New Features of Silverlight 5 beta: 1. Install the Silverlight 5 beta environment and support for multiple windows of Silverlight 5 in OOB Mode

The Silverlight 5 beta version was released yesterday. With excitement, we updated the development environment to the Silverlight 5 beta version today and introduced the first new feature of Silverlight 5 beta: multi-Window Display in OOB mode.

Now we start to install the Silverlight 5 beta version. First we need to install the vs2010 SP1 Patch for vs2010. Then we need to download the Silverlight 5 beta tools for Visual Studio SP1, and the installation is completed step by step, finally, we will download the new feature of Silverlight 5 features document. Now we can embark on the development journey of Silverlight 5.

The support for new windows under Silverlight 5 beta is based on the OOB mode, so we first create a Silverlight 5 ApplicationProgramRight-click Project Properties> allow applications running outside the Browser> click "settings outside the browser"> "enhance trust when running outside the browser. As shown in:

Then we are in the backgroundCodeEnter the following code to bring up a window. click the button in the window to continue the window. Of course, all pop-up child Windows depend on the parent window. (Tip: the size of the window class modified in Silverlight 4.0 is the size of its own window, and the window cannot be displayed)

  Public     Partial     Class  Mainpage: usercontrol
{
  Public  Mainpage ()
{
Initializecomponent ();
Popwindow (  400.0  ,  20.0  ,  "  The  "  + Flag  +  "  Instances window  "  );
}
  Public     Static     Int  Flag  =     0  ;
  Private    Void  Popwindow (  Double  Left,  Double  Top,  String  Title)
{
  //  Set common properties of window  
  Window testwindow  =     New  Window ();
Testwindow. Height =     400  ;
Testwindow. Width  =     500  ;
Testwindow. Top  =  Top;
Testwindow. Left  =  Left;
Testwindow. Title  =  Title;
Testwindow. Visibility  = Visibility. visible;

  //  Add a canvas with buttons and set the background color of the canvas to white.  
  Button BTN  =  New  Button ();
BTN. Width  =  80.0  ;
BTN. Height  =  30.0  ;
BTN. Content  = "  Click  "  ;
BTN. Margin  =     New  Thickness (  5  , Top  +  Flag  *     10  ,  0  , 0  );
BTN. Click  + =     New  Routedeventhandler (btn_click );
Canvas canvas  =     New  Canvas ();
Canvas. Children. Add (BTN );
Canvas. Background  =     New  Solidcolorbrush (colors. White );
Testwindow. Content =  Canvas;

  //  The default window value is windowstate. Normal.  
  Testwindow. windowstate  =  Windowstate. normal;
  //  Windowstate. maximized; window Maximization
  //  Windowstate. minimized; minimized window
  //  Windowstate. Normal; normal window

  Void Btn_click (  Object  Sender, routedeventargs E)
{
Popwindow (  400.0  ,  20.0  ,  "  The  "  +  Flag  +  "  Instances window  " );
}
} 

This instance is created using vs2010 + Silverlight 5 beta. If you need the source code, click sl5first.zip to download it.