What’s New in the BCL in .NET 4 Beta 2

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 are now available to download. .NET 4 Beta 2 contains several new BCL features and enhancements in addition to what was included in .NET 4 Beta 1. Many of these improvements were added in large part due to specific feedback and suggestions reported by customers through Microsoft Connect.

•Complex Number
•Location
•IObservable
•Stream.CopyTo
•Guid.TryParse, Version.TryParse, and Enum.TryParse
•Enum.HasFlag
•String.Concat and String.Join overloads that take IEnumerable
•String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace
•Environment.SpecialFolder additions
•Environment.Is64BitProcess and Environment.Is64BitOperatingSystem
•Path.Combine params support
•TimeSpan Globalized Formatting and Parsing
•Stopwatch.Restart
•StringBuilder.Clear
•IntPtr and UIntPtr Addition and Subtraction operators
•ServiceProcessInstaller.DelayedAutoStart
•ObservableCollection moved to System.dll

Microsoft Silverlight 4 Beta available

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Enabling Business Application Development

• Printing
• Localization with Bi-Directional and Script-Based Text and Right-to-Left Support
• Rich Text Area Control
• Text Input
• WCF RIA Services
• Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)
• Viewbox Control
• Auto-Sizing Columns and Copy from DataGrid
• Navigation Page Loading Extensibility
• Command Property on ButtonBase and Hyperlink
• SelectedValue and SelectedValuePath on the Selector
• Support for Referer Header
• UDP Multicast Client Support
• Authentication Support with ClientHttpWebRequest
• IDataErrorInfo
• INotifyDataErrorInfo
• Grouping on CollectionViewSource
• Editable CollectionView IEditableCollectionView
• Binding to String Indexers
• StringFormat, TargetNullValue, FallbackValue
• Databinding Support for Dependency Objects
• ObservableCollection Constructor Accepts IList and IEnumerable
• Empowering Richer Experiences
• Fluid UI States for ItemsControl
• Implicit Styles
• MouseWheel Support
• Right Mouse Click
• Programmatic Clipboard Access
• Webcam and Microphone Support
• CompositeTransform
• Support for all PNG Formats
• Offline Digital Rights Management
• MP4 Playback Protected DRM
• WMS Multicast
• Output Protection

Moving Beyond the Browser – Sandboxed Applications

• Out-of-Browser Windowing Updates
• WebBrowser Control
• HtmlBrush
• Notifications (Toast)

Moving Beyond the Browser – Trusted Applications

• Native Integration
• File System Access
• Cross-Domain Networking Access
• Full File Path on Open and Save Dialogs
• Full Keyboard in Full Screen Mode

Note: Silverlight 4 Beta is a developer release. There is no “go-live” licensing available as the end-user runtime of Silverlight 4 Beta is not generally available.

Microsoft Innovation Day & Steve Ballmer Key note Speaker

Date: April 22^nd  2009.

Location: Intercontinental City Stars, ElSaraya Ballroom

Start	End	Session	Speaker	Community
9:00	10:00	Registration & Coffee Break - Recruitment Booths - Surprise Fun Activity
10:00	10:30	Opening Speech	Ahmed Adel
10:30	10:45	How Do I: Work with Fantastic 40 MOSS templates	Shady Khorshed	Barmagy
10:50	11:05	???	???	EGJUG
11:10	11:25	How Do I: Protect from Cross Site Request Forgery Attack in ASP.NET	Mostafa Siraj	Cutting Edge
11:30	11:45	How Do I: Use Jquery in SharePoint	Marwan Tarek	EGYSUG
11:50	12:05	How Do I: Code Fun, Hello Facebook	???	Innovation-Hut
12:10	12:25	???	???	dotNETWORK
12:30	1:00	Executive Speech	MS Exec
1:00	1:30	Communities Q&A
1:30	2:30	Lunch Break
2:30	3:15	A lap around Azure and Cloud computing concepts	Mohamed Sami
3:15	4:00	Developing in a Hybrid Environment	Mohamed Nar & Nohal Rady
4:00	4:30	Coffee Break
4:30	5:15	The Future: Software + Services	Mohamed Fayez