Category: mix07

Using Silverlight

~ rbonini

Not that I’ve used Expression Blend 2 to create anything fancy. I’ve done a two page test Slideshow in a quick feasibility study with regard to one of my pet projects.

Then I had to deal with the hosting. I’m using Sliverlight Streaming to deliver the applications to my webpages (via an Iframe, I belive).

It took a while to figure out how to upload the pages so that the service could understand what was supposed to happen with the application. then it took a wee bit longer to understand how to integrate the provided code on to my ASP.net page.

But I got it working, in the end 🙂 .

Now that I know it works, I have a few ideas.

And now I have to go and actually build the thing….

PS. If you get Error 2252 while running your application make sure that the path from your xaml file to the dll is correct. Took me a while to figure that one out. I find that its usually the simplest things that stump you 🙂 .

Mix 07 Videos (Updated)

~ rbonini

Just checked the Mix 07 Site and the recordings now have both the speaker and the PowerPoint slides in a split screen.

I’d check the Silverlight version of a video since its really cool how they’ve done it. There’s a fancy scene bar that pops up if you hover over the main video window. Very nice and slick.

I’m re-downloading the keynote to see if the downloads also have the split screen with speaker and slides. I’ve not watched any of the 2Gb’s of Mix07 videos I’ve got since I find it difficult without he speakers on screen.

I’ll let you know how it goes.

Update: Nope. the .wmv files are only slides. [insert expletive of choice here]. 

Mix 07 – Live

~ rbonini

Unfortunately I’m stuck at home and not at Mix. It is a pity since I learned a ton just from watching last years sessions.

Fortunately they’re streaming Ray Ozzie’s keynote.  

There are three streams:

I’m already connected, listening to Microsoft’s fine classical music collection. And belive me it is fine.

I hope my internet connection stands up to the full force of 500kbits…

Update: I’ve got no video. Only sound. Anyone have any idea why?