Silverlight 3.0 Beta is officially released

Silverlight 3 development tools:

• Silverlight 3 beta tools for Visual Studio-This will install the developer runtime of Silverlight 3 Beta, the Visual Studio project templates and the Silverlight 3 Beta SDK.
• Silverlight 3 beta developer runtimes: Windows or Mac. if you installed the tools above, you will get the developer runtime and there is no need to install it again. these downloads are being made available for test machines for the Windows and Mac platforms for your applications.
• Microsoft Expression blend 3 Preview-This is the preview version of expression blend that will enable authoring of Silverlight 3 beta applications.
• Silverlight Toolkit-The toolkit has been updated to provide an updated to Silverlight 2 controls, a new release for Silverlight 3 beta controls, and a new themes Gallery. all of these can be downloaded at the Silverlight toolkit codeplex project site.
• . Net Ria services-Microsoft. net Ria services simplifies the traditional N-tier application pattern by bringing together the ASP. net and Silverlight platforms. the RIA services provides a pattern to write application logic that runs on the mid-tier and controls access to data for queries, changes and custom operations.
• Silverlight 3 beta documentation-To view the Silverlight 3 beta documentation you can view it online or download an offline CHM help file.

Silverlight 3 features:

Fully supported by the Visual Studio and the combination of emoticon, the hotspot and
The functions of Silverlight 3 include: major media improvements, which allow the Internet
Applications work on the desktop, including 3D graphics support, GPU acceleration, and H.264 shadows
And improve many features of RIA development productivity. Another
In order to fully integrate the. NET Developer Tools, Visual Studio 2008, visual
Studio 2010 and visual network developer Express will support one for Silverlight
Fully editable and interactive designers. New features in Silverlight 3 include:

For higher quality images and sound support. With H.264/advanced voice for the country
Supports encoding (AAC), real-time and on demand, iis7 smooth stream, complete
HD (720 p +) playback, and a scalable decoder pipeline,
Silverlight 3 brings free media experience to the rich and pillars of the desktop. New
High Media display in Silverlight 3 includes real-time and demanding HD
(720 p +) smooth stream. IIS Media Service (previously packaged by IIS media),
A comprehensive HTTP media delivery platform, which dynamically detects and seamlessly performs feature flat
Open, in real time, the image quality of a media file is based on local bandwidth and CPU Conditions
Sent to Silverlight. Select more formats. Except for countries in VC-1/WMA
Supported, for MPEG-4-based H.264/AAc sound Silverlight 3 now
We suggest that you provide support from indigenous users so that satisfied dealers can deliver high-quality content to various
Various computers and devices.
Real HD playback on the full screen. Use graphics processor unit (GPU) Hardware
Acceleration, Silverlight experience can now be delivered in real full screen HD (
720 p + ).
Supports scalable media formats. With the new unprocessed AV pipeline, Silverlight
It is easy to support a variety of third-party codecs. Sound and image can be used at runtime
Expanded outside of the country's codecs and changed to Silverlight
Supports large formats.
Lead the industry with satisfactory protection. Silverlight DRM, with playready as the animation
Force-satisfied protection enable protection using AES encryption or Windows Media DRM
Browser experience.
Authorize someone with experience in doing something. Silverlight 3 contains new 3D images,
Animation display and hardware acceleration enable designers and developers to create the next generation of network virtuals
Effect and article improvement. Additional features include:
Foreground 3D graphics. Silverlight 3 allows developers and designers to apply content
3D aircraft. The user can rotate or scale the Real-Time content in spaces without writing any additional
. Other effects include creating a queue in 3D and transformation.
Pixel shader effect. The effects include software based on stains and shadow. Another
In addition, you can also write your own results. The effect can be used in any image content. One
In this example, a button appears on the rolover to suppress
The visual state of the shadow effect. Cached bitmap. Silverlight 3
Improves applications by allowing users to cache vector content, articles and controls to bitmap.
. This feature is the background content and does not change to its interior.
It is useful to look at the size of the content. New bitmap API. And Silverlight
3. developers can write pixels to a bitmap. In this way, they can make a photo
The recorder performs red-eye correction, which indicates editing the scanned file or slowing down the cell on the screen.
Creates an album effect.
Themed application support. Apply styles to their Silverlight 3 applications
Programs and change their developers' canned theme applications at runtime. In addition,
Developers can establish a series of patterns based on their peers.
Animation effect. Silverlight 3, for example, Spring provides new results and pops up. These
Animation is more natural. Developers can now develop their own mathematical function descriptions
Gas.
Improved control skinning. Silverlight 3 by sticking out of an application
A common set controlled by the Department provides easier skinning capabilities. This allow
Sample sharing and control skin between different applications.
Improved article and font support. Silverlight 3 allows more effective
Into a fast animation of the article. The application is faster by enabling local fonts.
Use load.
Improve the productivity of rich Internet applications. New features include:
60 + control with source code: Silverlight 3 is packaged with over 60 high quality,
Such as the skinnable And customizable out-of-the-box controls and media
Introduction, such as the new layout container of the dock and viewbox, and such as autocomplete
, Treeview and datagrid Control. Control and 9 Career Design themes
And the source code can be modified/re-compiled or used --. In addition
The list control includes multiple options, file storage makes it easier to write a file, and
Navigation is supported by multiple page applications. Deep connection. Silverlight 3 is a deep connection
This includes support. It is enabled to add one page to a RIA.
Search engine optimization (SEO ). Silverlight 3 enables users to solve the problem
Challenges associated with SEO. By using business objects on the server, and ASP. NET
Controls and location maps allow users to automatically reflect data that is easily indexed by leading search engines.
HTML satisfactory driving database RIA. Improved support for Silverlight 3 transactions
Payment data:
The unit of the bound unit: the designer creates a forced UI by binding the UI nature between two
UI experience. Silverlight now enables binding to CLR objects and other
For example, bind the slider value to the volume control of a media player.
. Data table. Data Table Control provides support for domain layout, validation, update, and
Data paging.
To automatically capture incorrect input and warn the user of data with Built-in validation control
New features.
Customers and servers are opposed to business support and n-level data support. Easy to load,
Sort, filter, and flip the pages to add support for data work. New
The built-in CollectionView on the server side moves a complex set of operations.
A new set of. net ria Services supports these features on the server. Improved performance,
Pass:
Buffered application library, which is a buffer framework on the customer for improvement to reduce performance
The size of the application.
The increase in depth allowed the user to collect more images in a liquid manner from the surge guidance.
The binary XML can be compressed together with the server, greatly increasing the data
The switching speed.
This feature allows local connections for communication between two on the customer side.
The Silverlight application does not incur a two-way server: for example, in a controlled
One chart can communicate with another datagrid.
Prepaid the closeness feature. Silverlight 3 provides storage of all system colors.
The first browser plug-in allows some people with vision to perform control by the familiar operating system.
For example, the high contrast color program makes changes easy to read. From the browser. New Slave browser in
The experience of Silverlight 3 allows users to directly put their favorite
The Silverlight application is placed on their PC and Mac, and
Start Menu-all connections do not need to download additional runtime or browser plug-ins.
Deeper, new experiences enable the Silverlight application to work on whether the computer is linked
To the Internet-radical improvements to traditional network experience. Features include: Outside the browser
Life. The Silverlight application can now be installed as a small network
Run together from the desktop. In this way, users can spend their favorite Web applications with them,
Regardless of whether they are connected to the Internet.
Supports Desktop shortcuts and start menus. The Silverlight application can
Application folders and connections are stored on any PC or Mac computer's desktop,
In addition, it can be obtained from a single access.
Secure and secure. Using the Security. NET Framework, the Silverlight application and
Store data in a secure sandbox. These applications act as traditional network
Applications have a majority of the same security restrictions and can be so trusted without security warnings
Or prompt to minimize user interruption. Install it safely. Because the Silverlight Application
The program is stored in the local cache and does not require additional discounts to run. The installation process is fast and
Valid.
Car change. On top of the launch, the Silverlight application can
Version check. If a person is detected, the update is automatically performed.
Internet connection detection. The Silverlight application can now detect if they have
The special network connection can intelligently include buffering a user's data response until their connection
Recovered.
New feature mixing in expressions 3: designer developer workflow forward today
The innovative mix of expressions 3 includes additional major steps:
Sketchflow makes it easy and fast to convey the design purpose to stakeholders
Prototype capability; design that enables design and does not have real-time data access application testing
Time sample data; guides Adobe Photoshop and illustration painter File Import; behavior,
No extensible and reusable part code for adding communication to applications; supported
C #, a complete code editor for VB and XAML, and supports an improved Diagram
Many more feature experiences in case and development. Features include:

SketchFlow. SketchFlow is designed to give you a try with dynamic user experience
Creates a new set of features that force the prototype to be easier. SketchFlow also helps
It helps to convey design ideas to other stakeholders and make the Collected Annotations in it
Context is easier for feedback. SketchFlow enables the navigation and composition of an application
From a simple prototype that uses a series of patterns in a very visual way is modeled
And has evolved into something. A prototype can be real and interactive when it needs
For communication, the design objective and all the expressions that can be mixed with SketchFlow
. Adobe Photoshop and illustration painter import. For Adobe
Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator's powerful importer and designer have already been in place
Some workflows enable smooth integration. Designers have the freedom to view and import
The file layer of Photoshop. Layers can be easily re-aggregated and the units keep their
Original format; layer, layer location, editable articles and vectors are within the mix of expressions
Editing is still available. Action. Adding communication to your application does not have to be edited.
. Behavior can contain complex design interactions that can be directly used in an application
Reusable parts of user interface units. Developers can access what they can use in their
Silverlight writes their own triggers, actions, and actions for use and
A rich API projected by WPF. Sample data. Design time sample data to make no real
It is easy to create applications that connect data. You can generate sample data or
Import sample data from an XML file and control the data at the design time on the artboard
. You can set your details extensively, and you can easily use sample data
Sample data is exchanged between real-time data during operation. Improved Design and
Development experience. Expression mixing 3 includes the design to make the mixture more accessible to the visual.
The brand new design surface improves many features of comprehensive design experience. Basic Server
Supports easier integration into the team system for hybrid users. Improved animation and reduced power
Yes, 3D transformation, visual effects, and a State Manager for visual improvement enable large
Tooling experience. The features above for exceptions with SketchFlow and behavior are in expressions
Is the expected hybrid 3 Preview. The SketchFlow and full choice of behavior will be mixed
A coming version of Beta 3 is available.

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