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  • 6 comments  /  posted by  Umesh Patel  on  Feb 13, 2009 (more than a year ago)

    Note: This article is submitted by Umesh Patel for Silverlight: Write and Win contest.Thanks a lot, Umesh! Hello All, Please drop a comment if you like it.

    1. Introduction

    Microsoft Silverlight uses the WebClient class to send HTTP requests to remote scripts, which allows the application to perform specific web server functions, such as retrieving files. Remote scripts, created with Active Server Pages (ASP) and Personal Hypertext Processor (PHP), add an additional layer of functionality with direct access to the remote server, such as the file system. In this article, I will demonstrate an application that utilizes the WebClient class to retrieve and display files from a remote server.

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  • 6 comments  /  posted by  Damon Payne  on  Feb 06, 2009 (more than a year ago)

    Note: This article is submitted by Damon Payne for Silverlight: Write and Win contest.Thanks a lot, Damon! Hello All, Please drop a comment if you like it.

    If you have used Amazon.com or Flickr you may be familiar with Image Hotspots or Hot Regions. This is a region on an image where clicking or hovering the mouse reveals some additional information in a callout or popup. By providing extra information your photographs become more interactive and appealing. In this article we'll build a Hotspot Designer that allows the user to draw Hot Regions on an image, a preview and display control, and a way to save their work.

    Here's a finished example, using a photo of the "gear closet" from my home theater.

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  • 5 comments  /  posted by  Gozzo Smith  on  Jan 29, 2009 (more than a year ago)

    Note: This article is submitted by Gozzo Smith for Silverlight: Write and Win contest.Thanks a lot, Gozzo! Hello All, Please drop a comment if you like it.

    1. Introduction

    Animations allow you to create truly dynamic user interface. They are a core part of the Silverlight/WPF model. The most natural way to create them is to create them declaratively (in the XAML), configure them, and put them into action without writing a single line of C# code or using timers. At first glance, I thought that the property-focused nature of Silverlight animations seems terrible limiting. However, in the process of work I found out that it’s surprisingly capable.

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  • 4 comments  /  posted by  Thomas Kirchmair  on  Jan 27, 2009 (more than a year ago)

    Note: This article is submitted by Thomas Kirchmair for Silverlight: Write and Win contest.Thanks a lot, Thomas! Hello All, Please drop a comment if you like it.

    1. Introduction

    My recent aim in coding with Microsoft's Silverlight is to support ASP.NET developers by solving common ASP.NET- and HTML-problems scenarios easily with Silverlight applications and tools. The project of this article here shows my idea of solving the annoying ASP.NET-DropDownList bandwidth- and ViewState-problem with a huge amount of option items inside the control.

    Using the normal ASP.NET-DropDownList with enabled ViewState is quite simple and easy, but the time you fill your ASP.NET-DropDownList with a great amount of option items.

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  • 3 comments  /  posted by  Jeff Paries  on  Jan 26, 2009 (more than a year ago)

    Note: This article is submitted by Jeff Paries for Silverlight: Write and Win contest.Thanks a lot, Jeff! Hello All, Please drop a comment if you like it.

    Introduction

    There have been many requests online regarding methods to go about sending content to a user from within a Silverlight application. Many Silverlight users have asked for a “Save File” dialog that can be leveraged to pass files out of an application. The technique described in this tutorial shows how you can leverage a standard HTML right-click dialog to allow a user to select the “Save Link/Target As” menu and pass any type of file from any type of object to the user, allowing them to save the file to any location they wish.

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  • 9 comments  /  posted by  Pencho Popadiyn  on  Dec 17, 2008 (more than a year ago)

    Note: This article is submitted by Pencho Popadiyn for Silverlight: Write and Win contest.Thanks a lot, Pencho! Hello All, Please drop a comment if you like it.

    1. Introduction

    In the previous article I showed you how Silverlight and the Model – View – Presenter pattern (MVP) can interact with each other. Today I decided to move on ahead in the world of Object Oriented Programming and to present you another big player on scene – the Model – View – Controller (MVC) pattern. Actually the MVC is a MVP’s ancestor, and I think it must be studied first, but that is another topic. Before I start, I want to mention that the purpose of that article is not to compare both of the “brothers”, but to present you the world through the MVC eyes.

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  • 50 comments  /  posted by  Chris Anderson  on  Sep 28, 2008 (more than a year ago)

    Note: This article is submitted by Chris Anderson for Silverlight: Write and Win contest. Thanks a lot, Chris! Hello All, Please drop a comment if you like it.

    It is time to vote now! Please, choose your favorite articles and enter your vote by going to contest page. Thank you!

    Introduction

    Silverlight is one of the major new technologies from Microsoft near release and will potentially have a huge impact on the Microsoft development community. Developers are rapidly looking to Silverlight to solve major challenges and limitations as posed by existing technologies (such as Windows Forms and ASP.NET). WPF uptake has been lukewarm at best, however the similarities it has with Silverlight could very well give it the kick it needs. Silverlight, after starting it's life with the code name of WPF/E (WPF Everywhere) has been some time in the making but the version we've all been waiting for (version 2, containing a subset of the .NET Framework allowing developers to write client side code in their favourite .NET language rather than just Javascript which was the only option in version 1 of Silverlight) is finally nearing completion.

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  • 8 comments  /  posted by  david  on  Sep 28, 2008 (more than a year ago)

    Note: This article is submitted by David Hyde for Silverlight: Write and Win contest. Thanks a lot, David! Hello All, Please drop a comment if you like it.

    It is time to vote now! Please, choose your favorite articles and enter your vote by going to contest page. Thank you!

    Introduction

    As Silverlight approaches its official version 2 release, the hype for Microsoft’s powerful web development platform is certainly building.  Through the many beta versions there have been countless changes, so some developers have shied from fully embracing Silverlight.  Silverlight has many powers that are not often explored, and in this past week I’ve created this comprehensive tutorial to pull together a series of interesting findings on the subtleties of Silverlight 2.

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  • 3 comments  /  posted by  Boyan Mihaylov  on  Sep 28, 2008 (more than a year ago)

    Note: This article is submitted by Boyan Mihailov for Silverlight: Write and Win contest. Thanks a lot, Boyan! Hello All, Please drop a comment if you like it.

    It is time to vote now! Please, choose your favorite articles and enter your vote by going to contest page. Thank you!

    Introduction

    Silverlight applications make it easy to perform a lot of actions. One of its greatest capabilities is to work with Web Services. In this article I will demonstrate how you can search books in Amazon.com with Silverlight. I have created a simple application which allows you to navigate through the great catalog of books very easily.

    [ Online Demo | Source Code ]

    Preparation

    Amazon.com provides very functional web service.

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  • 20 comments  /  posted by  Alexey Zakharov  on  Sep 25, 2008 (more than a year ago)

    Note: This article is submitted by Alexey Zakharov for Silverlight: Write and Win contest.Thanks a lot, Alexey! Hello All, Please drop a comment if you like it.

    It is time to vote now! Please, choose your favorite articles and enter your vote by going to contest page. Thank you!

    Introduction

    In this article I'd like to tell you how you can easily create your own Virtual Earth viewer based on Silverlight Deep Zoom technology.

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