Friday, May 16, 2008 - Posts

• WPF Designer: Changes and Fixes in VS2008 SP1 Beta

  Here's the definitive list: List of changes and fixed issues for Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Beta for Windows Presentation Foundation Designer New features The Properties window now contains the Events tab. The Events tab lets you create events, assign events, and review events. The Properties window now includes a category sort option and an alphabetical sort option to allow for faster property location. Code changes have been made to the XAML Refactor/Rename definition and to the Go to definition. These changes allow XAML rename operations to occur automatically. Additionally, you can navigate the XAML definition by pressing F12. You can now drag controls or create controls from the toolbox in XAML view or in Design view. You can do this even if you use a split view configuration. Snaplines are now implemented for control margins. This lets the designer control a fixed distance from other controls, from container edges, or from gridlines. Tab controls now support TabItem activation Read More... Posted Friday, May 16, 2008 1:16 PM from Windows Presentation Foundation SDK | 0 Comments

• .NET 3.5 SP1 - Try it out today

  Have you tried out .NET 3.5 SP1... If not, try it now. Its got loads of new features for WPF. In fact rather than a service pack, its more of a new release .. So whats new.. improved deployment, new controls (supports creation of datagrid), improved performance, DirectX integration, HLSL shaders, and many new features. For the complete details, take a look at Tims post Links to the executables: Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (Beta) .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (Beta) Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions SP1 (Beta) Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server 2008 SP1 (Beta) Read More... Posted Friday, May 16, 2008 1:35 AM from Lester's WPF blog | 0 Comments Filed under: WPF, Windows Presentation Foundation, .net 3.5