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05 March 2008
Silverlight 2.0 beta 1 is out
So, while I was busy playing with my new HTC Touch , it seems like MS has presented Silverlight 2.0 beta 1 . Now, this is really a tough choice... Read More...
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20 November 2007
Xaml and Media controls: giving them a new chance
A long (long) time ago I've downloaded one of the ASP.NET future CTPS and was really annoyed with the Xaml and Media controls. Why? simple: they injected object tags on the page instead of generating JS code to perform those operations. The problem: you got one of those nasty "click to activate"... Read More...
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27 October 2007
Hebrew and Arabic Silverlight support
Justin-Josef has built a new codeplex project that aims to support Hebrew and Arabic text rendering on Silverlight. There are already some support materials over Justin's site that will help you get started: online lab and demo 20 min, web cast complete tutorial Nice work Justin! Read More...
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28 September 2007
Configuring IIS for hosting Silverlight 1.1
From time to time there's always a new post asking on how to configure IIS to host Silverlight content. I've already written something about it, but I'd like to point you to a more complete reference which can be found here: http://silverlight.net/forums/t/479.aspx Read More...
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25 September 2007
Silverlight pages and VS integration
Have you noticed that you can navigate from the "code-behind" file (cs file) to the designer by right clicking the page and choosing "View designer" (from the context menu that is shown when you perform right click), but there's isn't any option for going from the xaml page... Read More...
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25 September 2007
How to share code between Silverlight and other kinds of applications?
I really haven't looked at any Silverlight code for at least 2 months. In fact, I haven't really been around the forums until today. Now that I've returned :), I've noticed that there's a lot of similar questions around sharing code between .NET and the "mini-CLR" that is... Read More...
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17 August 2007
Silverlight: understanding namescopes
Today i was starting to write about silverlight namescopes but then I've found this cool post which talks about most of the things i was writing about. btw, i'd just like to add that when you use the XamlReader.Load method, you can also create a new namescope by using the overloaded version that... Read More...
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17 August 2007
How to test your Silverlight quickly
When you create a Silverlight project, you'll automatically get an HTML file that you can open in the browser to run some quick tests. Unfortunately, the file is opened directly from the file system instead of being served from a web server. This means that some things don't work and you'll... Read More...
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11 August 2007
Silverlight: first PT project goes live
I've just noticed that the first portuguese Silverlight project has gone live. Media preview.tv was built with Silverlight 1.1 and shows some of the cool things you can do with it. if you have the time, check it out . Read More...
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01 August 2007
Silverlight: working with text
In the last days i've been busy...thinking about my vacations which are coming :) I thought i'd write an article and submit it to a site, but i wouldn't have the time to format it. so, i've given up on the idea and i'm putting it here instead . The article presents the main features... Read More...
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25 July 2007
Silverlight: the XAML ASP.NET control and embeded XAML
Even though the Xaml's XamlUrl porperty seems to indicate that it can only load XAML from an existing url, the truth is that you can also pass it a reference to a XAML excerpt which is embeded on the page. here's a quick example of how you can do this: <%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup... Read More...
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25 July 2007
Silverlight: building a simple progress bar
When you're developing a Silverlight application, you'll surelly be in a situation where you need to download stuff before starting your app. In these cases, you should play nice with the user and give them some indications regarding what's going on. The most common thing to do in these scenarios... Read More...
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24 July 2007
Silverlight: error code explained
A cool reference about the errors you might get on silverlight pages can be found here . Enjoy! Read More...
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23 July 2007
Silverlight: the AG_E_RUNTIME_MANAGED_ASSEMBLY_DOWNLOAD error
Quick tip: if you have this error, then you've got the wrong name for your assembly in the xmlns namespace introduced on the xaml file. Quick example: xmlns:la="clr-namespace:Silverlight.Controls;assembly= ClentBin /SilverlightProgressBar.dll" Notice the ClentBin (instead of ClientBin)... Read More...
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18 July 2007
Silverlight: compensating movement changes on animations
Another experience I've run today was related with compensating direction changes on animations. Here's the scenario: suppose you've got a rectangle and you want it to move from x to y when something happens and then from y to x when another thing happens. The main problem is that the change... Read More...
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18 July 2007
Silverlight: the parenthesis () do matter!
Today I needed to animate a Rectangle so that it moved from left to right. Like all sane people, I've right clicked the xaml file and chose open in blend. Building the animation was really a complex operation: I only needed a pair of clicks and the rectangle was moving :) . Unfortunately, the code... Read More...
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16 July 2007
We need a new release of Siverlight right now!
And one where cross-domain calls do work! I'm not a game programmer. I'm not even a designer. so, many of the features available are of no good to me. Cross-domain calls are off, which means that I cannot build components which agregate info from different domains. It really sucks! Please, help... Read More...
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16 July 2007
Silverlight: serializing the contents of a web service call
Today I've seen an interesting question on the Silverlight forum . The question was: how to change the MaxJsonLenght property of the JavaScriptSerializer object that is used on the serialization of the objects that are passed to the web service? Answer: well, you need to use the BrowserHttpWebRequest... Read More...
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13 July 2007
CTRL+ALT+DEL through remote desktop
In the last days I've been working over remote desktop and today i've needed to send CTRL+ALT+DEL to the remote machine. I've ended up discovering (by pure luck, I must say) that you get the same menu by using the combination CTRL+ALT+END... Read More...
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10 July 2007
Silverlight: Dowloading several images packaged on a ZIP file
One of the things you can in your Silverlight apps is package several items on a zip file and then download them through the Downloader object. Packaging several files and compressing them might increase your app's performance, so this is something you should do whenever you can. Let's run through... Read More...
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