1. What’s new in
Silverlight 5
Raul Andrisan
Technical trainer, HPC Consulting
raul.andrisan@hpc-consulting.ro
http://blog.andrisan.ro
@raulandrisan
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3. Session agenda
• What’s new in
– Databinding
– Controls
– Text, Printing, Media
– Trusted application
– Out of Browser Experience
– Pivot Viewer
• XNA-based HW accelerated 3D in SL5
• Q&A
• Feedback & prizes
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4. SILVERLIGHT EVOLUTION
• 5 versions in 5 years
• From media to business applications
• Microsoft’s multiplatform medium
– Windows
– Mac OS X
– Windows Phone
– Embedded
– Linux (Moonlight)
• Community driven http://dotnet.uservoice.com
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5. What’s new in
DATABINDING
• Implicit Data Templates
• Ancestor RelativeSource Demo
• Binding in Setters
• Custom Markup Extensions
• Breakpoints in XAML Bindings
• DataContextChanged Event
• UpdateSourceTrigger
=> Better MVVM Support, less hookup code
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6. What’s new in
CONTROLS Demo
• JumpTo in Combobox
• PivotViewer now in SDK
• Extended templating support in
PivotViewer
• Multi-click support for MouseDown &
MouseUp Events
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7. What’s new in
PIVOT VIEWER
• Available in Silverlight 5 SDK
• Visuals Templatable with XAML
• Supports Dynamic Observable Collections
• Updates data dynamically
• Templates for different zoom levels
• Can host any content – even deep zoom,
graphs, etc
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8. What’s new in
TEXT, PRINTING
• Rich text in any form, dynamically resizes
• + text sharpness, pixel snapping
• Line heigh, line spacing,
• Better performance for text
Demo
• Vector printing for text
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9. VECTOR PRINTING
Spool Time
Text
Shapes Bitmap
Vector
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
(milliseconds)
File Size Sent to Printer
Text
Shapes Bitmap
Vector
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
(MB)
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10. TEXT CLARITY
• More sharp text by snapping to pixels and
other techniques
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11. What’s new in
MEDIA
• Composition thread for smooth
animations
Demo
• Hardware decoding of video
• 1080p h.264 video support
• Trick play – accelerated video + pitch
correction
• Low latency audio – immediate audio API
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12. What’s new in
TRUSTED APPLICATIONS
• Can trust apps in-browser using
certificates, registry keys
– Permissions in group policy
– No prompts
– Integrate with the browser
– Part of a larger web HTML application
• Can user the WebBrowser control
• P/Invoke support
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13. What’s new in
OUT OF BROWSER APPS
• Unrestricted Access to File System
– Iteration through files/directories
– Changing/accessing rights, etc
• Multiple Windows API
• Can install as standalone apps
Demo
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14. UNRESTRICTED FILE ACCESS
SL4 trusted apps SL5 trusted apps
can access: can access:
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15. Demo
Short Demo + Workflow
XNA 3D IN SILVERLIGHT
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16. 3D IN SILVERLIGHT 5
• Immediate-mode API
• Vertex/Pixel Shader Based
• New control: DrawingSurface
• Very Low Level/High Performance
• Can use Babylon 3D engine
• Does not support declarative XAML in
WPF
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17. Q&A
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