June 26, 2008
In the midst of writing some Silverlight code, something struck my funny bone: .NET has an Application.Current.
“Current” suggests “now”, and its existance suggests there was a need to distinguish “now” from something else. Does that mean there could be an Application.Next? Application.Future? Application.Past? Those could save me a lot of effort. How will I fix […]
Tags: .NET, silliness, Silverlight
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June 25, 2008
In getting back up to speed with Silverlight, and in particular the new Silverlight 2 beta 2, I’ve been surfing through the many quickstart topics on various web sites. While skimming “Receiving Plain XML Messages with Silverlight” these words lept out at me:
note: The WebClient class does not currently support cross-domain calls.
Say what?
The article then […]
Tags: cross-domain, Microsoft, Silverlight, XDR
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June 9, 2008
In all the excitement of getting oriented in the new digs at Microsoft, I almost missed the news that Silverlight 2 beta 2 has been released! You can get the goods from Silverlight.net. I found a nice overview of what Silverlight 2 and beta 2 have over on the GeekValley blog.
Lots to dig into in Silverlight […]
Tags: Microsoft, Silverlight
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