ASP.NET AJAX Team Blogs

Silverlight Toolkit March 2009 Release

This week we released an updated Silverlight Toolkit - the Silverlight Toolkit March 2009 release.   This release has some new components, but we spent a lot of time working to make sure that the Toolkit can be updated in an agile way, but still fits in nicely with other platform and tools releases. Goals for the March 2009 Release 1. Align the Toolkit with the SDK The main thing that we wanted to establish was a smooth flow of components from the Toolkit into the platform, in this case the SDK.  Most Toolkit components are things that people will want to have in their default tooling experience, and one of our goals is to minimize the number of things that developers must download to get productive with the platform.  So...

WPF and Silverlight Toolkit Compatibility

General Compat Thoughts The majority of the controls in the Silverlight Toolkit November 2008 (PDC) release are Silverlight versions of controls already present in WPF. These "WPF Parity" controls include: DockPanel WrapPanel ViewBox Label Expander TreeView HeaderedContentControl HeaderedItemsControl We focused heavily on API compatibility for these controls, only making changes (I'm actually not sure if there were any) for things that aren't currently possible on the Silverlight 2 runtime.  And some things, like supporting Visual State Manager, required internal changes that made the process more complicated than just copying the existing WPF code.  We did leverage the WPF control specs and use the WPF controls behavior...

A Vertiable Cornucopia of Silverlight Toolkit Resources

The Silverlight Toolkit is off to a great start and lots of people have been spending time writing content about how to use it. I'm a big believer in delivering a good end-to-end experience with the software my team produces, and the Silverlight Toolkit is a great example of that. More than just some controls, we've got documentation, tests, and now a great variety of blogs. WARNING: Incoming link storm - there is a LOT of stuff out there Silverlight Toolkit Team Blogs The team has been really been cranking out the blogs. Take a look at these... Beatriz talks about expanding items in a TreeView . David continues to demonstrate his mastery of Silverlight example blogs, this time with Charting . Jeff takes the AutoCompleteBox through it's...

Having problems opening the Silverlight Toolkit Help file?

Today at lunch, Jeff mentioned to me that the default security policy on Windows Vista was causing some users difficulty opening the CHM help file. Jeff has all the details on his blog . You'll get a message that says "Navigation was canceled". If that's the case for you, just right click the file, choose "Properties" and then hit the "Unblock" button at the bottom of the dialog. Read More...

PDC "Silverlight Controls Roadmap" talk and materials

Just arrived back home from a great few days down at PDC in LA. What a fun show to be at - even for people inside the company it's a great opportunity to learn about some of thee great projects going on. I'm really excited about Live Mesh and am looking forward to learning more about Azure and the services it offers. My talk is now available online here , and I've attached my talk materials below. The ChartBuilder demo is available on David's blog along with a nice write up. The response to the Silverlight Toolkit has been VERY positive and you'll be seeing me write more about our plans and what we have going on with that. Read More...