Dec 22 2011

8th Day of Silverlight : Vector Printing

This entry is part 8 of 12 in the series 12 Days of Silverlight

On the home stretch.  I’ve had some great feedback from everyone and I do appreciate it.  Going to be close to bring the series to an end before the 25th, but it will get there.  So…

On the eighth day of Silverlight, the team delivered to me… vector printing.

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Dec 20 2011

7th Day of Silverlight : Ancestor Relative Source Binding

This entry is part 7 of 12 in the series 12 Days of Silverlight

Here we are at lucky number 7 of our 12 Days of Silverlight series.  I thought I would continue on with the binding theme. I know by now you are singing the 12 days of Silverlight every time you see one of these posts.  I’m tempted to try and put together a YouTube video contest on it.  Hmm…

On the seventh day of Silverlight, the team delivered to me… ancestor relative source binding.

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Dec 18 2011

6th Day of Silverlight : Binding in Style Setters

This entry is part 6 of 12 in the series 12 Days of Silverlight

So here we are rounding out the half way mark of our 12 Days of Silverlight series.  I’ve had a lot of fun writing the series so far and have had a lot of good feedback on it as well.  Looking at the date, it looks like I should get the series wrapped up right before Christmas.  Good timing… Smile

On the sixth day of Silverlight, the team delivered to me… binding in style setters.

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Dec 16 2011

5th Day of Silverlight: Text Improvements

This entry is part 5 of 12 in the series 12 Days of Silverlight

Welcome back campers for the 5th installment in my 12 Days of Silverlight series on some of the new features of Silverlight 5. So without further ado…

On the fifth day of Silverlight, the team delivered to me… text improvements.

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Dec 14 2011

4th Day of Silverlight: Linked and Multi-Column Text

This entry is part 4 of 12 in the series 12 Days of Silverlight

So it’s day four, and we are moving right along with the 12 Days of Silverlight series.  There has been a lot of text changes added to Silverlight 5 to help address some layout needs that have been expressed.  So I thought we would take a look at one of these additions today.

On the fourth day of Silverlight, the team delivered to me… linked and multi-column text.

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Dec 14 2011

3rd Day of Silverlight: Databinding Debugging

This entry is part 3 of 12 in the series 12 Days of Silverlight

On to the third part of my 12 Days of Silverlight series.  This one is probably one of my favorite features of Silverlight 5.  It has already saved me several  hours of work and is something you should look into…

On the third day of Silverlight, the team delivered to me… Databinding debugging.

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Dec 12 2011

2nd Day of Silverlight: DataContextChanged

This entry is part 2 of 12 in the series 12 Days of Silverlight

This is a continuation of some of my favorite features in the new Silverlight 5 release.  Since it’s right before Christmas, I decided to do a 12 Days of Silverlight, so feel free to try and put the post to song if you would like (just make sure you YouTube it).  If you haven’t downloaded the new release, you can find it on the Silverlight download page. So….

On the second day of Silverlight, the team delivered to me… a DataContextChanged event.

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Dec 12 2011

Enabling GPU Acceleration on PivotViewer

This is going to be a quick post on using the PivotViewer (both the v1 and the SL5 version).  Every once and a while you realize that you do something out of habit and forget to mention it to anyone, and that was the case here.

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Dec 11 2011

1st Day of Silverlight: Native Windows

This entry is part 1 of 12 in the series 12 Days of Silverlight

Silverlight 5 has just been released and it’s a couple of weeks before Christmas, so what would be than to start a new blog series on the “12 Days of Silverlight”?  This series is an introduction to some of the new Silverlight 5 features that I find interesting.  This is by no means an exhaustive list, but it’s some of my favorites.

So without further rambling….

On the first day of Silverlight, the team delivered to me… native multi-window support.

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Dec 9 2011

Silverlight 5 Released!

The much anticipated release of Silverlight has finally arrived.  I know there has been rumors and speculations, but it ship as promised “by the end of the year”.  I am rather excited about this release, even outside of the new version of PivotViewer.  It comes packed with a ton of new features and addresses most of the issues that developers have come across in previous versions.

You can find the official release announcement on over on the Silverlight Team’s Blog.  I’m sure the Twitterverse and Blogosphere will be packed with announcements as well.  So what are you waiting for, run out and get the new download on the Silverlight Download page.

Also go take a look at Pete Brown’s blog for a fairly detailed list of features.

What, still here?  Good.

Since it’s Christmas time and we got a new Silverlight release, I decided to do a 12 Days of Silverlight series to showcase some of the new SL5 features.  Should be fun, so make sure you stop back by to check those out.  My PivotViewer Basics series might have to wait till after the 12 days, but we will see how energetic I am.

I just wanted to finish up by congratulating the Silverlight team on doing an amazing job.  As a MVP, it’s been an incredible experience being able to watch the release mature and to see what the team was able to accomplish in such a short period of time. So great job on the release everyone!