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Silverlight for Windows Phone 7

Silverlight is likely to be the main development platform for Windows Phone OS.

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Getting Started with Silverlight in SharePoint 2010

Silverlight integration is already included in SharePoint 2010 – when you try to create a new list, library, discussion board or a simple page  without Silverlight installed  you will find the traditional SharePoint Create page. [SharepointMonitor.com]

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Silverlight 4 – HtmlBrush

Silverlight’s HtmlBrush is an alternative to the WebBrowser control for displaying HTML content in Silverlight app. There are two primary differences between the HtmlBrush and WebBrowser controls : WebBrowser can display “live” content, whereas the HtmlBrush only display static html … Continue reading

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Silverlight 4.0 – WebBrowser Control

Silverlight is still a maturing technology not suitable for every purpose. As such, hybrid applications are often developed where a Silverlight element is embedded in an HTML page. However, this was obviously not an option for out-of-browser Silverlight applications. The … Continue reading

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Silverlight 4.0 – StringFormat

New to Silverlight 4.0 – StringFormat provides a simple  solution for databinding in XAML and formatting the output. StringFormat is primarily used to format dates, numbers and currency values. For example, formatting a date in a text box: <TextBox x:Name=”dummyBox”  … Continue reading

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Silverlight 4 – WebCam Support

Silverlight 4 introduces WebCam support which is probably the highlight of the Silverlight 4 release. The WebCam API is relatively simple to use, a webcam can be added, video captured and placed on the screen using the following procedure: WebCam … Continue reading

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Silverlight 4 – Clipboard Access

Silverlight 4 introduces a new API for accessing the  clipboard through  3 static methods – GetText(), SetText(), ContainsText() . Using these methods is very simple, for example to test if there is anything on the clipboard and then paste it … Continue reading

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Silverlight 4 – Out of Browser Features

Silverlight 4 introduces several new features for out-of-browser applications that are not available to browser-based applications, namely: New window features including run-time resizing and always on top capability. Offline digital rights management (DRM). HTML hosting with the WebBrowser control. Popup … Continue reading

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Silverlight 4 – Detecting Elevated Trust

Elevated Trust is a new feature in Silverlight 4 which allows Silverlight apps to be run with fewer security restrictions. To check whether an app is  running in elevated trust  use the HasElevatedPermissions property. If an app requires elevated trust, … Continue reading

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Silverlight 4 – Local File Access

In Silverlight 4  apps which run with Elevated Trust can access local files by using System.IO and related types that would otherwise be unavailable. This allows apps  to access user files directly without recourse to the OpenFileDialog and SaveFileDialog classes. … Continue reading

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