Monday, November 23, 2009

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.