08.11.08

Visual Studio 2008 / .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Released

Posted in Uncategorized at 10:42 pm by TalynOne


Microsoft has released the highly anticipated .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, along with Visual Studio 2008 SP1. This is not your regular service pack, it’s chock full of new features and enhancements across almost all the major components of the .NET? framework. Here are the goodies:

VS 2008 Service Pack 1:

o? ? ? Executable: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=122094 (Direct Link)

o? ? ? ISO: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=122095 (Direct Link)

VS 2008 Express Editions with Service Pack 1:

o? ? ? Executable: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=123679

o? ? ? ISO: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=123680

VS Team System 2008 Team Foundation SP 1:

o? ? ? http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=124829

.NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1

o? ? ? http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=124150

Team Foundation Server

o? ? ? Team Foundation Server 2008 SP1 (TFS Installation Guide)

Here are some links you can read-up on to learn what’s new with SP1.

GPU-accelerated custom effects for WPF:

http://blogs.msdn.com/greg_schechter/archive/2008/05/12/gpu-accelerated-custom-effects-for-wpf.aspx

ScrollViewer.IsDefferedScrollingEnabled;AlternationCount;IEditableCollectionView:

http://blogs.msdn.com/llobo/archive/2008/06/05/new-features-scrollviewer-isdeferredscrollingenabled-alternationcount-ieditablecollectionview.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/vinsibal/archive/2008/05/20/wpf-3-5-sp1-feature-ieditablecollectionview.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/vinsibal/archive/tags/WPF+3.5+SP1/default.aspx

String Format:

http://blogs.msdn.com/llobo/archive/2008/05/19/wpf-3-5-sp1-feature-stringformat.aspx

Pixel Shader Effects in WPF SP1 Beta:

http://runtothehills.org/rob/archives/180

WPF WebBrowser:

http://blogs.msdn.com/llobo/archive/2008/06/12/wpf-webbrowser.aspx

Performance Enhancements:

http://phizzpop.visitmix.com/blogs/techniques/archive/2008/07/06/improving-your-wpf-3-5-sp1-controls-performance.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/jgoldb/archive/2008/05/15/what-s-new-for-performance-in-wpf-in-net-3-5-sp1.aspx

Tim Sneath’s Introduction of SP1 Beta (Lots of info):

http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2008/05/12/introducing-the-third-major-release-of-windows-presentation-foundation.aspx

WPF 3.51 SP1 Graphics with David Teitlebaum:

http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/AdamKinney/WPF-35-SP1-Graphics-with-David-Teitlebaum/

What’s new in VS2008 SP1 for WPF:

http://technorati.com/videos/youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DLO1md7CODno

07.03.07

On-Demand MSDN Webcasts

Posted in Uncategorized at 1:46 am by Cal

Over the past two months I have made five Webcasts covering various aspects of WPF technology. Each one combines a brief lesson with one or more demonstrations of how to build a WPF project which illustrates that particular lesson. In case you missed my Webcasts, Microsoft tapes all of them in order to make them available later via download from their website. Because finding these Webcasts on the Microsoft website can be a little tricky I have collected the URLs so that interested readers can more easily locate them.

If you have any questions regarding these webcasts, I welcome your comments or suggestions.

Windows Presentation Foundation User Interface Updates

Building Electronic Greeting Cards with WPF and XBAP Technologies

WPF Data Binding

WPF Animations

Building Calendars Using WPF