

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/mesh_deep_zoom_netflix_on_xbox_is_microsoft_becoming_cool.php