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    [updated 18:22 Eastern (utc-5) Oct 6.] I received feedback from a few sources recently expressing confusion about the Tag property, which resides in the class FrameworkElement.  Notice, first that Control (the base for all visible controls) derives directly from FrameworkElement … Continue reading →

This blog will rarely be the place for breaking news, but there are two related pieces of information I want to ensure you know about at the risk of repeating news that has been blogged by others.  First, Shawn Burke’s … Continue reading →

One way that many developers like to create styles and templates for controls is to modify the existing styles and templates. An unusual feature of Silverlight is that every control in the toolbox is lookless – its appearance is determined … Continue reading →

Today we wrap up dependency properties by talking about one of the most important, though typically invisible aspects: DP precedence order. This is critical because dependency properties, by their nature, are designed to have their final value set from more … Continue reading →

Due to technical difficulties (total video chaos) today's animation webcast was scrubbed.  To make up for that, I'll be recording a video on Animation From Soup to Nuts in the next 2 weeks which we'll post as quickly as we … Continue reading →

On the 17th I began a discussion of Dependency Properties, but as I said then, there is more to say.  This central concept to Silverlight Programming has traditionally  been taught as an advanced concept.(Can we have  traditions in a product … Continue reading →

  Tim Heuer did an excellent video on IsolatedStoarge, but I'd like to quickly review the the fundamentals as they are quite a bit simpler than many fear.  The idea of IsolatedStorage is to provide your Silverlight Application with access … Continue reading →

  The breaking changes document points out that ContentPresenter now derives from FrameworkElement and thus loses 18 public properties  as well as TextAlignment, TextDecorations and TextWrapping. All of this calls for a bit of rewriting if you've used this powerful … Continue reading →

This is the first in a series of explorations of breaking changes in the Release Candidate for Silverlight 2.  Please be sure to read Tim's blog entry about Silverlight RC0 for context and directions. Summary There are 2 significant breaking … Continue reading →

On Thursday night we published the first public release candidate for Silverlight 2, described in some detail by Scott Guthrie.  This is a developer-only release and you can learn all about what it is and how to get it in … Continue reading →