Blacklight v3 RTW’s – Connected Controls (LiveSearchListBox, SyndicationFeedListBox and DeepZoomViewer), Shared Silverlight and WPF controls and more…

Martin Grayson: Adventures of a 'Devigner' - blacklight v3.0 (Mar09) released!

“After a ‘short delay’, V3.0 of the Blacklight controls are here! Thank very much for you patience with this release.

The showcase will be updated very shortly for you to see all of the controls in action!

Get the latest release here!

As always, here are the highlights for this release…

BRAND NEW ‘BLACKLIGHT CONNECTED’ CONTROLS

We have focused on providing controls that allow designers to start adding rich data and content to their application, without the need for code. This release sees 3 such controls: LiveSearchListBox, SyndicationFeedListBox and DeepZoomViewer!

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OTHER NEW BITS

Animated Expander

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FINALLY…

The project has had a BIG structural overhaul, and some namespace changes. This could result in some breaking changes in you application. Please use the codeplex discussion boards for further assistance.

The overhaul has been necessary to allow WPF and Silverlight to share controls, meaning plenty more controls for WPF too. The list below shows what is available for WPF now..

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backlight showcase

As I begin my WPF journey, these kind of controls and help is critical to my brain cell saving tactics (mostly due to my “Graphically Challenged” nature  ;)

It’s been a bit since I visited the Showcase and boy it’s grown up recently. I liked how the Showcase page discusses how you/we can use these controls in Blend and Visual Studio.

(via User Experience: The Art of the Possible - Blacklight V3.0 available now!)

 

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