SHORT CUT KEYS

Ctrl + N Opens the New Project Dialogue Box

Ctrl + Shift + O Opens the Open File Dialog Box

Ctrl + Shift + A Opens Add New Item window

Ctrl + D Opens Add Existing Item window

Ctrl + S Saves Current Form

Ctrl + Shift + S Saves everything from Application

Alt + Q Exits Visual Studio.NET

Ctrl + Z Undo

Ctrl + Shift + Z Redo

Ctrl + X Cuts your selection

Ctrl + C Copies your selection

Ctrl + V Pastes your selection

Ctrl + A Selects All

Del Deletes your selection

Ctrl + F Opens Find window

Ctrl + H Opens Find and Replace window

Ctrl + Shift + H Opens Replace in Files window

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F12 Opens Find Symbol window

F7 Opens Code Designer window

Shift + F7 Gets you back to Design View

Ctrl + R Opens the Solution Explorer window

Ctrl + Alt + S Opens the Server Explorer window

Ctrl + Shift + C Opens the Class View window

F4 Opens the Properties window

Ctrl + Shift + E Opens the Resource view window

Ctrl + Alt + X Opens the Toolbar window

Shift + Alt + Enter Takes you to Full Screen View

Alt+F8 Opens Macro Explorer windowF2 Opens Object Browser window

Ctrl + Alt + T Opens Document Outline window

Ctrl + Alt + K Opens Task List window

Ctrl + Alt + A Opens Command window

Ctrl + Alt + O Opens Output window

Ctrl + Alt + Y Opens Find Symbol Results window

Ctrl + Alt + F Lists Items under the Favorites Menu in your Internet Explorer

Ctrl + Shift + B Builds your project

F5 Runs your Application

Ctrl + F5 Runs your Application without Debugging

Ctrl + Alt + E Opens the Exceptions Dialog Box

F8 Used while Debugging Applications

Shift + F8 Used While Debugging Applications

Ctrl + B Inserts a New Breakpoint

Ctrl + Shift + F9 Clears All Breakpoints

Ctrl + Alt + P Opens the Processes Dialog box

Ctrl + T Opens Customize Toolbox window

Ctrl + Shift + P Runs Temporary Macro

Ctrl + Shift + R Records Temporary Macro

Alt + F11 Opens Macros IDE

Ctrl + F1 Opens Dynamic Help window

Ctrl +Alt + F1 Opens Help window sorted by Contents

Ctrl + Alt + F2 Opens Help window sorted by Index

Ctrl + Alt + F3 Opens Help Search window

Shift + Alt + F2 Opens Index Results window

Shift + Alt + F3 Opens Search Results window

Ctrl + E +C Comment out the current selected section

Ctrl + E +U Uncomment the current selected section

VIDEO FOR USING MULTIPLE PAGES IN SILVERLIGHT

VIDEO FOR CREATING A MEDIA PLAYER IN SILVERLIGHT

VIDEO FOR EXPRESSION BLEND

CREATING A NEW PROJECT IN MICROSOFT BLEND 2.0

CREATING A NEW PROJECT IN SILVERLIGHT

SILVERLIGHT ARCHITECTURE

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SILVERLIGHT 1.0 &2.0 VERSIONS

SILVERLIGHT 1.0

*Very limited control set.
*Aside from a few very basic controls (Canvas, TextBlock, MediaElement & basic shape controls) no user input or data display controls were included in version 1.
*Control layout was also much too difficult.
*Limited support for browsers and operating systems. It’s currently supported with plug-ins for IE and FireFox on Windows.

SILVERLIGHT 2.0

*Adds a pared-down version of the .Net Framework complete with a miniature CLR hosted by a browser plug-in .
*Provides many new controls that can be used to capture user inputand display collections of items .
*Ability to write C# or VB.NET code that runs in the Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari browsers.
*Includes networking features that allow data from local and remote services to be integrated into applications

MICROSOFT BLEND 2.0

MICROSOFT BLEND 2.0 is used to create and modify the presentation layer of an application by manipulating the XAML canvas and controls, working with graphics, programming the presentation layer with a dynamic language such as JavaScript.

Expression Blend 2.0 supports developing Microsoft Silverlight browser-based Rich Internet Applications providing animation, vector graphics, interactivity and video playback capabilities.

BENIFITS OF RIA

RIAs offer organizations a proven, cost-effective way to deliver modern applications with real business benefits:
Offer users a richer, more engaging experience.
Keep pace with users' rising expectations.
Increase customer loyalty and generate higher profits.
Leverage existing personnel, processes, and infrastructure.

RICH INTERNET APPLICATION

Rich Internet applications (RIAs) offer a rich, engaging experience that improves user satisfaction and increases productivity. Using the broad reach of the Internet, RIAs can be deployed across browsers and desktops.

WEB SERVICES

web service is “a software system designed to support interoperable Machine to Machine interaction over a network”.

MICROSOFT SILVERLIGHT TOOLS FOR VISUAL STUDIO 2008

The add-on to create Silverlight applications with Visual Studio 2008. This install will also install the Silverlight Developer Runtime and the Silverlight SDK. This add-on works with all versions of Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1, including Visual Web Developer.

SILVERLIGHT

Silverlight is a new cross-browser, cross-platform implementation of the .NET Framework for building and delivering the next generation of media experiences and Rich Interactive Applications(RIA) for the web.
It’s a browser independent.It runs in all popular browsers, including Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera. The plugin required to run Silverlight is very small in size hence gets installed very quickly.