Silverlight 4 February 2011 Update Released Today

Silverlight 4 February 2011 Update Released Today
Silverlight 4: Interoperability with Windows 7 Taskbar using COM
Blend Bits 25–Templating Part 3
Getting ready for Microsoft Silverlight Exam 70-506 (Part 5)
SSIS Reporting Pack
The Visual C++ Weekly Vol. 1 Issue 7 (Feb 12, 2011)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 11:19 AM PST

Today (at approximately 10:00 AM PST) our team released an update to the Silverlight 4 runtime. This update, dubbed internally as "GDR3," provides an update in the following key areas ( KB2495644 ): Timestamp issues with media playback and VC-1 codec...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight 4: Interoperability with Windows 7 Taskbar using COM

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 11:01 AM PST

Microsoft MVP Kunal Chowdhury provides step-by step instruction on how to pin/unpin any Windows application to the Windows 7 taskbar directly from a Silverlight 4 out-of-browser application. Read Full Post: Interoperability with Windows 7 Taskbar using...( read more )...(read more)

Blend Bits 25–Templating Part 3

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 06:35 AM PST

Another important part of templating contols in Blend is the ability to go from the control parts to the control quite quickly. This works incredibly quickly for something like a Button – let's say that I wanted an irregularly shaped button. If I just...( read more )...(read more)

Getting ready for Microsoft Silverlight Exam 70-506 (Part 5)

Posted: 13 Feb 2011 04:40 PM PST

SilverlightShow and Gill Cleeren start a series of materials aimed at helping you get prepared for taking Microsoft Silverlight Exam 70-506 . Through this series we will try to structure the resources available on the internet, grouping them by topic...( read more )...(read more)

SSIS Reporting Pack

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 08:34 AM PST

A suite of SQL Server Reporting Services reports that operate over the SSIS catalog in SQL Server code-named Denali

The Visual C++ Weekly Vol. 1 Issue 7 (Feb 12, 2011)

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 08:04 AM PST

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