Dr. Scott, :) When will Silverlight for Windows Mobile be available? We dont want to see only MIX demos :-P
This is a sort of pain for me heehhe... []s! Ratan On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Scott Barnes <[email protected]>wrote: > You weren't whingin Craig, you were telling me where your pain exists. > Never apologise/excuse yourself for that :) and i agree with the below. This > is good feedback i can take back to my team and influence change with. > > Treat me like a doctor, never lie to me about your pain, and in turn i can > help diagnose and prescribe a new release for you all heheh :) > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Craig Dunn [[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, 10 July 2009 2:17 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Do we upgrade to Silverlight3 on our dev machines? > > Thanks Scott, > > >>You can't create Silverlight 2 Projects if you install the Silverlight 3 > bits, as this has to do with the SDK's etc occupying the same spots inside > the devs computer. > yeah I can kinda understand that bit. take this as a confused/dazed query > rather than a jumping up-and-down rant. > > What I don't get is why I can't keep the SL2 DevTools but install the SL3 > Runtime. The SL3 installer (as per my blog post screenshots) errors out if > you have the SL2 DevTools -- it *seems* to me that I needed to install SL3 > DevTools to override that error. Correct? > > >>Let me know if this really impacts > It doesn't *really* impact me, as I will just continue to use a VM for > everything SL3 related. But it does mean I can't view SL3 content on my > 'main' PC until I'm prepared to lose SL2 development capability. > > At work, on the other hand, there are 25 developers some of whom are > working on an SL2 release. Obviously we aren't going to upgrade everything > to SL3 immediately (and force clients to download SL3 when they don't "need" > to) BUT we can't even download just the SL3 Runtime to do compatibility > checks without it wanting to install the DevTools as well (and losing SL2 > dev). Again, a VM will get around this, but it feels counter-intuitive... > > I'm repeating myself a bit here - I can imagine there are lots of > scenarios (debugging probably) that come into play - but at the end of the > day we're basically talking about a browser plugin and I don't see why my > browser can't know about SL3 while VS continues to use SL2 SDK... > > Anyway, whinging aside, I love SL3 and the speed with which it's come to > market. As content-publishers, however, we are still wary of being the > 'first' site to force a download on a customer and will want to publish > SL2-level apps for some undetermined period. > > Thanks > cd > > > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 10:45 PM, Scott Barnes <[email protected]>wrote: > >> You can't create Silverlight 2 Projects if you install the Silverlight 3 >> bits, as this has to do with the SDK's etc occupying the same spots inside >> the devs computer. We wanted to have side by side installations of each >> version but with VS2008 it was somewhat harder to implement than first >> thought. Let me know if this really impacts you and specifically how, as >> it's not really been a hot topic so if it's something that bugs you, rant >> away at me as i'm more than happy to take this to the team in Silverlight >> vNext. >> >> You can however run existing SL2 .xaps etc in Silverlight 3 as we'll make >> sure the runtime itself is backwards compatible. >> >> Thx. >> >> Scott. >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* [email protected] [[email protected]] >> On Behalf Of Craig Dunn [[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Friday, 10 July 2009 3:11 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: Do we upgrade to Silverlight3 on our dev machines? >> >> Silverlight 3.0 release >> notes<http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=157632>from >> http://silverlight.net/GetStarted/ says >> >> *Silverlight 3 Tools and Silverlight 2 Compatibility* >> Silverlight 2 projects cannot be created with the Silverlight 3 Tools for >> Visual Studio 2008. To create Silveright 2 projects, uninstall the >> Silverlight 3 runtime and the Silverlight 3 Tools from Add or Remove >> Programs and re-install the Silverlight 2 Tools for Visual Studio 2008. >> >> The SL3 Tools download >> page<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9442b0f2-7465-417a-88f3-5e7b5409e9dd&displaylang=en>doesn't >> really say either way... >> >> BUT it seems that I can't even view >> 3.0<http://conceptdev.blogspot.com/2009/07/silverlight-30-cant-upgrade-runtime.html>unless >> I >> *do *install the tools (over the 2.0 tools) >> >> Catch-22? >> >> Like I said in my blog, I don't want to be website forcing the 4Mb >> download until I absolutely have to... so will probably be SL2 dev'ing for a >> little while yet. Back to a VM for all 3.0 work & testing. >> >> I can 'kinda' understand MS' approach... but then again kinda not... did I >> miss something? >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 6:49 PM, Ross McKinnon < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Scott says, its all backwards compatible, so you should be ok. But we >>> might have had a few, so, use your own judgement.... >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: John OBrien <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Friday, 10 July 2009 6:34 PM >>> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Do we upgrade to Silverlight3 on our dev machines? >>> >>> It's getting late on Friday I know but did I miss a post about what >>> happens >>> when we upgrade to Silverlight3 as developers? It's awesome that the >>> runtime >>> is backwards compatible so existing sites won't break but... >>> >>> >>> >>> 1) Can we still target Silverlight2 in Visual Studio? >>> >>> 2) What happens to our corporate clients without admin rights, do we >>> need to get their IT guys to update? >>> >>> >>> >>> John. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Support procedure: https://www.codify.com/lists/support >>> List address: [email protected] >>> Subscribe: [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe: [email protected] >>> List FAQ: http://www.codify.com/lists/ozsilverlight >>> Other lists you might want to join: http://www.codify.com/lists >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Support procedure: https://www.codify.com/lists/support >>> List address: [email protected] >>> Subscribe: [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe: [email protected] >>> List FAQ: http://www.codify.com/lists/ozsilverlight >>> Other lists you might want to join: http://www.codify.com/lists >>> >>> >> ------------------------------ >> Support procedure: https://www.codify.com/lists/support >> List address: >> [email protected] >> Subscribe: [email protected] >> Unsubscribe: [email protected] >> List FAQ: http://www.codify.com/lists/ozsilverlight >> Other lists you might want to join: http://www.codify.com/lists >> ------------------------------ >> Support procedure: https://www.codify.com/lists/support >> List address: [email protected] >> Subscribe: [email protected] >> Unsubscribe: [email protected] >> List FAQ: http://www.codify.com/lists/ozsilverlight >> Other lists you might want to join: http://www.codify.com/lists >> > > ------------------------------ > Support procedure: https://www.codify.com/lists/support > List address: [email protected] > Subscribe: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: [email protected] > List FAQ: http://www.codify.com/lists/ozsilverlight > Other lists you might want to join: http://www.codify.com/lists > ------------------------------ > Support procedure: https://www.codify.com/lists/support > List address: [email protected] > Subscribe: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: [email protected] > List FAQ: http://www.codify.com/lists/ozsilverlight > Other lists you might want to join: http://www.codify.com/lists > -- Rodrigo Ratan +55 11 8383.6829 * [email protected] http://www.zollie.com.br -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Support procedure: https://www.codify.com/lists/support List address: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] List FAQ: http://www.codify.com/lists/ozsilverlight Other lists you might want to join: http://www.codify.com/lists
