A while ago I talked about Slide.Show. Some one asked me how to dynamically look into a folder and create a slide show based on its contents. I suggested using an ASP.NET page that looks into the folder and generates a XML output that can be used by Slide.Show as a data source.
I’ve implemented a simple version that shows how to do it. Download it and change it as you wish.
Take a look at DataProvider.js where I have changed the Data.xml reference to Data.aspx file.
In the Data.aspx file I’ve deleted all the HTML output, and in the Page_Load event handler generated XML output.
Response.ClearContent();
Response.ContentType = “Application/xml”;
Response.Write(”{XML output}”);
Response.End();
I’ve included in the zip file only the required files to let the example work. It has only 1 image. I hope it will be useful to someone. 
Os 2 Hands on Labs de Silverlight foram muito concorridos, tendo havido muitas pessoas que não tiveram oportunidade de realizar o laboratório por este se encontrar cheio, e outras existem que o realizaram e se mostraram interessadas em rever os conteúdos posteriormente.
Deixo então 2 pacotes referentes aos 2 tutoriais que foram utilizados por mim e pelo Gonçalo Chaves nos laboratórios:
Monster Factory (introdutório ao Silverlight 1.0 onde é utilizado o Expression Design e o Visual Studio)
Silverlight.net Navigation Bar (desenvolvimento menu Silverlight através de framework Javascript de MVC e framework de gestão de recursos Silverlight)
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Some time ago I talked about Slide.Show. A slide show web application made with Silverlight.
Now the same company has published Video.Show. It is an open-source video sharing portal system based on Silverlight.
Learn more about features in their website. The source code is available at Codeplex. Unfortunately I think that Video.Show it much more unstable than Slide.Show. If you interact with it before the whole page is loaded, you get some Javascript errors. The live demo is a little slow too.
Silverlight is now present at one of the most famous casual gaming websites: Miniclip.com. And it is a puzzle! Just my kind of game
It is just another version of that games where you must join some pipes to complete a path. Can be entertaining though. It is called Zombomatic.
Well thought Microsoft, a good way to make people aware of Silverlight. Although putting it in a Flash gaming website looks like a desperate measure to tell every one “we’re here! Silverlight can be like Flash”. Maybe in the future. Still hard to code, and no improvement from the user perspective when compared to Flash. I’m waiting for Silverlight 2.0
Some time ago I’ve found an nice Silverlight 1.0 application which is now part of Silverlight.net Showcase. It is an open source configurable slide show application. The configuration is made by using XML or inline javacript (using JSON - JavaScript Object Notation).
See the live demo in Vertigo’s website. I had some issues while trying it on Firefox. The problem was Silverlight 1.1 September Alpha Refresh. So, in Internet Explorer it runs well with the 1.1 version, but to run it on Firefox you must have the stable 1.0 version.
This project is also hosted in Codeplex.
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You can see the first chapter of these books for free. When you register, you’ll be able to download a lot more content of those books, packaged as an e-book.
