23rd June 2009

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In this article, Sergey describes the role of VisualStateManager in defining user interfaces using Silverlight 3. He begins with a short introduction of the relevant concepts and then examines the basic anatomy of the VisualStateManager and the definition of states with the help of source code examples and supported figures. The whole concept simpler to use than triggers.

http://aspalliance.com/1857_Usage_of_VisualStateManager_to_Define_User_Interface_in_Silverlight_3

Editor's Comments

Scott Guthrie earlier today twittered about a sneak peek shown today of Silverlight 3 running on an XBox 360. I've been waiting a long time for this and I really hope that the XBox platform will be able to take advantage of some of the opportunities that Silverlight has to offer. I'd really like to see the XBox opened up into a more flexible app server, as well as having access to the rich variety of online games that Silverlight already offers. It's a definite win.

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This article examines the Silverlight HeaderedContentControl class, which displays content with a header and content pane. It takes a look at the various ways Silverlight can use this control.

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