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Silverlight news for September 30, 2008

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A much cleaner Game Loop in Silverlight 2 RC0 - Bill Reiss writes about the benefits of the new for Silverlight 2 RC0 Rendering event.

New Information on WebClient in Silverlight 2< - Shawn Wildermuth tell us about the new BaseAddress property of the WebClient in Silverlight 2 RC0.

If you can do it in JavaScript, you can do it in managed Silverlight .NET code - Jeff Wilcox points out the fact that everything that is achievable with JavaScript can be achieved with Silverlight and managed code too. He also talks about some advantages and disadvantages of using managed code instead of JavaScript.

Silverlight 2 Post Beta2 Gotcha - Layout Cycle Detected - Jeff Handley describes what causes the Layout Cycle Detected error message.

Using Silverlight to Access a WCF Service Hosted In a Console Application - Harsh Bardhan wrote this step by step tutorial for consuming WCF service from a Silverlight application.

ComboBox in DataGrid - Manish Dalal is teaching us how to use the new Silverlight control - the ComboBox with a DataGrid and how to achieve a foreign key relation.

Flash vs Silverlight: FPS Meter & Stress Test – yet another Flash vs Silverlight comparison. This time Shine Draw makes a stress test for both technologies.

Silverlight multi-file upload controls and patterns – Tim Heuer makes a summary of some File Upload solutions using Silverlight.

Isolated Storage – Might Be Easier Than You Think – Jesse Liberty shares some thoughts about the essence of the isolated storage in Silverlight and gives an example using it.

How to Implement a Password Box – Mike Snow posted his #47 Silverlight tip of the day describing the use of the new PasswordBox control in Silverlight 2 RC0. How to Implement a Combobox is his #48 tip which is targeted to the new ComboBox control. How to Implement a Progress Bar is the #49 tip which describes the use of the new ProgressBar control. And there is one more tip of the day today. Main Game Loop Revisited is the #50 tip dedicated to the new Rendering event.

Installing Silverlight RC0 Offline – Tim Heuer describes how we can make an offline installation of Silverlight RC0.

Dan Wahlin's Latest Silverlight Articles – here is a list of Dan’s latest Silverlight articles for Visual Studio Magazine.



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